The Circu-Letter 2002 Issue 8
The Circu-Letter
2002 Issue 8
Making Connections @ the Heart of Our Community
Library Board & K of C Sign Contract...
The Louisville Public Library Board of Trustees signed a contract November 12, 2002 to purchase the building and four acres of property owned by the Knights of Columbus at 1010 S. Chapel St. for the future site of the library building. Since 1999, the library has been studying options and making plans for the construction of a new or renovated facility. Many options have been studied including staying at the present location and moving to various locations in Louisville.The site that is being purchased has many positive points to recommend it. They include:
- Location is on a main highway and very visible.
- Site is large enough to allow construction to be all on one floor. No elevator will be needed.
This is a big saving in construction costs.
- Library will be able to continue in present building until construction is completed.
- The new building will be located close to many other community facilities including the walking
track, the high school and the new middle school, and the YMCA.
- There is ample room for parking and expansion.
The new library will be a great asset and service to the community. Our community is growing. The new up-to-date and much larger library will serve the needs of the community for many years to come.
A Medieval Evening with the Marche of Alderford
Step back in time with members of the Marche of Alderford, the Stark and Carroll County chapter of the Society for Creative Anachronism, when they present A Medieval Evening with the Marche of Alderford.The program will offer attendees a chance to visit a manor house during the holiday season and experience the sights and sounds of a medieval evening with the Lord and Lady of the Manor as they welcome their holiday guests.
The Society for Creative Anachronism is a non-profit, educational organization dedicated to the re-creation of the culture, skills and foor combat of the Middle Agegs and the Renaissance. Members learn skills which would have been known during the historical time period of 600-1600 and practice them thoughout the year at local events. The Marche of Alderford has taken part in the library's Summer Reading Club programs and is an annual participant in the Louisville Constitution Week Parade.
"A Medieval Evening with the Marche of Alderford" will take place Tuesday December 3, 2002 at 7:00 pm.
Join us at the library for a memorable evening with the sights and sounds of the Middle Ages. For more information, contact Mrs. Courtney or call at 330-875-1696.
Story Time Christmas Party
December 9, 2003 - 6:30 pm
Party for all three Story Times with a surprise visitor
If interested in 2003 Story Times, please call Mrs. Brown at 330-875-1696
A Message from the Director
Betsy Ketchum, Director
I couldn't be happier to be writing this column at last.After years of study and planning, we can now see on the horizon that our dreams of a modern, up-to-date library with the room and facilities that a growing community deserves will be fulfilled. It is going to take the whole community to bring this dream to reality, but we are on the way!
Representatives of the Board of Trustees and the Staff will be available in the months ahead to speak to groups large and small about our project. Our story will be a great one for the community and its future. Our cooperation and service to the schools will continue, as well as our service to other institutions and individuals.
We truly want to be Making Connections @ the Heart of Our Community!
Christmas Music
Every year in late Autumn, the new Christmas compact discs are released and Louisville Public Library selects new titles to add to the collection. This year's new titles that are available or have been ordered are:
- Brooks & Dunn - It Won't be Christmas
- Charlie Daniels - Merry Christmas to All
- Bill Anderson - No Place Like Home for Christmas
- Cledus T. Judd - Cledus Navidad
- Crash Test Dummies - Jingle All the Way
- Wonderland - Winter Solstice
- Warren Hill - Warren Hill Christmas
- HIlary Duff - Santa Claus Lane
- Disney - Radio Disney - Holiday Jams 2
- VeggieTales - Very Veggie Christmas
- John Tesh - Christmas Worship
- Carly Simon - Christmas is Almost Here
- Steve Tyrell - This Time of Year
- Windham Hill Christmas
- WOW Christmas
- Kidz Bop Christmas
- City on a Hill: It's Christmas
- Gypsy Hombres - Django Bells
- Plus One - Christmas
The library has a large selection of Christmas music, adult Christmas videos and children's Christmas videos as well as DVDs. All compact discs, videos and DVDs may be checked out for one week with an adult card.
New Magazines
The follwing titles have been added to the magazine collection:For Adult Readers
- Book(bimonthly)
- Country Home (monthly)
- Mailbox Bookbag (6 issues)
- Real Simple (10 issues per year)
- This Old House (10 issues)
- Smart Money (monthly)
- Traditional Home (8 issues)
- Wine Spectator (18 issues)
For Teens and Kids:
- American Cheerleader (bimonthly)
- J-14 (10 issues)
- Motocross (monthly)
- Mountain Bike (11 issues)
Magazines can be checked out for a period of 7 days. You may have 5 issues at a time. The current issue of adult magazines can be checked out only within an hour of closing and must be returned the next day with the first hour the library is open.
Directions to the Louisville Library
From the North:Take Route 44 south towards the city of Louisville. After crossing a double set of railroad tracks, turn left onto Lincoln Ave. The street will deadend into the library parking lot.
From the South:
Take Route 44 north towards the city of Louisville. Pass the juncion of Routes 44 and 153 at the
center of town and continue north. Turn right at the second street, Lincoln Ave. The street will
deadend into the library parking lot.
From the East or West:
Follow Route 153 to the junction of Routes 153 and 44 at the center of town. Turn north onto Route 44.
Turn right at the second street, Lincoln Ave. The street will deadend into the library parking lot.
Did You Know?
- ...the library provides a free book review guide to our patrons? It is called Book Page: America's Book Review. Every month's issue provides interviews with authors in the news, answers to questions submitted by readers about authors and their books, and reviews of both new fiction and nonfiction titles. Adult and children's books are featured. There is a section on audiobooks. If we don't own a book you see listed in this guide, it can be borrowed for you. Just ask!
- ...the library has both juvenile and adult collections of Christmas books? These books
circulate for seven days in the weeks prior to Christmas. There are both fiction and nonfiction titles in
each collection. You can learn about customs in other countries, the history of various symbols of
Christmas, and the origins of the beautiful carols, which are so enjoyable during the season.
- ...during the month of October we borrowed 582 items from other libraries for the use of our patrons? We loaned out 2579 items from our collections to other libraries.
Donations to the Library:
Sharing with the "Sharing Place"
Andrew Carnegie is well known for giving to America's public libraries. Beginning in 1881 until his death in 1919, Carnegie shared his huge fortune made in the steel industry and helped to build 1700 libraries in the United States.In the 20th century, citizens came to understand that public libraries were so valuable that they needed stable funding from tax dollars. This structure continues into the 21st century.
Though funded chiefly by taxes, public libraries still require additional money to provide the quality of service to which librarians and boards of trustees aspire.
So what does all that mean here at your library?
The library is primarily funded by state income taxes for day-to-day operating expenses. Money is budgeted for materials to be purchased and to hire staff members. Of course, the heating and cooling, lighting, insurance, landscaping, snow removal and maintenance bills also have to be paid. And after all of these operating needs are addressed in the library budget, there are still areas in which the library supporters can actively assist the library to be the very best "sharing place."
It is possible to remember the library in your final wishes. The furniture in the reading lounge, for example, was purchased with money willed to the library. (Your lawyer would be able to advise you how to go about including the library in any planned giving you might consider.)
Through the years, the materials budget has been increased as the library received money to buy books in memory of a loved one or to honor a person for a special occasion. Recognition of the donation is placed inside any such item purchased.
Many businesses in the community donate money, materials, or services to assist in the promotion of Summer Reading Club activities and other programs. Food donations, cash donations, discount coupons or tickets for sporting events: all of these have been generously given to the library through the years.
Currentlym ten of our magazine subscriptions are donated by an area eye doctor.
Other patrons have been known to make cash donations as their way of acknowledging the tremendous importance of the library in their lives.
Sometimes patrons refuse change when paying for photocopies saying, "It's a donation to the library."
Many patrons donate their personal books to the library, either to be included in the library collection or to be donated to the Friends of the library annual book sale. (Items accepted with the understanding that the library may use these donations however it sees fit.)
Teenage volunteers, members of the Friends of the Library, and program presenters all donate time and talents to enhance the services that are offered by the library.
Frankly, it is inspiring that so many people find so many different ways to be part of the library by their various donations.
With the purchase of property for a new library, there will be many opportunities to help create a new facility with expanded collections and services. A bond levy and special fundraising will be ways for people to actively and generously help create the new "sharing place."
All donations to the library, whether in the form of the "Keep the change" model, the "planned giving" model, or the "fundraising/bond levy" model to build the new library, are deeply appreciated and serve to provide a way for you to be a part of the public library that is "at the heart of the community."
Andrew Carngie had it right in the 19th century: Try to give back to your community in proportion to your own good fortune. Our patrons have found ways big and small to follow Carnegie's example.
"Scrap in a Snap
In November, Krista Loveless of Scrap in a Snap, introduced LPL patrons to the joys of Scrapbooking. The response was so wonderful that it was necessary to add a second class. LPL patrons can look forward to more classes on a variety of topics being offered in the future.
Thank You...
For Helping Make Johnny Appleseed Day a Success
The Incidental Cafe
Giant Eagle
Motts Greenhouse and Cider Mill
Connie Holmes
The Gift Shop
Pasthyme Treasures
Todd's Enviroscapes
Friends of the Louisville Public Library
Library Christmas Projects
Each year the library participates in projects to benefit the community. Patrons also have an opportunity to help.The Repository will have a drop off box in our foyer for new and gently used books for distribution through A Community Christmas. Books must be brought before December 12, 2002 and put in the box.
We will also be collecting warm clothing of all sizes (especially coats and sweaters) in good
condition. Personal items, including such items as shampoo, deodorant, toothpaste, feminine products,
and diapers, will also be collected and given to Louisville Bethesda Ministries. All items are to
be given to persons in the local community. Items can be brought to the circulation desk at the library.
