Coordinator Fills Shifts
 

The San Juan Island Library is singing kudos to Kathy Babbitt, the volunteer coordinator, for an outstanding performance. For the first time in more than three years, all shifts in the library's schedule for volunteers will be anchored by at least one regular volunteer next week.  Volunteers who work on an on-call basis were recruited to cover those shifts without an assigned volunteer.
 

In spite of the significance of this feat, the library still has a need for additional volunteers. A pool of floating volunteers is always needed to cover vacations and emergencies. And since two volunteers staff each shift, some regular shifts are still available. Volunteer duties include using the computer scanner to check books out to patrons, using the computer to check books in, and returning used books to the shelves.
 

"Kathy does an outstanding job of recruiting and training volunteers. Her ability to track, schedule and manage between 70 and 80 volunteers is truly rare, and I am very proud of her accomplishment," said library director Lauren Stara.
 

The Library's collection includes both fiction and non-fiction books for very young children, for grade-school aged children and for adults. In addition to its collections of books, audio books, DVDs, videos and magazines to loan, the library also provides computers for public use.
 

Library hours are Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 10 AM to 6 PM, Tuesday and Thursday from 10 AM to 8 PM, Saturday from 10 AM to 5 PM and Sunday from 1 PM to 5 PM.  Library cards are free to island residents with proof of residency.