Halloween Happenings @ the Library!

Thinking Library!

Carole Stanger

October 15, 2011

New Books Upstairs @ the library!

Shadow in Serenity by Terry Blackstock

Feast of Fools by James Lee Burke

Angel for Christmas by Heather Graham

1225 Christmas Tree Lane by Debbie Macomber

Late Edition by Fern Michaels

Shock Wave by John Sanford

O’Brien Family Christmas by Sherryl Woods

Martha Stewart’s Handmade Holiday Crafts by Martha Stewart

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, Oct. 10, 5:30 p.m. upstairs

• Wednesday/Thursday, Oct. 19/20-- Preschool Story Times for 3-5 years old from 10-11 a.m.
• Wednesday, Oct. 19—Halloween Craft Day for 3^rd-5^th Graders from 2:00-3:30 p.m. Please sign up!
• Wednesday, Oct. 26—Halloween Program for K-2^nd Graders from 2:30- 4:00 p.m. Please sign up!
• Friday, October 28, Halloween Party for 6-8^th Graders 6-10p.m. Please sign up!
• Monday, Oct. 24-Oct. 31, the Library’s Haunted House is back during regular library hours!
• Saturday, Nov. 5 Massena Public Library, 9:30-10:30 a.m., All Cass County Reads Driving to Clarinda ‘s Rosanne Bachman will be giving another talk about her book! This will be for Cumberland and Massena Public Libraries. All are invited!!

Did You Know…the Atlantic Public Library board has written bylaws that outline its operational procedures and are reviewed by the board at least every three years? The bylaws and other library policies can be found on the trustees’ page of the library website.

Behind My Desk… I’m just curious if anyone has some Atlantic public library history sitting around anywhere. Does anybody have some old board minutes hidden away in the attic somewhere? The library is sadly lacking a good many years of information. I don’t even have a list of former board members. I need to qualify that statement. I do from 1998 forward and the original board members but when you consider there has been a library since 1903, that’s quite a span of years. Also, there have been nine members on this board from the beginning, and that’s a lot of people being involved with the library over the years. If you have any information, I would be happy to talk with you.

Most of this week I will have attended the annual conference for the Iowa Library Association in Council Bluffs. As most people know in the western part of the state few conferences are held on this “side.” It’s a nice change. One of the pre-conference workshops is about the alternatives for the Dewey Decimal System. Some public libraries are moving to a more “bookstore” classification system. I have felt for a long time that although the Dewey system is a logical way of classification, it is also very complex. At various times in my career I have considered changing to a simpler system for public library patrons. I “chickened” out because it would be a huge task and all library personnel had to be willing to make the change. Also, I really wasn’t satisfied with the alternatives.

Anyway, it will be interesting to see what others are doing and how the public reacted to the changes.

Don’t forget all the Halloween programs coming up… and Keep Thinking Libraries!