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Brookings Public
Library 515 3rd Street Brookings SD 57006 605-692-9407 Elvita Landau, Director |
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Board of Trustees:Tami
Watson Chair, Board members are appointed by the Mayor for 3 year terms. They meet monthly to set library policy and review spending. Feeling guilty about playing games on your computer? Not anymore. FreeRice.com is a word game that benefits the greater good. For each word you get right, 20 grains of rice will be donated to the UN World Food Program to end world hunger. Try it. You'll be addicted in no time! http://www.freerice.com/index.php If you require assistance, alternative formats, and/or accessible locations consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act, please contact Shari Thornes, City ADA Coordinator, at 692-6281 at least 3 working days prior to any meeting held at the library. The library accepts donations of books, magazines, etc. throughout the year. What doesn’t fit in the library’s collection is donated to the Friends book sale.
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| Apr 7 - Greg Iles |
May 5 - Donna Andrews |
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Jun 2 - Karin Slaughter |
Jul 7 - Lisa Gardner |
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Aug - Off |
Sep 8 - Skye Kathleen Moody |
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Oct 6 - David Ellis |
Nov 3 - S.J. Rozan |
| Dec 1 -Christmas Mystery & Treats |
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Everyone is invited to join us any time. Mark your calendar, pack a lunch and join the discussion.
The Friends of the Library is an independent, non-profit, volunteer organization. This group of avid library supporters raises funds through various projects. Over the years they have made significant contributions to our library.
If you’re looking for a way to support the library, consider joining the Friends as they work to support our library and expand its services. Membership forms are available at the circulation desk.
Applications to join the Friends group are available at the front desk.
The Friends of the Brookings Public Library is an independent, nonprofit, volunteer organization comprised of people who use their library and take pride in it.
The Friends raise funds through membership recruitment, photocopier proceeds, and the annual used book sale. These funds are used to purchase items and fund programs for the Library. Recently, the Friends were able to help the Library in the following ways:
Programs:
Sponsor gifts for volunteer recognition
Partial Incentives for Adult and Children’s Summer Reading Program
Staff recognition (Brookings Bucks)
Renewal of public performance movie license
Eleanor Roosevelt program fee
Summer program t-shirt sponsorship
Materials:
Books - supplement the low book budget
AV - DVDs, Books on CD, Music CDs
Furniture/Equipment/Other:
Defibrillator
Cushions for children’s area
Books and book bags for book clubs
Story mural and templates for children’s area
Total - $10,500
Beyond fundraising, the Friends also volunteer to help with various projects, programs and functions of the Library.
To become a Friend, complete the membership form found at the circulation desk. Your annual dues/contribution is tax-deductible. Dues are as follows:
Student $ 5.00
Individual $ 10.00
Family $ 25.00
Individual Lifetime $100.00
Are you home bound? Do you love to read? Are you suddenly unable to get the library? The library’s Outreach program may be just right for you or someone you know.
The Outreach program is for anyone who, for whatever reason, is confined to his/her home for any length of time. It may be due to age, broken bones, pregnancy, lack of transportation, ill health, poor eyesight, or any one of a number of disabling ailments. The length of time that a person needs the Outreach services can vary from a few months to years.
What does Outreach do for the homebound?
We bring the library to you when you can't come to us.
How does it work?
Our Outreach Coordinator contacts you to find out your likes and dislikes in reading or listening material. She calls and visits each of her clients every two weeks, bringing the number of books that each person requests. You may request specific authors, materials, or topics, or you can allow her to select a variety of materials for you.
You can request to receive any library materials except videos. Materials delivered through Outreach do not become overdue, so you need not worry in case you don't get everything read as quickly as you had hoped.
How do you sign up?
Anyone interested in using the Outreach service can sign up by calling the Brookings Public Library at 692-9407 and asking for the Outreach Coordinator. If she happens to be out delivering books when you call, please leave your name and number and she'll be happy to return your call. There is no charge for any of the Outreach services, but you do need to live in the city of Brookings to take advantage of the program.
For all the busy people who have trouble finding good books to read, the Library has a new service: an OnLine Book Club that delivers books electronically. Each day, Monday through Friday, the library emails subscribers a portion of a book that takes about 5-minutes to read. They're able to read two or three chapters from a book during the week. If they like a book, they can check it out of the library. Each week the library features new books.
With 11 book clubs to choose from, there's something for everyone. Patrons can read Fiction, NonFiction, Romance, Business, Good News, Teen, Mystery. They can also listen to Audio Books in their email and there's even a PrePublication Club. Now you can discover great books, even if you're too busy to visit the library.
Ancestry Library Edition
Want to know more about your family history? Ancestry® Library edition, a Web-based reference tool from ProQuest Information and Learning, uses technology to make tracing family trees easier.
Once connected to Ancestry Library Edition, patrons will find a friendly opening screen that asks for the name of the person to be searched. Users can key in the name, click on “Search” and Ancestry Library Edition scans its vast selection of
- U.S. census data,
- birth, marriage, and death records,
- World War I draft registration information,
- Social Security death records, and
- immigration lists.
It also includes an extensive collection of information from the U.K., including images from English and Welsh census records, and civil registrations. Patrons can add names to form the “tree” or continue to search names in order to find more clues.
Click on the Database link, and Ancestry Library Edition is in the third tier of databases. A library card is required for home use.
Another Four Years!
It’s presidential campaign season. If you’re not looking forward to the mudslinging and campaign ads, try learning some trivia from the past. A custody battle ensued to make George Washington an American citizen, Lincoln flopped at public speaking, one man was president for a day, instant text messaging is not a new fad, but has been around since 1838, and just how did we get all those red and blue states? Learn all this and more in the new book The Greatest Presidential Stories Never Told by Rick Beyer (973.099 BEY). Each two page spread is an entertaining, informative read.
In 1838 ad space on placards was at a premium and names were too long, so people
used abbreviations to poke fun and make catchy slogans. For instance n.g. meant
“no go” when voting and o.k. really comes from Oll Wrigt and oll korect, an
Indian word meaning “myself” as in vote for me. One phrase we could use often
today is g.t. meaning “gone to Texas”.
The 1840 campaign was the first modern campaign to feature torchlight parades,
theatrical performances, catchy songs, and other tactics never seen before. This
was the year of slogan “Tippecanoe and Tyler Too”. One gimmick was a ten foot
giant ball that supporters covered with slogans and rolled in parades. One such
ball was rolled from Cleveland to Akron which was no short trek in those days.
Thus the crowd cheered "keep the ball rolling all the way to Washington”.
For a look at the current who’s who, try some of our newer books about Hilary, Obama, Romney, Giuliani, and more as the primary and caucus season gets in full swing.
Hats in the Ring by Evan Cornog features mostly campaign history. As early as 1872 ,a woman, social reformer Virginia Woodhull, ran for president.
Lives of the Presidents is a unique children’s book by Kathleen Krull(J 920 KRU) with caricatures of each leader and fun facts.
Try those listed below for more about vice presidents, first ladies, and children. We also have many biographies of former first ladies (FLOTUS—First Ladies Of the United States), veeps, (VPs), children and other officials.
¨ 1920 The Year of Six Presidents by David Pietrusza 973.913 PIE
¨ Politicians Say the Dumbest things 324.2 POL
¨ President Killed a Man by James Humes 973.099 HUM
¨ Presidents, Vice-presidents, Cabinet Members, Supreme Court Justices Ref 973.09)
¨ From Mount Vernon to Crawford by Kenneth Walsch - on other presidential home sites 973.099 WAL
¨ The President’s Table by Barry Landau - about dining at various state dinners 973 LAN
¨ All The Presidents’ Children by Larry Underwood 973 UND
Lynn Osika, Adult Services Librarian
Come join us this summer as we discuss the following three books. This informal book club meets Monday evenings. It is open to anyone wanting to participate. So grab a book and join in the discussion. The schedule is as follows:
Mon., June 16 at 6:30 pm
Rebecca by Daphne DuMaurier - the unsurpassed modern masterpiece of romantic suspense -- one of the bestselling novels of all time!
Mon., July 21 at 6:30 pm
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See - an engrossing novel set in remote 19th-century China.
Mon., August 18 at 6:30 pm
Master Butcher’s Singing Club by Louise Erdrich - designated as the One Book South Dakota - What happens when a trained killer discovers, in the aftermath of war, that his true vocation is love?
Copies can be checked out from the library collection or sets of the first two books will be available for purchase for $15.00.
Great Reads
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wo titles may be my best books of the year since they combine history, art, science, nature, humanity and society all rolled into one delightful read. Michael Sim’s newest book Apollo’s Fire, describes a day on earth in a very roundabout but engaging way. The prose is uncomplicated, thought provoking, imaginative and not at all scientific, and includes many literary sources. James Burke (not the mystery writer) draws connections between inventions and how one thing leads to another several decades later. His newest book called American Connections: Founding Fathers, traces each signer of the Constitution to events and people of the same name decades later.It is amazing to read how some authors describe everyday things such as air, clay, pie, bananas, coal, and show how all are connected to us and our daily lives. You don’t even have to read the whole book or start at the beginning to enjoy them. Rummage around in a few!
¨ Cod by Mark Kurlansky - a tiny fish changes the world, leads to frozen food and microwave meals
¨ Apple Pie by John Edge - why we say “American as Apple Pie” and other foods native only to our continent
¨ Sweetness and Light by Ellis Hattie - sticks just to honey
¨ Bananas by Virginia Jenkins - highlights comedy, street sanitation and refrigerated rail cars
¨ Fish on Friday by Brain Fagan - why we eat certain foods at certain times
¨ The Wisdom of the Body by Sherwin Nuland - Greek medical history and old wives tales
¨ Heart by Gail Godwin -includes science, myth, and folklore
¨ Aspirin by Diarmuid Jeffreys - the wonder drug, World War II, and a German chemist
¨ Bright Earth by Philip Ball describes color, cloth, dyes, paint, art
¨ Clay by Suzanne Staubach’s - useful objects made from dirt
¨ The Book on the Book Shelf by Henri Petroski - how libraries, lamps and bookshelves came to be
¨ Oak by William Logan - a sturdy tree frames and fosters civilization
¨ Wood by Harvey Green - the craft culture history of trees
¨ Diamond by Matthew Hart - whence it came and why it’s valuable
¨ Coal by Barbara Freese - geology, dinosaurs, London’s industrial revolution lead to climate woes
¨ Isaac’s Storm by Erik Larson –how the 1900s Galveston hurricane led to NOAA warning system
¨ Spring Forward by Michael Downing—“why we spring ahead for summer only to fall back”
All of this leads back to James Burke’s American Connections tracing the signers of the Constitution. It reveals that our founders are not all we assumed they’d be. Among the myths to be shattered is one about John Hancock, but you’ll have to read it for yourself. Everything and everyone is related to everything else if you stretch it far enough. The above books might lead you to a path to find more, or you can always ask a librarian.
Lynn Osika - Adult Services Librarian
Science Visions Science Center & the Library are collaborating to bring you “Science Café”, a version of “Cafe Scientifique”. Committed to promoting public gagement with science and to making science accountable, “Science Café” provides an informal forum for debating science issues. Held in the library Cooper Room, the public is invited to come and participate in the conversations, have a cup of coffee, tea, cider or hot chocolate.
Thu., April 24 at 6 pm “Global Warming and Cooling”
by Dale Sparling
Science Visions is a non-profit organization with the mission of nurturing curiosity in the world around us and strengthening understanding of the importance of science to our lives as individuals and to our society. You can find out more about Science Visions or Café Scientifique by going to their websites at: www.sciencevisions.net and www.cafescientifique.org
Book Bingo is back for the spring. Pick up your game board and let the fun begin. In this version, adults can win prizes and enter a drawing by reading to score bingos. Pick up a card, read a book in the category in the square and get a stamp in that square. Bingos can be down, across or diagonal. This year we have some new categories to read from which should allow everyone to read something they like. Below are a few of the details:
¨ Books must be from the library’s adult, young adult, or AV collection
¨ Books must be read and finished between January 7 and April 18, 2008
¨ One card per person
Let the games begin!
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