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Visit to Preston Public Library
December 05, 2008 09:18 AM | Public Libraries, Library VisitsMichael Scott, Assistant Director
On November 7, 2008, I had the opportunity to visit the Preston Public Library during my marathon day of library visits. For those keeping score, this was the 3rd of 3 organizations and 4th of 5 libraries/media centers I visited that day. I had a great visit with Beth Anderson, the Library Director for Preston Public Library. The day I was visiting was a "counting" week where the library counts people visiting the library, questions asked, and so on in prepartion for the annual public library survey that Preston Public Library participates. On the day I visited, the library was a busy place. Nearly all of the public access computers were in use and people were coming in return books and/or check more out.
School was out on November 7th so there were a number of kids coming into the library to check out materials from the library and use the computers earlier. It certainly was great to see them in the library! Speaking of kids, a grandmother in the community called and asked if the library could pull some "Thomas the Train" videos for her as her grandson was coming to visit that weekend. Though maybe not a big deal to most, I was just so impressed that Beth quickly pulled together some videos for her and yes, the grandmother showed up soon after calling to pick them up What a great example of customer service!
Check out photos from my visit on the SELCO Flickr site. While you're there, you can check out photos from other visits to the library by SELCO staff, including pictures from the Library's recent centennial celebration!
Thanks to Beth for allowing me to visit the Preston Public Library!
