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Galveston County Library System News Page 1 Galveston County Library System News Galveston County Library System News Page 1 Galveston County Library System News Dickinson • Friendswood • Galveston • Hitchcock • La Marque • League City • Santa Fe • Texas City Spring 2021 Volume 19, Issue 1 The Galveston County Commissioners Court makes Extension Services available to Galveston County residents by providing 100% of funding for this valuable service. Galveston County Library System Extension Services The previous 12 months have been exceptionally difficult on all patrons, including our most vulnerable. We have had to scale back service to nursing homes and assisted living centers. Pre-schools closed during the initial COVID shut down, and then slowly reopened. We added them back to the roster as soon as we were able to do so in a safe manner for all involved. We remain in contact with all of our partners, checking in periodically, ascertaining their readiness to receive library materials. Extension Services, based out of Rosenberg Library, serves Galveston County’s most vulnerable and needy citizens at opposite ends of the age spectrum. More than 150 library materials are delivered on a daily basis (39k items per year) to preschool students, residents at assisted living facilities, and county residents who are no longer able to leave their homes to visit the library. Books are also delivered to public schools and smaller libraries to help bolster their collections and provide their patrons with a wider selection of materials. Marilyn Lyons, Extension Services staff clerk, drives more than 6,000 miles per year across the county, including making deliveries to Bolivar Island. She serves over 3,000 community partners at over 40 locations. Materials delivered include more than just books; audiobooks, CDs, large-type materials, and children’s materials are also provided. Extension Services strives to provide library service to members of our population with the least amount of access. By providing library service to these populations, we are increasing their quality of life, bridging the information gap, and promoting literacy, especially to the very young. The Galveston County Commissioners Court makes Extension Services available to Galveston County residents by wholly funding this invaluable program. For more information about Extension Services, please contact Marilyn Lyons at 409-763-8854, ext. 136 Galveston County Library System Activity Statistics FY 2019—2020 Library Library Library In-Library Reference Materials Registered Materials Program Library Website Internet Wi-Fi Question Used Borrowers Circulated Attendance Visitors Visits Users Users Transactions In-House Total 154,696 1,090,137 86,209 469,338 458,368* 79,278 68,292** 134,517 117,664 *Library website visits - Helen Hall Library does not track **Wi-Fi users - Dickinson Public Library, Helen Hall Library and Moore Memorial Library do not track , $41,317 Galveston County Library System News The Galveston County Commissioners Court provides funding for books, audio visual materials, materials, visual audio books, for funding provides Court Commissioners County Galveston The $900 online services and programming through its support of the Galveston County Library System. Library County Galveston the of support its through programming and services online circulatingmaterials , , $28,805 , telephone , $67,758 overhead salariesandbenefits $4,500 vehicleoperation , $2,740 Expenditures 2020 Expenditures , librarypromotion $4,500 , $440,557 $1,223 member member libraries , directallocation to insurance supplies Page Galveston County Library System Library County Galveston 2 Galveston County Library System News Page 3 Galveston County Library System Please call or visit the websites listed below for updates on schedules and available services. Friendswood Public Library Dickinson Public Library 416 S. Friendswood Drive 4411 Highway 3 Friendswood, TX 77546 Dickinson, TX 77539 www.friendswood.lib.tx.us www.dickinsonpubliclibrary.org (281) 482-7135 (281) 534-3812 Mon-Thurs 10 am to 9 pm Mon-Thurs 10 am to 8 pm Fri, Sat 10 am to 6 pm Fri 10 am to 6 pm Closed Sunday Closed Saturday & Sunday League City Public Library Moore Memorial Library Helen Hall Library 1701 9th Avenue N. 100 West Walker Texas City, TX 77590 League City, TX 77573 www.texascity-library.org www.leaguecitylibrary.org (409) 643-5979 (281) 554-1111 Mon-Wed 9 am to 9 pm Mon-Thurs 10 am to 9 pm Thurs, Fri 9 am to 6 pm Fri, Sat 10 am to 6 pm Sat 10 am to 4 pm Sun 1 pm to 5 pm Closed Sunday Hitchcock Public Library La Marque Public Library Genevieve Miller Library 1011 Bayou Road 8005 Barry Street La Marque, TX 77568 Hitchcock, TX 77563 www.lamarquelibrary.org www.hitchcockpubliclibrary.org (409) 938-9270 (409) 986-7814 Tue, Wed 9 am to 6 pm Tue, Wed & Fri 10 am to 5 pm Thurs 9 am to 7 pm Thurs 10 am to 6 pm Fri 9 am to 4 pm Sat 10 am to 3 pm Sat 9 am to 3 pm Closed Sunday & Monday Closed Sunday & Monday Rosenberg Library 2310 Sealy Street Santa Fe Public Library Galveston, TX 77550-2220 Mae Bruce Library www.rosenberg-library.org 13302 6th Street (409) 763-8854 Santa Fe, TX 77510 Mon-Sat 9 am to 5:45 pm www.maebrucelibrary.org Closed Sunday (409) 925-5540 Galveston & Texas History Center Mon-Wed, Fri 10 am to 6 pm Tues-Saturday, by appointment Thurs 12 to 8 pm Sat 10 am to 1:30 pm (409) 763-8854, ext. 127 to schedule Closed Sunday Galveston County Library System News Page 4 Roller Bathhouses Roller bathhouses were small wood bathhouses on wheels. These picturesque, portable structures graced Galveston’s beaches beginning in the late 1870s. They lasted until the early years of the 20th century. Jesse A. Ziegler (1857-1947), a local historian and author, recalled the bathhouses in the Galveston Daily News, March 26, 1944. They had two rooms intended for a man and a woman. Mules towed the roller bathhouse into the shallow waters of the Gulf of Mexico. When the bather was ready to change back into his street clothes, he did so without tracking sand on his feet. He motioned when he G-906FF2.3.8. Roller bathhouses line the beach next to the was ready for the bathhouse to be pulled back up onto Beach Hotel, which stood at Tremont (23rd Street) and Avenue the beach. R. The hotel’s entrance faced the Gulf of Mexico. Until it Roller bathhouses presented problems in several respects. burned in July 1898, the Beach Hotel was a dominant feature They impeded beach access. The Galveston Tribune, July of the beachfront for fifteen years. The walkway to the Pagoda 23, 1888, observed: Bathhouse is at the right. Bath-houses unquestionably are a luxury, even a necessity, but there seems to be no good reason why they should be allowed to spoil a magnificent drive. It is not absolutely necessary that they should be kept exactly at the water’s edge. The bathhouses also were vulnerable to extreme weather. In June 1886 they fell victim to a tropical storm. Two months later, however, they were removed from the beach in advance of a hurricane. The 1900 Storm swept the roller bathhouses against the flimsy buildings of the Midway. Finally, roller bathhouses were easy marks for thieves. The Tribune, August 7, 1903, reported on children who had stolen personal belongings from them. In 1906, Dr. John B. Haden (1871-1931), of Galveston, rounded up roller bathhouses for Palm Beach Garden. G-9256.1FF1.4. Colored lithograph printed in Harper’s Haden’s proposed resort was to be located in the Denver Weekly, circa 1895. This image shows a close-up view of a Resurvey (an area south of Broadway between 45th and roller bathhouse. Also visible are a small part of the Beach 57th streets). His project, however, never materialized. Hotel (left background) and the Pagoda Bathhouse (right background). The Pagodas (1883-1900) stood at the foot of Casey Edward Greene 24th Street. Rosenberg Scholar Photo at left: Former Galveston mayor, Jim Yarbrough, his wife Carol and their granddaughter enjoying the Rosenberg Library’s Goldilocks and the Three Bears shadow box. The shadow box cabinet was recently renovated and is on display in the Rosenberg Library’s Children’s Department on the 1st floor. Stop by and have a look at Goldilocks and the Three Bears! Galveston County Library System News Page 5 New Normal = New Programs Despite living in a new normal, monthly programming for teens ages 12 – 18 is still going strong at Moore Memorial Public Library. Teens can pick up monthly Grab n’ Go craft kits to crush their boredom from the comfort of their own homes. So far, a few of our kits have featured an easy cookie pudding pop recipe using Jell-O; a how-to for a simple, paper piranha plant bouquet from the famed Mario series; and a quick method to make a DIY mini cloud lamp set. April and May’s kits will be ready to go by the start of each respective month. And like all of our past take-home kits, they will be available while supplies last. We’re also looking out for our manga/anime fans! Teens can grab a Manga Club Take-Home Kit for a bit of fandom flair. Each kit includes a manga recommendation sheet, two paper cube projects featuring iconic characters, a half-sheet to suggest new manga series our collection, and a monthly announcement for our new virtual gaming program! And speaking of our new virtual gaming program, our Young Adult Librarian has created a private Discord just for teens! This was created in place of our usual ‘Board Games You’ve Never Played Before’ sessions and our Dungeons and Dragons program. After reaching out for an invite via phone or email, teens can log-on at their leisure to talk to each other in pre-made channels.
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