Welcome
to the
March
2008
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This Month’s Edition
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The
library will be closed on Sunday, March 23 for
Easter.
Help
Plan the Library’s Future
The Hall County
Library System is in the process of developing a long range plan for future
growth and development. It is
important to for all citizens who are concerned about library services
throughout Hall County to have a voice in planning for the future.
All library users
are invited to attend informal community input sessions at the East Hall Branch
and Special Needs Library on Monday, March 10 at 5:30 p.m. or at the Blackshear
Place Branch on Monday, March 31 at 5:30 p.m. Light refreshments will be served
at each.
For
more information, contact the library at 770-532-3311 ext. 134 or via
email.
The
Lunch & Learn Gardening Series will continue this year starting on March
19th and on March 26th in the Gainesville Branch meeting
room. Bring your lunch and learn how to improve your gardening
skills.
On
the 19th, Frank Bailey, owner of Mountainview Gardens in Dahlonega, will present Landscaping with Wildflowers and Native
Plants. On the 26th, join Elaine Kelley, Hall County
Master Gardener, to learn about Plant
Propagation. For more
information, contact the library at 770-532-3311 ext.
114.
Celebrate
St. Patrick’s Day!
On Monday, March 17 from 12:30
p.m. to 2:00 p.m., bring your lunch and celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with a
travel film on Ireland in the
Gainesville Branch meeting room. Also bring any memorabilia or any photos
you may have from previous trips to Ireland and share with the
group.
Resumes
for Everyone
Looking to improve your chances for
getting a better job? A resume class will be taught in the Gainesville Branch
Meeting Room on March 18 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. by Carol Zaremba from Resumes & More. This program
is free of charge and open to the public. Please call 770-532-3311 ext.
114 to register.
Read
to the Dogs
Children
are invited to “Read to the Dogs” on March 4 from 3-4pm. To save a
spot for your child to read to one of our four legged visitors, come by the
library or call 770-532-3311 ext. 151 to make an appointment. The dogs are
registered with Atlanta Therapaws, Therapy Dogs
international. Your child will remember this for a
lifetime!
Kids
and Kritters
Kelley
Uber of the Hall County Humane Society will visit
Blackshear Place Library March 4. Come join her for stories and find out what
surprise guests she will bring for her “Kids and Kritters” program.
The
library system offers free computer classes including Introduction to
Email, Introduction to the Internet, Advanced Email,
Introduction
to MS PowerPoint, Word Processing Basics and
Introduction
to MS Publisher.
Classes are taught by trained library staff and are free to the public. Classes
will be held in the computer training labs at the Blackshear Place Branch and
the Gainesville Branch. For more
information please click here
or call 770-532-3311.
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Hall
County Library will proudly showcase the talent of local artists in the
gallery during the months of February and March. These exhibits are free
to the public and are designed to encourage the community to become
involved in the activities sponsored by the library. Our featured artists
include Ann Alexander, Linda Blount, Cheryl Hardin,
Elaine Howard, Jarvis Sims, and Nona Stephens. We encourage
you to take some time to come by, view this wonderful collection, learn
about the artists and what the library has to
offer. On March 13 from 5:30 to 7:30
p.m., there will be a reception in the Adult Services Department of the
Gainesville Branch to honor the artists who are currently hanging in the
gallery. This is open to the public to give the community an
opportunity to learn about the art and the
artists. |
The
next pajama
storytime
will be held at 6:30 pm at the Gainesville
Branch
on March 3 (will be the guest reader) and at Blackshear
Place Branch
on March 11. Everyone is welcome. Children may wear their jammies and bring
their favorite bedtime buddy. For
more information, check the link above, go to the library
website,
or call 770-532-3311, ext.151.
Preschool
storytimes
and Baby
Steps
infant lapsits will be in session from March 3 through
April 11. For more information, check the links above, go to the
library
website,
call 770-532-3311, ext. 129, or pick up a flyer in any library
branch.
There
is still time to participate in Jump
Start Reading Club
for children who cannot read on their own and Reading
Patch Club
for children who can read on their own. These clubs end for this school
year on the day before the Memorial Day holiday (May 26). There are 8 new
patches to earn and new guidelines this year for Reading Patch Club! For more
information, check the links above, go to the library
website,
or call 770-532-3311, ext. 129.
New
titles for children and teens:
Baby Bear, Baby
Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin, Jr. and Eric
Carle
A young bear
searching for its mother meets many North American animals along the way.
(EFC)
This Little
Pirate by Philemon Sturges
Two bands of
pirates fight over a box, but when they raise the white flag and open the box
together, they find a treasure to share.
(EFC)
The Nixie’s Song
(Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles
series, book 1)
by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly
Black
When an
"expedition" to a nearby lake turns up a little nixie with a giant problem--the
huge, lumbering, fire-breathing variety -- it's up to Nick, his stepsister
Laurie, and his big brother Julian to figure out the best way to stop a host of
rampaging giants before all of Florida goes up in smoke.
(JFC)
Judy Moody Saves
the World by Megan
McDonald
When Judy Moody
gets serious about protecting the environment, her little brother, Stink, thinks
she is overdoing it, but she manages to inspire her third-grade class to
undertake an award-winning, environment-saving project.
(JFC)
The
Garden by Elsie V. Aidinoff
Retells the tale of
the Garden of Eden from Eve’s point of view, as Serpent teaches her everything
from her own name to why she should eat the forbidden fruit, and then leaves her
with Adam and the knowledge that her choice has made mankind free.
(YAF)
Sunset
(Warriors, The New Prophecy
series)
by Erin
Hunter
Amidst ongoing
strife within and between the Clans of warrior cats, Brambleclaw is tempted by the dark plans of his father and
brother, and the meaning of Leafpool’s ominous visions
becomes clear. (YAF)
New
titles in the adult area:
A
Golden Age
by Tahmima Anam
“Rehana Haque is a widow and university student in Dhaka with two
children, 17-year-old daughter Maya and 19-year-old son Soheil. As she follows the daily patterns of
domesticity—cooking, visiting the cemetery, marking religious holidays—she is
only dimly aware of the growing political unrest until Pakistani tanks arrive
and the fighting begins. Suddenly, Rehana's family is
in peril and her children become involved in the
rebellion.”
The
Venetian Betrayal
by
Steve Berry
Georgia
author Berry brings back hero Cotton Malone for another exciting
adventure.
People
of the Book by
Geraldine Brooks
Rare
book expert Hanna Heath is offered the opportunity to unlock the secrets of a
mysterious Hebrew manuscript that has survived centuries of war and strife.
Secret
Societies and How They Affect Our Lives Today by
Sylvia Browne
Browne
writes about the clandestine realm of secret societies. Her research reveals the
fact that many covert organizations affect the lives of each of us every
day.
Listening
is an Act of Love: A Celebration of American Life from the Storycorps Project Edited
by Dave Isay
Drawing
from more than ten thousand interviews, StoryCorps-the
largest oral history project in the nation’s history-presents a tapestry of
American stories, told by the people who lived them to the people they
love.
Lone
Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of
Seal Team 10
by Marcus Luttrell with Patrick Robinson
On
a clear night in late June 2005, four U.S. Navy SEALs left their base in
northern Afghanistan for the mountainous Pakistani border. Their mission was to
capture or kill a notorious al Qaeda leader known to be ensconced in a Taliban
stronghold surrounded by a small but heavily armed force. Less than 24 hours
later, only one of those Navy SEALs remained alive. This is their
story.
The
Hall County Library System, a cooperating collection with the Foundation Center
of New York will once again offer Grant Writing 101-How to Get
Started. This class
is taught by Angel Randolph and is
held in the Bill & Melinda Gates Computer Lab at the Gainesville Branch from
10:30 am until noon. There
are multiple opportunities to participate in 2008: June 12 and September 11.
Please check our website
for updates and to download a registration form. One may also register by asking for a
form at the Gainesville Branch Information Desk. For more information please call
770-532-3311 or e-mail Kathy Smith at ksmith@hallcountylibrary.org.
Scrapbooking
Workshop
There
will be ongoing Scrapbooking Workshops once a month at the Blackshear Place
Branch. The next meeting is
scheduled for Monday, March 10rd from 5:30-7:30pm. Experienced scrapbooker Arneshia Echols will
demonstrate useful techniques and creative ideas to showcase family memories or
create clever pages for your memorabilia. Experienced scrappers and “newbies” are welcome, but advanced registration is required.
Beginners may purchase an optional starter kit for $12, payable upon
registration. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own photos or clippings.
Please call 770-532-3311 ext. 151 for more
information.
Crazy
Craft Class
The Crazy Craft
Classes will meet again this month on Tuesday, March 25, from 5:30 to
7:30 in the
Gainesville Library’s meeting room. Allison Hallman will be wrap up her
series
on knitting.
People of all ages and skill levels are invited to attend. Bring knitting
needles, yarn, paper and
pen, or any current knitting or crocheting project you have
started.
Space is limited,
so call 770-532-3311, ext. 129 or ext. 114 to register.
Donating
a book to the library in honor or memory of a loved one is a great way to show
affection. Titles of suggested book donations are listed on the library’s
Amazon.com Wish List. For the price
of a book, anyone can help the library keep the most current materials
available. To view the list, see the library
website
and follow the link to amazon.com.
Book donors may request that a commemorative plate be placed inside the
front cover of the book in recognition of a loved one or to honor a special
occasion. The Hall County Library System is a non-profit government agency
and a charitable 501(C) (3) organization; therefore, all donations are tax
deductible. The library is pleased
to announce that it has now received 200 plus books through this
program.
Dear
Patron,
Every week somewhere in this country a
library is making the news. Good, bad or indifferent, I always wonder how many
living outside the area where the library is located actually read the story. If it is not your library, do you
care?
Last week the Buckhead Library in Atlanta made it to the editorial pages
of the Atlanta Journal Constitution. Just a few years ago the Atlanta-Fulton
library system seemed to be in the news every week and sometimes it was over the
condition of their buildings. The Buckhead branch is
an architect’s dream of a cutting edge facility which means it is controversial
inside and out. Now a builder wants to purchase the 25 year old building from
the city, tear it down and rebuild it on top of a multistory building that has
condominiums and stores on the lower level. It seems that library will never
escape controversy.
This week the Boston Public Library is
in the national news. The head of the library system and the Boston mayor are
feuding over money. It seems the library board controls how the $52,000,000 (I
like those 000s) Foundation revenue is spent and the mayor wants his say. The
city provides approximately half the money to operate the library system. It
does not matter if it is marriage or politics, money does seem to bring the
worst out in some people and in this instance it could be the head
librarian.
This past primary election several
library systems had projects in their county’s SPLOST referendums. I know the
projects were in their local news organs running up to their referendums. I
think all SPLOST referendums with library projects passed. I participate in a
library director’s email listserv and did not see one director write a moan of a
complaint about their local community treating them poorly. Clayton County is
known for building interesting libraries but they have used the services of the
same firm responsible for the Buckhead branch so you
would expect nothing less. They are going to build two more branches as a result
of this last election cycle. Some controversy must be
good.
Gwinnett County seems to build a new
branch library every year despite all its other controversies. Some people in Gwinnett seem to always be
unhappy with something the library is doing but it is not the building program
or the money that the county spends on operating the library system they are
upset over. Next year they are planning to build an environmentally friendly
building which usually means spending 20% more money to construct. I only know
one other library building - in Ann Arbor - with grass for a roof. The Gwinnett
library system is the envy of just about every director in the state. We all
would at least like some of their money.
Many of you know this county is
building a new library in Flowery Branch. We hope there is little
controversy over the building after it opens, just ‘halleluiahs’ and ‘oh
mercies’ or that at least a few people will tell their commissioners we did a
good job. If you are not happy, I expect you will join the chorus of those
already not pleased. There are some that will complain about the Pearly Gates as
they stand in line to get through. We are not building a door to heaven just a
comfortable gate to good recreation and lifelong learning that should serve the
Flowery Branch area of the county for the next 80
years.
I hope to catch you in our new Spout
Springs Branch library stacks reading when it opens in May. I will promise you
that this will be one library in Hall County where there is ample
parking.
Sincerely,
Adrian Mixson
Library
Director
To
get more information on your library account, please call the library’s
Circulation Manager at 770-532-3311 ext. 110 or visit the
library
website
and enter your account through the
library's catalog. You will need your library card and pin number, which
may be obtained by visiting any library branch. You may also email the
Circulation
Manager
for additional information.
Web
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America.gov:
Telling America's
Story. "This site delivers information about current U.S. foreign policy and
about American life and culture."
Discounts for the
50+ Crowd Three
cardinal rules to get money off on travel and
adventure.
Picturing
Women This presentation
"explores how women are figured, fashioned, turned into portraits, and told
about in words and pictorial narrative." Features a large
collection of historical images, interactive features, lesson plans, reading
list, video clips and images from the accompanying symposium, e-cards of comic
valentines, and more. From Bryn Mawr College, Library
Company of Philadelphia, and the Rosenbach Museum and
Library.
Editors
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more information please call (770) 532-3311 ext. 134 or visit our website at
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