SALS Inter-Library Loans
Inter-Library Loans will be discontinued while we switch to a new courier service. Deliveries will resume June 16. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Best Selling Books of the Twentieth Century
Since we are celebrating 100 years as a library, I thought it would be interesting to see what the popular books were 100 years ago. The following is a list I found of the top books for each year of the first decade of the twentieth century. (Please note that Winston Churchill is an American author, not the British statesman.) * 1900 To Have and To Hold, Mary Johnston * 1901 The Crisis, Winston Churchill * 1902 The Virginian, Owen …
Ice Cream Social and Art Reception
Join us Saturday, June 6 from 2-5 PM, for Kid’s Day, the kick-off event in the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Pember. Stewart’s has generously donated the fixings for kids to make their own ice cream sundaes. Other highlights of the day will be music with DJ Brent Tuttle and balloon animals and other activities with Melody the Clown. There will be goodie bags for the kids. Artwork created by students at Mary J Tanner and Granville Elementary …
Magazine Sponsorship
We had a wonderful response to the request for magazine sponsorships. People read it here, there was a sign in the library and a short blurb in the Granville Sentinel. We now have sponsors for Martha Stewart Living, Bon Apetit, Horticulture, American Heritage, Northern Woodlands, Car and Driver, National Geographic Kids, Family Fun, The Conservationist & Country Woman. Thanks so much to all of you.
Parade
Here’s a photo of Ryan and me waiting for the parade to begin. Thanks to Tiffany and Ryan for taking part in the parade (and pushing the carts). Thanks to Heather and Alyssa for their help with putting the cake together. Also thanks to Cy for his help in putting the banners on the second cart. It was great fun. We have some other 100th birthday celebration things planned and we’ll share the details in the Sentinel and here on …
Genii McRoberts
I remember Genii’s daughter coming in to the library asking if we needed a volunteer. Boy, did we! Genii came in and helped us with cataloging and transferring all of our books from our old automated system to a new one. She worked hard, always with a sense of humor. Her dedication to books and libraries shows in the children’s room where she devised and implemented our color coding dots system. She had wonderful stories that she shared with her …
DROP BOX
The library’s drop box will be unavailable Tuesday, May 12 until Wednesday, May 13.  Fines, for those unable to return items on these days, will be waived.  As always, as long as the library is open, items may be returned by bringing them inside.
Is winter finally over?
Good news! We will resume regular hours beginning the week of May 19. Our hours will be: Tuesday  9 AM to 5 PM Wednesday & Thursday 1 PM to 8 PM Friday 12 noon to 5 PM Saturday 10 AM to 3 PM
Alert:
We will be closing at 4:30, Thursday, May 7. Reopening with regular hours on Friday.
Be Fine-Free for a Year!
Sponsor a one-year subscription to one of these magazines and we will waive your overdue fines for the next year! Martha Stewart Living Northern Woodlands Horticulture American Heritage
Wireless problems
Our apologies to anyone who had a hard time connecting through our wireless router today.  A new one will be ordered and should arrive soon. In the meantime, we have one on loan from SALS.