Busy Library Days

Thinking Library!
Carole Stanger
May 16, 2009

New Books Upstairs @ the library!
Facebook for Dummies by Carolyn Abram
House of Cards by William Cohan
Lessons from San Quentin by Bill Dallas
Experimental Man by David E. Duncan
Always Looking Up by Michael J. Fox
Don’t Look Twice by Andrew Gross
Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
Lost Boy by Brent W. Jeffs

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.
May 20 and 21: One Stop Registration at Washington School Gym from 6-8 pm. (Sign up for public library summer reading, conservation camps, summer tennis, swim team, Red Cross swimming lessons, Guy Somers guitar lessons, and Prairie Fire Children’s Theatre!)
May 26: Library Tours for 1st Graders
The library will be closed Monday, May 25 for Memorial Day
Friends of the Atlantic Public Library Book Sale will be held Friday, May 29 and May 30 in the Library meeting Room!


Did You Know… one of the major fundraisers for the Friends of the Atlantic Public Library is the semi-annual Used Book Sale? It is coming up the end of this month. All donations of good or excellent condition books, tapes, cds, videos, etc are welcome. We would appreciate you waiting until the last week of May to bring in your donations. If you are interested in helping with the sale, you can give Tammy Wickman a call at 243-2777.

Behind My Desk… Doesn’t the new sidewalk on the east side of the library look great? I am hoping this will help with winter snow removal. Also, for some of us, the removal of the west curbing in the parking lot is a lot better. Many cars will be thankful for this change.

This week we added another Internet site to help people looking for new jobs, careers, colleges, etc. It’s called COIN Career Library. We have a link to it on our website. From what I can tell, this site is only available at the library, but it can help create a resume, consider other careers, practice for GED, ACT, SAT tests…just to name a few!

I am planning to add a page that will have other suggestions to help people in these times find work. The library has been busy with people trying to learn basic computer skills, looking for employment, and setting up resumes. When times get tough, the library becomes a vital source for people.

I was reading an article about the future of libraries. Of course, there will always be the ones who see no sense in supporting libraries. We are “antiquated,” “old fashioned,” “archaic,” and “on the verge of extinction.” My reply would be, “Phooey!”

I think there will always be the “haves” and the “have nots.” Somebody needs to care that everyone should have opportunities. Libraries level the differences. Will libraries continue to change and evolve? Most certainly. If we don’t, we will find ourselves extinct!

So…Keep Thinking Libraries!