Northern Flicker

Had a library volunteer's meeting.  Librarian Trevor used it to talk about interlibrary loans.  Our library is part of a consortium of over 50 libraries.  Most patron requests for books can be handled within our grouping.  Interlibrary loans are either a book that a library might own  because it is a local author or was donated to us.  It could also be an older book where few copies remain on the shelves.  Of course then there are book clubs that require multiple copies of a book at the same time for their monthly selection.  Requests from outside the consortium are noted and need to be handled differently in order to get the book to the requestor in a timely manner.  Trevor had a video explaining the process and a handout.  We don't get many of these requests - maybe one every two weeks.   I don't usually see any at all in a year's time so I always pull out the manual and follow the steps in the 'interlibrary loan' section step by step.  Nice to see this overview but keep the manual up-to-date

Last night a series of warm weather days was ushered in by a wonderful thunder and lightening display.  It's been months since I heard rain on the roof.  By the time church let out this morning it was a balmy 60 degrees.  I could hear the siren song of frogs croaking from the fens.    Whip and I took off to see what we could discover.   I found more species of birds that have migrated back and the tag alders are blooming.  Whip found the leg of a deer.  It will be a warm wet week - perfect to jump start Spring.  Of course, next weekend it will be cold enough for snow again.  Changeable weather I guess is also a sign of Spring.