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2010 no. 52 |
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Request a visit to your library Library of the Week Executive Director: Jan Ison, Editorial and Design Team: Michelle Ralston and David Lottes |
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Happy Holidays from LTLS! |
2010 no. 52 |
Thank you! |
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Request a visit to your library Library of the Week Executive Director: Jan Ison, Editorial and Design Team: Michelle Ralston and David Lottes |
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Celebrating Women, an exhibition of photographs by noted author and documentary photographer Paola Gianturco, will be on view January 8-30 at the Tarble Arts Center, Eastern Illinois University.
Child taking part in Swaziland wedding ceremony; photograph by Paola Gianturco
Celebrating Women presents documentary photographs taken at seventeen festivals in fifteen countries on five continents. The festivals honor women’s roles, rites of passage, attributes, accomplishments and spiritual lives. The exhibition Celebrating Women is based on Gianturco’s book of the same title.
The exhibit includes images from: Swaziland’s Reed Dance, a festival that salutes the country’s beautiful young virgins; Poland’s Noc Świętojańska Festival where young women float wreaths of wildflowers on lakes and rivers, by tradition, to induce men fall in love with them; India’s Kali Puja festival in homage to Kali, a ferocious manifestation of the Goddess Durga; Sweden’s Festival of Sankta Lucia who, in the 4th century, brought light and help to early Christians; Brazil’s Festival of Boa Morte (Good Death) where women descendants of African slaves praise their liberation in tribute to abolitionist women slaves; and Morocco’s Marriage Festival of the Berber tribes, an annual mass wedding.
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Beckey Burgoyne - Danville native, Covington resident, and Northeast Elementary School teacher - will sign copies of her book, Perfectly Amanda, Gunsmoke's Miss Kitty: To Dodge and Beyond, at the library on Saturday, January 15, from 2-4 p.m. in the first floor Meeting Room. Copies of her book will be available to purchase, and she is generously donating $3 from the sale of each book to the library.
For nearly 20 years, families gathered around their television sets to watch the adventures of Marshal Matt Dillon, Festus, Chester, Doc, and, of course, Miss Kitty, owner of the Long Branch Saloon and the Marshal’s love interest. As a young girl, Burgoyne was greatly influenced by Miss Kitty. She admired her independent nature and contentment with choosing a career over homesteading. As television didn’t often portray women with such strength and strong will, Miss Kitty was truly an inspiration and an excellent role model for a new generation of women.
Beckey Burgoyne’s appearance will include remarks about the writing of her book, Amanda Blake and her best-known character, Miss Kitty, as well as memorabilia. For more information, visit www.PerfectlyAmanda.com.
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Parents are invited to sign up their fifth-graders now through January 4 for the Danville Public Library Children’s Department’s technology mentoring program, called Project Next Generation. Another series of classes will begin on January 4. Students may choose either Tuesdays or Wednesdays. Both will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. each week. Parents may register their children by visiting the Children’s Department or by calling 477-5225.
Library staff members offer activities once a week after school to teach children how to use computers, scanners, digital and video cameras, software, and the Internet. The free program will run through March 12. Project Next Generation is made possible by a generous grant from the Office of the Secretary of State and State Librarian Jesse White.
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The Danville Public Library Children's Department invites children age 7 and older to join the Page Masters Book Club. The first meeting will be on Thursday, January 6, from 4 to 5 p.m. The club will meet every Thursday at that time through March 17.
At the first meeting, club members will select a book from a list created by the Children’s Department. Books will be provided, and there is no charge to be in the club. Refreshments and a craft will also be available. For more information, call the Children’s Department at 477-5225.
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The Danville Public Library will present "E-Books: An Easy Introduction" on Wednesday, January 12 at 7 p.m. in the library's first floor Meeting Room. The free program covers the basics of electronic books -- from choosing a device to using "My Media Mall," the library’s collection of downloadable e-books. My Media Mall also offers downloadable audiobooks and videos, which will be discussed if there is interest and time permits.
With numerous e-book “readers” (devices) and formats on the market, e-books can be a confusing topic. Certain devices, like the Barnes & Noble Nook and Sony Reader, are compatible with My Media Mall. Other devices, like the Apple iPad, can be made compatible with a software fix. And some readers, like the Amazon Kindle, are not compatible with My Media Mall; for incompatible devices, free alternative e-book sources will be discussed.
Participants will learn how to navigate and download from My Media Mall, how to place holds on items that are checked out, and how to customize searches to display only the genres, authors, or formats they prefer. Participants are welcome to bring their own e-book devices and instruction manuals, and library staff will show them how to transfer e-books to it. A Barnes & Noble Nook will be provided for demonstration purposes, and handouts will be available.
For more information, contact the Audiovisual Department at 477-5224.
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Elwood Township Carnegie Library |
2010 no. 51 |
Library Profile |
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What is unique about your library? |
We are currently celebrating our building’s 100th year anniversary! The library was built in 1910 with a $9000 grant from Andrew Carnegie. The library was completed in late 1910 at a cost of $12,000, and the grand opening celebration was held January 14, 1911. The library was originally started in 1904 by the Chautaqua Circle - a local group of community minded women, and was run out of the back of the W. R. Julian Store. Our library still has its original roll-top desk with the holes where the gas lamps once sat, and we still have a coal room in our basement. |
What are the primary goals and objectives of your library? |
Our primary goal is to serve as an educational, reference and entertainment source for our patrons. We strive to provide fast, friendly service and to assist our patrons and our community in any way that we can. |
What cooperative efforts are you currently doing? |
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Tell us a story about your library. |
Our library building has been in continual use since its completion in 1910. It has served not only as a library, but has filled many needs in the community. Over the years the basement has served as: the original area kindergarten class, a dance class, and the local Boy Scout meeting place. Many adults come in today and reminisce about when they attended kindergarten down in the basement. |
If money were no object, what services would you add? |
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What is popular in your library? |
Our most circulated items are our best-selling fiction titles. Mysteries and seasonal titles are the most popular at this time. Our easy readers are always a favorite among the students, and our juvenile reference materials have seen a recent increase. |
How does your library use online tools to connect to your user? |
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Head Clerk Jamie Poorman reads a story to the girls who attended the American Girl Tea Parties last Saturday at Marshall Public Library. The girls also enjoyed learning about the civil war era, making a reindeer craft, and playing with the library's collection of dolls.
Carson Foley shows off the edible reindeer that she made at Marshall Public Library's recent American Girl Tea Party.
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Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
2010 no. 50 |
Library Profile |
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What is unique about your library? |
Everything! We are the special collections of the university, with rare books and manuscripts from a wide variety of places and times. Of course, every manuscript is unique, but we also have the sole surviving copy of many printed books as well. Our particular strengths are in the areas of early printing and the Elizabethan and Stuart periods in England, with works by Shakespeare, various important editions of the Bible, and renaissance schoolbooks standing out as distinctive and deep collections. The Library is renowned for its outstanding collections of incunabula (books printed in the 15th century) and emblem books. Also noteworthy are the collections in the history of science and technology, Mark Twain and his age, the history of economics, and natural history. Also housed here are papers of such notable figures as Anthony Trollope, William Allingham, Marcel Proust, John Richardson, Carl Sandburg, H.G. Wells, William Maxwell, Shana Alexander, and W.S. Merwin. |
What are the primary goals and objectives of your library? |
We are not only a cultural center or “museum” of the book, but also a teaching library. We teach over 100 course a year and give presentations on our rare materials to groups ranging from grade-schoolers to senior citizens. On campus, we take our role as a teaching library seriously, working with faculty to encourage the use of primary documents in their courses and course assignments. We are here to collect, preserve, make accessible and celebrate rare books, manuscripts, archives, and the ideas they contain. |
What cooperative efforts are you currently doing? |
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Tell us a story about your library. |
Every book has a story and we have lots of stories on our shelves. The medieval manuscript hidden in a later binding, the autograph letters of Marcel Proust, the walking sticks of Carl Sandburg, and the book of spells of an Elizabethan gentleman (or woman). Every day adds another story. The people who use our books also have their stories. Some of the happiest include that squeal of glee when a scholar discovers something or the look of wonder when a student gazes upon a first edition of a beloved author. |
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What is popular in your library? |
It depends on the visitor. Shakespeare sees his share of admirers, as do Gutenberg and early Japanese printing. I hope the many public programs we offer in the library (lectures, concerts, exhibition openings, seminars, and even play performances) are attractive to our constituencies as well. |
How does your library use online tools to connect to your user? |
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Request a visit to your library Library of the Week Executive Director: Jan Ison, Editorial and Design Team: Michelle Ralston and David Lottes |
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The Danville Public Library Children’s and Teen Space departments are offering several opportunities for children and teens during the Winter Break in December.
The Children’s Department will begin its annual Winter "Read to Me" Read-Aloud program on Friday, December 17, from 2 to 4 p.m., with the chance for families to play one-half hour of Wii games for every hour they spend reading to each other. Families can sign up beginning on December 13 so they can log some reading time before December 17. Forms will be available to help families record the number of minutes they read together each day, either at home or at the library. Additional Wii gaming opportunities will also be held on December 20, 28, 30, and 31, all between 2 and 4 p.m. for those who reach additional reading minute milestones.
The Read-Aloud program is designed to encourage reading together at all age levels, reading for fun, and sharpening their reading skills in a fun way in the process. The program will continue through March 28. Children who are in preschool through third grade can read aloud to family, friends, or anyone who will listen. Books that are read to the children will also count in the reading program.
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