Really Bad Analogies

These analogies are about as awful as something pretty bad can be ...  if you happen to be somewhere around negative stuff ... or something like that ...whatever.

Naugahyde

Heard this one from a librarian at another library (not mine). A person called on the phone and asked what animal was naugahyde  made from?

Library Usage on the Upswing in 2012

Library usage is on the upswing! If you have not noticed this recent phenomenon, just check out any of the public libraries and see for yourself. The local public library is definitely a happening place!

The Quitman Public Library has been serving a record number of patrons of late. There have been days where the parking lot is completely filled.

People are sometimes waiting for us to open each morning. Many come for the traditional reasons to read the papers, look at magazines, perform genealogical research, check out books, or enjoy a comfortable, quiet place to study or read. Others come to the library to use our public access computers, to access the Internet on their laptops using our wireless connection, to attend English as a Second Language Classes that take place each Thursday; to bring their children to Story Time each Friday at 11:00; to join in the Bluegrass Acoustical Jam Session that takes place each month (call 903-952-8305 for schedule).

The library’s computers are almost continually in use and the staff stays busy helping people with research, database searches, e-mail accounts and other informational needs.

I am surprised at how many people rely on the library’s 8 public access computers and Internet. Sometimes we have to put patrons on a waiting list. It is routine for many use the library’s computers to pay their bills online, correspond, check stock quotes, make online purchases, and a few people operate their small personal businesses using the library’s computers.

There is also a big increase in checking out movies, DVD's and audio books. Between unemployment and digital television, people are trying to find other outlets, and many are discovering what their public library has to offer. If you’re bored, come to the Quitman Public Library!

There has been a noticeable boost in reading over the past year. Reports show that circulation statistics have doubled, and nearly tripled on certain days. People are checking out their maximum of ten items at a time, then returning a week or two later for more.

People may not be aware of the variety of resources they can find at the Quitman Public Library. In addition to popular printed fiction and non-fiction books and periodicals, the library offers an array of additional media including local and regional newspapers, audio books, movies on video tape and DVD, genealogy resources, directories, children’s books and media, and nearly 27,000 books in electronic format.

Visit our website at www.quitmanlibrary.org