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Newsletter 5141 Carpinteria Ave • Carpinteria, CA 93013 805.684.4314 • Friendsofcarpinterialibrary.Org Friends of the Carpinteria Library Spring 2016 FRIENDS OF THE CARPINTERIA LIBRARY Newsletter 5141 Carpinteria ave • Carpinteria, Ca 93013 805.684.4314 • friendsofCarpinterialibrary.orG FRIENDS OF THE CARPINTERIA LIBRARY SPRING 2016 VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT: LISA PATSCH Saturdays are busy at the Friends of the Library for Patsch about five years ago. Used Books Store. Patrons stream in and out all day An easygoing extrovert, Patsch is perfect for long. It’s the perfect day to have a people person sales, but she also has the big job of keeping like Lisa Patsch on the schedule. “I can talk to any- the hardback fiction section up to date. It’s a duty one,” says the ever friendly Patsch. “Getting to meet shared with Linda Reimel, who preps books to people is always fun.” place on the shelves while Patsch culls the ones Patsch, a Carpinteria resident, is halfway through that aren’t selling to clear space for new arrivals. A her 25th year as a sixth-grade teacher at Mira Monte large proportion of the donations fall into Patsch’s School in Ojai. She loves to read and loves inspiring purview—she watches sets of books leave and kids to read. Supplementing her classroom library then get re-donated a few months later. is what initially led her into the bookstore. Regular Fiction is her speciality in the store, but at home POWDRELL book browsing morphed into weekly volunteering Patsch devours fantasy, sci fi and romance. “I’m a big reader,” she says. Her Kindle has a couple thousand titles—many more books than her Save the small condo could fit. She’s also an animal person. At home, her companion is a rescue DATE! cat, which, she says with PULITZER WINNER TO PRESENT AT a laugh, makes her the FRIENDS ANNUAL MEETING stereotypical teacher. Kenneth Weiss, who won the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Since her condo is too Reporting in 2007, will speak at this year’s Annual Friends of small for a dog, she loves the Library Meeting on April 7. Weiss’s award recognized his that her Saturdays in the work as the lead writer on five-part series “Altered Oceans” dog-friendly bookstore published in the Los Angeles Times. He is currently working give her plenty of expo- with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, covering develop- sure to furry friends as ment, health and environmental themes from his last series, well as the human vari- “Beyond 7 Billion,” published in 2012 in the LA Times. Weiss, ety. “It’s always a blast.” a Carpinterian, holds a bachelor’s degree in folklore from U.C. she says. Berkeley. Look for details on the annual meeting in Coastal LISA PATSCH, RIGHT, DOES WHAT SHE Loves—CONNECTS A READER WITH A GREAT BOOK. View News and at www.friendsofcarpinterialibrary.org. Wild & wonderful libraries around the world Memorial Carpinteria Library’s claim to fame is being the first branch St. Catherine’s Monastery in South Sinai, Egypt McAllen Public Library in McAllen, Texas Donations library in California. of course we know that that’s just the tip The oldest continually operated library in the world, St. Cathe- Formerly a Walmart, the McAllen Public Library is now the largest single- In Memory of Carmen Arellano of the iceberg for what makes it special. there’s the warm and rine’s Monastery has been around since it was first built around story public library in the United States. It includes a massive children’s Calle Real Center wise staff, the well-loved children’s collection, the free wifi, the 564 AD by the order of Byzantine Emperor Justinian I. Its storied area with one of the largest teen areas in the state, an art gallery and a Bill Medel computers, the magazines, the books on anything and ev- collection includes first editions of Homer and Plato. 200-seat auditorium. Mrs. Barbara Medel erything. The list goes on and on. While we all dote on our Ben & Julie A. Soto sweetheart of a library, it’s worth considering the other rare and Royal Grammar School Chained Library Library of Congress in Washington, DC Andrea Soto wonderful book-lending institutions around the world. Here are the 838 miles of bookshelves in the library of Congress hold over 151.8 David Soto a few noteworthy ones. in Guildford, England million items. The library is the largest in all the world. Before public libraries offered free access to books for the mass- Rebecca Menchaca es, many institutions chained books to the shelves. The Royal Roger & Deborah Aceves Grammar School, established in the early 1500s, is among few The Biblioburro in rural Colombia Melvin & Sandra Deaile remaining examples of the practice. The Chained Library is now A Colombian primary school teacher runs the Biblioburro program in his Paul & Mary Foley the headmaster’s study and contains books that date back to spare time, loading his donkeys, Alfa and Beto, with books then travel- Corinne Jimenez the late 1400s, including two early editions of sir isaac newton’s ing up to four hours one way to visit rural villages. Once there, he reads Jeanne Keatinge to the young people, helps them with homework, and loans them books “principia.” Native Daughters of the Golden West from his mobile library. V.M & P.A. Pimentel Nassau Public Kenneth & Marlyn Schwartz Library in Arma de Instruccion Nassau, Bahamas Masiva (Weapon of In Memory of Ruth Morrisey The Nassau Public Li- Mass Instruction) in Monica Fishman brary served as a jail Argentina In Memory of Betty Morris from its construction The Ford Falcon was the Tom and Rebecca Groves Trinity College Long Room in Dublin, Ireland in the late 1700s to its model of car driven by the The largest single-chamber library in the world, the Long Room conversion around 1837. army, the secret police and In Memory of Richard Herczog housed on the campus of Trinity College, boasts over 200,000 The octagonal building anti-communist death squads during argentina’s military junta dictator- Claudia Herczog books. For lovers of trivia, here are two fun facts. The Long Room now holds a 28,000-vol- ship. as a symbol of change, an argentine artist took a 1979 falcon In Memory of Mike J. Rivera houses the Brian Boru harp (think Guinness beer label) and ume collection. and transformed it into a mobile library in the shape of a tank and from Marilou Rivera served as the inspiration for the Jedi archives in “star wars which 900 books are available for borrow in buenos aires and smaller episode ii: attack of the Clones.” towns that don’t have access to traditional libraries. In Memory of Katie Roberts Ted Rhodes and Joan Pascal In Memory of Marvin W. Magnuson WHAT MAKES CARPINTERIA LIBRARY SPECIAL TO YOU? LARRY LOVES Hazel Magnuson “i like it because I can check out “i’ve been coming here since i was “the Carpinteria Library is special to In Memory of Loretta LoPinot books, play on the computers and get little, and now i bring my kids.” me because we can do our homework LIBRARIES Dennis Weston help with my homework.” - sheri Hultman, 43 here.” Carpinteria’s “Man on the street” Larry nimmer has focused In Memory of JB Popnoe - Kevin Gonzalez, 8 - Neida Garcia, 10 his camera on Carpinteria Library patrons sharing their From Betty Popnoe “this is such a warm, friendly place to stories of what makes the library important to them. Work- “the Carpinteria Library is so special beso welcoming!” “i can do my homework and art projects.” ing with library-promoting powerhouse Kris McGuire, Nim- In Honor of Grace Moyer From Patty Hendricks because there are great helpers and - Jack, 54 - itzel Gaudian, 9 mer is developing a project he hopes will help Friends of aids that come and help.” the Carpinteria Library, In Honor of All Librarians - Julianna M. Ornelas, 10 “the familiarity with everybody; every- “because it is my library. i have been as well as other Friends From Anita Lewis one knows each other.” using it for all my life and now family “that it’s quiet and there are a lot of - frank Wiley, 13 uses it. It is a cozy, friendly place ooz- groups throughout the li- books.” ing with knowledge, history, entertain- brary system, raise funds - Gwyndolyn Hultman, 5 “i get to do my homework and do art ment and fun. A haven in a hectic life and library awareness FOL Board of Directors: and have fun with friends.” and a representative of what Carpin- through short, 1-3 min- Jean Bailard, chairperson - Esmeralda Soriano, 10 teria stands for.” ute videos with personal lea boyd • Gaby edwards - Barbara Howell, 78 accounts of why librar- amanda Mcintyre • Kim stackpole nielsen Catherine overman • brad smith ies continue to provide John stephenson • linda Zimmerman critical resources for our population. Bookstore manager: April Ueoka Wild & wonderful libraries around the world Memorial Carpinteria Library’s claim to fame is being the first branch St. Catherine’s Monastery in South Sinai, Egypt McAllen Public Library in McAllen, Texas Donations library in California. of course we know that that’s just the tip The oldest continually operated library in the world, St. Cathe- Formerly a Walmart, the McAllen Public Library is now the largest single- In Memory of Carmen Arellano of the iceberg for what makes it special. there’s the warm and rine’s Monastery has been around since it was first built around story public library in the United States. It includes a massive children’s Calle Real Center wise staff, the well-loved children’s collection, the free wifi, the 564 AD by the order of Byzantine Emperor Justinian I.
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