Libraries are not Bookstores!

Thinking Library!
Carole Stanger
December 26, 2009

New Books Upstairs @ the library!
Christmas List by Richard Evans
Honor of Spies by W.E.B. Griffin
Deeper than the Dead by Tami Hoag
Shades of Blue by Karen Kingsbury
Fired Up by Jayne Ann Krentz
Harvard Med. School Guide to Men’s Health by Harvey B. Simon
Encyclopedia of Dog Breeds by Carol D. Coile
Princeton Encyclopedia of Mammals by David MacDonald

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.

Preschool Story Times are for all 3,4, & 5 year olds and invited to either Wednesday or Thursday session from 10:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. No registration is necessary. Care givers are welcome to attend and are required to participate!
Jan. 20 & 22: “Snow Much to Read!”
Jan. 27 & 28: “Penguins!”
Tuesday, Dec. 29, Winter Movie Day from 1:30-3:30 p.m. Elementary children are invited.
Wednesday, Jan. 27, January Movie Day for 2-4 p.m. K-3rd graders are invited.
Iowa Hospice will present a program called “Everlasting Snowman” for elementary children on Wednesday, Dec. 30 from 1:30-2:30 p.m. here at the library.
The Library will close at noon on Dec. 24 and all day Dec. 25 and 26 for the holidays. We will reopen on Monday, Dec. 28.
The Library will close at 3 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 31 and all day January 1 for New Year’s Day. We will reopen on Saturday, Jan. 2.
Monday evening, Jan. 18 will be the second annual “Family Fun Night: Book Some Time Together!” sponsored by the Cass Co. IA Library Association.



Did You Know… that videos and DVDs are checked out for a week from the Atlantic Public Library now? We have over 2400 different titles for upstairs and downstairs combined!

Behind My Desk… I want to mention that when the weather is truly bad, don’t worry about trying to get your library items back if they are due. We do not charge fines, so don’t risk your neck to return library materials in awful weather conditions.

This week the library board decided to make a policy regarding the public requesting library staff to order books, etc for private use. The library policy states that library staff will not purchase any materials for patrons for private use. We have to give our patrons other alternatives to find these items. Book suppliers such as Barnes and Noble, Border’s, B Dalton Books, Waldenbooks, and Amazon.com are good sources.

Along this same idea, I am always astounded at how some people feel we have purchased library items just for their personal use! It’s checked out and never comes back or, better yet, it sprouts legs and walks out. A library is for sharing—plain and simple. Sharing doesn’t mean: “Mine!” It means “Ours.”

There. I’ve preached enough. And besides, I’m probably preaching to the choir on this one!

Have a safe and Happy New Year and Keep Thinking Libraries!