It's Looking Festive @ the Library!

Thinking Library!

Meredith Scherb

December 7, 2013

New Books Upstairs @ the library!

Command Authority (A Jack Ryan novel) by Tom Clancy & Mark Greaney

The Gods of Guilt (Mickey Haller) by Michael Connelly

Hostage (A Bishop/SCU novel) by Kay Hooper

Forget Me Not by Fern Michaels

Cross My Heart(Alex Cross) by James Patterson

The Spook Lights Affair (A Carpenter & Quincannon Mystery) by Marica Muller & Bill Pronzini

Threads of Grace (A Patch of Heaven Novel) by Kelly Long

A Plain Scandal (An Appleseed Creek Mystery) by Amanda Flower

The Lesson (Stoney Ridge Seasons) by Suzanne Woods Fisher

Cut to the Quick by Dianne Emley

Upcoming Events @ the Library!    

• Library Hours!

Monday – Friday 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday - 9:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Saturday - 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Sunday – Closed

• Check out our website http://www.atlantic.lib.ia.us
• Library email: atlanticpubliclibrary@gmail.com
• The Library Board regular meeting will be held on Monday, December 9, 2013, 5:30 p.m. meeting room upstairs.
• Friends of the Atlantic Public Library annual meeting – Wednesday, December 11, 6:00 p.m., downstairs meeting room.
• ICN Program, Stories & More: Counting and Number Concepts, Thursday, December 12, 9:30-10:15.

• Cass County Genealogical Society meeting, no meeting in December
• Booked for Lunch, Tuesday, December 17, 12:30-1:30, meeting room.
• Pre-School Story Time will be Mondays and Tuesdays this fall from 10:00-11:00 for 3-5 year olds.
• Dec 16^th & 17^th – Rocking Around the Christmas Tree
• The Library will be closed Tuesday, December 24 and Wednesday, December 25 for Christmas.
• The Library will be closed Wednesday, January 1 for New Year’s Day.

Did You Know…

In FY 2012, Iowans checked out over 29 million items from their public libraries?

Behind My Desk…

I hope everyone enjoyed the Thanksgiving holiday with friends and family.  I know I overate, but isn’t that kind of the point?  And now Christmas is less than three weeks away and I have yet to put up a single decoration at home!  I really need to get on that. 

That is certainly not the case here at the library where everything is looking very festive indeed!  I especially love Penny the Penguin who greets everyone as they come in the door. The Christmas theme also continues with Story time on the 16^th and 17^th where the preschoolers will be “Rocking Around the Christmas Tree.”  And while not Christmas related there is an ICN program on December 12^th from 9:30-10:15 on Counting and Numbers. 

If you tried to access our website either Tuesday or Wednesday, the 3^rd or 4^th, you quickly realized it wasn’t working.  Our website, along with several others in Southwest Iowa, was moved to another server, and things didn’t go entirely smoothly.  It appears to be working now, and I apologize for the inconvenience. 

The Friends of the Atlantic Public Library asked me to remind all members of the upcoming annual meeting.  It will be held at the library on Wednesday, December 11 at 6:00. 

Also, I have one final note about Booked for Lunch.  We normally meet on the fourth Tuesday of the month, but in December that falls on Christmas Eve, so it will be held on Tuesday, the 17^th at 12:30 instead.  Please join us!

Enjoy this holiday season and… Keep thinking libraries!