Fall 2015 Volume 11, Issue 4 Library Connections Bismarck Veterans Memorial Public Library www.bismarcklibrary.org Back to School Success Begins @ the Library Upcoming Events Summer has come to a close, and students are back in school. Area Lobby Display students, from grade school through college, are regular visitors at the Dakota Woodturners Library. They take advantage of the great resources and services we offer, as well as our quiet areas for studying. Adult Programs Oct. 6 Reader’s Voice Book Discussion - Bloody We have open table areas for studying and doing research, and Mohawk 7:00 PM multiple study rooms, both single and group sized. The larger study Oct. 9 Computer & Internet Basics 1:00 PM rooms include large monitors so groups may collaborate on projects Oct. 10 Coloring & Cookies 2:00 PM together. We have a Oct. 15 Great Books Discussion 7:00 PM comprehensive, up-to-date Oct. 18 Haunted Gingerbread Decorating 2:00 PM collection of over 240,000 items to Nov. 3 Reader’s Voice Book Discussion – Dead help students conduct research, Wake 7:00 PM learn about our world, and cultivate Nov. 6 Beginning Email 3:00 PM a love of reading. Our public Nov. 10 Ancestry Library Edition 2:30 PM computers and wireless Internet Nov. 14 Coloring & Cookies 2:00 PM connection are available for Nov. 19 Great Books Discussion 7:00 PM working on assignments and Dec. 1 Reader’s Voice Book Discussion – The Boom research projects. 7:00 PM Dursitu R. says she loves studying Dec. 12 Coloring & Cookies 2:00 PM at the Library because it offers a Dec. 17 Great Books Discussion 7:00 PM Through the Library, students have quiet space, computer access, and a great book collection. access to a number of fantastic Tech Time—Drop-in technology help online resources to help them with Thursdays 11:00 AM—12:00 PM (through Nov. 19) all aspects of their school work. TutorND offers free online tutoring and other educational resources from Tutor.com. Students (K-College) Children’s Programs and adults can get help from professional tutors in math, science, Sept. 26 Backstage Pass: Introduction to Theatre social studies, English, writing, and more. Tutors are available online 10:00 & 11:00 AM (Preregistration required) from Sunday through Thursday, 3:00 PM - 10:00 PM Central Time. Oct. 22 Ali LaRock Performance Art 1:30 PM The LearningExpress database offers resources to help students Nov. 29 A Christmas Carol—live theatrical prepare for the ACT, SAT, and other standardized tests. For “life performance 2:00 PM students” of all ages, Universal Class offers free online courses on a Dec. 14-17 Santa at the Library (See p. 5 for times) wide variety of topics, from cake decorating and dog grooming to computer basics, personal finance, and much more. These and many View the Children’s Activity Calendar for the full other helpful online resources can be accessed through the eResources list of programs. section of our website. For details on these events, as well as all other Come see us at the Library—we have what students need to make this events sponsored by the Library, please see our school year a success! Library Events Calendar. Director’s Corner Christine Kujawa - Library Director Greetings Friends of the Library! This past August we held the Library’s Annual Part-Time Service Award Ceremony to honor part-time employees Contact Us celebrating 5-year increment anniversaries. We honored 515 North Fifth Street two employees this year: Marilyn Schneider (10 years) and Bismarck, North Dakota 58501 Karen Thompson (5 years). We appreciate their dedication (701) 355-1480 and the strengths they each bring to the Library. www.bismarcklibrary.org The topic of customer service came up on more than Mission Collecting, organizing, and one occasion. Our employees cited the joy of working providing open access to as a team to meet our goals and serve the public. The educational, informational, Library’s continued success and ability to evolve to recreational, and cultural resources meet the changing needs in our community is, in large part, due to the ongoing commitment and outstanding Vision work ethics of our employees. It is an added bonus that Offering information, ideas, and many of our employees share their talents and creative pursuits in the workplace, personal enrichment to all which often results in the varied programs and events offered at the Library. We are truly committed to meeting the needs of the citizens in Bismarck and Burleigh Hours County and working toward our vision of offering personal enrichment to all. Monday-Thursday 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM Check Out a Magazine Newsletter via Friday-Saturday @ the Library 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM Email Subscribe to our free, Sunday eco-friendly newsletter, Has a magazine article caught your eye, 1:00 PM - 6:00 PM and the latest news about but you didn’t have time to read it or make the Library will be delivered directly to a copy? Well, now you may check out past Telephone Numbers your inbox! To subscribe just send an issues of adult and teen magazines. Over Main Desk 355-1480 email to [email protected] the past year, our serials staff and Administration 355-1484 and you will be added to our list. volunteers have been barcoding old issues Bookmobile 355-1491 once the new issue arrives. These Youth Services 355-1489 “archived” magazines are kept on shelves Interlibrary Loan 355-1485 Hidden Object! in the Library’s lower level and in the teen Foundation 355-1494 area. Generally, past issues are retained for Friends 355-1483 Find the Bookworm! one or two years, but some titles are Meeting Room Locate the bookworm in retained for five or more years. Reservations 355-1484 the pages of this newsletter, and you could win a gift Current issues of adult and teen Library Board of Directors certificate from the Gifted magazines, located on the main level, still Michael Schaff, President Bean Coffee House! If you find it, email may not be checked out. Archived issues Joyce Hinman, Vice President [email protected] with the with a Bismarck Veterans Memorial Public Michael Fladeland specific location. The first person to Library barcode on the front cover are Pat Grantier respond correctly wins! available for checkout, and all children’s David Ripley magazines may be checked out. The Christine Kujawa, Director checkout period is seven days, and five magazines may be borrowed at a time. 2 Fall 2015 www.bismarcklibrary.org 701 -355-1480 Contact Us Updates From Your Friends Friends of the Greetings from the Friends of the Bismarck Public Library! Bismarck Public Library 515 North Fifth Street Bismarck, ND 58501 As the season turns from summer to fall, we look ahead to our [email protected] major fundraiser of the year, the fall used book sale. The sale will take place October 1-3 in the Library’s meeting rooms—See the Mission newsletter insert for complete details. We have a fantastic Increasing awareness and use of the Library through selection of high quality used cultural, educational, and social activities, and raising books ready for the sale, and we funds to supplement and enhance Library programs and hope you are as excited as we are services to kick things off at 7:00 AM on October 1! Join Us The Friends of the Bismarck You are invited to the Friends’ monthly business Public Library sponsored a meetings, held the 2nd Tuesday of each month in the Library’s Missouri River Room at 7:00 PM. number of fantastic programs and No meetings July & December projects at the Library over the summer. We were pleased to be Friends of BPL Board of Directors able to sponsor the appearance of Jason Matthews, President Pulitzer Prize-winning author Pulitzer Prize-winning author Beth Schatz-Kaylor, Vice President Elizabeth Fenn Elizabeth Fenn, who spoke to a Michael Weisbeck, Treasurer full capacity crowd about her book Don Allen, Membership Encounters at the Heart of the World: a History of the Mandan People. Aaron Barth Another large audience was entertained by folksinger and Meme May autoharpist Adam Miller, who presented a program of songs and Pat Ness stories in honor of Labor Day. Local author Norma Knapp gave Noreen Olson a talk about her memoir Scoria Roads. The Friends also funded the Carolyn Twingley purchase of six new laptop computers to be used for public computer training and other Library-sponsored workshops. Library Staff Representative Elizabeth Jacobs, Assistant Director Become a Member of the Friends of the Bismarck Public Library Yes ___________________________________ Annual Membership Categories: I’ll be a Friend! Name ___ Individual $10.00 ___ Family $20.00 _____________________________ ___ Contributing $50.00 Street ___ Individual Life $100.00 Renew ___ Couple Life $150.00 My Support! _____________________________ ___ Best Friend $250.00 City State Zip I’m interested in participating in the following Fill out this form and make _____________________________ ___ Semi-annual Book Sales Phone your check payable to: ___ Book Sale Committee ___ Ice Cream Social Friends of the _____________________________ ___ National Friends of Libraries Week Bismarck Public Library Email ___ Nominating Committee Receive newsletter by email? Yes No FRIENDS OF THE BISMARCK PUBLIC LIBRARY 515 North Fifth Street ~ Bismarck, ND 58501 3 Offering information, ideas, and personal enrichment to all What’s Cool About Your Burleigh County Library Card? by Keli McDonald, Head of Bookmobile Services September is National Library Card Sign-Up Month, and with the start of a new school year, we are busy registering library cards to all of the new students.