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| Daniella and Tattiana working on reference |
Our last work day at the ESEPA library was--from a librarian's standpoint--a bit of a nailbiter. We knew from the beginning of the time here that much of the reorganization of this 18000-item library would be out of a two-week reach, but Tattiana had certain goals that she wanted to see complete. This week's work entailed many of these, and the last of those tasks demanded that we reorganize the location of all the books in the general collection for more effective access. (Next week before we leave, I hope to get a more accurate estimate of how many books these were...but there were 13 rows of bookshelves...)
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| Daniella and Stephanie cleaning and protecting books |
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| Tia, Tattiana, and Camille cleaning books |
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| Tia and Camille working on labeling |
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| Barb helping Eduardo move shelves |
We did not get to this task until the very last day, and due to several other obligations, we were not even going to have all of us working on it the entire day. Also, we had been told that the administration wanted to provide a thank you "despedida" for us starting at 3:30pm. The challenge in moving all the books involved a variety of variables. For instance, books could not be put on a shelf until other books were removed (an ongoing circulation of teamwork); and the order of the books was changing not only from one end of the library to the other end of the library, but each row would therefore be going in a different direction than it had before. Basically as we moved the books as a team, we had to think backwards and forewards at the same time... with numbers, with letters, with Spanish and with English,. Suffice it to say, we now know who on our team is best at thinking in two directions at the same time.
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| Eduardo y Tattiana |
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| 3:30pm -- Finished! |
We also had Eduardo ("Negrito") and Tattiana working with us, and just at 3:30pm exactly, we had all the books in their new places. With great exaltation and relief, we enjoyed a sweet time of coffee and donuts, reflection and gratitude all around.
We so appreciate the love, generosity, and hospitality
of the ESEPA family.
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| Sarita |
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