I have been a youth services librarian for over 16 years. I have worked in a wide variety of public libraries in various capacities - from my days as an entry level public services Children's Librarian to a supervising branch librarian ... to a school liaison librarian ... to a director ... to a Head of Children's Services ... in several states and now back home in Canada.
I took four years off for my family, and have now returned to the library world. It's mind-boggling to me how much the library world has changed in those four years.
So my new library is in a small community in Ontario (about 30,000 people). We have three branches: one central branch, one 3/4 service branch and one 1/4 service branch. Most of our programs are at the central branch, with some at the medium and only an occasional at the small.
My predecessor had been in place for 25 years, and was only responsible for Children's services. The position was revamped after it's vacancy and now includes teens ... as well as the newly formed tween collection.
The only program to carry over has been Tiny Tales ... an early literacy program for children ages 2-4. Baby programs have been held in the past by an outside partner agency, but haven't been well attended.
I look forward to innovating new services in the attempt to engage the families in the community. I have a few ideas in the works, but have been so busy since arriving in July, that I haven't gotten to a lot of things.
Oh, and the entire collection is in desperate need of a total weed.
So that's more about me, where I am and where I am heading.
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