Thursdays Jump Off in EZ!!!

As expected Thursdays are jumping off after I made the switch from 9-12pm to 1-4:30pm. Last Thursday 11 patrons showed up to use the Empowerment Zone. This is close to the highest number of users for a single day yet. We managed to take some pictures and use them for the Florida Library Association's Snapshot Day as well. It is kind of ironic that we were so busy since earlier in the week a patron came up to the desk and complained that we had made the switch from mornings to afternoons. I wasn't there when he complained, but the first thing I thought was, "where have you been all of the Thursday mornings?"! Seriously, we were lucky to have 3 or 4 people show up on Thursday mornings, and after only 3 afternoons, we are up over my goal of 10 patrons each Thursday afternoon. Hopefully this momentum will be maintained, but as I sit here typing this there is only 1 patron in so far on a Monday morning, which used to be our busiest day. Who knows?

First Thursday Afternoon for Empowerment Zone

Last Thursday, January 6th, was the first ever afternoon time for the Empowerment Zone. Given how busy we were on the public computers the previous Thursday afternoon, I was expecting a large group of patrons to use the EZ. Mother Nature had other plans, and right before 1pm there was a huge thunderstorm with wind and rain gusts. The library is always slower when it is raining, or cold out, and this proved true again on Thursday. Only about half of the public access computers were in use, and the EZ only had 3 users from 1-4:30pm. Hopefully the weather is more patron friendly next week, and more patrons come to use the EZ. One of the positive outcomes was that only one person showed up at 9am and wanted to use the EZ, which hopefully means the patrons took notice of the time change. More to follow...