Friday we finally finished shifting nonfiction and realized more shelving units for fiction. Because of the layout we used for large type, though, this involved changing the flow of nonfiction and moving around some of the smaller fiction collections (westerns and adult graphic novels) as well as the talking books, for which we were able to increase space too. A few of us basically spent all day Friday shifting the entire fiction collection.

Others spent Friday shelfreading, straightening, and cleaning up the public spaces in preparation for our sneak preview event on Sunday and our opening on Monday. There are still some things to clean up in the public area, but we'll have time to take care of them when we come in Sunday before event time.

One thing we discovered while shelving our old nonfiction collection was how important it was to inventory the boxes as they were brought over from our old building. This enabled us to see if we were missing any boxes that hadn't been brought over yet. This was important because we couldn't continue shifting in a section if we hadn't shelved the boxes that contained material for that area.

This last week has been exhausting, but it's very satisfying to know that we're pretty much done except for cleaning up some things in nonpublic areas and feeding in the overflow and duplicates once material begins to go out.