Thinking Library!
Carole Stanger
September 25, 2010

New Books Upstairs @ the library!
Immanuel’s Veins by Ted Tekker
Wicked Appetite by Janet Evanovich
No Mercy by Sherril Kenyon
Vermilion Drift by William Krueger
Thorn by Beverly Lewis
Portobello by Ruth Rendell
Violin of Auschwitz by Maria Anglada
Maybe This Time by Jennifer Crusie

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..
Check out our website http://www.atlantic.lib.ia.us
Story Time Programs for 3, 4, & 5 year olds will start on Wednesday/Thursday Oct. 6/7 from 10 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. No registration necessary! Free!
Wed./Thurs. Oct. 20/21 Preschool Story Time 10 – 10:45 a.m.


Did You Know… you just have a few more months to use the Career Online Database? It’s a great source for students thinking about careers and people looking to change careers. The link is right on the library home page.

Behind My Desk… To the Atlantic Class of 1955: I am so glad you could stop by the public library and see our facility. We think it is pretty special. To other Atlantic Classes who have reunions planned, I would be happy to give you a tour of the Atlantic Public Library! It’s a perfect time to show former classmates how things have changed in Atlantic. It’s amazing how our perceptions change over the years!

After having realized that we need more space for our audio books on cd for adults, we have decided to (alas) discontinue our audio books on cassettes. Anyone who is interested in purchasing these weeded items, should come to the Friends of the Library Book Sale in November! They will be there for sale.

Congratulations to my library board of Trustees for being one of the winners of the Southwest Iowa Library Service Area’s 2010 Vision Awards. It takes a team effort to make the library a success for the community. Each year the SWILSA board of trustees offers the opportunity for a library board chairperson or director to nominate a library board for the Vision Award. There are certain criteria that are judged:

Committed to serving Iowans
Passionate about their jobs
Confident in their knowledge and abilities: Continuing educations
Confident in their knowledge and abilities: Team and individual skills
Leaders in their local communities and in the library community
Creative Thinkers and innovators
Change agents, and active participants in positive movement toward the future
Plus the completeness of the application.

I submitted the application this year for several reasons. First of all, the library board does look to the future and does allow for new ideas. Second, I have watched this board evolve and become a great team for the library. Third, because this would be the last year of these awards, I wanted them to get the recognition they deserved. The award plaque can be seen upstairs at the checkout desk. The other winners were Council Bluffs Public Library and Malvern Public Library.

There are nine members on the library board of Trustees:
Sid Winchell, chair
Janice Dickerson, vice chair
Carolyn Hanson, secretary
Lynn Barnes
Dee Bebensee
Linn Headlee
Brad Osborne
Marcia Schildberg
Betty Trewet

The next time you see one of these people let them know your appreciation of the volunteer work they do. …Keep Thinking Libraries!

September Library News!

Thinking Library!
Carole Stanger
September 4, 2010

New Books Upstairs @ the Library!
Called to Coach by Bobby Bowden
Coming Back Stronger by Drew Brees
Spy by Clive Cussler
This is Where We Live by Janelle Brown
Zoo Story by Thomas French
Red Queen by Philippa Gregory
Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom
Iowa Road Guide to Haunted Locations by Chad Lewis

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 Atlantic Public Library will be closed Monday, September 6 for the Labor Day holiday.
Check out our website http://www.atlantic.lib.ia.us
Story Time Programs for 3, 4, & 5 year olds will start on Wednesday/Thursday Oct. 6/7 from 10 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. No registration necessary! Free!


Did You Know… that on the Atlantic Public Library website there is a link to local area websites? We have the City of Atlantic website and the Cass County website…not to mention the Atlantic News Telegraph, KSOM and KJAN radio stations, and the Atlantic Chamber!

Behind My Desk… Within the last couple weeks we have enhanced our catalog. Some of you are aware of our downloadable book service called WILBOR. Those titles are now part of our catalog! I am extremely pleased that our automation system provider was able to do that for us. If you are not aware of this service and would like to download some books on to your mp3 player, Ipod, or even your computer, you need to go to our webpage and click on the WILBOR icon. This is a free service to our patrons. You will need to know your library card number, so stop by our checkout desk and request that for online use.

Now when you check our library catalog to see if we have a certain title, it will include WILBOR titles from the Internet!

Earlier this summer I mentioned about changes coming for the State Library and our Library Service Areas. At that time the process of the change was just beginning and I wasn’t sure what would be happening. I have a better idea now. A committee of eleven was selected to create a new state library
/library service area administration model. They have looked at various options and decided on a tentative plan.

It is now being discussed throughout the state for input from local librarians. There are lots of different libraries in the state: college and universities, community colleges, publics, schools, and specials. They all have a vested interest in how this new model will work for each of them. The legislature (behind the scenes) will be given the final proposal in October, so that when the legislature convenes in January a great deal of the paperwork will be ready.

I hope you noticed that Julie will be starting her Preschool Story Times in October. They will be for boys and girls ages 3,4, or 5 at the library from 10 to 10:45 a.m. the first and third Wednesdays and Thursdays of each month. The theme for this year is “Lions & Tigers & Bears, OH, MY!”

We’ll be announcing more information shortly. …Keep Thinking Libraries!