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Back in 2012, I was lucky. I started my first professional library job, in teen services, in a brand-new building, the week<\/em> before it opened. That week was spent learning about the high-tech details of the branch\u2014a new audio recording studio, a SmartBoard, new and different phones, photocopy machines, and the like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It did not involve packing and unpacking. That task was completed by the time I started. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Fast forward to now. I work at a different branch that also staffs a mini branch in a local strip mall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Or at least I did. That mini branch, though still smaller than most of our branches, has now moved onto the campus of a 7-12 public school, that is next door to the K-6 building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As the children\u2019s librarian, this location promises to be a huge change. We have hired additional staff, who must be trained. The branch manager, teen librarian, and I spoke to teachers on their staff day. We are reaching out to make connections. I already am in talks with the 3rd<\/sup> grade teachers who are interested in a book club but\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n The library has to be put together. Tons of bins were packed at the old location. They were moved last week to the new. A \u201cmove team\u201d is arranging the collection. Maintenance is building tables. IT is setting up computers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And we are all still working at the other, larger branch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you\u2019ve done this before\u2026how long before you felt organized???<\/p>\n\n\n\n The adventure began Saturday! <\/p>\n\n\n\n This post addresses the core competencies of I. Commitment to Client Group.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Have you ever moved your library? If you are like me, you get very excited to work in a new, fresh space with state-of-the-art technology and a pristine collection. But, you know, you have to MOVE.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":297,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[1474,1],"tags":[950,2256],"class_list":["post-25605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogger-maria-trivisonno","category-uncategorized","tag-moving","tag-new"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/297"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25605\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/RCHTeen.jpg\")