Dream Big @ Your Library!

Thinking Library!

Carole Stanger

June 2, 2012

New Books Upstairs @ the library!

          Inquisitors Key by Jefferson Bass

          Force of Nature  by C. J. Box

          Letter from a Stranger  by  Barbara Taylor Bradford

Afraid to Die  by  Lisa Jackson

Guilt by Degrees  by Marcia Clark

Against Wind and Tide  by Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Honky Tonk Girl  by Loretta Lynn

Both of Us by Ryan O’Neal

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 Wednesday, July 4^th.
• 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—All ages--Grout Museum-Mad Mixture Experiments!
• Wednesdays, June 6,13,20,and 27: 2:30-4:30 Craft Day!
• Wednesday, June 6: 8:30-9:30 p.m.—Grades 4 & up!  Stargazing! Must PreRegister!
• Thurs, June 7,14,21 and28: 11 a.m.-12 noon—Grades 1 & 2--Reading Buddies! Must PreRegister!
• Thurs. June 7: 1-3 p.m.—Grades 1-3--Dreams & Wishes!
• Each Friday a Prize will be drawn from those participating in the Library Reading Program.
• Mon. June 11: 10-11 a.m.—All ages--Country Critters! Bring you cameras.
• Tues. June 12: 1-3:30p.m.—Gr.1-3—Night! Night!
• Thurs. June 14: 10-11 a.m.—PreK & K—I’m Big and Brave!

Did You Know… the Atlantic Public Library has 10 public access computers upstairs and 5 public access computers downstairs and are available (most of the time) all hours the library is open?

Behind My Desk… It’s been quite a challenge to add all the events that are going on at the library the next few days.  Just in case… stop by the library lower level checkout desk and pick up a calendar!

The Pajamarama sounds like fun for the preschoolers on June 5^th from 10 to 11 a.m.  The boys and girls are asked to wear their pjs and bring a stuffed animal they do not mind leaving at the library (very important, that part!).  Julie and company will be hosting a sleepover for the stuffed animals.  There are all sorts of activities planned for these critters, and we’ll take plenty of pictures to share with everyone the next day!

That evening is Stargazing with Haley Passehl for 4^th- 8^th graders at the Little League complex on Olive Street.  Don’t forget to preregister for this activity.  (Please, please, please, don’t let it rain!).

I just realized that the “new” part of the Atlantic Library  is now fifteen years old!  Over 1,350,000 people have walked through the library doors since it opened in 1997!  Wow!  I checked.  Every year the library does a thorough report for the State, and one of the numbers they ask for is number of visitors during the year.  I never saw the number less than 85,000 for a year. 

Back in 1997 we were just getting started with computers and ebooks were unheard of!  Now we have an online catalog, and the reference collection is mainly on the Internet, VHS was the popular way to watch movies at home.  Now we are fazing them out of our collection and using DVDs. 

Yes, things have changed and evolved.  The library is still here!  People still need us and use us.

Enjoy some summer reading and fun, and…Keep Thinking Libraries!