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Visit to West Concord Public Library
November 03, 2008 01:14 PM | Public LibrariesMichael Scott, Assistant Director
On October 17, 2008, I had the opportunity to visit the West Concord Public Library in West Concord. I met with Rita Hawes, the Director of the Library, as well as library staff member Sharon Dahms. West Concord was my second library visit that day as I had visited the Kenyon Public Library earlier that day.
The West Concord Public Library is located on Main Street in West Concord, in the West Concord Government Center (as can be seen in the photo accompanying this blog post). The library consist mostly of one large space that houses the majority of the collection (both adult and children's) but contains a separate reading room located near the front entrance. Patrons can also access the library through a back entrance. The library has a good collection of materials in various formats and also makes two public access computers available to patrons. On the day I visited, the computers were in use and several patrons made their way in to check out and return materials. Though not part of the circulating collection, the library has several teddy bears that were designed and donated to the library by a local patron, including one made from a cheerleading outfit! Check out the bears and other pictures from my visit on SELCO's Flickr site.
I thoroughly enjoyed my visit to the library and even got to experience a little nostalgia. For those librarians who have been on the SELCO system for a number of years, remember when SELCO produced a "reports guide" to automation reports available from the DRA system (the system we had previous to SirsiDynix Horizon) that came in a thick black binder? The staff found a dusty copy at West Concord that I was more than happy to dispose of for them. In a way, it was a bit sad that this guide was now useless but boy, do I remember the work involved in creating it!
Thanks to Rita and Sharon for welcoming me to the West Concord Public Library.
