Announcement:

"Storytime Returns!"

That's the talk around the Library these days! Preschoolers ages three and up are invited to sign up for this half hour of fun. Sessions begin Wednesday, 3 September, 10 AM to 10:30, and run through 17 December. Call or stop by to register. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Book Club Project Takes Next Step

The Board of Directors of the Friends of the Library has voted to proceed with the "Book Club in a Bag" idea this summer. The Friends are purchasing four sets of books for book club use, all purchased from the Cloak & Dragon Bookstore, a local Bloomsburg business. Each bag will have ten copies of the title.

We now have four bags ready for use: "The Shack" by William Young; "No!, I Don"t Want to Join a Book Club" by Virginia Ironside; "The Yiddish Policemen's Union" by Michael Chabon; and, "Suite Francaise" by Irene Nemirovsky. We promise a minimum of rules and regulations and no overdue fines, etc., to hamper book club use.

The idea is simple. We provide 10 copies of a title. You provide the book club to read and discuss the title. You can meet here, or anywhere you wish. You'll borrow the bag, tell us when your discussion is, and return the bag a few days after your discussion. You pick the dates. You decide the loan period.

We'd also love to make up additional bags with donated titles your book club has already read and no longer needs. If we get close to ten copies of a title, we can start another bag. Collect your titles and donate them to us as a group so we can save them for the next book club bag.

We need book clubs to give us information on what books they have read, what books they would like to read, and suggestions for improving this program.

Link to Friends of the Library Page

Congratulations to our Summer Reading Club Winners: Evaline Bowman, 290 books; Ruric Bowman, 270 books; Raldgine Beauvais, 227 books. Good work, all members!

Members remember: Pick up log-sheets and certificates between 14 August and 5 September and receive a free paperback book (even if you got one at the Pic-Not).

Get Summer Reading Club info HERE

Click HERE to see our 2007 Summer Reading Club Picnic pictures.

Digital Resources

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Whether you need help with homework, need a legal form, looking for health information, want to start a new business it is all here. Don't wander around the internet, and rely on less than accurate sources. Use our free subscription resources with information you can trust. Go to our POWER Library page for more details and information.

Digital Resources of note!

Heritage Quest Online
Find your ancestors, trace their paths across America, and learn what life was like in the areas where they settled. Provides over 25,000 full-text cover to cover family and local history books, U.S. Federal Census 1790-1930, PERSI, a subject index to over 6,500 genealogy and local history periodicals and Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files.

Consumer Health Complete. Looking for reliable health information? Need information but have little time to search for it? Consumer Health Complete is the most comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented health content available today. It provides convenient access to easily understandable health and medical information. You can search and browse with medical encyclopedias, popular reference books, and magazine articles.

Auto Repair Reference Center Find auto repair and servicing information for most manufacturers models starting in 1954. Factory drawings and step-by-step photographs. Technical service bulletins and recall notices. Wiring diagrams for easy viewing and printing. Specifications, maintenance schedules and Care & Repair Tips with a troubleshooting section. Estimate repair costs before visiting the mechanic. Learn more about how your car works, visit the Auto IQ section for videos and animated demonstrations. Online Tutorial Available

Identity Theft Find tips on protecting yourself from identity theft and useful information on what to do if your wallet, credit cards or other important I.D. is lost or stolen. Identitytheft.com is recommended by police.