The Circu-Letter 2003 Issue 3
The Circu-Letter
2003 Issue 3
Making Connections @ the Heart of Our Community
Summer Reading Club: Celebrate Ohio!
Kids ages preschool to 5th grade will celebrate Ohio's bicentennial with exciting books, fun programs and great story times.
Highlights include:
Get full details and a calendar of activities when you sign up in the library's Children's
Department. Registration begins June 2.
*Junior Review Club Hey 4th and 5th graders! Join our new book review club and share your opinions about books you have read. Wednesdays at 2:00 p.m. beginning June 4. You can sign up when you register for Summer Reading Club.
Building Project News
Library Board and staff members are working with the architect to finalize plans for the new library. There will be naming opportunities for various parts of the building. These will be made public as soon as plans are more complete. For instance, a person might wish to donate the funding for furniture for one particular room or area of the building and have the donor's name or the name of a loved one placed in that area. Library Trustees and staff are available to speak to groups about the plans.The Levy Campaign Committee is also hard at work. Chairman Ken Smith would be interested in speaking with anyone who would be willing to help. The Friends of the Library, as well as the Teen Advisory Board, will be very involved in the campaign.
Future Building Project updates will be available via the library newsletter, the library website and the Louisville Herald.
Teen Flip Flop Workshop
June 25, 2003
6:30 p.m.
at the Library
A Message from the Assistant Director...
Barbara Digianantonio, Assistant Director
As of June 1, 2003, it has been my privilege to be an employee of your public library for 25 years. During those years I have typed catalog cards and input data into the computer when the transition was made to the computerized catalog. I responded to your reference questions, helped you begin to navigate the Internet, checked out your materials to you, shelved those you returned, and tried to develop adult book and magazine collections to meet your many needs.Every day I am surrounded by books, which I have loved always, and by sources of information to answer your formal questions and the information ones that just pop up in the course of the workday.
My job has been fun.
I have helped many nice patrons during my years here; some of you became my friends. It has been my good fortune to help relieve the stress of parents and children who needed help with school assignments. Some days I have offered avid readers some new authors to try. Perhaps I led you or your children on a library tour.
Your reference questions have covered the whole universe of life: the planets, the phone number of a Cleveland hospital, answers to trivia contests, information on diseases, books on computers, buying or selling a used car, etc. Your needs and interests have challenged me and taught me about many things. Thank you for enriching my life.
Through the years I have worked with many intelligent, talented and hard-working staff members also interested in serving you. I thank each one of them for adding to my workday.
A public library is a wondrous thing. I try to imagine my life both as a worker and a citizen without a library; it is impossible. The library has been a tremendous personal asset for me. To think that everyone in the community can walk in to the public library and borrow all types of materials just by showing a library card! Isn't that just such a privilege? It is the best deal in town.
From fiction books to nonfiction, to movies and music, it is simply a marvel that by pooling money together we all get to enjoy so much of our heritage and our popular culture. Public libraries are just tremendously wonderful!
When I was young, my mother used to say to me, "The library is your second home." As an adult, I discovered a way to still be "at home."
This is a community that has loved its public library. As we look forward to building a new library, I have been privileged to be consulted on many phases of the planning. I hope that the plans will meet your needs.
I hope to have many more years of interacting with you and trying to meet your informational and recreational needs. And how great it will be when we all celebrate opening day at the new library!
Did You Know?
Did you know that the library subscribes to eight newspapers? We have available six local papers: The Herald, The Repository, The Press-News, The Review, Akron Beacon Journal, and The Plain Dealer. In addition to these, the library subscribes to the Sunday edition of The New York Times and the weekday editions ofDid you know that the term of service for a library board member, set by state law, is seven years? Every year a term ends for one member of our board. State law does not limit the number of terms library trustees can serve, but the Louisville board has set the limit at one term in its bylaws. Longest service (50 years) on the Louisville Board of Trustees was by Clara B. Theiss
Did you know that our website gets 100+ users every month clicking on the A-V Department's "Wedding Music" link? Suggestions of appropriate CD music for both the wedding and the reception are provided.
Annual Friends of the Library Booksale
August 11-15, 2003
Friday 9:00 a.m. - noon
1010 South Chapel (Former Knights of Columbus Building)
Relax and Read:
There's a Summer Reading Club for Everyone
Teen Reading Program: Summer Daze
Grades 6-12
Registration begins June 2
Monthly Prize Drawings, Volunteer Opportunities, Great Reading
Teen Advisory Board to Host Summer Writers' Workshop
S.E. Hinton and Amelia Atwater Rhodes are just two of the many writers who had their first book published when they were teenagers. Knowing the treasure trove of writing talent to be discovered, this summer the Teen Advisory Board of the Louisville Public Library is sponsoring a Peer Review Writer's Workshop for area teens.The writer's workshop will operate on a drop-in basis on Thursday evenings at 6:30 p.m. at the library. Teens are asked to bring in works-in-progress or completed poetry, fiction or nonfiction and receive feedback from fellow teen writers. The first workshop will be held on June 12, 2003 at 6:30 p.m. Readers are also welcome. If you have any questions, call Mrs. Lang at 330-875-1696.
Teen Flip Flop Workshop
Design your own original flip flops!
Escape Reality TV: Be a Summer Reader
Turned off by watching people eat bugs, select a spouse from 25 candidates, or embarrass themselves trying to become a superstar idol?We are offering you a chance to escape the reality of television and enter into your own world of reality for the months of June and July - and YOU can be the prizewinner!
It's really simple to be a part of our Adult Summer Reading Club this summer. Every time you return your books to the library, just fill out a slip stating the number of books (fiction and nonfiction) you have read since your last visit. Place your entry slips into contests for various prizes, including a Grand Prize.
Stress: None
Fun: Lots
Prizes: Nice Stuff
You must be an Adult Card Holder. You must be willing to have some fun with summer reading club!
So, come on: Turn off that TV and enter your own reality...
Friends of the Library News
3rd Annual Flea Market
1010 South Chapel (Former K of C Building)
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Register by June 14, 2003
$5.00 Space/Advance Registration
$10.00 Space/Day of Sale
Please provide your own tables and chairs.
Huge Annual Book Sale
August 11-15, 2003
