Friends of the Library Booksale! Sept. 25-28!
The big Friends of the Library booksale is coming!
Presale for Friends of the Library members only is Thursday, Sept. 25, 6-8:00 p.m.
PUBLIC/REGULAR SALE HOURS:
- Friday., Sept. 26: 2-7 p.m.
- Saturday., Sept. 27: 9-4 p.m.
- Sunday, Sept. 28: Noon-4 p.m.
Hardbacks, paperbacks, fiction, nonfiction, children’s books, records, cds, videos, magazines, premium books, reference sets, and other miscellaneous items.
Located in the Auditorium of the Library.
The sale is restocked throughout each day!
Donations for the book sale are accepted throughout the year and may be taken to the Library.
Questions about the sale or arrangements for pickup of large donations, call Mike Foley at 866-3791 or by email at wmclfoley@msn.com or contact the Library Director, Charlene Abel, at 812-265-2744.
Late fees on children's items changing Sept. 8
Starting Monday, Sept. 8, late fees on children’s items will be 10 cents per day, as it is on other items in the library. Fines will accrue up to a maximum of $5 per item.
The exception is for videos and DVDs. These are free for 7 days and $1 a day there after. The maximum late fee on videos is $10.
Sunday hours start Sept. 7!
We will resume being open on Sundays on September 7.
Our school year hours will be… Monday-Thursday 9-9; Friday 9-6; Saturday 9-5; and Sunday 1-5.
We will continue having Sunday hours until Memorial Day weekend.
Your support can make a branch library in Hanover a reality!
Things are really buzzing here at the library! This fall we are working with the town of Hanover to secure a Community Focus Fund grant to create a branch library in Hanover!
We have created a new website to tell you about our plans and describe how donations and letters of support between now and September 8 can contribute to this wonderful project!
Visit www.mjcpl.org/hanover for all the details!
Belly Dance @ MJCPL
Belly dance has been heralded as both a cultural experience and physical exercise— try it out here at your library.
Heather Adler, who currently instructs belly dance at the Switzerland County YMCA, will present the traditional dance form here in the library auditorium on Wednesday, Aug. 27 at 6 pm.
Belly dance provides a good cardio-vascular workout and helps increase both flexibility and strength. This year’s belly dance program at Speaking of Women’s Health Conference was a huge success.
Register Today by calling (812) 265-2744.
Literally go places with (flat) Booker Bee this summer! (Updated with photos!)
Update: Our first photos are here!
Our 2008 adult summer reading program theme is “Going Places with Booker Bee” and our kids theme is “Catch the Reading Bug” so we’ve found a way for you to literally catch a reading bug and go places with Booker Bee!
You may have heard of storybook character Flat Stanley traveling to far-flung parts of the world. This summer we’re doing “flat” Booker Bee and you can take him on vacation with you.
Taking Booker on vacation is easy!
1) Come to the front desk and get a Booker Bee (he’s laminated and will travel well).
2) Take him to fun places.
3) Take his picture at that location!
4) Bring the photo to the library or email the photo to bee@mjcpl.org
5) We’ll post the photos in the library and on our website!
You can take Booker’s photo anywhere from Madison’s riverfront to the summit of Mt. Everest (there’s a summer challenge for you)! So “vacation” could even be a day trip to Clifty Falls State Park.
Did you read a book on vacation with Booker Bee? Tell us the title and we’ll post that with the picture of Booker Bee!
Before your next trip, stop in and take Booker (and a book or audio book too) along and have fun this summer!
Going Places with Booker Bee Summer Reading!
Starting Monday, June 9, you can join our 2008 summer reading club. To get started, stop by the circulation desk to pick up your very own “Going Places with Booker Bee” summer reading booklet!
You will find that each page of our “Going Places” booklet suggests reading a book from a different region of our wonderful nation — New England, Mid-Atlantic, Southeast, Southwest, Midwest and Far West.
You can read ANY book, fiction or non-fiction, as long as they are related to these regions!
- A romance in New Orleans (southeast)
- Go sleepless with a mystery in Boston (New England),
- Feel the power in a book about the Mount St. Helens volcano or the 1906 San Francisco earthquake (west).
- Read about the Navajo nation (southwest).
Write the title on each the appropriate regional page and have the folks at the front desk stamp it with our Booker Bee stamp.
The prizes!
With each region you read, you get an entry into our grand prize drawing!
- Read through two regions and win a free book!
- Explore four regions and receive a free pass from the Ohio Theatre.
- Navigate through all six regions and you get to draw a surprise gift from our travel bags.
- Revisit each of the six regions for additional chances to win (maximum 12 chances).
This year we have several grand prizes including…
- a print from our beautiful historical photo collection River to Rail.
- beautifully painted gourd art
- a work from Mudcat Pottery.
- A basket full of travel related gifts.
For reading suggestions, talk with our librarians or visit our Summer Reading Central website.
The last books will be accepted through closing on Friday, July 31.
Prizes will be drawn on Monday, Aug. 4. Need not be present to win.
Memorial Day and Sunday closings
The Madison-Jefferson County Public Library will be closed for Memorial Day on Sunday and Monday, May 25-26.
Memorial Day also signifies the beginning of the library’s summer hours.
Monday-Thursday 9-9
Friday 9-6
Saturday 9-5
We are closed on Sundays during the summer. We will return to our school year schedule including Sundays after the Labor Day weekend.
Real men...
You’ve heard that “real men” don’t ask directions and don’t eat quiche, but according to the new blog The Art of Manliness, here’s something real men do — read.
The Art of Manliness just published a list of 100 Must-Read Books: The Essential Man’s Library. The list ranges widely from Niccolo Machiavelli’s “The Prince” to our own Hoosier Kurt Vonnegut’s “Slaughterhouse-Five” and 98 in between.
While you’re reading, you can always remember Brad Paisley singing “Oh thank God, I’m still a guy.”
So… what books on the list have you liked? What’s missing from the list?
Also, send in your own book reviews, and tell us what’s worth reading. It can be on anything from non-fiction to graphic novels.
To start us off, here’s Jim Smitley…
“Flight of the Gin Fizz: Mid-life at 4,500 feet” by Henry Kisor…
I enjoyed reading this book… The author is very good at explaining the world of deaf pilots and the perils of everyday flying. His flight across the country followed that of the historic 1911 cross-country flight of the “Vin Fizz”, and gave both the author’s side of what happened and what happened to the 1911 flyer. Good book.
Music May 2008: B-52s, REM and country hits
We’ve just ordered some new music including new work by the B-52s, REM. We’ve also added some country hits and singer-songwriters to the collection.
For the 30- to 50-somethings nothing says party quite like a trip to the Love Shack with the B-52s. They’re still very popular on the concert circuit, but for the first time in 20 years*, the quartet returned to the studio to create “Funplex.” While the music has been infused with 21st century dance-electronica, there’s little variation from the classic B-52s sound. It’s not a musical revolution, but it does make the album a fun summer companion for a day at the beach. Now if only we didn’t have to drive so darn far to find one.
We’ve also ordered R.E.M.‘s new work “Accelerate” which critics hail as a return to the rock the Georgia group was founded upon.
New country…
“One Endless Night” by Jimmie Dale Gilmore
“Mud on the Tires” by Brad Paisley
“Lady Antebellum” by Lady Antebellum
“Van Lear Rose” by Loretta Lynn
“There’s More Where That Came From” by Lee Ann Womack
Some new age sounds…
“Eagle River” by Dean Evenson & Soundings Ensemble
“Ancient Visions” by Ah*Nee*Mah
Singer-songwriters…
Unfold by Marié Digby
Coco by Colbie Caillat
Golden Delicious by Mike Doughty
A Girl Called Eddy by A Girl Called Eddy
One Cell In the Sea by A Fine Frenzy
Little Voice by Sara Bareilles;
Aliens & Rainbows by Ferras
Indy rock…
“Vampire Weekend” by Vampire Weekend
“Lust Lust Lust” by The Raveonettes
“The Trick to Life” by The Hoosiers
The Hoosiers are not from Indiana, but rather from Great Britain where “The Trick to Life” has landed multiple top-10 UK chart hits. They picked the name after having been offered scholarships to play football at Indiana University. How can an Indiana library not have their album?
- Yes, the B-52s recorded an album 16 years ago, but it wasn’t recorded by the full band, thus 20 years.