Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Almost there...

Fiction section
A month or two ago, I said that the College Park Community Library (CPCL) would be open by the end of January 2012. Well, the end of the month isn't that far away. Fortunately, we're not that far away from opening! (See the photos. Note: not pictured is the children's section, which we're finishing up now.)

After a lot of hard work by a few indefatigable individuals (and a lot of skipping out on work to go get shelves!), we stand before you now with only a few things left to do. Will we make our goal? With a little luck, I think we'll make it.

non-fiction & lounging area
 Of course, there will still be plenty to do once we open the doors. Chief among them will be finding volunteers to help us staff the place so we can be open as much as possible. If you'd like to help out in this regard, please contact us and let us know. It doesn't matter if you have any library experience - all that's required is a willingness to lend a hand.

If you'd like to help out, but can't volunteer, perhaps you could help us procure one of the following items on our wishlist.

Things we need as of 1/25/12:
rest of non-fiction and romance

bookends (we need a lot of these)
coffee table
arm chair or small couch
working, modern computer (laptop or desktop)
printer (with necessary software)

Thursday, January 12, 2012

We're getting close!

Folks, this place is starting to look like a library!

Next up, cataloging all these books (we're up to about 3,000 volumes!) and then opening the doors!

If you'd like to volunteer to help run this joint, please get in touch.

Thanks.


Monday, January 9, 2012

The Shelves Have Arrived!

The first shelf of alphabetized
books
After a lot of searching and even more planning, we finally got a hold of some shelves and moved them into the library. Now, we're in the process of putting the books on them -- a task we hope to have completed by the end of the week.

As originally planned, we've categorized the books by subject are shelving the books alphabetically by author.