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Posted for your information, several upcoming events of interest:
Children's Book Week (May 12-18)
May 12th through 18th is Children's Book Week! To celebrate, we're going to be giving Waldenbooks gift cards to qualifying children who participate in the final "We Read on Wednesday" literacy program of the school year. Thanks to Waldenbooks and their customers for generously providing these prizes!
Author Talk: Barry Reese (Saturday, May 17)
Library Director/Author Barry Reese will be discussing his latest release, "The Rook Volume One" on May 17th from 1-3 pm at the Mary Vinson Memorial Library. Join us in the Special Collections Room for a celebration of Mr. Reese's exciting original creation: The Rook! Copies will be available for purchase and signing.
Community Movie Night: "Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium" (Monday, May 19)
Come to the Mary Vinson Memorial Library and visit the strangest, most fantastic, most wonderful toy store in the world, and its 243-year-old eccentric owner. "Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium," Rated G, starts at 6 pm in the Children's Theater.
Vacation Reading Club Sign-ups begin (Tuesday, May 20)
It's here! Sign-ups for all of our reading clubs begin on May 20th. This year, our focus is on bugs! Our Children's theme is "Catch the Reading Bug," for ages 0-11. Teens aged 12-18 will be able to "Metamorphosis" as they participate. And, for the first time, adults 18-up can join in the fun too and "Bug Out with Books!" There's truly something for everyone during this year's Vacation Reading Club; come and "get buggy" with us!
70th Anniversary Event: Bookmobile Commemoration Tour (Friday, May 23)
We're going mobile as we continue our 70th Anniversary celebration! To commemorate the first bookmobile route in the 1940s, we're heading out around town with a small sampling of our library collection. We'll be stopping at locations around downtown with a connection to the Library, both past and present, as well as some other stops. Look for us "on the move" from 9:30-11:30 am on Friday, May 23rd.
Vacation Reading Club Kickoff (Thursday, May 29)
Sign-ups begin May 20th, but on May 29th we'll celebrate our summer of fun with our first event! Pete Griffin and Birds of Prey will be performing at 10:30 am and 1:00 pm at the Mary Vinson Memorial Library. Come see these amazing animals and be a part of the fun!
Lake Sinclair Library: 5th Birthday Celebration (Friday, May 30)
Help us as we wish a happy 5th birthday to our Lake Sinclair Library branch. We'll have refreshments for everyone at the Lake Sinclair Library, beginning at 4 pm on Friday, May 30th.
Book Release Party: "Zane's Story" by Connie Duckworth (Saturday, May 31)
Come join us at the Mary Vinson Memorial Library as we celebrate the release of "Zane's Story" by local author Connie Duckworth. "Zane's Story" tells of Connie's son's struggle with Epilepsy and Landau-Kleffner Syndrome and how their family and the community has pulled together to support him. The Release Party will be held in the Special Collections Room from 1-3 pm.
As you can see, there are many ways for you to join in the fun; there's something for everyone at your local library!
From April 19th to May 3rd, Waldenbooks encouraged their customers to give donations, with all proceeds to go to the Library. The community responded well to the program, and donated a total of $126. After the drive, Waldenbooks presented the Library with gift cards in the amount of the donations. These gift cards will be used as a part of Children's Book Week (May 12-18), for qualifying readers during that week's "We Read on Wednesday" program.
Many thanks to Waldenbooks and those in our community for supporting your local library! Because of your generosity, the Library can better encourage literacy in our community.
Thank you!!
On May 13 & 14, 2008, hundreds of librarians and library supporters of all kinds are heading to Washington, DC, for an event like no other: National Library Legislative Day. And you can be a part, too!
National Library Legislative Day is a two-day event in which people who care about libraries participate in advocacy and issue training sessions, interact with Capitol Hill insiders, and visit Congressional member offices to ask Congress to pass legislation that supports libraries.
Can't make it to DC on May 14 for National Library Legislative Day? No problem.
You can take part in a VIRTUAL LIBRARY LEGISLATIVE DAY! It's easy for you to participate. Get everyone you know to help call, fax and email their Members of Congress to tell them about the importance of libraries in your community.
National Library Legislative Day is sponsored by the American Library Association, Chief Officers of State Library Agencies, the District of Columbia Library Association, and the Special Libraries Association.
Final Season Standings:
Kell - 20pts. (6-8-2) 355 total points
LaToya - 19pts. (8-3-5) 321 points
David - 9pts. (2-5-9) 265 points
Read the entire story here:
news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080328/od_uk_nm/ou
Read the full story here:
www.ala.org/ala/alonline/currentnews/new
As usual, this was a difficult decision -- we have so many great employees that it's often hard to narrow it down to just one. But this time I think we should recognize someone who does several difficult jobs and all of them well. He catalogs, he orders the adult books, he does so much more...
Yes, the EoM for March 2008 is.....
Jared Baker!
Congrats, Jared!
Click below to see Karen Minton's class with the famous feline.
I will continue to update all of you as more details become available to me.
Thanks to everyone who contacted their local officials on our behalf. I am convinced that without the support of all of you, this agreement never would have been reached so quickly! Again, thank you!!!!!!! And thanks to our local officials for coming together in agreement.
1) In the Bulletin article, it mentions that the library has not received an increase in funding since FY 2004. It should read FY 2002.
2) Also, in the Bulletin article, it mentions that “local support for the current year shall be equal to more than half the preceding year.” Actually, this should read "local support for the current year shall be equal to or more than the preceding year" in order for us to be eligible for state funds. *Any* reduction will trigger the loss of our funding.
3) The Union Recorder article has several inaccuracies: the City of Milledgeville gives us 72% of our annual budget, not 89%. Our total budget for FY 08 was $706,288.67 not $681,289 as stated in the article. Furthermore, we do not receive $7,000 from the Board of Education -- we receive $4,500. Furthermore, our in-house revenues are not $35,000 as stated -- it's actually $31,400 and that's not all from fines & fees as the articles states. That's from fines & fees, vending machine income, fax charges, photocopies and donations.
4) One of the patrons interviewed in the UR article mentioned that a loss of funding for the library "wouldn't have too much impact on the community as long as the library remains open." I hate to harp on the subject, but the loss of this much funding means that we may not be staying open at all. Unfortunately, that's a very real concern. With the loss in funding and our PINES membership, access to Galileo and all Internet service, plus the reduction in staff from 17 to 5 would mean that there wouldn't be much of a library left.
IMLS announces results of study on the Internet’s impact on museums and libraries
InterConnections: The IMLS National Study on the Use of Libraries, Museums and the Internet offers insight into the ways people search for information in the online age, and how this impacts the ways they interact with public libraries and museums, both online and in person. Among the findings:
- Libraries and museums evoke consistent, extraordinary public trust among diverse adult users.
- An explosion of available information inspires the search for more information.
- The public benefits significantly from the presence of museums and libraries on the Internet.
- Internet use is positively related to in-person visits to museums and libraries.
- Museums and public libraries serve important and complementary roles in supporting a wide variety of information needs.
IMLS sponsored this national study through a cooperative agreement with a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill research team led by José-Marie Griffiths and Donald W. King, recognized leaders in information research. Their findings are based on five surveys of 1,000 to 1,600 adults each that were conducted during 2006.
View a summary of the report : http://interconnectionsreport
View full report : http://interconnectionsreport
• Reduced hours of operation = Monday through Friday 9am to 4pm ONLY
• No Lake Sinclair Library
• Staff reduced by almost 70%
• Reduced public programming (i.e., Story Time, Baby Time)
• No Vacation Reading Program
• No longer a member of the statewide library system, PINES
• No internet access
• No access to GALILEO
If you could let your politicians know that cutting library funding is not something you are in support of. Encourage the City and County officials to come to an agreement prior to June 30th, 2008 or else library services face possible extinction.
Baldwin County Commissioners
Geneva B. Davis, District 1, 478-452-0505
Collins P. Lee, District 2, 478-452-4217
Dale Epps, District 3, 478-452-6316
Bobby Blizzard, District 4, 478-452-3419
Bubba Williams, District 5, 478-451-7072
Baldwin County Commissioners Meeting Dates
1st and 3rd Tuesdays of each month at 6:30pm, Suite 319 of the Courthouse
City of Milledgeville Council Members
Ken Morgan, District 1, kmorgan@milledgevillega.us
Jeanette Walden, District 2, jwalden@milledgevillega.us
Denese Shinholster, District 3, dshinholster@milledgevillega.us
Ken Vance, District 4, kvance@milledgevillega.us
Richard “Boo” Mullins, District 5, rmullins@milledgevillega.us
Steve Chambers, District 6, schambers@milledgevillega.us
City Council Meeting Dates
2nd and 4th Tuesdays of each month at 7:30pm, 3rd floor of City Hall
If you have additional questions, please contact library administration at 478-452-0677 ext. 24 or 25.
With the assistance and blessing of the Library administration, Richard surprised Jenny at work. He dropped to one knee and popped the question in front of a small gathering of TLLS employees. A flustered Jenny happily said yes, the couple sealed the engagement with a kiss, then stole away for a quiet and romantic afternoon.
All of us at the Twin Lakes Library System wish Jenny and Richard the very best!
All because of political cards that are dealt.
Computers and access, a luxury no more,
No more children anxiously waiting at our doors.
Imagine if the informational center was to disappear,
Where would one go when questions are near?
When 'show me the money' is our dire plead,
But no one is there to answer our need.
Imagine a time when our doors would be closed,
Only to open with far less in store.
Less staff, less resources, less programs that reach,
Who will be left, who can we teach?
Imagine a library with five feeble hands,
The rest of the cadre cut by the plans.
When today and tomorrow is all but a dream,
When our best is the past and the future is bleak.
Imagine a place, suppressing its being,
Imagine a place that is struggling for meaning.
Imagine a place where the library is gone,
Our cultural pulse now quieted down.
Imagination is needed with seventy years in our past,
Seventy-one now uncertain, what is our chance?
A library is more than the books on its shelves,
A library is home, a sense of being, a place of wealth.
Imagine is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.
Let your politician know just how much the library means to you!
