Librarian Trevor had an appointment this morning and needed someone to watch the desk. I offered to do it. Picked up a latte downtown and walked into the Village Hall around 9:30 a.m. Unless the Village Hall is going to be closed, morning volunteers just ask the Village clerk to unlock the doors between the Village and the library. No need this morning. I could see there was someone already in the library. Volunteer Bev was talking w/ two younger women. Took a moment to figure out what was going on. Bev had been on a vacation to Branson, MO. The librarian knew she wouldn't be around on Monday and assumed she would miss her Tuesday morning shift so that's why I was here. One of the two women, here before the library opened, was doing community service (her friend was along for moral support). Trevor hadn't said anything nor left a message that the woman was coming in but it was easy to find something for her to do. I showed her where the vacuum was and where to plug it in. I set out a cloth and cleaner and said when she was done w/ that to dust the top of the book shelves and water the plants. I asked her friend if she would like to sit on the couch and read the paper while she waited. Quite cold this morning and Bev is just back from vacation so I told her I would play assistant for the morning. I went outside to get the books from the book drop and set out the sign for the book shop. She then gave me a list of 7 books people had requested. I could only find one book on the list - that never happens. I gave her back the list while I worked on stats. She couldn't find the books either. What we eventually found was a note on the back desk stating that those six books had been sent out yesterday w/o check out slips (volunteer mix-up). The main sorting locale will fix the issue when the books arrive there. Until then they would show up on our 'pull' list. The rest of the morning was busy - good thing there were two of us working. By the time Trevor got in I had a lengthy list of notes for him, the community service lady had left, and activity at the library had slowed. One of the notes for Trevor was that the afternoon volunteer had an emergency and wouldn't be coming in. Trevor seemed in a good mood, said he could handle the rest of the day on his own, and shooed us out at 1 p.m. Expect a busy afternoon for him as people stop in for a book, movie, or jigsaw puzzle. Forecast for the end of this week is temps below -20. Even Northwoods people hunker down when it gets that cold.
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