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Good News/Bad News

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 The last two weeks have been very rough, the Fiscal Officer/Assistant Director that worked with me at Wauseon Public Library passed away after a battle with bone cancer, besides being my boss when the Library Director was gone, she was also a friend and I will miss her dearly she was so much fun to work with, she could always make you laugh, she was a wonderful person I feel so blessed that I got to work with her the last six years--now the library is looking for a part-time Fiscal Officer. With the passing of our Fiscal Officer/Assistant Director, another change was made, the board eliminated the Assistant Director Position and those duties were transferred to me under my new Job Title that I was given in October of 2022 as Head Librarian, with the added duties my pay was increased--yes I am pleased with the pay increase (my pay was increased once I accepted the Head Librarian Position), but the circumstances for the added duties and pay increase came at the loss of losing our Fiscal
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February Has Arrived . . . what can we expect?

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February has arrived, unfortunately the groundhog saw his shadow so we will have 6 more weeks of winter, let's hope those 6 weeks come quickly! I am going to try something new for this blog post, a couple of prompts to get us thinking, you can choose 1 or answer both. The first prompt: What is a skill you love that you have? The second prompt: Write about a happy moment you think of fondly.     I am going to answer this prompt, there are several happy moments that I think of fondly, but I will write about just one: the moment I think of fondly is when my mom came home with this little ball of fur that some friends of ours gave her--it was a torty kitten, we named her Jasmine--she looked at me and practically jumped out of my mom's hand to come to me--we have had her for almost 14 years, she had been a joy to have. Like I said there are other happy moments I think of fondly. Please do answer these prompts, I look forward to reading them.
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What an Amazing Read!

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  An Amazing Book! I normally do not read nonfiction, unless it really peaks my interest . . . I came across this Autobiography "Beyond the Wand" by Tom Felton, who played Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter films, I thought to myself "I have got to read this because it is Tom Felton and I loved the Harry Potter films". I decided to check it out and read it.  This book is amazing . . . as you are reading this book, you feel like Tom is setting right beside you answering your questions, to me this book is personal to the fans and I really enjoyed this book, it is one of those books, I am going to purchase for my own collection. Wauseon Public Library has hardcover copy of the book and the audiobook. You Harry Potter franchise fans, I know you are out there--this one is a good one is a great read rather you liked Draco Malfoy or not--it is Tom Felton who made that character and they chose the right actor to play Draco in Tom. If anyone reads this book, feel free to share
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2022 A Whirlwind of A Year

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The above picture was taken during our staff Christmas Breakfast/Gift Exchange on December 16, 2022. In the back is Connie Fry (who retired 11/30/202), Sue Yarbro, our Inter-Library Loan Librarian, the middle row is Amber McWatters, our new Adult Services Librarian, Saul Gallardo, Page/Shelving, Me--Daniel Baldwin, Head Librarian, Lisa Zuver, Assistant Director/Fiscal Officer, Front row is Samantha Sorge, Genealogy and local history, MacKenzie Keene our New Children's Librarian, and finally Keri Black our new Director.  Here we are, 2022 coming to an end, and what a year 2022 has been! For me personally, 2022 has been a pretty good year, there have been ups and downs, but overall it has been a pretty good year, I will see what 2023 brings to the table for me personally. For me professionally, wow! There were staff changes at the Wauseon Public Library, we hired a new Children's Librarian in September! She is a blast to work with. My friend, my partner in crime, Connie, whom I w
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17 Years At Wauseon Public Library

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     We are in November--Thanksgiving, 2022 is about two weeks away. What a year of changes at the Wauseon Public Library. Our Children's Librarian retired on July 22, 2022, a new Children's Librarian was hired, and she started on September 6, 2022--Her name is Kenzie. Our director announced she was retiring--her last day was August 31, 2022--a search began for a replacement. I applied for the position and was interviewed for the position, but I did not get selected. Our board created a new position for me entitled "Head Librarian' this new position was presented to me at the end of October 2022, I accepted the position. This position is the board's appreciation to me for my years of employment to the library and the praise the board members have received out in public about me. I am so excited about this new chapter in my library career--our new director starts on November 21, 2022, I am looking forward to working with her and this wonderful new opportunity for me
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 December 23, 2021--Christmas Eve Eve Oh my has it been awhile since my last post--I will have to do updates a little at a time. Here we are Christmas 2021 . . . What a past year it has been, are we going to get back to Normal? I sure hope so! This year marked my 16th anniversary at the Wauseon Public Library, time sure flies it is hard to believe I have been there that long, which by the way, the renovation project on the library was finished by April of 2017--we moved back into the library building the last two weeks of April--2017--Here is a photo of the outside of the library: There are some interior pictures of the renovations, I will have to see if I can find them. For now, let us see what 2022 brings. Have a Wonderful and Safe Holiday Season! 
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It has been awhile . . . Much has happened

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It has been a very long time since my last post. So much has happened since my last blog post. Earlier this year, Wauseon Public Library, my employer, finally got the go ahead with the renovation project that has been in the planning for about 2 years. The library's foundation is crumbling and if it would not be fixed--within the next 3-5 years the building would be unsafe to be in. With that in mind, since the foundation is being touched, everything else in the building has to be brought up to code for 2016-2017 and also be ADA compliant by today's standards. As a result, the old elevator is not ADA compliant and will be moved to the front of the building--the front entrance is going to be redone and the front steps to the main floor will be relocated. Work began on our beloved Carnegie Building in late August--the Board of Trustees went with a contractor out of Perrysburg, Ohio. There is also an Architecture Firm out of Toledo that has gotten this process started.
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