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St. Charles Public Library June – August 2017 Discover Your Library St. Charles Public Library News and Event Guide ST. CHARLES PUBLIC LIBRARY Interlibrary Loan: An Unrivaled Strength of Your Public Library When a St. Charles cardholder wants an item we don’t carry—perhaps it’s a winemaking book written in French, or a DVD of a 1950s TV show—we will pursue borrowing it from another facility, and have it delivered to our Library. It’s a service called Interlibrary Loan (ILL), and it’s one of the great strengths of a public library. No company or organization can duplicate our vast network of libraries, universities and museums willing to share valuable materials. While we borrow and lend almost 100,000 items per year through our local library consortium, some materials simply aren’t available from a nearby library. On any given day, we will also receive books, DVDs, CDs, sheet music and more from Peoria to Pittsburgh and Danville to Denver. Here in St. Charles, we are fortunate to have dedicated staff to fill these requests. “My favorite part of the job is the obscure items that requires digging,” said Interlibrary Loan Assistant, Holly Szpara. “Whether it’s their lifelong passion or a recent curiosity, we’re here to help our cardholders find what they need.” “Interlibrary Loan is an ideal solution for writers and researchers,” Szpara added. “It’s also great if you’re just feeling nostalgic to re-read your favorite book from when you were 16.” Interlibrary Loan requests regularly help a wide variety of our cardholders, from home schoolers and hobbyists to beekeepers and bloggers. Beyond borrowing and lending via our library consortium, St. Charles Library staff process nearly 7,000 transactions annually with libraries and museums coast to coast. Last year, our cardholders borrowed 3,296 items, and we lent 3,680 items. Sometimes this transferring of materials leads to unexpected surprises. “We requested a book of Ansel Adams photography, and when it arrived we knew it wasn’t just a coffee table book,” said Szpara. In fact, it was a rare book with Adams' signature on it, and worth several thousand dollars. “We notified the lending library they might’ve made a mistake, and they asked us to make sure our borrower only looked at the book here in the Library,” Szpara said. “When we sent it back, the package was much better insured!” “It’s a wonderful service,” said Interlibrary Loan Assistant, Vickie McFarland. “ILL gives our patrons access to so much more than what’s on our shelves.” How to Use Interlibrary Loan There are two ways to request materials not available in our collection. Stop by the Reference Desk on the Library’s main floor or visit our website: www.stcharleslibrary.org. Once on our site, select the Books, Music, Movies tab and click on Request Materials. Your Library will borrow from libraries, history museums and university libraries from the contiguous 48 states. Please note, for feature films, music CDs and audiobooks, we are limited to borrowing from Illinois facilities only. Books Across St. Charles: Exchange Program Doubles its Size A unique community bond connects The Lazarus House, the juror’s room at the Kane County Book Exchange Locations: Judicial Center and Rosewood Care Center. They are three of the Library’s 14 different free book • AMLI Apartments at St. Charles exchange locations. “These are shelves filled with complimentary books and materials for anyone • Carroll Tower to borrow, keep or pass along,” said Outreach Services Librarian, David Kelsey. “And the service has • Center for Academic Progress grown. We’ve doubled our number of locations in the past two years.” • Cumberland Green Cooperative • Hunt Club Village Book exchanges are frequently established where need and interest is the greatest, such as • Kane County Judicial Center Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital. The Library provides a book swap in the children’s • La Huerta Supermarket emergency room, and with patient advocates who now visit hospital rooms with a selection of • Lazarus House our free books. Kelsey gives credit to his colleague, and Delnor volunteer, Dana Hintz. “It’s been a • Northwestern Medicine Delnor truly valuable service for patients and their families, and Dana made it happen.” The Library also Hospital maintains several magazine exchange locations throughout the hospital. • Presence Pine View Care Center To keep the selection of books from getting stagnant, the Outreach Services • Rosewood Care Center team rotates materials monthly. “We cycle items to three or four different • Salvation Army locations and replace what has been taken with new materials,” said Kelsey. • St. Charles Park District’s Adult “Along with items weeded from the Library’s shelves, our Friends group Activity Center has been a great partner. They provide us with donated books to ensure the • Tri City Health Partnership choices remain fresh and interesting.” St. Charles Public Library 2 EVENTS FOR ADULTS What the Staff Is Reading Register for Adult Programs The Throwback Specialby Chris Bachelder online at events.stcharleslibrary.org/evanced/lib/eventcalendar.asp, ■ FIC BACHELDER at the Reference Desk or by calling 630-584-0076 ext. 1. Every year, a group of men holds a weekend gathering where they recreate an iconic moment in football. The story is full of humor as the guys banter about who gets to play which role, miscommunicate and experience male bonding (good in audio, too). Celine by Peter Heller ■ FIC HELLER Elegant Celine may be reaching 70, but she is still better than anyone in law enforcement when it Notes: comes to finding missing people. This intriguing ▶ Classes are open to St. Charles Public Library cardholders only. story is filled with compelling characters, an ▶ A $10 refundable cash deposit is required at the time of registration. evocative sense of place and poignant themes of ▶ REGISTER at the Adult Reference Desk. family members lost and found. ▶ Class size is limited to 10 people. Nexus by Ramez Naam ▶ Class cancellations will be posted in the Library and on our website. ■ FIC NAAM This fun, action-packed sci-fi thriller centers on the For complete class descriptions, please visit the Reference Desk or invention of a nanotechnology-based drug (called our website: stcharleslibrary.org/computer-classes Nexus) that allows people to connect their minds Successful completion of Computer & Internet Basics is a directly to each other. Great for people who like a prerequisite for all other computer classes offered OR ask at the mix of suspense with a thoughtful look at the pros Reference Desk for our checklist to see if you are confident enough and cons of technology. with basic computer skills to skip this requirement. The Secret Life of Violet Grantby Beatriz Williams June registration begins Sunday, May 21 at noon ■ FIC WILLIAMS Historical fiction about a wise-cracking young Overview of Windows 10 woman in the 1960s who would rather get a job than Monday, June 5 ■ 6:30–8:30 p.m. (Part 1) meet socialite expectations. Then she learns about Tuesday, June 6 ■ 6:30–8:30 p.m. (Part 2) her aunt’s secret and exciting life during WWI. Great story and very funny. Digital Camera & Photo Editing Basics Thursday, June 8 ■ 6:30–8:30 p.m. (Part 1) Recipes from My Greek Kitchen by Rena Salaman Thursday, June 15 ■ 6:30–8:30 p.m. (Part 2) ■ 641.59495 SAL If you are ready for something new, these authentic and tasty recipes will keep you busy. Even if you don’t Android for Beginners actually make them, you can enjoy the wonderful Monday, June 12 ■ 6:00–8:00 p.m. (Part 1) photos and interesting cooking tips. Tuesday, June 13 ■ 6:00–8:00 p.m. (Part 2) Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling Twitter 101 ■ 818.6 KAL Wednesday, June 14 ■ 6:00–8:00 p.m. A perfect mix of advice, humor and hard reality for anyone with a job, a social life and a sense of humor. eBay: Buying and Selling Monday, June 19 ■ 6:30–8:30 p.m. (Part 1) Tuesday, June 20 ■ 6:30–8:30 p.m. (Part 2) Read before you watch: The adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s My Cousin Rachel is a wonderfully moody, gothic tale of good and evil, set in beautiful and mysterious Cornwall. Computer & Internet Basics Monday, June 26 ■ 6:00–8:00 p.m. (Part 1) The movie, The Dark Tower (starring Idris Elba) is being called a sequel, Tuesday, June 27 ■ 6:00–8:00 p.m. (Part 2) rather than a strict adaptation, to the entire Dark Tower series by Stephen King—eight books that mix elements of dark fantasy, horror and western. Both movies are due out in July. September registration begins Sunday, August 20 at noon For more, see our "Staff Picks" blog at: wp.stcharleslibrary.org/wordpress/staff_picks www.stcharleslibrary.org June – August 2017 3 EVENTS FOR ADULTS Adult Programming Adult programs are open to both St. Charles Public Gardening at Library cardholders and non-cardholders. When space is the Library limited for a particular program, St. Charles Public Library cardholders will be given priority. Non-cardholders may register beginning 14 days after St. Charles Public Library cardholders’ registration starts. Every program registrant Master Gardener Help Desk must register under his or her own library card number Saturdays ■ 9:00–11:00 a.m. or name. May 20 ■ June 3 ■ June 17 ■ July 8 ■ July 29 Lobby University of Illinois Extension Master Gardeners will be available nd onsite to answer gardening questions. If you are wondering what 2 Tuesday Book Discussion to plant, how to control weeds, what to do about poor soil or want that pesky insect identified, stop by.