Weekly Nibble: June 7, 2019

What a whirlwind! Summer reading kicked off this week, and so far, everyone is still in one piece! We had two coworkers out on vacation (which normally doesn't happen the first week, but there were special circumstances), so naturally, everyone is feeling a bit frazzled and exhausted by today. But so far, we've registered a … Continue reading Weekly Nibble: June 7, 2019 →

Weekly Nibble: May 31, 2019

If you follow Much Hamsters on Instagram, you may have seen that I was out making book deliveries this week! This is a service that we started offering to our school age outreach organizations last summer, and has been met with great success. Last year, we circulated somewhere between 600-700 books and only lost two. … Continue reading Weekly Nibble: May 31, 2019 →

Weekly Nibble: May 24, 2019

This week has been a rollercoaster ride, but we are definitely on the downhill slope toward summer reading! We had a department meeting on Monday to go over everything with our staff before we jump in at the beginning of June, we finished up our last few school visits to promote (I'll be hearing my … Continue reading Weekly Nibble: May 24, 2019 →

Weekly Nibble: May 3, 2019

We had our first round of summer reading promotional visits this week! We constructed a communication console and mission control desk out of boxes and various pieces and parts salvaged from our Tech Take-Apart Workshop in March, and put on a skit in which I play an astronaut on the International Space Station and Kip … Continue reading Weekly Nibble: May 3, 2019 →

Weekly Nibble: April 26, 2019

Someone had laser cut the Tennessee Library Association logo into wood for when we toured the makerspace at the Chattanooga Public Library. I did a thing way outside of my comfort zone this week. Several months ago, my supervisor received an email that the Tennessee Library Association was accepting proposals for sessions for their annual … Continue reading Weekly Nibble: April 26, 2019 →