MORRISVILLE LIBRARY NEWS August 31, 2001
by Mary Brown
Apologies for the absence of last week's column - I made a
computer error that caused the column to get "lost in (cyber)space"
before I could send it out!
The Genealogy workshop conducted by Bev Devlin was a great success
with an SRO crowd! Thanks so much to Bev. With such demand for
the session, it may be something to put on our agenda again in
the future. For those of you who missed the workshop but are
interested in genealogy, go to our library's website and click
on the "Genealogy" link. It will give you lots of information
and more links about the topic. Barb Fogg has done a very nice
job of setting up this linkage for all our amateur genealogists
out there. Thanks, Barb.
While we're mentioning the library's website, Barb had a very
interesting email note from a woman in Austria who was researching
Native American information. She reported that she had found
on our library's website some information she had not been able
to find anywhere! We certainly our expanding the geographic area
of our patrons!
Work is starting on the roof repairs at the library. A Mini-Sale
of paperbacks is now in progress in the front hall; books are
75 cents each or three for two dollars. A lovely display of children's
books with a "Back to School" theme is also on display
inside the front entrance. Among that display is an especially
nice variety of cassette/mini-book sets for parents from the
Parents and Children Together series.
The Friends of the Library will be meeting on Wednesday, September
19th at 4 p.m. and welcomes anyone who would like to join this
group that is so helpful to the library. Please consider joining.
The library is soliciting recommendations for two vacant seats
on the library board. Some of the duties of a board member are
to determine and adopt policies for the library's operation and
program, secure adequate funds to carry on the library's program,
know the program and needs of the library in relation to the
community, assist with the annual budget, and know local and
state laws related to libraries. If you know people with such
skills, please let Traci know so that they could be considered
for a board seat.
A few new books have arrived this week. Ed McBain's Money, Money,
Money heads the list. This fifty-first book in his 87th Precinct
series has Steve Carella, Meyer Meyer, and Fat Ollie Weeks unmasking
the secret life a murdered, pretty ex-military pilot who had
been acting as a drug courier. By the time Carella and his crew
uncover the international counterfeit ring behind the courier's
money, a terrorist plot to bomb Clarendon Hall, where an eminent
Israeli violinist is performing and a conspiracy involving a
publishing company have become part of the picture. Tarzan fans
will want to sign out Edgar Rice Burroughs' The Return of Tarzan
, a wonderful story that binds Tarzan eternally with Jane Porter
and introduces the fabled city of Opar. The American Horticultural
Society's Plant Propagation 2001 is the updated version of all
the information you could ever possibly want in order to propagate
virtually any plant or tree. It is a great compendium of botanical
knowledge.
Rick Cross's Swimming is one of the Superguides series for young
athletes that gives valuable advice on everything from suitable
clothing to strategy development and includes detailed information
on rules, objectives, scoring, and much more. Katherine Applegate's
Destination Unknown, (Remnants #2) will probably appeal to our
9-12 year old readers. This second book in the series further
chronicles the adventures of the 80 people who traveled from
Earth to an unknown destination. Who survived the 500 year trip
and what happens now that they have arrived somewhere makes for
adventure and suspense.
You never have to worry about computer glitches when you sign
out a book at the library. "Low-tech" books don't get
lost in cyberspace; they stay right at home for you to enjoy.
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