The Circu-Letter 2004 Issue 3
The Circu-Letter
2004 Issue 3
Making Connections @ the Heart of Our Community
In This Issue:
- Computer Training Lab to Visit Library
- Change for Change Program
- From the Director
- Board of Trustees Member Needed
- Did You Know?
- The Da Vinci Code
- Story Time Registration Begins
- Teen Advisory Board Fall Meetings Scheduled
- Readers Flock to Library for Summer Reading Club
- Local Author
- The Changing Face of Audiovisual
- Friends of the Library News
Computer Lab to Visit Library
The wonders of wireless Internet technology will be visiting the Louisville Public Library from November 22 - December 3, 2004. The Mobile Internet Training Lab, a 35-foot bus, will be on loan from the State Library's SEO Regional Library Center in Caldwell. Equipped with 10 networked computers, a digital projector and a networked printer, the monile lab will enable the library to provide the computer training many patrons have requested. Tentative plans call for classes focused on word-processing, Internet searching, and securing computers. Classes will be free. Fliers will be available in the coming weeks announcing classes and meeting times. Advanced registration will be required.The lab is fully heated and air conditioned and has a wheelchair ramp for handicapped accessibility.
We are very pleased to host the lab and be able to provide computer classes that we cannot currently offer due to lack of space and computer training stations in the library.
Contact Mrs. Sandra Lang with any questions you might have regarding this program.
Change for Change!
The Louisville Public Library is starting a new program to obtain an outdoor return for audiovisual items such as DVDs, videos, tapes, etc. The new program will be called "Change for Change."Jars will be placed in the library for those who wish to contribute loose change (or bills) to go toward the purchase of a drop for AV items. The cost of a heavy-duty drop is about $2000. If we are successful in raising half the cost, the library will pay the remainder.
This is a much-needed item that the library simply cannot afford at this time due to decreased funding levels. However, we recognize that there are many patrons who would like to have this convenience.
If you would like to contribute to this effort, stop in to see us or send a donation to the library. Jars will be in place beginning August 23, 2004.
Color Photocopying Available
8 1/2 x 11 $.75
8 1/2 x 14 $.75
11 x 17 $1.00
Laminating is also available. Sizes range from 6 x 9 inches to 12 x 15 inches. Prices range from $.30 to $.85.
From the Director...
Betsy Ketchum
Even though most of us do not feel that we had a real summer, fall is upon us. In a way, that is a renewal for the library. School is in again and that always means increased activity from both students and teachers.I would like to take this opportunity to thank the following Summer Reading Club Sponsors:
Charter One Bank
Domino's Pizza
Friends of the Louisville Public Library
First Merit Bank
Incidental Cafe
Uppy's Big Scoop
Wendy Hoover, LMT
And thanks also to all who brought their children, to the teens who are a great group of kids, and to the adults who took an interest and participated.
I also want to announce the winners of our baskets at the Louisville Women's Club Craft Show. They are as follows:
Christmas Basket - Shirley Diano
Bath Basket - Alice Masci
Autumn Basket - Mary Klemens
Patriotic Basket - Nalta Blind
Louisville Public Library Board of Trustees Member Needed
The Board of Trustees is seeling one new member for 2005. The vacancy is for a full seven year term.Requirements: All candidates must be residents of Nimishillen Township and at least 18 years of age. Service on the Board is voluntary.
Interested persons are asked to submit a letter giving some background information and telling why they would like to serve on the Board.
Louisville Public Library
Board of Trustees
700 Lincoln Avenue
The final appontment is made by the Louisville City Schools Board of Education. Please sumbit letter on or before November 1, 2004. Thank you.
Homebound Service
The library will make collections for homebound patrons at their request. Arrangements can be made for a family member or a friend to pick up these collections. The library has a large collection of large-print books, books on tape, and books on CD to help those who are visually impaired also. Please contact Mrs. Lang if you are interested in homebound service.
Did You Know?
...that the entire run of obituaries from The Louisville Herald has been indexed from 1887 to the present? (There are just a few gaps in our collection.) The indexing is both in print and also online. The full obituaries are on microfilm. Copies can be mailed to anyone worldwide for a fee. Check our website....that you can return ANY items borrowed from Stark County District Library and its branches and the Massillon Library at our library? Their items will be checked in and then returned through the delivery service between our libraries.
...that you can renew materials by telephone? Two week materials renew for one more loan period; one week materials cannot be renewed.
Come join us for a special program
sponsored by the Friends of the Louisville Public Library
"The Da Vinci Code:
The Facts Behind the Fiction"
Presented by Dr. Joseph Kelly,
Professor of Religious Studies, John Carroll University
Constitution Center
Tickets: $2.00
Limited seating, no reserved seats.
Advanced ticket purchase strongly recommended
Tickets available at Louisville Public Library
330-875-1696
Story Time Registration Begins in September
Parents may register their children at the library or by calling 330-875-1696.
Monday 6:30-7:00 p.m. (Preschool - Kindergarten)
Wednesday 1:30-2:00 p.m. (ages 4-5)
Thursday 10:00-10:30 a.m. (age 3)
Teen Advisory Board Fall Meetings Scheduled
October 21, 2004 (6:30 p.m.)
November 11, 2004 (6:30 p.m.)
December 9, 2004 (6:30 p.m.)
Readers Flock to Library for Summer Reading Club
Residents of Louisville followed the flamingo to the library this summer to vote on their favorite books, catch a program and even solve a mystery or two."New Trails at Your Library" was the children's theme, and nearly 200 local boys and girls participated. This year Boy Scouts provided a demonstration of their skills, while the Girl Scouts concentrated on presenting a program about Brazil. Teacher Marti Livingstone talked about pioneer life and storyteller Karen Dollinger took the children on a trip back through time.
A highlight of the year was the final Reading Club party which featured magic by the Salvino Family. Another popular program was the Junior Review Club. Members were invited to share thoughts on their favorite books.
The focal point of the Teen Summer Reading Club, the "Mysteries of Summer," was the photogenic mascot pink Flamingo, who was mysteriously photographed at a number of locations throughout Louisville. Participants were then invited to guess the bird's locale from the photo. The winner, chosen randomly, took home a Giant Eagle Cookie card. Members of the Teen Advisory Board also presented an original play entitled "The Mystery of the Library Director" to the delight of those attending, making this one of the busiest and most dramatic Teen reading clubs to date.
Adults, not to be left out, were asked to "Vote for Reading" for their part of the Summer Reading Club Program. Participants could "vote" for their favorite author and their favorite book and even choose to cast their vote for a favorite prize which included a sports bag, camp chairs, a picnic for two and a relaxing massage. The grand prize was a throw decorated with Louisville landmarks donated by the Friends of the Library.
Everyone had a great time reading at the library this summer. See you next year!
Local Author
Dr. David Farrah, Ph.D., a graduate of Louisville High School and Associate Professor of English at Kobe City University of Foreign Studies, has donated copies of his recently published book, The Poems of Nunobiki Falls, to the library. The Falls (comprised of 4 waterfalls) are located at the southern edge of the Rokko Mountains. Over a thousand years ago, poems in the "waka" form were penned, describing tthe Falls' beauty and height. These poems have been gathered and translated by Dr. Farrah, in collaboration with Michio Nakano, Professor Emeritus of English Linguistics at Kobe City University of Foreign Studies. The poems are printed in three formats: Japanese charters, Roma-ji (Romanized form), and their English translations. This beautiful book is available for checkout. (Also available for checkout is Dr. Farrah's previous work titled Small Sounds in the Brush, published in 1998). You can contact Dr. Farrah by email.
The Changing Face of Audiovisual: New Format, New Choices
If you have not been in the Audiovisual Department of the library for some time, you probably will not recognize it. Racks of records have been replaced by towers loaded with compact discs, and while videocassettes are still readily available, they are increasingly being replaced by DVDs.In the past, the library has purchased copies of most popular films in both videocassette and DVD format, but this may no longer be possible. More and more companies have stopped, or plan to stop, releasing their titles on videocassette. This fact, and the cost of purchasing titles in both formats, has led the library to begin buying many more DVDs. In addition, older titles on videocassette are not being replaced when damaged or lost. Have we seen the end of VHS? Probably not yet, but the limited number of videocassette recorders being produced and the relative low cost of DVD players means that their years are numbered.
Much the same process is taking place in the world of audiobooks. For many years, the library has purchased book on cassette tape, but since many cars are now being sold with compact disc players instead of cassette, we have added books on CD to our collection. Both formats are still being produced by the publishing companies and purchased by the library, but as more and more cars have only CD players, we will need to decide when to stop buying cassettes in favor of the newer compact disc, or even MP3 format.
As for the future of music on compact disc, we can only guess. Many people are choosing to buy their music song-by-song off the Internet rather than purchasing the CD. We don't foresee that as a possibility for the library, and plan to continue to buy music compact discs.
The audiovisual world is exciting and rapidly changing. Louisville Public Library will continue to bring its patrons the best possible choices of materials that it can. Stop in soon and see all that is new and different.
Friends of the Library News
The Annual Book Sale in May was a huge success, with a profit of over $1400.Tahnks to everyone who supported the book sale by purchasing books and other items. A special thanks to those who volunteered their time to work at the sale.
Profits from the book sale are used to help support programming at the library including helping to pay for prizes and program expenses for Summer Reading Club.
The Friends are also helping to sponsor the upcoming Da Vinci Code program with Dr. Joseph Kelly of John Carroll University.
The Friends members also do the tabbing of the newsletters and volunteers help when needed. New members are always welcome.
If interested, contact Friends President Norma Paquelet at 330-875-2522.
