When the Director Reads...

Linda has become accustomed to certain "perks" at the library. Luckily, she lives nearby so it should not be difficult to continue this level of service after she retires.

Missouri State Library January Statistics

For January, the book bloggers at the Missouri State Library read:

• 33 books
• 11,616 pages
• and had 12 participants.

St. Charles City-County Library District

One of my co-workers wanted to see our name up on this blog.  So here are our stats for January.  I think we did pretty well, since this was all pulled together 1 week before the New Year. :)

TEAM TOTALS
Books: 70
Pages: 21,836

Question?

Is there any way to show how many people participated each month. Smaller libraries won't stand a chance against the bigger libraries. Plus, what about each library maybe posting the person with the most books or pages read?

The QuickWitlitniks of Springfield-Greene

Total books read: 150

Total pages read: 45,883


Is that Queen we hear playing in the background?

Librarian Celebrities - this is how it should be

Changes afoot at UCPL.  Our little place is getting some press!

http://www.stltoday.com/suburban-journals/metro/life/article_8ad33115-d9b6-5967-b8fb-dc9e822866a7.html

Joplin Public Library

January Totals

94 Books Read

19,217 pages

University City Public Library

January Team Totals

Books: 89
Pages: 26,182

Winner for favorite post is Nate for his take on Scott Pilgrim

Marshall Libraries United

January 2011

Team Totals
Books: 55
Pages: 17,267
Time: 136 hours, 57 minutes

(amended on Feb. 3 when I had reason to double-check my figures. Sorry!)

Introducing Team UCPL Captain Annie!

Annie is our sweetest librarian. She is helpful to all and friendly to a fault. Her favorite reads usually include zombies, vampires and serial killers. She is our team captain this year. Last year, recruiting could be difficult for the UCPL Book Challenge. Here is a typical interaction:

Annie has taken a whole new direction when it comes to recruiting. Here’s how it goes now:

I figured people would have a harder time telling her “no” but I didn’t imagine that “no” would never even come up. Annie really knows how to motivate people! I think she will take our team to a whole new level. Also, welcome to the team Andrew. I sure hope you meet the goals Annie set for you.