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eMail notices

We have fixed the glitch in our email notices. People who have notices set up should now get hold notices in addition to overdue notices. SALS has also set our notices to send you an email reminder three days before an item is due. If you would like email notices set up, please ask at the desk.

Plant Sale

Plants are on sale at the library. Prices range from $2.00 – $15.00. There are some vegetable plants (tomatoes, cabbage, etc.), a few herbs (chocolate mint, & parsley) and lovely flowers. There’s still time to add some great looking plants to your garden or pretty up your porch with a hanging basket!

New downloadable audiobooks

The following new titles are available on the Salon website, our link to OverDrive audio books. Just click on the icon to the left of the blog that says “Download audiobooks OverDrive” for these and many more. If you’re reading by listening, let us know which title(s) you have enjoyed recently. Children’s eaudiobooks: Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo; read by Cherry Jones Hatchet by Gary Paulsen; read by Peter Coyote Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key by Jack Gantos; read …

Did you know…?

…that you can see a list of new items we have added to the Pember Library’s collection by going to the catalog link and clicking on the arrow near ‘New Stuff’ at the bottom of the left column… Your choices are Fiction, Nonfiction, Children’s Books, or Videos/DVD. There is a link to New Stuff in the left column on this page that will get you there also. You can choose to subscribe to ‘New Stuff’ in RSS Reader if you …

Library Launches Online Book Club

Finding a Great Book to Read Just Got Easier So many books, so little time. For all those busy people, the Pember Library has a new service sponsored by the Friends of the Pember Library: an Online Book Club that delivers books electronically. Each day, Monday through Friday, the library e-mails subscribers a portion of a book that takes about 5-minutes to read. They’re able to read two or three chapters from a book during the week. If they like …

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 …