Visitors to the Main Library may have already met our newest, as-yet-unnamed companion…the Grand and Glorious Book Drop!

Our book drop made quite the arduous journey all the way from California to be here with all of us, and is now happily ensconced just inside out gates, to the side of our front stairs.

He’s a very friendly beasties, is our Book Drop, always ready to take care of any library materials you wish to drop off, whether we are open or closed.  And just so you know how it all works, in the morning, our incredible custodians go out and fetch all the materials that Book Drop has collected, and bring them to the circulation desk, where we check them in.  When we check them in, we backdate them.  That means that if your stuff is due on Thursday, and you leave that stuff with Book Drop on Thursday, we will check it in as if it were Thursday, so you don’t get charged any fines.  And at the end of the day 30 minutes before we close, our custodians head back out again to fetch any materials that Book Drop has collected, so we can check those things in, as well.

Book Drop is very, very eager to meet you, and loves feeling useful, so by all means, stop by, welcome him to the neighborhood, and feel free to bring him your library materials.  Just make sure you use the proper drop: books on the left, media (non-book things) on the right!

Now…there’s just one more thing to do.

Book Drop doesn’t have a name.

And if he’s going to be with us for a long, long time, as indeed, he is, I think we need to make some effort at making him feel welcome–and a name is a very good place to start.  So get your thinking caps on, beloved patrons, and give us some ideas.  We’ll be having an official naming ceremony soon!