A troop of Girl Scouts came to the library on Tuesday to learn about the library. It was part of earning a community awareness badge, I think. I sat in to see how it went.
First, Pamela already knew many of the girls as regular library users, which was nice. She started off by asking them what they wanted to know. “What authors are the most popular?” “Can we go on the roof?” “How do you get rid of ruined books?” Stuff like that. Pamela answered their questions and then gave a little talk about the library in general, allowing for tangents following the girls’ interests. Then she gave them a tour of the library. Here are some notes I made:
- How the library is organized: Fiction/Non-Fiction
- The Dewey Decimal System/Call #s
- What’s on the spine of the book?
- Computer resources: catalog, databases, online encyclopedias, Wikipedia (pros and cons)
- Always ask for help if you need it!
- The greenness of the building: recycled materials, less waste, the grass roof (see the pic below)
- Why spaces in the library are named for people
- What happens when you donate books to the library
