Getting Ready for Summer @ Your Library!

Thinking Library!

Carole Stanger

May 19, 2012

New Books Upstairs @ the library!

          Last Boyfriend by Nora Roberts

          Sins of the Father  by Jeffrey Archer

          Stay Close  by  Harlan Coben

Sabrina Soto Home Design  by  Sabrina Soto

Proposal  by Mary Balogh

Fiddler  by Beverly Lewis

Janson Directive  by Robert Ludlum

11^th Hour  by James Patterson

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, May 28 in honor of Memorial Day.
• Check out our website http://www.atlantic.lib.ia.us

• The Library Board regular meeting Monday, June 11, 2012, 5:30 p.m. meeting room upstairs.

• Summer Reading Programs start June 1^st and runs through July 21!  Themes are: “Dream Big—READ” for PreK thru 3^rd Grade and “Own the Night” for 4^th thru 8^th Grade.
• Tuesday, June 5: 10-11 a.m.—PreK & K grades, Pajamarama!
• Wednesday, June 6: 11 a.m.-12 noon—Grades K & up, Grout Museum-Mad Mixture Experiments!
• Wednesday, June 6: 2:30-4:30 Craft Day!
• Wednesday, June 6: 8:30-9:30 p.m.—Grades 4 & up!  Stargazing!
• Thurs, June 7: 11 a.m.-12 noon—Grades 1 & 2, Reading Buddies!
• Thurs. June 7: 1-3 p.m.—Grades 1-3, Dreams & Wishes!
• Each Friday Prizes will be drawn from those participating in the Library Reading Program.
• Activities and Programs for the older boys and girls are still being finalized.  Stay tuned!

Did You Know… the Atlantic Public Library hosted 300 people for the Dome Theater on April 9^th?

Behind My Desk… This happens every year.  My first look at the calendar for library programs in the summer just blows me away!  Every year!!!!  I try    to include the events in my column and on the Library Online Calendar.  It’s amazing what Julie lines up.  Oh!  Before I forget, Julie is needing Legos or Duplos for one of her programs in July.  If you have some you would like to donate to us, please contact Julie.  I know she would appreciate it.

I bought a smart phone, and I still feel just as dumb as ever with the thing.  Oh!  Speaking of smart phones…there is now a way for you to contact the library catalog on the go!  Just type in atlantic.biblionix.com/mobile

That should get you to the catalog.  Now, why on earth would you care to call the library catalog is not my concern.  But, by golly, you can.   Actually, you’re not really calling the library.  It’s on the Internet.  Well, I suppose, though, you can call the library.  It’s 712-243-5466!

We have been trying to update our video (dvds) collection upstairs… well, for that matter, downstairs, too.  Slowly, we are deleting our VHS collection of videos, although we still have a good number.  We won’t be purchasing any more of those. In the last few months we have been ordering some seasons of former tv shows and some entertaining movies from a bygone era.  Stop by and see what’s in!  They can be checked out for a week, so it gives you a little time to view them.  We limit checkouts to 5 per family.  You can always bring those back early and check out 5 more!

School’s out for summer, folks!  Wow!  Where did that school year go???

Have a safe and nice Memorial holiday, and…Keep Thinking Libraries!