[Michlib-l] Special needs

[Jean Fellows]

Agree-- Some folks say: "well, we don't want them *cleaning."  *Why not? I
think it's great work and tasks that do undone otherwise. Makes the library
a nicer place!

On Tue, Nov 8, 2022 at 12:21 PM Amy Nolan via Michlib-l <michlib-l at mcls.org>
wrote:

> I agree Rochelle—they could also wash the toys in the children area which
> is very helpful.  Board books and picture books are a great area to focus
> on for book washing as are the holiday books that get a tremendous amount
> of circulation at certain times of the year.  Counting the pieces in the
> games or kits that you have out or that circulate is another necessary task
> that often gets overlooked.
>
> Amy Nolan
> Lincoln Township Public Library
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Michlib-l <michlib-l-bounces at mcls.org> on behalf of Rochelle
> Collins via Michlib-l <michlib-l at mcls.org>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 8, 2022 11:54 AM
> *To:* Don Priest via Michlib-l <michlib-l at mcls.org>
> *Subject:* [Michlib-l] Special needs
>
> We've had people with the same thing.  We would have them bag crafts to
> go, stamping due date cards, but the most helpful was cleaning books, cds,
> etc.  That's something we normally don't have time for and it's amazing how
> by just using a slightly damp cloth can clean things we don't even see are
> there.
>
> Rochelle A. Collins
> Reference Librarian
> Alice and Jack Wirt Library
> 500 Center Ave
> Bay City, MI 48708
> 989-893-9566
> rcollins at baycountylibrary.org
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-- 
Jean Fellows
(she/hers)
Programming Coordinator
Grand Ledge Area District Library
131 E. Jefferson St.,
Grand Ledge, MI 48837
517-627-7014

*The Grand Ledge Area District Library is situated on ancestral,
traditional and contemporary lands of the Anishinaabeg – Three Fires
Confederacy of Ojibwe, Odawa and Potawatomi peoples land ceded in the 1819
Treaty of Saginaw.*
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