how to utilize your bookmobile in time of crisis
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How to Utilize Your Bookmobile in Time of Crisis. How we dealt with a last minute building closing at Medina County District Library Abby Wilson [email protected]. System Overview. 6 branches and 1 bookmobile Serving over 170,000 people Located 30 minutes South of Cleveland - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
How we dealt with a last minute building closing at Medina County District Library
Abby Wilson [email protected]
System Overview6 branches and 1 bookmobileServing over 170,000 peopleLocated 30 minutes South of ClevelandBuilding Project Started in 2003
3 new buildings, new bookmobile,3 building renovations
New bookmobile hit the road in September 2005
Lodi LibraryNew building opened in 2006Third largest branch in our systemAverage daily door count for 2011 was 340
peopleCirculates nearly 300,000 itemsLodi Population-3,000 people
Trouble StrikesLate 2011 structural concerns became apparent
in the Lodi LibraryBased on the building inspectors
recommendation, the building was closed to the public with only 3 days notice.
Staff scrambled to move high demand items Management needed a way to serve this
community
Service AreaLodi Library serves members from Lodi, Harrisville, and
Westfield Center.
SolutionProvide bookmobile service in the library
parking lot
Questions When will it be there? Can we park it there the whole weekend?
Staffing concerns
Training StaffChallenges for Lodi Staff
Signing on with air cards-slower connectionsTricky/heavy doorsCramped spaceOld cash boxEffective winter heatingStorageWhat is where?Created the Bookmobile Guidebook
LogisticsTechnology Department set up computers in the small, safe area of the building
Lodi Staff moved high circulating items to the same small, safe area
Holds
Crisis AvertedBookmobile service began Nov. 21, 2011 and
went through the end of January 2012New “library” opened in the Lodi Meeting
Room on February 6, 2012Still waiting for answers
Forensic ArchitechsCounty Prosecuters