While libraries are becoming more high tech, some days as a library manager can be very low tech. Yesterday I watered flowers, cleaned up (with a good bit of help) a large fruit punch spill, fixed the toilet paper dispenser in one bathroom, and fixed toilet issues in both public bathrooms. I closed the front door and the back door at least a dozen times and worked the closing shift. Today I drove around to five different schools, climbed a bunch of stairs, and delivered bookmarks promoting the summer reading program.
After that I worked with our system trainer to help get ready for a training session on using Web Reporter, the online report module for our automation system. That was the technology highlight of my day. It's really amazing how many statistics you can coax out of web reporter and how useful they can be in the everyday running of a library. We can run our own weeding reports, track payments of fines and fees down to which computer at the circ desk was used, and look at checkouts and checkins not only by day but by hour - to see when we need more staff manning the desk. That's only the tip of the iceberg, but it's a great resource.
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