Weeding @ your library

Thinking Library!

Meredith Scherb

February 16, 2013

New Books Upstairs @ the library!

          Rising Son by Robert Conroy

Deadly Stakes by J.A. Jance

Memory of Light by Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson

          Unstoppable: The Incredible Power of Faith in Action by Nick Vujicic

Week in Winter by Maeve Binchy

Guilt: An Alex Delaware Novel by Jonathan Kellerman

Brother Odd by Dean R. Koontz

Crash by Nicole Williams

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, March 11, 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.
• Feb 19/20 – Are You Sleeping?!
• Reminder! Bring a backpack or bag!

Did You Know…

According to a Scholastic Study (http://kyte.ws/Xkf88c), the percentage of children who have read an eBook has almost doubled since 2010 (25% vs. 46%) The Atlantic Library provides children’s eBooks through our WILBOR and TumbleBooks databases.  Find the links on our home page!

Behind My Desk

You’ve maybe noticed Janie hanging out in the stacks recently with a cart full of books.  Or maybe you’ve noticed empty shelving in the non-fiction section of the library.  The reason for both is that we’re weeding parts of the library collection. 

Weeding is a necessary part of library work.  Books become worn, contain outdated information or lose popularity.  And as we are always adding to our collection and have limited shelf space, we have to remove other titles.  It’s not easy to do.  We love our books!  But we also want the collection to be current and contain materials that the community needs and wants. 

But don’t worry.  Those empty shelves will be filled soon.  We’re looking to shift some things around.  The large print section, for example, is overflowing its current space so we’re hoping to find additional space for them.  So there will be some changes, but I think it will be worth it in the end!  Less crowded shelves make for easier browsing!

If you’re wondering what we’re doing with all the books we’ve removed from the collection, they will be on sale at our next Friends of the Library book sale coming up in April.  And if you have books you’d like to donate to the sale, please follow these guidelines:  no old encyclopedias or textbooks or self-help books more than 5 years old. 

  

And finally, I wanted to update everyone on what tax forms the library currently has available.  At last report we have Long and Short State forms.  We can photocopy the State book but there is the cost for photocopying for that.  And we have the Federal 1040 EZ and 1040A forms and books and the 1040 forms.  We are still waiting on 1040 books.  The forms can also be downloaded from our website. 

Have a wonderful week and keep…Thinking Libraries!