LISSA

It might be summer, but LISSA hasn't wasted any time getting a jump on the year.  We've gained 11 new members following this summer's orientation, and after a fun social event in early June, we decided we needed to put this great group of librarians to work!  After some discussion with one of LISSA's recent grads and new librarians, we came up with a great plan:  weeding the fiction and non-fiction collections at the Orangeburg County Library in Orangeburg, SC.  On Saturday, July 28th a group of 13 LISSA members descended on the OCL from all over the state; three members from Charleston SC (including one alumni), a member from Savannah GA, one from Florence SC, and eight more from Columbia (including two more alumni!).  We got a tour of the library from LISSA alum and OCL Adult Services Librarian Anna Z., and an overview of what we would be working on that day. The workload was a big one:  weeding fiction and shifting part of the collection off the back...