The weather outside!

Thinking Library!

Meredith Scherb

December 22, 2012

New Books Upstairs @ the library!

          Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis

Tap Dancing to Work: Warren Buffett on Practically Everything, 1966-2012 by Carol Loomis

          Luck of the Draw by Piers Anthony

          Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan

          Windows 8: Out of the Box by Mike Halsey

Head in Beds: A Reckless Memoir of Hotels, Hustles, and So-Called Hospitality by Jacob Tomsky

Little Century by Anna Keesey

Diary of a Stage Mother’s Daughter: A Memoir by Melissa Francis

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
• Library email: atlanticpubliclibrary@gmail.com
• Every Wednesday is Craft Day from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
• The Library Board regular meeting will be held on Monday, January 14, 2013, 5:30 p.m. meeting room upstairs.

• Pre-School Storytimes will be Tuesdays and Wednesdays this fall from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. for 3-5 year olds.
• Jan 8/9 – “Snow” Place Like Storytime!
• Jan 22/23 – Snowbuddies!
• Feb 5/6 – Valentine Time!
• Feb 19/20 – Are You Sleeping?!
• Reminder! Bring a backpack or bag!
• The Atlantic Public Library will be closed Monday and Tuesday, December 24 and 25 for the Christmas holiday.
• The Atlantic Public Library will be closed Tuesday, January 1 for the New Year’s holiday.

 Did You Know…

Library patrons can access national and regional newspapers for free on Newsbank, including the Atlantic News Telegraph from 2006 to the present, right from our homepage? All you need to login is your patron number.  Contact the library if you need yours!

Behind My Desk…

Well, the weather outside was certainly frightful the past couple of days!  I hope everyone stayed safe and warm!  The blizzard prompted the library to close early on Wednesday and close for the day on Thursday.  It just was not in the best interest of the staff or our patrons to try to open.  We are open our regular hours on Saturday so there is still time to get that necessary reading material before the Christmas holiday! 

Because of the recent blizzard, I think it is also a good time to remind everyone of the Library’s policy for bad weather and programs:

If the local Atlantic schools cancel school for the day, the library will cancel any programs they have on that day.

If the local Atlantic schools have a late start for school, the library will have their programs as scheduled.

Check the local radio stations for cancellations or call the library @ 243-5466, ext. 1.

Since we’re going to have that White Christmas after all, everyone please travel safely, and have a very Merry Christmas and, as this will be my last column of 2012, Happy New Year!

And of course, remember to keep Thinking Libraries!