<html><body><div dir="auto" style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_MSFontService, -apple-system, Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">We have a set of shelves that used to hold AV that we use for puzzles. </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_MSFontService, -apple-system, Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_MSFontService, -apple-system, Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Patrons swap out all the time. It seems to be well loved. </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_MSFontService, -apple-system, Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_MSFontService, -apple-system, Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">We do put the months and year on the box bottom. Periodically we take some to the thrift store, but we haven't had to lately.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_MSFontService, -apple-system, Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_MSFontService, -apple-system, Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">I am attaching a photo of our puzzles.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_MSFontService, -apple-system, Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_MSFontService, -apple-system, Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Morgan Paul</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_MSFontService, -apple-system, Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_MSFontService, -apple-system, Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">St Marys Community Public Library </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_MSFontService, -apple-system, Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><br></div><div id="ms-outlook-mobile-body-separator-line" data-applydefaultfontstyles="true" style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_MSFontService, -apple-system, Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" dir="auto"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_MSFontService, -apple-system, Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br></div></div><div style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_MSFontService, -apple-system, Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" id="ms-outlook-mobile-signature" dir="auto"><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_MSFontService, -apple-system, Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Get <a href="https://aka.ms/AAb9ysg">Outlook for Android</a></span></div><div dir="auto" id="mail-editor-reference-message-container"><br><hr style="display: inline-block; width: 98%;"><div id="divRplyFwdMsg" style="font-size: 11pt;" dir="auto"><b>From:</b> OPLINLIST <oplinlist-bounces@lists.oplin.org> on behalf of Kathleen Whitt via OPLINLIST <oplinlist@lists.oplin.org><br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 23, 2026 3:40:05 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'Raquel Miller' <rmiller@holmeslib.org>; oplinlist@lists.oplin.org <oplinlist@lists.oplin.org><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [OPLINLIST] Puzzle Exchange Set-up<br></div><br><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">We have a permanent puzzle exchange collection. Some people bring puzzles in and don’t take any, others borrow, but don’t necessarily donate. Once we got started, we have no problem maintaining the collection – we often have to weed it out because we have more than we have room for. It’s very popular.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><img src="cid:image001.png@01DCBADB.41348F40" id="image001.png@01DCBADB.41348F40" width="625" height="122" style="width: 6.5208in; height: 1.2812in; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; max-width: 100%;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></p><div style="padding: 3pt 0in 0in; border-top: 1pt solid rgb(225, 225, 225);" dir="auto"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><b>From:</b> OPLINLIST <oplinlist-bounces@lists.oplin.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Raquel Miller via OPLINLIST<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 23, 2026 11:05 AM<br><b>To:</b> oplinlist@lists.oplin.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [OPLINLIST] Puzzle Exchange Set-up</span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black;">Hello, </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black;">I'm looking into setting up a passive puzzle exchange at our branch location. Everything I've read online so far suggests setting up a "take one, leave one" policy, as well as asking participants to make sure their puzzle is in good condition with all pieces present. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black;">Any libraries out there with a puzzle exchange, I'm looking for general advice on how to set up and maintain one. Is it as simple as what I've read? I'd love to hear ideas! </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black;">Many thanks,</span></p><div id="Signature" dir="auto"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></p><p class="elementtoproof" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Raquel Miller </span></p><p class="elementtoproof" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">East Branch Manager/ Technical Services Associate </span></p><p class="elementtoproof" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Holmes County District Public Library </span></p><p class="elementtoproof" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">330-674-5972 (EB): 330-893-3464 </span></p><p class="elementtoproof" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: blue;"><u><a href="mailto:rmiller@holmeslib.org" style="color: blue; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">rmiller@holmeslib.org</a></u></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;"> </span></p><p class="elementtoproof" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </p><p class="elementtoproof" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; color: black;">This message and any response to it may constitute </span></p><p class="elementtoproof" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; color: black;">a public record and thus may be publicly available </span></p><p class="elementtoproof" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; color: black;">to anyone who requests it.</span></p><p class="elementtoproof" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; color: black;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></p></div><br></div></body></html>