Monday, January 14, 2013
CCLS is recognized!
Chambers County
Library System – November, 2012
What a busy month! November
kicked off with a big announcement for the library. Chambers
County Library System was one of 20 libraries in the state to be nominated for Public
Library of the Year. Although we
didn’t walk away with the big award, we are extremely thrilled just to be in
the spotlight for the hard work the staff does.
There are over 500 libraries in the state, and to be ranked with the
best of them is quite an accomplishment in our book.
County Librarian, Valerie Jensen attended a webinar
entitled, Tech at Warp Speed, which
focuses on the future of technology in libraries. The library prides itself on staying on trend
with the latest technology. By doing
that, as we move forward with technology changes, it makes it much more
acceptable by the public and staff.
Speaking of technology, the library is currently searching
for a new Assistant County Librarian and we are using the latest video/chat
tool, Google Hangout for our interviews since many of our candidates are from
out of state. The search is going well
and we hope to have the position filled by the end of the year.
Staff members Cindy Alegria and Missy Parham completed a
Small Library Management course in Collection Development. This training takes about 2 years to complete
and participants receive intense training in the areas of administration,
management, policy development, collection development, reference services,
youth services and technology training.
November 13th was the quarterly Library Advisory
Board meeting. Board members met and
discussed some policy changes as well as receive a report from the County
Librarian regarding library news.
A couple of grants have been written to the Texas Book
Festival grant committee for items not covered in the library’s approved
budget. One particular grant we hope to
receive is funding towards upgrading our current website. Our website is crucial to our online presence
and patrons who aren’t able to use the library’s resources inside the
building. We are anticipating a more
user friendly and inviting website along with a new children’s page.
The Friends of the Chambers County Library System are also
pursuing grant funds and donations towards their fundraising efforts for the
West Chambers Branch library building campaign.
A mail out to all Mont Belvieu patrons informing citizens of their
efforts is almost completed and donations are starting to trickle in from
library users who have been eager to see an expansion for some time now. Just a reminder that all donations are tax
deductible!
And finally, in programming news, the Anahuac and Mont
Belvieu branches braved the crowds by taking teens on a movie field trip to see
the final movie in the Twilight saga. All
3 branches had wonderful Toddler Time programs planned for the under 5 age
crowd. And movie nights, writers groups,
book clubs, coupon classes, craft clubs, computer classes, anime clubs, Homeschool
programs and much more were happening during the month of November @ your local
library.
Until next month!
# posted by Valerie @ Monday, January 14, 2013 
