Get Ready for May @ Your Library!

Thinking Library!

Carole Stanger

April 28, 2012

New Books Upstairs @ the library!

          Innocent  by David Baldacci

          What Doesn’t Kill You  by Iris Johansen

          Witness  by  Nora Roberts

Unnatural Acts  by  Stuart Woods

Crystal Gardens by Amanda Quick

True Sisters  by Sandra Dallas

Wind Through the Keyhole  by Stephen King

Breaking News  by Fern Michaels

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

• The Library Board regular meeting Monday, May 9, 2012, 5:30 p.m. meeting room upstairs.
• All Cass County Reads final program with Rosanne Bachman, Saturday, May 12 from 10  to 11:30 a.m. at the Griswold Public Library in conjunction with  the Lewis Public Library!

• Tuesday & Wednesday, May 15 & 16, One-Stop Registration for Summer Programs, Washington School Gym from 5-7 p.m. each evening.
• Summer Reading Programs start June 1^st!  Themes are: “Dream Big—READ” for PreK thru 3^rd Grade and “Own the Night” for 4^th thru 8^th Grade.

Did You Know… the Atlantic Public Library is the home for the Cass County Genealogical Society?  These members are the ones who help with questions about family trees!

Behind My Desk… It broke my heart to see the damage caused by the tornado that ripped through the northwest part of Creston a couple weeks ago.  I knew many of the people that had homes in the area and recognized buildings (or what was left of buildings) that were damaged.  I couldn’t believe the AEA building, and the new portion of the hospital.  Most people were very fortunate, but a few sustained critical and serious injuries.  It’s one of the down sides to living in tornado alley.

Summer is just around the corner, and Julie is starting to “gear up” for her library programs.  I’ll have more information about events and schedules in my May “Think Library” columns.  Plan on registering for library programs on May 15 or 16 from 5-7 p.m. in the Washington School Gym.  It’s a perfect time to register for all sorts of summer activities at the same time.

Also, don’t forget about our last All Cass County Reads program scheduled for Saturday, May 12 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at the Griswold Public Library.   The Lewis Public Library will be co-hosting with Griswold for this event.  May is National Mental Health Month, and Driving to Clarinda has a special message about mental illness.  If you haven’t had the chance to read the book, I do recommend it; and Rosanne will be there to talk about her experiences.

For a few weeks now, I have been trying to set up report forms for next year.  I create most of my own forms with the aid of Excel spreadsheets.  I have tried to anticipate what library board members need to know as well as what they want to know, and there is a lot to know!  Those reports are just the tip of the iceberg.  I have to set up spreadsheets for those spreadsheets!  It can be complicated, and I can just do it for so long before I have to step away and look out my window.  I’ve been watching the workers pour the new sidewalks in the city park.  They have been very painstaking in their work.  Nice job, guys!

Well, it’s back to those spreadsheets, and…Keep Thinking Libraries!