[Publib] Re: Cake Pans

[Luann Elvey]

While attending the Michigan Beginning Workshop back in 1999 (a certification class for non-MLS library staff) we had a "show and tell" session about our libraries.  I remember two women walking forward, each carrying a cake pan.  I couldn't figure out why until they explained that their small library had a very large collection of novelty cake pans.  
 
I believe members of the community donated many of the pans after purchasing them for their child's birthday party or other event.  As I remember, the library charged a 25 cent rental fee and patrons were to return the pans in clean condition.  
 
I do not know if the library still circulates cake pans, and I am sorry I do not remember the name of the library.  I do remember being told that the cake pans were a very popular item at their library.  (I must admit, that all these years later, one of the things I remember most from the weeklong class is the cake pans.)
 
Along the lines of the fishing poles that started out this discussion, I visited the Somers Public Library in Somers, Connecticut some years ago.  They checked out kid's backpacks filled with a small pair of binoculars, some basic field guides, and other outdoors related items.
 
Luann

Luann Elvey
East Tawas Library
204 Sawyer St.
East Tawas, MI 48730
phone: (989) 362-6162
fax:  (989) 362-1449
libraryet at yahoo.com


      
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