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JANUARY 2013 PRINT the Customer Service Never Goesoutofstyle! Customer Service Personnelwillstillbemanningthefrontbecause Desk, Department Like Anothercheckoutoption The JANUARY 2013 JANUARY BEST he results are in! Stow-Munroe Falls Public Library Reference T Staff have picked the best books of the year. How many have you read? Click on the titles to place any of the books on reserve or instantly download Inside this the eBook. Many are available as audiobooks too – click the links on the issue: following page to see what’s available. —continued on page 2 2 The Best (con’t.) 3 Meet Sara! Drew Self-Checkout 4 Outreach Spotlight Giving Patrons Another Option 5 Databases In 2013 the library will install a self-checkout kiosk. This will let 6 New Movies patrons check out quickly and easily if they don’t want to wait 6 Questions for library staff to check out their books. A simple, touch-screen interface will make it a fast, simple alterative for people who would 7 Library News like another checkout option. We’re proud of our new technology, but our friendly Circulation 8 Calendar Department personnel will still be manning the front desk, because customer service never goes out of style! 9 Timesaving —read about more timesaving conveniences• on page 9 Conveniences PRINT e STOW-MUNROE FALLS PUBLIC LIBRARY FALLS STOW-MUNROE n i F F —continued from page 1 Favorite Fiction: Defending Jacob, by William Landay Bring Up the Bodies, by Hilary Mantel The Song of Achilles, by Madeline Miller The Casual Vacancy, by J.K. Rowling Where’d You Go, Bernadette, by Maria Semple The Age of Miracles, by Karen Thompson Walker I’ve Got Your Number, by Sophie Kinsella A Game of Thrones series, by George R.R. Martin The Last Nude, by Ellis Avery Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn Best of Romance: How to Romance a Rake, by Manda Collins Hell on Wheels: Black Knights Inc., by Julie Ann Walker Run the Risk, by Lori Foster Last Man Standing, by Cindy Gerard Non-Fiction: Arguably, by Christopher Hitchens Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty, by Daron and James A Robinson Acemoglu History: Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President, by Candace Millard The Winter King: Henry VII and the Dawn of Tudor England, by Thomas Penn The Civil War: The Second Year Told by Those Who Lived It, by Stephen Sears After Camelot: An Intimate History of the Kennedy Family – 1968 to the Present, by J. Randy Taraborrelli Master of the Mountain: Thomas Jefferson and His Slaves, by Henry Wienceck Shadow of the Titanic: The Extraordinary Stories of Those Who Survived, by Andrew Wilson Memoir, Biography & Autobiography: Wild: From Lost to Found of the Pacific Crest Trail, by Cheryl Strayed Constance: The Tragic and Scandalous Life of Mrs. Oscar Wilde, by Franny Moyle The Richard Burton Diaries, by Richard Burton In Search of Cleo: How I Found My Pussy and Lost My Mind, by Gina Gerson • What’s on your Nightstand? hat books are on your o you have a favorite f you could give everyone Wnightstand—what are Dmemory of a library? Iyou know you reading now? I have many library one book, what A biography of John Quincy memories—my Mom is a would it be? Adams, InStyle magazine retired librarian, so I’ve been in That’s a toss-up holiday edition, a dessert libraries my entire life! 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My favorite library. thing about the library is that • you can discover books and perspectives that you didn’t even know you were looking for. s there a book (or books) Ithat you always mean to read, but never quite get to? I’ve never really tackled the great Russian classics. I took a Russian history class in college and think it’s a Meet our newest Library Member Board our newest Meet fascinating place with a very compelling history. I know reading the literature from that country would be interesting, but I’ve never put the effort into doing so. One day I intend to do so! 3 Fine PRINT • JANUARY 2013 Outreach Spotlight by Jessica Alloggia Outreach Librarian ince its inception “Fans of the Harry Potter series in 2001, Outreach will be delighted to discover that J. Roll Me Up Services have K. Rowling can write a very good and Smoke Me S When I Die: circulated over 100,000 items adult book!” —Barbara Nelson, to its participants! 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