Week 2 at PLCMC

Monday 7 April - "Walkabout"
Today was our "walkabout" day, assigned by Patrice in tradition of the Australia culture. We backed tracked a little and stopped by a few departments and places we wanted to revisit after week 1.
The morning commenced with a meeting between Patrice and Susan on updating our calendar.
We touched base with Meryle with regards to the Outreach department.

A self guided tour of the Main Library helped us to gain our whereabouts and talk to staff working on the floor who we had or may not have meet in our first week, still meeting new people!

Headed off late in the morning to ImaginOn (which is about a block and a half from the Main Library) and spent some time with the staff and manager Beth in the children's area, visited the shop (which will soon be going online) and made some purchases.

We love the free standing information desk as you enter the front foyer.
The mezzanine has been reworked in this branch for a parent space/area and works well, we took advantage of our time and sat there observing the interaction between the children and the props on the ground floor and the working of the overall center.

The "CheckIt out" Outlet was next on our agenda for the day. A lovely branch set amongst offices and eateries housing a small sized collection, no public pcs just the catalogue. The floor is amazing with old brochures and dust covers from Novello (which is PLCMC's own publishing outlet) sealed under a clear lacequer.
This is the only branch that does not have a floating collection due to the nature of their library.

We also squeezed in some time to go to the Levine Museum of the New South and gained a better understanding of the history of the area. This is a museum which takes you on a very personal journey and leaves one amazed at the history and thinking for days afterwards.

Tuesday 8 April - PR team

Today we attended a staff morning tea to welcome David Singleton a new member of the team at Main Library.
Sarah Poole and her team PR spent the morning with us and we shared our processes and ideas together on Marketing, branding and regional programs......all something I could spend the week talking about, we shall book some more time to make some plans and possible future projects for YPRL and PLCMC.
Lunch was spent with the team learning more about each other and the work being done at PLCMC.

Wednesday 9 April - Web Design & Tech Central
Paul from Wed desgn generously gave up whole morning discussing web design and information relating to this for PLCMC.
PLCMC has deeloped many online games for children and young adults so they can exploreand interact online, an area that Yarra Plenty has yet to explore.

The afternoon was spent at Imaginon with Robin on Tech Central Tech Central is a place designed for children and teens so they can use the Internet and play online games.

Thursday - Sunday NEW YORK CITY
pics to be posted