And a jolly Ho, Ho, Ho to you! We are all ready for the holidays at the library as you can see by Frosty and the Mrs. We also have a lovely book wreath on the wall.

More books than you can shake a stick at!

I just love getting new books at the library, it's better than Christmas! We just got a new shipment of books and here are a few of them:
New Fiction
Comfort and Joy by Kristen Hannah
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Saeran Foer
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Light From Heaven by Jan Karon
The Lighthouse by P.D. James
Mary, Mary by James Patterson
The Precher's Daughter by Beverly Lewis
Saving Fish From Drowning by Amy Tan
Undead and Unappreciated by Diane Janice Davidson
Undead and Unappreciated by Daine Janice Davidson

New Science Fiction
Looking for Jake by China Mieville
Perdido Street Station by China Mieville

If you'd like to see a complete list of all our new book check out our on-line catalog by going to The Montana Library Network and choosing Jefferson County Libraries from the list.

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Storytime @ the Library!
Every Friday from 10:30 to 11:00 we have storytime for pre-school children at the Whitehall Library. This last Friday we read about Thanksgiving and made turkey hats.
The books we read were "The Perfect Thanksgiving" by Eileen Spinelli, "The First Thanksgiving Day" by Laura Melmed and "I Know An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie" by Allison Jackson.
Would you like to listen to some children's stories on-line? Here's a link to Kid's Corner where you can read or listen to some great children's books. Another great site is Children's Books on-line. The have fairy tales, fables, Bible stories, and dramatized American history.

3! Yes, that's right, 3 libraries in Jefferson County!

We have three fabulous libraries in Jefferson County, one in Clancy, Boulder and Whitehall. Triple your pleasure, triple your fun! You can use your Jefferson County Library System library card to check out books at any of these libraries, place holds on books, request books from libraries outside of our system and use the on-line magazine database, auto repair database and several other really cool resources. To get to these databases click on this: Montana Library Network and choose one of the links in the reference area and prepared to be dazzled! To access the Jefferson County Library System on-line catalog click here: Jefferson County Libray Catalog (remember to choose Jefferson County from the list of libraries.)

All! New! Books!

We have some fabulous new books at the library this week. Books that will knock your socks off and some that will give you warm fuzzies.


New Fiction
The aluminum Christmas tree by Thomas Davis
Soldier of God by David Hagberg
There's something about Christmas by Debbie Macomber
A Christmas Guest by Anne Perry
Christ the Lord : out of Egypt by Anne Rice
The killing art by Jonathan Santlofer
The judge who stole Christmas by Randy singer
Ordinary heroes by Scott Turow

New Non-fiction
The next attack: the failure of the war on terror by Daniel Benjamin
Marley and me : life and love with the world's worst dog by John Grogan

Click here to see a complete list of our new books and to view our catalog

Danger Will Robinson! Don't Read These Books

100 Most Banned Books

Why are these books dangerous? Why have they been banned? Who banned them?

These books are deemed dangerous by some, because they challenge the "accepted" ways of being and thinking. They make some people uncomfortable and they worry that if some impressionable person reads them they will start thinking "wrong."

Who banned these books? Ordinary people all across America, some from school boards, some library patrons, all of whom think they know what's best for you and I to read.

What is often overlooked by those who ban books is that once that road is traveled down then ANY book can be banned. Ones near and dear to the book banners heart. We should all be able to make up our own minds about what we read.

The library has some of these books but if there is one you want to read that we don't have we can borrow it from another library for you. Call 287-3763.


1. Scary Stories (Series) by Alvin Schwartz
2. Daddy’s Roommate by Michael Willhoite
3. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
4. The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
5. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
6. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
7. Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling
8. Forever by Judy Blume
9. Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
10. Alice (Series) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
11. Heather Has Two Mommies by Leslea Newman
12. My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
13. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
14. The Giver by Lois Lowry
15. It’s Perfectly Normal by Robie Harris
16. Goosebumps (Series) by R.L. Stine
17. A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck
18. The Color Purple by Alice Walker
19. Sex by Madonna
20. Earth’s Children (Series) by Jean M. Auel
21. The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
22. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
23. Go Ask Alice by Anonymous
24. Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers
25. In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak
26. The Stupids (Series) by Harry Allard
27. The Witches by Roald Dahl
28. The New Joy of Gay Sex by Charles Silverstein
29. Anastasia Krupnik (Series) by Lois Lowry
30. The Goats by Brock Cole
31. Kaffir Boy by Mark Mathabane
32. Blubber by Judy Blume
33. Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan
34. Halloween ABC by Eve Merriam
35. We All Fall Down by Robert Cormier
36. Final Exit by Derek Humphry
37. The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
38. Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
39. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
40. What’s Happening to my Body? Book for Girls: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents & Daughters by Lynda Madaras
41. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
42. Beloved by Toni Morrison
43. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
44. The Pigman by Paul Zindel
45. Bumps in the Night by Harry Allard
46. Deenie by Judy Blume
47. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
48. Annie on my Mind by Nancy Garden
49. The Boy Who Lost His Face by Louis Sachar
50. Cross Your Fingers, Spit in Your Hat by Alvin Schwartz
51. A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
52. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
53. Sleeping Beauty Trilogy by A.N. Roquelaure (Anne Rice)
54. Asking About Sex and Growing Up by Joanna Cole
55. Cujo by Stephen King
56. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
57. The Anarchist Cookbook by William Powell
58. Boys and Sex by Wardell Pomeroy
59. Ordinary People by Judith Guest
60. American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
61. What’s Happening to my Body? Book for Boys: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents & Sons by Lynda Madaras
62. Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
63. Crazy Lady by Jane Conly
64. Athletic Shorts by Chris Crutcher
65. Fade by Robert Cormier
66. Guess What? by Mem Fox
67. The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende
68. The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline Cooney
69. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
70. Lord of the Flies by William Golding
71. Native Son by Richard Wright
72. Women on Top: How Real Life Has Changed Women’s Fantasies by Nancy Friday
73. Curses, Hexes and Spells by Daniel Cohen
74. Jack by A.M. Homes
75. Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo A. Anaya
76. Where Did I Come From? by Peter Mayle
77. Carrie by Stephen King
78. Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume
79. On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer
80. Arizona Kid by Ron Koertge
81. Family Secrets by Norma Klein
82. Mommy Laid An Egg by Babette Cole
83. The Dead Zone by Stephen King
84. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
85. Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
86. Always Running by Luis Rodriguez
87. Private Parts by Howard Stern
88. Where’s Waldo? by Martin Hanford
89. Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene
90. Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman
91. Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
92. Running Loose by Chris Crutcher
93. Sex Education by Jenny Davis
94. The Drowning of Stephen Jones by Bette Greene
95. Girls and Sex by Wardell Pomeroy
96. How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell
97. View from the Cherry Tree by Willo Davis Roberts
98. The Headless Cupid by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
99. The Terrorist by Caroline Cooney
100. Jump Ship to Freedom by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier

New Books @ the library

Here are a few of the new books we've added to the library. For a complete list go to our catalog at http://montanalibraries.org , choose Shared Catalog, and then Jefferson County Library System, New Books. If you have a library card with our system you may place holds on any book in our catalog.

New Fiction
People of the moon by Michael Gear
The wizard of London by Mercedes Lackey
St. Albans fire by Archer Mayor
The fourth war by Chris Stewart

New Non-fiction
Live strong : inspirational stories from cancer survivors by The Lance Armstrong Foundation
Health aging by Andrew Weil
Coming home to myself by Wynonna Judd

Annual Book Sale

It's time for the annual Whitehall Friends of the Library Book Sale!
Saturday, November 12th is the big day so bring big wads of cash
and buy, buy, buy!
We would also like donations of your gently used books, DVDs, CDs, and audio books. Bring them by the library or call 406-287-3763 to have someone pick them up.

Jefferson County Library Board meeting

October 14, 2005
The second Thursday of the month the Jefferson County Library Board meets. The Board supervises the three libraries in our system, the Boulder, Clancy and Whitehall Community Libraries. Every month I prepare a report for the Library Board and what follows is this months report.

Whitehall Community Library

Library Report

October 13, 2005

	Sep. 05		Sep. 04
Total Circulation	2230		2500
Paperbacks	91		77
Computer Use	496		553
Attendance	2489		2329
Hours	125		125
Storytime	15		5
Ill Requests	57		50

September is a welcome bit of relief from the busy summer months. Children going back to school and getting settled usually means less time for leisure reading as a comparison of all juvenile items checked out in August 500, against those checked out in September 318, show.

September is also Library Card Sign-up Month and I ran a special incentive program using some information from the American Library Assoc. I made business-sized card to hand out to all the elementary and middle school children. On one side it looked like this,

an on the other side it said that anyone signing up for a library card in September would be entered in a drawing for ten dollars. I also left some of these cards at the Credit Union and the grocery store. We had 27 new card applications.

On September 30^th and October 1^st I attended the Montana State Library Fall Workshop in Great Falls. I took classes in Friends Today, Strong Libraries Tomorrow, Blogs: Getting the Word out and Bringing the World In, Programming in Public Libraries, and Readers Advisory.

The Friends workshop was really interesting and gratifying. When I described my friends group and the money they’ve raised and the support they’ve provided for our mill levy campaign and building addition others taking the class were amazed! I feel very fortunate to have such a great Friends group. I have some handouts from FOLUSA and if anyone wants more info they can go to http://www.folusa.org/ .

In the class on Blogs I started a blog for the library. A blog or weblog is: A website that displays in chronological order the postings by one or more individuals and usually has links to comments on specific postings. I plan to use the library blog to list current books and activities. You can access our Blog at http://whitehalllib.blogspot.com/ and you can leave comments or ask questions if you become a member.

I have been talking with the Bozeman, Three Forks, Belgrade and White Sulpher Springs Library about becoming a “Partner Library” with them. What that would mean is that their patrons could put holds on Whitehall’s books and vise versa. The books would be sent around by courier or bus. I have a courier who would be interested in doing this at no cost but I might occasionally have to use the bus and that would cost around five dollar a crate. At this time I’m not sure if I would have to change circulation rules. Last spring Sarah McHugh talked to Cyd, Nathel and myself about what we would have to do to become a partner library and one of the things was to change the circ rules so there would only be two checkout times, 28 days and 10 days. We currently have three, 28 days, 14 days and 7 days. I would like the Board and librarians to discuss this potential. This would greatly expand the resources available to our patrons.

"One Heck of a Library!"

The Whitehall Community Library, "One heckof a library."
You can access our catalog through the Montana Library Network. Make sure you choose Jefferson County Library System.