Stowe has been a magnet for tourists since before the Civil War. In fact, the Stowe Free Library was founded with a donation of 51 books from a group of summer hotel guests who used proceeds from an art sale to fund the purchase of this founding collection. It was supplemented by a town appropriation of $100, making Stowe the first town in Vermont to appropriate a sum of money for library purposes under the state law of 1865. The classic Greek Revival building where the library is now…

I hope students, faculty, staff, and visitors will enjoy the new look of our 25 year old circulation desk. The brown front was painted black. Letters for inspiring words were made with cardstock...

Library Circulation Desk - This is a picture of my newly updated circulation desk! My daughter and I brainstormed the words and she cut them out using her cameo cutter. I used spray adhesive to attach them to the desk. I think it turned out great!

Circulation desk poster I created with a cricut.

I have done self-checkout in my library since the big budget cuts in Texas education happened many years ago. I was in an elementary library with about 850 students. I knew I was losing my assistant...

I love the library I work in. I love my giant circulation desk with all of its counter space, the huge windows that let me see the sun shining through the trees, the birds chirping outside (except the one time a bird came in the library, but that's a story for another day), and all the space my students have to work or play games or read. The one thing I don't particularly love, though, is the giant support beam that sits right in front of my desk. It's pretty clear that the space my…