February is Library Lovers Month (among many other cool things), and we’re celebrating with programs and events all month long!
Our “Road to the Oscars” film screenings continue each Thursday this month at 6:30 p.m. This week’s offering is about the Oakland Athletics baseball team, and is up for six Academy Awards.
Next Saturday, February 11, is the Friends’ Winter Book Sale, running from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. There is a new layout, additional lighting, and a whole lot of bargains – all we need is you!
Later in the month the library is pleased to welcome Mark Twain for an afternoon of stories. Watch this space or visit the library web site at www.greenlakelibrary.org for details in the coming weeks.
Of course, we continue to get new books and movies in every week. We hope you’ll agree, there’s a lot to love at the Caestecker Public Library.
It’s awards season, and the library is here to help you get caught up on all the winners!
The American Library Association announced its children’s literature awards on Monday morning, and I’m pleased that we have copies of them all available for you to check out. They are currently on display at the checkout desk.
The Academy Award nominees were announced Tuesday morning, and we are featuring one nominee each week in our Road to the Oscars film series. Please join us Thursday evenings from now through February 23rd at 6:30 p.m. to see what the buzz is all about. We’ll provide the popcorn. The first screening is of Woody Allen's "Midnight in Paris" - January 26 at 6:30.
The library is also set to participate in Digital Learning Day by offering our first “class” on downloading eBooks onto a personal e-reading device. Bring your Kindle or iPad or Nook (or whatever you own) and I will show you how to download library books onto it. The best thing? They’re free! This inaugural eBook class will be Wednesday, February 1 beginning at 2:00 p.m. It shouldn’t last more than an hour. Need more information? Give us a call at 294-3572.
If you’re like the library staff and suddenly find yourself with unexpectedly free weekends (darn those Giants!), may we suggest some books or movies to help take your mind off football?
Visiting the library’s web site – www.greenlakelibrary.org – is the best place to start. If you like paper copies of new books, you will find a list of our latest acquisitions under the “What’s New” button near the top of the page. (You will also find our latest DVDs there). If you prefer to download titles to your e-reader, the place to start is under our “Research” button. (Yes, we’re working on making that more logical, but that’s where you need to start for now.) There you will find a link to e-books and downloadable audio books.
For those who have an e-reader but would like some help getting library books onto it, we invite you to either come in for one-on-one help or to attend one of our upcoming e-reader classes. You will find the latest schedule of those on (you guessed it) the library web site, under “Library Events.” While there, you can see other events of potential interest – like our upcoming “Road to the Oscars” film screenings and the winter weekend concert series.
Did you make some new year’s resolutions? I find I’m able to stick to mine for the first week, and then I need some help. If you’re in similar circumstances, the library is here to help! Whether your goal is to learn something new, get in better shape, eat healthier, save money, or a myriad of other good causes, we have books and DVDs that can up the motivation factor. I promise I haven’t checked them all out.
January also brings thoughts of taxes (and financial aid forms for those of us with kids in college). We have IRS forms available now, and expect the state forms to begin arriving in a couple of weeks. We are also happy to help folks locate and download forms and instructions from the various tax web sites.
We hope you stop by the library during the holidays so we can give you our warmest holiday greetings in person, but in case you will be traveling or otherwise busy, please know that we appreciate your visits and support all throughout the year.
We will be closed several days this weekend to allow staff and volunteers time with their loved ones. We are open Friday, December 23 as usual (9:00 – 6:00), then closed Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. We reopen Tuesday morning at 9:00 for all your post-holiday reading, listening, and viewing pleasure.
