what?? Me, volunteer??

Also, this week was a first for me.  I volunteered at the local middle school. This was a first because my life has always been in the fast lane of work with little time to consider the needs of the community.  While I am in between part-time jobs, this seemed like a worthwhile idea and it is National Volunteer Week, too.  As a former teacher, going back to the classroom was not an option...been there; done that!  Something out of the box, like the library...?  Okay.  Arrangements were made and I was set to spend three hours in the middle school library.  Do you have any concept of what happens in a school library?  Checking out books and putting them back on the shelves, right? Pleeze!  If things were only that simple, librarians might have time to go to the restroom or take a lunch break or leave at the end of the school day.  I was given a quick lesson in check-out, check-in, shelving, special shelving, processing new books, labeling new books, answering kid questions and using the computer/scanner.  Whew!  Three hours was not enough to get started and certainly not enough time to  finish one task completely.  I left offering to take several boxes of new books home and process them.  Of course, this was refused but I could return and invite friends to assist at anytime.  Next week, I am going back.

If you are reading this and are not employed, consider helping out at a school in your area.  You will not believe how much your time will be appreciated.  With budget cuts, schools are more in need than ever for volunteers.  Even one hour will make a difference to a teacher.  Your schools will be hosting Book Fairs soon and could use adults for any task you would be willing to do.  Think about it! 

picture credit from the Library of Congress

Library Guggenheim Hall, Colo. School of Mines / photo. by L. C. McClure, Denver.
McClure, Louis Charles, 1867-1957.

CREATED/PUBLISHED
[between 1906 and 1908].
SUMMARY
Interior of library in Guggenheim Hall, 1500 Illinios Street, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado; shows a large room with a double door entry, a leaded glass fanlight, beamed ceiling with columns topped with Corinthian capitals and glass lamps on ends of T-armiture light fixtures. Long wooden rectangular and a few circular tables and wooden chairs fill most of the room; bookshelf stacks, newspaper and periodical racks are on one side and the far wall has a portrait painting of Simmon Guggenheim(?). A taxidermied hawk is perched on top of one shelf; the circulation desk has a framed painting of a deer behind it. A small bookcart on wheels is filled with "The Century Dictionary," volumes A-Z, of names, and an atlas; and "Webster's International Dictionary, With A Supplement Of Additional Words And Meanings." Smelter magnate and U. S. Senator Simon Guggenheim donated funds to build this administration building.
NOTES
Title and signature hand-lettered on glass plate.

SUBJECTS
Guggenheim, Simon--Monuments.
Colorado School of mines--1900-1910.
Universities & colleges--Colorado--Golden--1900-1910.
Libraries--Colorado--Golden--1900-1910.
Interiors--Colorado--Golden--1900-1910.
Golden (Colo.)--1900-1910.
Glass negatives.
Photographic prints.

RELATED TITLES
L. C. McClure collection 1890-1935

MEDIUM
1 photonegative : glass ; 21 x 26 cm. (8 x 10 in.)
1 photoprint ; 21 x 26 cm. (8 x 10 in.)

REPRODUCTION NUMBER
MCC-4257

REPOSITORY
Western History/Genealogy Department, Denver Public Library, 10 W. 14th Avenue Parkway, Denver, Colorado 80204.

DIGITAL ID
codhawp 00074257 http://photoswest.org/cgi-bin/imager?00074257+MCC-4257