Mark Your Calendars: Colonel Baum’s March
The Washington County Historical Society & Willard’s Mountain Daughters of the American Revolution will host a program on Baum’s March through Washington and Rensselaer counties on Saturday, September 14 at 1:00 PM in the Hedbring Community Room.
The presentation by Pat Niles, WCHS member, will focus on three areas: a timeline of Baum’s March, the effect his march had upon the inhabitants of Washington, Rensselaer, and Saratoga Counties, and finally a brief presentation of current technology which will allow the history buff, teacher, or student to learn more about Baum’s ill-fated march.
August Statistics
The collection size grew to 39,198 items in August, a 2.5% increase. Items withdrawn decreased by 51%. Patrons increased from 3,208 in August, 2012 to 3,399 in August 2013, a 6% increase. Check outs increased from 3,855 to 4,162, an 8% increase. There were 739 users of our eight general use computers.
New Online Database
Opposing Viewpoints in Context provided by NOVEL is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information and opinions on hundreds of today’s hottest social issues. Drawing on the acclaimed Greenhaven Press series, the new solution features continuously updated viewpoints, topic overviews, full-text magazines, academic journals, news, primary source documents, statistics, images, videos, audio and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience. Available on our webpage http://greenwich-library.org on our “Databases-Research” page. The Joint Automation staff at SALS maintain this database page.
Additions to the Collection
The library added 82 items to the collection last week.
New/Popular Fiction: Barefoot Season (Mallery); The English Girl (Silva); Inferno (2nd copy, by Brown); Need You Now (Grippando); Poseidon’s Arrow (Cussler). Non-Fiction: Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Strayed); I Got This: How I Changed My Ways & Lost What Weighed Me Down (Hudson).
New to Us:-Books on CD: The Associate (Grisham); Bad Company (Higgins); Executive Power (Flynn); The Language of Flowers (Diffenbaugh); Team of Rivals (Lincoln); The Teeth of the Tiger (Clancy). DVD’s: Alone in the Wilderness; Batman Returns; Best of the Chris Rock Show. Volume 2; Braveheart; Dune; Goodfellas; Heat; In America; Joe Versus the Volcano; Rome. The Complete Series; United 93. Fiction: Anthill (2010, Wilson); The Goodbye Quilt (2011, Wiggs); The Navigator, & Plague Ship: a Novel of the Oregon Files (2007, 2008, both by Cussler); The Thorn (2010, Lewis). Non-Fiction: American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House (2008, Jackson); Armageddon Science: the Science of Mass Destruction (2010, Clegg); The Perfect 10 Diet… (2010, Aziz); Sovereign Ladies: the Six Reigning Queens of England (2007, Waller); Walk Off Weight… (2010, Stanten). Young Adult: All I Want is Everything: a Gossip Girl Novel (Von Ziegesar); David Copperfield (Dickens); Define Normal (Peter); Envy: a Luxe Novel & The Luxe (both by Godbersen); A Great and Terrible Beauty (Bray); L.A. Candy (Conrad); Rules of the Road (Bauer); Small Town Sinners (Walker); Sweethearts (Zarr); Swoon (Malkin).
Children’s New & Popular: Fiction: Invasion of the Dognappers; Judy Moody Goes to Hollywood (McDonald); M is for Mama’s Boy (Buckley); Non-Fiction: Sparky: the Life & Art of Charles Schulz. DVD’s: Bridge to Terabithia; Fantastic Four. Vol 3; Here Comes Peter Cottontail; Land Before Time, vol. 11, Invasion of the Tinysauruses; Rock ‘N Learn Preschool; Star Wars. The Clone Wars; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: the Original Movie; Wallace & Gromit. In 3 Amazing Adventures. Video Games: LEGO Harry Potter. Years 1-4; Lego Pirates of the Caribbean.
Programs & Calendar: Story Hours-Wednesdays at 10:30 AM (up to 4 years). Theme: The Letter B. Osteo Exercise Tuesday & Thursdays from 8:30-9:15 AM. Battenkill Community Services meets from 10-12 am every Thursday.
September 5: Boomerang Book Sale in the Basement, 4-7:30 PM.
September 10, 17, 24: Knitting, 6:30 PM.
September 10, 24: Bereavement, 6:30 PM.
September 14: Colonel Baum’s March, 1: 00 PM
September 16: Girl Scout Troop 3547: 6:30 PM
September 17: Blue Cross/Blue Shield: 1:30-3:30 PM.
September 18: Board Meeting, 7:00 PM
September 23: “Iron Jawed Angels” film, 7:00 PM.
September 25: Time Traders, 6:30 PM.
Library hours are Monday & Friday, 10-5, Tuesday-Thursday, 10-8 and Saturday 10-1. The library website is http://greenwich.sals.edu/. We are also on Facebook. The library offers wi-fi, faxing, photocopying and color printing. We have 8 general usage computers and 3 early literacy game computers. Desktop video magnifier available for those with low vision.