HURRAY!!!!!
The Castor Association of America has a NEW Librarian!!!!!!!
It is: Brenda Custer Randall (my Sis)...
You will still need to first notify Patricia Caster first...
The new CAOA Library address is:
The Castor Association of America Lending Library
995 Highway 80 East
Calhoun, LA 71225
Attention: Brenda Custer Randall, Librarian
Brenda's mailing address is: 112 Susan Drive
West Monroe, LA 71291
Her home phone number is: (318) 396-1645
Her e-mail address is: custerbren(a)aol.com
However, my Mom (Doris Foster Custer) will also be "sharing" some of the
duties with Brenda. Mom has a LOT of experience as a librarian. In fact,
she has a personal library (she loves to collect books!) of over 4,0000+
(hardback) books. Several years ago, she inventoried all of them and sent
the list to me. I entered them all into my computer and produced a hard
copy for her to use. She has her own library "loan" program where she
allows the local community to check out books.
The library is housed at Mom's (Doris Foster Custer).
Her phone number is: (318) 644-2489
Brenda and Mom have donated all of her old Reader's Digest collection to a
new retirement home in West Monroe, LA. This has cleared enough bookshelves
for our CAOA Library.
Patricia Caster (VP for Membership and CAOA Web Master), Brenda, and I have
been working on making some additional changes to our "CAOA Lending Library"
policy. Once they have been approved, Patricia will post them on our CAOA
Web site. So, keep checking.
It is so unfortunate that we have to be so "restrictive" (for lack of a
better word) in our lending policy. However, the CAOA Library collection is
VERY VALUABLE and MUST be safeguarded (as best as we can). There are STILL
members who have not yet returned books that they have borrowed (even since
I took over as librarian). That is making us have to be more careful in the
future. I have forwarded all of the request(s) I've received since the last
rules change and Brenda will be contacting you personally. So, PLEASE be
patient with us.
LEADingly,
Ken Custer, President (and former CAOA Librarian)
The Castor Association of America