{"id":217,"date":"2016-01-07T09:33:48","date_gmt":"2016-01-07T17:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chicolibrary.org\/blog\/?p=217"},"modified":"2016-01-07T10:00:57","modified_gmt":"2016-01-07T18:00:57","slug":"happy-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.chicolibrary.org\/blog\/2016\/01\/07\/happy-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy New Year!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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Well, last year was a hard one for the Chico Branch \u2013 hours were cut due to lack of resources (money).\u00a0 But there was good news too.\u00a0 Young adults are involved in the library\u2019s creative space.\u00a0 The 3D printer is a hit, and there are even a couple of 3D pens.\u00a0 Staffer Leslie Botsford and her enthusiastic young volunteers are busy.\u00a0 Library staff and library volunteers worked hard in 2015 to meet the needs of the community.\u00a0 The Chico Friends of the Library\u2019s web page has been overhauled (http:\/\/chicolibrary.org<\/a>).\u00a0 There is a rumor that we might have a new volunteer to take over the web page maintenance (Yay!). \u00a0The Chico Friends of the Butte County Library Facebook page is active and this is where we put timely bits of information and maybe a joke or two (https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cfobcl<\/a>).<\/p>\n

2016 will be a year of physical changes in the library.\u00a0 An automated check-in system will be installed pretty soon (estimated first quarter 2016).\u00a0 Library material will have Radio Frequency ID (RFID) tags installed in them, and then when you put a book into the book drop it will be scanned and checked in automatically.\u00a0 All this automation should free up staff to interact with you more \u2026 right now they spend most of their time doing check in\/check out activity instead of developing community programs or helping you in the library.\u00a0 This new staff availability should make a difference in Butte County, and Chico in particular.\u00a0 There will be other physical changes, probably, but this is enough to deal with for now.<\/p>\n

Book sale volunteers took the holidays off (well-deserved days off), and they are ready to open again.\u00a0 Since they missed a couple of sale Saturdays they have another surplus of books and will have yet another half off sale this weekend<\/strong>.\u00a0 If you are ever in doubt about whether or not a book sale is open, check our calendar<\/a>.
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  1. The First Friday book sale<\/strong>, actually the second Friday this month, is this Friday, January 8th<\/sup>, 2-4PM in the library meeting room. This is for CFOL members only, so it\u2019s a peaceful browsing environment which should be a welcome change after the bustle of the holidays.\u00a0 If you are not a member, you can sign up at the book sale.<\/li>\n
  2. Regular Saturday morning book sales<\/strong> resume<\/strong> this Saturday, January 9th<\/sup>, 9-11:30AM in the library meeting room. There is no book sale on Saturday, January 16th (MLK Junior holiday at all branches).\u00a0 The book sale volunteers always welcome your donations of clean books. You can drop donations off at the book sales or any time the library is open.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The book sale volunteers can use some help, so if you find yourself with some free time and are in good health please call Hellen Sutton and speak to her (530-588-4989).\u00a0 The book sales are our main source of income and we spend it all on the library.\u00a0 Your time will help the library.<\/p>\n

    Have a nice, wet January!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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