New Library Ideas!

Thinking Library!

Carole Stanger

October 29, 2011

New Books Upstairs @ the library!

Music of Silence by Andrea Bocelli

Bonnie by Iris Johansen

Lady of the Rivers by Philippa Gregory

Christmas Wedding by James Patterson

Destined by P. C. Cast

Litigators by John Grisham

City of Whispers by Marcia Muller

Christmas Homecoming by Anne Perry

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, Nov. 14, 5:30 p.m. upstairs

• Wednesday/Thursday, Nov. 2/3-- Preschool Story Times for 3-5 years old from 10-11 a.m.
• Wednesday/Thursday, Nov. 16/17—Preschool Story Times for 3-5 years old from 10-11 a.m.
• 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!!
• Sunday, Nov. 6—Daylight Savings Time Ends
• Tuesday, Nov. 8—all day—Local Elections.
• Friday, Nov. 11, the Atlantic Public Library will be closed in honor of Veteran’s Day. The library will reopen on Saturday, Nov. 12 from 9:30- 2:30 p.m.
• Thursday, Nov. 17 will be a setup day for the Semi-Annual Friends of the Atlantic Public Library Used Book Sale.
• Friday & Saturday, Nov. 18 & 19 will be the Semi-Annual Friends of the Atlantic Public Library Used Book Sale.

Did You Know…the Atlantic Public Library subscribes to a terrific online database for kids called Tumblebooks? Just click on the Tumblebooks link on the library webpage!

Behind My Desk… I’m back from the conference in Council Bluffs. This was one of the best conferences I have attended! I learned all sorts of things! I mentioned in my last article that I was going to attend a workshop on changing from the Dewey Decimal System. It was interesting to hear how other public libraries are doing this and how their patrons responded. It doesn’t happen overnight and takes much planning and patience. We just might try it here.

In a way, we’ve already started. Our adult music cd collection is sorted by category. Also, we integrated our mysteries upstairs into our regular fiction section. This seems to go against the theory, but I think it makes it easier to find authors who love to jump genres. The whole purpose for these changes is to make it easier for the patron to find things on the shelves when browsing.

Are you aware of the organization out of Decorah, IA called Seed Savers Exchange? I was able to go to a session given by the librarian from that group. I had no idea that this place existed so close to us! I was totally impressed with what they do there. If you are interested, have a look at their website at www.seedsavers.org

Finally, on the last day of the conference I listened to a wonderful speaker who was a pediatrician and during his medical education, he took a year off to get his Masters Degree in Library and Information Science. (Ok, I was impressed!) His talk was about early developmental skills in babies for reading. His patients are given a book at each checkup. He can evaluate a child in so many ways by just watching how a six month old child interacts with a book. He encourages the parents to read to the child on a daily basis. It is SO important. I cannot stress that enough.

Those were some of the highlights of my conference. Now I have to get back to work!

Boo!...and Keep Thinking Libraries!