Myths & Legends

Thinking Library!
Carole Stanger
February 7, 2009

New Books Upstairs @ the library!
Numerati by Stephen Baker
Bones of Betrayal by Jefferson Bass
Dark of Night by Suzanne Brockman
Guilty by Ann Coulter
Agency by Ally O’Brien
Blood Print by Kitty Sewell
Yankee Years by Joe Torre

Coming Events @ the Library!
Library Hours!
Monday – Friday 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Wednesday 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Saturday 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Sundays—closed.
The Library will be open Feb. 16 (President’s Day)

Preschool Library Story Time—Please send a backpack with your child!
Wednesdays or Thursdays 10:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. – 3, 4 or 5 year olds
No registration—just show up! Parents may stay with child, but will be required to participate!
Feb. 18/19 Mother Goose!
Mar. 11/12 Lucky Leprechauns!
Mar. 25/26 Spring is Here!

Half Way Through!!! Winter Reading for Adults! Jan. 1- Feb. 28. “Go Anywhere With a Book!” Prizes!

Cass Co. Conserv. Class “Snowshoeing!” Feb. 11 from 6-7p.m. (No snow day will be Feb. 18!)


Did You Know… the Atlantic Public Library has a subscription to Heritage Quest Online for our genealogy patrons? You can access this from your home Internet connection with the proper identification number. Just ask at the upstairs checkout desk or a volunteer in the Genealogy/Local History Room in the library. The library also has access to Ancestry Library on public access computer. The link is on the library website under Helpful Links—Genealogy.

Behind My Desk… Last week I happened to read series of emails dealing with myths of libraries and librarians. I had to nod my head and agree with every one that was suggested. I thought I would check with the library staff and have them vote for their favorites and post them for a Top Five Myths about Libraries and Librarians. Here they are:
#5 Librarians have no stress
#4 They pay you to read all day
#3 Librarians are little old ladies with their hair pulled back and wear glasses.
#2 Librarians have read every book in the library.
And #1 Librarians know the answer to everything.

Well, I’m glad to say that with time, some things do change. Younger folks don’t think of librarians as old ladies “shushing” people all the time. That’s nice to see. As to the number #1 myth, we never have professed to know everything, but we are taught to learn where to find everything. I’m still working on that part after 30 years! New places for information keep springing up! One other myth came in the top ten—“That’s not a real job.” It was right there with “Librarians have no stress.” Sigh.

Keep Thinking Libraries!