Although the friendly front desk staff did not know whose idea it was to include a library in the design of the hotel they seemed happy to discuss what they knew of its history. Originally the material wasnt arranged in any order. That is, until a visiting librarian from the U.K., who was dismayed by its lack of organization, spent his entire stay, not visiting the local attractions, but cataloguing the collection. To round out the collection, there is also a selection of paperback romances. Each book in the collection has a book pocket and book card.
Guests can sign out material at the hotels front desk.
Signed book cards are filed with the guests records until the book is returned. If you forget to return the book to the desk before checking out of the hotel, the housekeeping staff will simply return to the front desk any library material they find lying around. An average of ten books a day circulate, and the library seems to be popular with the children who stay at the hotel. For such a small collection, a lot of thought has gone into choosing the titles, the topics covered being current as well as interesting. I imagine that it is not all that uncommon to find a library within a hotel, but I wonder how many of them are as near perfect as the one at the one at St. Judes Hotel, Clarenville, Newfoundland.