Thinking Library!

Carole Stanger

December 10, 2011

New Books Upstairs @ the library!

V is for Vengeance by Sue Grafton

West by West by Jerry West

Caribbean by Cruise Ship by Anne Vipond

Lonestar Angel by Colleen Coble

Wedding Letters by Jason F. Wright

Baking with the Cake Boss by Buddy Valastro

The Puppy that Came for Christmas by Megan Rix

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, Dec. 12, 5:30 p.m. upstairs

• Tuesday, Dec. 13—Christmas Party for Gr. K-1 , from 3:45- 5 p.m.
• Wednesday/Thursday, Dec. 14/15—Preschool Story Times for 3-5 year olds from 10-11 a.m.
• Wednesday, Dec. 14—Christmas Party for Gr. 2&3 from 2:45- 4 p.m.
• Wednesday/Thursday, Dec. 28/29—Preschool Story Times for 3-5 year olds from 10- 11 a.m.
• Thursday, Dec. 29—New Year’s Party for Gr. 4 & 5 from 6-8 p.m.
• Friday, Dec. 30—New Year’s Party for Gr. 6-8 from 6-10 p.m.
• The Atlantic Public Library will be closed Saturday through Monday, Dec. 24-26 for the Holiday.
• The Atlantic Public Library will be closed Monday, Jan. 2 for the New Year holiday.

Did You Know…that the Atlantic Public Library has a CD music collection? We even have some Christmas CDs!

Behind My Desk… Last week I went to the annual Friends of the Library meeting held at the library. They had a terrific used book sale in November! They made more than $800 in just the book sale and doubled that amount in memberships. Wow! The library, in return, was given $2000 for various projects. One of the members had specifically wished to have some money given to the WILBOR database, so $500 of that money will go to adding new titles for ebooks. The group also totally understood the importance of library security, so $500 will go to the security camera project.

The Cass County Genealogical Society had a couple representatives at the Friends meeting, as well. They have been thinking about needing an update of the 1980 Cass County History Book. The Friends agreed that this was an important project and will collaborate on this if enough people are interested in submitting their family histories, order a book and volunteer to help with the project. If you are interested, please contact the Genealogy Society at the library or email to casscgs@yahoo.com.

Good things come to those who wait…and wait…and…. The Genealogy/Local History Dept. has a phone right in their room!!! Last week the library changed to a new phone system and one of the upgrades was to add a mobile phone in the Genealogy room. Now, when you call the library, you will have a choice of speaking to someone downstairs (Children’s), upstairs (Adult) or the Genealogy Room. We hope this will help all of us.

I know. I’m stuck on Genealogy, but there is more good news for them! We now have CDs of the digitization of our early Atlantic newspapers. You can also access the database online from the library website. This way we have two different copies of all that work! The library board will be discussing at the meeting on Monday about purchasing a new microfilm reader/printer/scanner system. This system will be connected to a computer and printer for easier use of the microfilm collection. The Friends group also helped contribute to this purchase.

Some of you have asked about Janie. She had foot surgery in November and is recuperating at home. We hope to see her back on the job after the first of the new year, but we’ll wait and see how things are going.

Also, please have patience when telephoning the library. The telephone system is new for all of us!

During this holiday season, take a little time for yourself and …Keep Thinking Libraries!