Looking Back

Thinking Library!
Carole Stanger
June 27, 2009

New Books Upstairs @ the library!
Seducing an Angel by Mary Balogh
Whispers of the Dead by Simon Beckett
Knockout by Catherine Coulter
Deepest Cut by Dianne Emley
Skin Trade by Lauren Hamilton
Wii for Dummies by Kyle Orland
Wish Maker by Ali Sethi
Cemetery Dance by Douglas Preston

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 closed Friday and Saturday July 3 & 4 for the holiday weekend.
Summer Library Programs!!!!
---Reading Program Starts June 1 and runs through August 8.
K-3rd Readers Party is August 13.
4th-8th Readers Party is August 12.
---Tuesdays, June 30. July 7 & 14: Theme of the Week! K & 1st Grades, 10-11:30 a.m.
---Wednesdays, July 1, 8 & 15: Theme of the Week!, 2nd-3rd Grades, 10-11:30 a.m.
---Thursdays, July 2, 9, & 16: ICN class for K-3rd Grades, 10-11 a.m.
---Thursdays July 2, 9, & 16: Reading Buddies 1st-5th Grades, 11 a.m. to 12 noon.
---Fridays, July 10 & 17: Movie Day! K-3rd Grades, 1:30-3:30 p.m.
Be sure to pick up a schedule of all the events at the downstairs checkout desk.

---Monday, July 6: Begin signing up 4th & 5th Graders for Tie Dye Program. Limit of 15!
---Wednesday, July 8: Movie Night for 6th-8th Graders, 7-9:30 p.m.
---Monday, July13: Tie Dye Program for signed up 4-5th Graders, 1-3 p.m.
---Tuesday, July 14: Begin signing up for “Espresso Self Program” 4-8th Graders. Limit 15!
---Monday, July 20: Postponed Tie Dye Program for signed up 6-8th Graders, 1-3 p.m.
---Wednesday, July 22: Espresso Self Program for signed up 4-8th Graders, 10-11:30 a.m.

Did You Know… the Atlantic Public Library has approximately 4000 registered library patrons?

Behind My Desk… Lots of things have transpired this past fiscal year. Within this last year the Library Board has addressed all sorts of issues.
· Repairing and replacing our older windows. That made a big difference last winter.
· 2008 was the year for the library to apply for State Accreditation again. As a result, the library worked through all our policies and by-laws.
· The library this past year changed our checkouts for most library items from 2 weeks to 4 weeks and videos went from overnight to a week checkout.
· The library at this time is not charging fines for overdue materials.
· The Cass County Library Association of Iowa organized our first annual Family Fun Night entitled “Book Some Time Together.”
· The meeting room is now just used for library meetings and ICN programs.
· The parking lot stalls were reconfigured and painted and the curbs at the west end were removed.
· A new sidewalk was poured this spring on the Poplar Street side of the library.
I guess we stayed pretty busy!
Try to keep cool and… Keep Thinking Libraries!