THE VISION OF THE FRIENDS IS AN OUTSTANDING KEY WEST LIBRARY WITH STRONG COMMUNITY SUPPORT NOVEMBER 2016 PRESIDENT’S NOTES BOARD MEMBERS Greetings, dear Friends, and welcome to the 2016-2017 Friends of the Kathleen Bratton Key West Library season. We look forward to another fantastic season, beginning with our first book sale in the Palm Garden at the library on President Saturday, December 3rd, followed by our 2017 series of free public lec- Marsha Williams tures, commencing Monday, January 16, at the Key West Theater. Vice President Once again, our members have supported us with over 2,000 volun- Marny Heinen teer hours devoted to the library and Friends’ activities and contributions Secretary that will help us to increase our gift to the library this year. Without your Tom Clements help, we could not achieve our goal of an outstanding library with strong Treasurer community support. Joyce Drake It’s easy to become a volunteer. Just call the library or stop by to get started. It’s easy to provide financial support as well! We work closely with the library staff to identify areas Jennifer Franke where our financial contributions can make a real difference—especially with respect to col- Judith Gaddis lections, programs and professional development. We hope that you will become a member Arlo Haskell of the Friends of the Library or renew your membership today. Go to www.friendsofthekey- Mark Hedden westlibrary.org or send us a check with the form in this newsletter. Without your help, we Roberta Isleib could not achieve our goal of an outstanding library with strong community support. Joanna Schmida Thank you for your continuing commitment to the Friends of the Key West Library. We Molly Shallow look forward to another rewarding season. See you at the library! Kathleen Bratton Fran Silverman Charlotte Strickland Mark your calendars for Saturday, December 3, from 9:30 am to 1:30 pm Mary Taylor when the Friends of the Key West Library will hold our first book sale of the season KEY WEST LIBRARY STAFF in the library’s Palm Garden, 700 Fleming Street Nancy Howanitz Administrator AT THE LIBRARY by Michael Nelson Robin Henderson Welcome back, Friends, and thank you for your continued Sr. Librarian Reference Services support of the Key West Public Library. As a result of the gen- Tom Hambright erosity of our Friends of the Library organization, two other Sr. Librarian Florida History staff members and I were fortunate enough to attend this year’s Breana Sowers American Library Association’s Annual Conference in Orlando, Sr. Librarian Archivist an extraordinary place to be if you love books and the people Michael Nelson who write them. Sr. Librarian Circulation I’m a sucker for a signed book. Not a free book, per se, Patricia Blanco which are prevalent at the conference—in fact, at first glance, Sr. Youth Services Librarian the exhibition hall could easily be mistaken for a massive looting of an outsized Barnes & Nobles store—librarians and book Allison Rich lovers rolling around suitcases and stuffing them full of advance Sr. Library Assistant reading copies and an array of branded tchotchkes. Sadly, the Kenny Clarke lines for gratis snacks were even longer than the lines for author signings, proving definitively Library Assistant that Viet Thanh Nguyen, this year’s winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction, could not compete Wendi Ney with free nachos. But those few moments where I did get to meet an author, those few minutes Library Assistant when I found Colson Whitehead sitting alone at a table with stacks of reading copies of The Emil Oesterling Underground Railroad in front of him, waiting for the librarians to finish eating their free Library Assistant lunch of sandwiches and potato chips, and getting to tell him how funny I think his work is Leo Cabrera (not knowing at the time about the relentlessly dark nature of his latest novel, or his pending Library Assistant Oprah-approved status) are the moments I’ll remember most, those moments I’ll be genuinely Patrick Birmingham grateful I got to have. Library Assistant By the way, you can get your own signed book at our author event on November 22nd at 6pm for Nathan Hill, author of one of the year’s most acclaimed novels, The Nix. HOW YOUR DONATIONS WILL BE SPENT by Kathleen Bratton and Tom Clements The Friends are delighted to announce that, based on our financial results for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2016, we expect to donate $57 ,000 to the library during the coming year. This represents an increase of $ 7 ,000 over the amount we gave last year, due in large part to the continuing generous support of our members and augmented by a special one-time grant from the Parrot Heads of Key West. Our wish list committee, headed by Fran Silverman, worked closely with the staff to determine its needs for the coming year and identify special projects close to their hearts. Included in the amount allocated to the Florida History Department is seed money for an exciting project to create metadata for its historical materials, which will facilitate contribution of these materials to the Programming Digital Public Library of America. Look for more about this 11% project in a future newsletter! COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT 59% - $33,500 Florida History Materials for circulating and reference collections for 12% Adults, Young Adults, and Children: - Juvenile Books: Fiction, Nonfiction, Manga, Graphic Novels, Easy Reader Books, required Special Projects 9% Summer Reading Collection Development - Young Adult Books: Fiction, Nonfiction, Manga, 59% Graphic Novels, required Summer Reading Staff - Adult Books: Fiction, Nonfiction, Summer Reading Development - DVDs: feature films, documentaries, travel 9% - Audio Books: Fiction and Nonfiction - Continued development of the OverDrive collection of downloadable E-books and Audio Books. STAFF DEVELOPMENT 9% - $5,000 Funding for library staff to participate in library conferences, webinars, sympo- siums and other training for providing services to patrons. - Includes annual memberships for staff for American Library Association (ALA), Florida Library Association (FLA), the Interagency Council of Key West and other groups as needed. PROGRAMMING 11% - $6,500 - Children & Adult Programming: Crafts, Supplies, Reading Incentives, Displays, Bookmarks, Posters, Authors and Performers Fees - Supplies for book clubs, meetings, and presentations on an as-needed basis, such as providing coffee, tea, snacks, paper goods, and tablecloths. FLORIDA HISTORY 12% - $7,000 The Florida History Department requested $7,000 for Florida International University’s professional services to create metada- ta for historical materials. This metadata will be useful for discoverability of digitized files and is a requirement for contributing these historical materials to the Digital Public Library of America. SPECIAL PROJECTS 9% - $5,000 Auditorium Sound System/Equipment for Sound system Auditorium Computer System Auditorium Curtains. TOTAL DONATIONS FROM FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY - $57,000 The mission of the Friends is to support, improve, The Friends of the Library newsletter is published monthly and promote the Key West Library through from November through March. Editor, Roberta Isleib. fundraising, volunteering, raising public interest Please address all correspondence to her at the library: in and advocacy for the library. 1025 Fleming Street, Key West, FL 33040. PAGE TWO Thanks to our Members and Volunteers for 2016-2017 PUBLISHER $1000+ Candice Block Around Foundation Steven C. Callahan Judy Blume & George Cooper Tharon & Lee Dunn Kathleen Bratton & Brian Wruble Lucinda & Grenville Emmet Clements Family Charitable Trust Cynthia Enloe Marny & Roger Heinen Carole Fauth Pat & Frank Kabela Richard & Peary Fowler Key West Parrot Head Club, Inc. Judith Gaddis Betty Rubenstein Phyllis Gagner Molly Shallow Ed Gillis Fran & Rob Silverman Bradley & Marva Green Patricia & Philip Timyan Stephanie Griffiths William R. Grose & Stephen Murphy SCHOLAR $500-$999 Mary Grusin Sam W. Brown Dr. & Mrs. William Harrer Brian K. Donovan & William R. Kirkwood Judith Hope D. Shirlee Ezmirly Bruce Hunter Jeane & John Garment Lynn Kaufelt Louis Harris Ruth Kaye Pat & Joe Kennedy Tim & Kelly Koenig Key West Woman's Club Lisa & Mark Laskow Michael & Linda Mewshaw Nancy LaTendresse Patrice Miller Annette Liggett & Perry Johnston Wynetka Ann Reynolds Gregory Long Sandy & Esta Marie Stover Alison Lurie & Edward Hower FIRST EDITION $250-$499 Stephen MacDonald & Priscilla A. Derven Patricia Major Robert N. Alfandre Foundation Harry & Marie Mathews Marcia & Ted Bennett Shirley & Michael O'Haire Dodee & Steve Black John Padget Evan & Barbara Corn Dr. & Mrs. John W. Payne Joyce Drake Nicole H. Perry & Andrew T. Stifler Shirley V. Freeman & Harvey Server Marilyn Phister Melissa Gray Ms. Emily G. Pine Hemingway House Museum Phyllis & Tom Pope Ray & Shirley Henderson Rosanne G. Potter & William P. McCarthy Roberta Isleib & John Brady Ruth Reiter & Dan Metzler George & Evie Evers Kling Kathleen & Stephen Russ Meridyth McIntosh Joanna & Walt Schmida Robert A. & Constance Miller William L. Schrufer Edward J. & Maria B. Moy Alan Solomon Jane Newhagen Rosalee Sprout & Bud Ames Rosalinda & Patrick Raher Charlotte & Bryan Strickland Diana & Udo Reif Joy Brown Taylor Celeste Schettig Sid & Audrey Waldman Susan H. Server & Sheldon Davidson Wish & Suzanne Washburn Jean Shannon Lewis Weinstein & Patriicia Lenny Cathy & Jim Stentzel Marvin Weissberg Mary & Walter Taylor Mary Ann Westerlund Marsha Williams & Brian Gibbs Donna & Phil Wheeler BESTSELLER $100-$249 Linda Wheeler & Robert Kruse Susan Bailey & Richard Buckheim Malcolm Willison & Martha Huggins Andrea Bauer Susan Winshall Miriam Bedrick David W. Wolkowsky Steve & Kathy Biedenbach Judith & Stanley Zabar Michael Blades & Kathy Kilroy Michael Zoob PAGE THREE Thanks to our Members and Volunteers for 2016-2017 NOVEL AND SHORT STORY - LESS THAN $100 John Andola Irene Loeber Bob & Beverly Arnold Sydney Ludvigson Patricia Baker Lindsay Malboeuf Diana Blaschak Joelna Marcus Betsey & Donald Breed Frank Marshall Dianne Brendle Ruth Montague David R. Brown & Mindy Schwartz-Brown Chris & Sandie Mullin Dr. Anne Carlisle Brooke & Lawrence Myers Brewster S.