After a quite hectic beginning of the year, we've finally cleared up all the backlog of requested loans, so things should be a bit more timely from now on. I hope that the beginning of all of your year's have been great.
The library took in a record number of requests in mid-August starting with over 140 titles for NYSSMA festivals across New York State. Unfortunately, getting all of those ready for shipment (including any needed repairs to the music) ran into all of the requests from the school districts and things got a little bogged down. I've already addressed the situation with NYSSMA and they have agreed to move back the ordering from the various zones so that the music requests get to the library a couple of weeks sooner starting in 2011. Hopefully this will alleviate the overlap between NYSSMA festivals and the districts start-of-year orders.
The library has now grown to 4,100 titles (that's up from 3,100 when I took over in 2006) and will continue to grow, so make sure you check back here at the Library News blog on a regular basis. Also, don't forget that you can always get sample copies of a piece for your review to determine if it is suitable for your ensamble.
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