May 14, 2014

14 May 2014 It has been nearly a month since my last posting and a lot has happened. National Poetry Month featured several poets works in our display case in the lobby and was the focus of the Brown Bag Classics Club. It was eye opening as participants related that the study of poetry in schools as they grew up was rarely offered. I think that it may make an interesting program for adults in the fall. Maybe call it from Beowulf to Benay, something to think about. The Library will be closed on May 21 & 22 as we change operating systems. On the 21st TLC will be downloading our records from their system to Auto-Graphics. This will take most of the morning to do. The Auto-Graphics will take our records and configure the information to work on the VERSO 4.0 system. We will be back up and running at 10:00 Friday morning. Anything that is due on either the 21st or 22nd will be treated as coming in on the 20th so that no one will be charged an overdue fine. May is the month when we get everything ready for the Summer Reading Program. This year it starts on June 16th. The start was delayed a week because of the schools having to make up snow days. The theme for Summer Reading this year is science. Miss Krity and Miss Andrea have several hands on programs that demonstrate the wonder, interesting and amazing things that makes science fun. Registration for Summer Reading starts on Monday, June 16. Board meeting is tomorrow and begins at 6:30 in the basement meeting room, the public is welcome. Next week I will tell you some of the things will be available to card holders. Have a great week John Sheridan