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April 2015 CELEBRATECELEBRATE NATIONALNATIONAL LIBRARYLIBRARY WEEKWEEK elcome to our East Baton discussion. However, most of us know WRouge Parish Library, a warm that it is always a great place to enjoy and inviting place for people of all a good read. In each situation, lives ages and for those of you with many are being changed through the use of interests. Hopefully, you are able to the Library. locate whatever you need by visiting After multiple conversations Your Library is the heart of one of the 14 branch locations, or over a period of time, there was this the community. There is always you may choose to go online to our realization that our Library with its something going on at the Library, Digital Library. Yes, the books are 14 branches throughout East Baton and it is the place to be. You have still here, because they are the heart Rouge Parish has become a “place the opportunity to access the services of the Library; however, we are more with unlimited possibilities”. Wow!! offered through your Library, either than just books. This year, April 12- As you join us, it is my desire at a branch near you (any of our 14 18 is National Library Week, and that you will become excited and locations) or by using our website it’s the perfect time to celebrate and more aware of the many reasons we and Digital Library (www.ebrpl.com). explore this year’s theme, “Unlimited celebrate the contributions of libraries We host workshops, homework help, Possibilities at Your Library”. during National Library Week. ebooks, downloadable music and Consider this your personal Oddly enough, in the mid-1950s, movies, magazines, small business invitation to join us in this celebration research revealed that Americans advice and more. There are free and by visiting your Library, either in were spending less money on books unlimited possibilities with your person or online (www.ebrpl.com). and more on radios, televisions and Library card. Then take a few minutes to log on to musical instruments. Therefore, a As we celebrate, we welcome you our Facebook and Twitter sites to share committee was formed to “encourage and continue to need your input on personal stories with us on what the people to read in their increasing planning for current library services Library and its services mean to you. leisure time” and “develop a strong as well as for the libraries of the future. One quote per day will be selected and happy family life.” Consequently, After all, this is your Library. from those sites as you describe “How in 1958, the American Library This week, take a look at The the Library Is a Part of My Life.” Association (ALA) sponsored our first Source newsletter. Use this document Over this past year, many of you all National Library Week, which was and allow it to provide you with have been so kind to convey to us, along based on the idea that once people are life-changing information and with your friends and family, about motivated to read, they support and new opportunities, so that you can the transformation and significance use libraries. discover and experience the unlimited of our Library and its many services Since that time, the vision of the possibilities at the Library today. in your lives. It is constantly brought Library and its role in the community Hopefully, you will visit us soon – in to my attention that our Library has has definitely been expanded to meet person or electronically – as you join become a phenomenal meeting place the ever-changing needs of their us in celebrating what your Library for people with common hobbies and customers. In East Rouge Parish, our has become after 75 years of serving interests. While others declared how Library often receives praise for being our community! it is a place for networking and job a cutting-edge technological resource. With kindest regards, training. In addition, many others, We hold an archive of Baton Rouge, Tanya Freeman including some teens, reveal it to be both past and present, in addition to President a hub of creativity. Still others report being an arts and performance venue East Baton Rouge Parish Library our Library to be a place of political – and so much more. Board of Control Inside: One Book One Community Events • Authors' Row 2015 • Business & Financial Education • AND MORE! Libraries Change Lives During National Library Week, April 12-18, Library patrons speak out about how your East Baton Rouge Parish Library has changed lives right here in Baton Rouge! Authors’ Row 2015 Everyone is invited to the Tim Dennis Jones Creek Regional Branch at 2 “For me, spending time in the Library is like relaxing in a hot p.m. Saturday, April 11, to meet tub of words - written, spoken, and sung. It’s a party attended by local Louisiana published authors. the most colorful characters, the wisest teachers, and the most gifted Writers will be in attendance artists the world has seen. Why there’s never a line outside to get in, to discuss their works and sign I’ll never understand.” their books. Many new authors participate in this program, and they just may be tomorrow’s bestsellers! Annemarie Galeucia “The East Baton Rouge Parish Library demonstrates that libraries are Scheduled to appear: more than stuffy repositories of crusty literature. They are the gathering Barbara Green spaces I take my family on weeknights for stories and games, the terrace Jennifer Culotta area where I accidentally spend an hour reading a book I picked up “just for a break” from a meeting, and a source I look to when I want to Helen McGawley understand more about what’s happening in my community. They not Barrett Murphy only help me access literature from our collective past; they help me and Anne Clayre Mason/ my family access new technologies for the future. A.C. Mason And they are more than the vital role they play in my personal life. Martha Gabour Manuel From a professional standpoint I would not be able to complete my Rev. Seketa work as effectively and efficiently if it weren’t for EBRPL. As a graduate student looking to understand how Baton Rouge’s diverse community Maggie Collins engages its city, the libraries are a must-have. I cannot think of anywhere Iris Floyd else in our parish where people from different neighborhoods, Lynn Emery backgrounds, age groups and other demographics encounter each other Brent Thompson so consistently. No other place. EBRPL libraries create not only spaces, David B. James but also classes, events, and opportunities for us to connect with each Merrill Hardy other in this city. In a city this large it is truly amazing that by spending a few afternoons at the public library I am able to access literally hundreds Rachel Stewart of Baton Rougeans from incredibly different walks of life.” Chere Coen Steve Kubicek Gwen Carriere David Atwood Discover Unlimited Possibilities @ Your Library Gary L. Stewart Over the past three years, we’ve collected information from you about how Veronica Brown you envision your East Baton Rouge Parish Library serving the community in Karen Doughty the present and for the future. You’ve told us how the Library makes a difference Kelli S. Kelley in your lives today, and you’ve shared your issues and concerns for the future, Richard Edgar Zwez including what you want and need from the East Baton Rouge Parish Library in the coming years. After incorporating your input, the Library Board of Control Maggie Richardson has approved a draft version for a new Strategic Plan. We’d like to share the Deborah Lynne highlights of the Strategic Plan through a series of public meetings, with at least Jane Yellow one meeting scheduled at every location throughout the spring and summer. The Nancy S. Brandt upcoming meetings are scheduled as follows: Steven R. Brandt Carver Branch Monique Moliere Piper 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 8 Allyn Stotz Zachary Branch Tonia Askins 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 14 2 The Source, April 2015 East Baton Rouge Parish Library Just Fun Get Down to Business Red Beans & Rice Taste Off! Everyone can head down to the Bluebonnet Regional Branch at 3 p.m. Monday, April 6, for a red beans and rice taste test! We’re serving up this traditional dish from various local restaurants for you to sample and vote for your favorite. Come eat, visit, vote and learn why red beans and rice are served on Mondays. There also will be red beans and rice recipe handouts to take home. This program is in conjunction with the spring One Book One Community selection A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole. Simple Steps for Starting Your New Orleans Food Festival! Come to the Library to enjoy the good music and delicious cuisine from Business the Big Easy! Adults are invited to the Fairwood Branch at 1 p.m. Saturday, SCORE Baton Rouge will offer April 18, to enjoy various New Orleans-style dishes and jazz music. a free workshop, Simple Steps for Starting Your Business at the The Lucky Dogs Rock Out at the Library! Main Library at Goodwood at 6 The whole family is invited to the Main p.m. Tuesday, April 7. Business Library at Goodwood at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, mentoring is also available at the April 26, to enjoy a live outdoor stage Main Library every Wednesday performance by the Lucky Dogs! Mike for those with appointments. Artell and Ronnie Richoux make up the duet For appointments and more that plays oldies, classic rock, big-band-era information, contact Bob Breaux, tunes, cool jazzy lounge area chair of SCORE Baton Rouge music, some country and at [email protected] or (225) Cajun tunes, but they specialize in old, funky New Orleans 381-7130.