Friday, March 23, 2007
Baby goats @ the library
Today we had some special guests at storytime. Two week old baby goats came to visit! They were so darn cute! Here's a little Youtube video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGPGknpq3e0
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Last day of Sirsi SuperConference
What a time I've had! Excellent food, interesting people from all over the US, Canada and other countries and really comfy beds. Oh, and interesting conference sessions. What more could a person want?
I've learned some interesting stuff about sharing library resources and getting them into the patrons hands. I heard about one library who partners with Netflix to get videos to their library patrons. Isn't that cool? So many new ways to serve the public and so little time to implement them. I intend to start a Whitehall Wicki soon and to have podcast available with Whitehall related stories.
I've learned some interesting stuff about sharing library resources and getting them into the patrons hands. I heard about one library who partners with Netflix to get videos to their library patrons. Isn't that cool? So many new ways to serve the public and so little time to implement them. I intend to start a Whitehall Wicki soon and to have podcast available with Whitehall related stories.
Monday, February 19, 2007
Colorado Springs
I'm in Colorado Springs, CO attending the Sirsi SuperConference for users of the lSirsi ibrary circulation product. We are staying in the most excellent Broadmoor Hotel and Convention Center one of the most luxorious places I've ever stayed in. I keep exclaiming over everything. Robes in the rooms! Bath scales! Real cups and glasses! Outdoor fire pits! Art everywhere! Of course, things are on the pricey side but I tell ya, a person could get used to this. Well, gotta go attend a class. More later.
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Long time no see
A bad, bad blogger that's what I am. So much work, so little time. So, where to start? I guess there's no point in talking about events that have come and gone so here's some upcoming events.
Our book club, Whitehall Reads, will be meeting to discuss Mary MacLane's book "The Story of Mary MacLane" February 22nd, 6:30 at the library. "The Story of Mary MacLane" was 20 year old Mary's diary and after its publication she became known as "The Wild Woman of Butte!" The diary revealed her innermost thoughts about her sexuality and how much she hated Butte, things one just didn't talk about in those days. The books sold 80,000 copies in the first month, something quite unheard of in 1902. Here's a link to a Wikipedia entry about her and a review of the book at the Montana Historical Society.
On March 17th, St. Patrick's Day at 2:00, we will be having Molly Kruckenberg with the Montana Historical Society present "A Taste of Montana: A history of cookbooks and cooking in Montana." "The history of food and cooking in Montana is as old and varied as the human occupation of the state, and cookbooks provide a window into this transient artform. Weaving together changes in food preparation and technology with the correlating changes in cookbooks, this program shows how cookbooks can be used to explore social and cultural changes in our history. Using illustrations from historic cookbooks, A Taste of Montana provides a delicious way to rediscover the past." Irish soda bread and tea will be served.
Pre-school storytime
Fridays at 10:30
Feb. 16th Chinese New Year
Feb. 23rd Fairy Tale Day
March 2nd Dr. Seuss Birthday
March 9th Bang-clang Day
March 16th St. Patrick's Day
March 23 Springtime
March 30th Crayola Day
Our book club, Whitehall Reads, will be meeting to discuss Mary MacLane's book "The Story of Mary MacLane" February 22nd, 6:30 at the library. "The Story of Mary MacLane" was 20 year old Mary's diary and after its publication she became known as "The Wild Woman of Butte!" The diary revealed her innermost thoughts about her sexuality and how much she hated Butte, things one just didn't talk about in those days. The books sold 80,000 copies in the first month, something quite unheard of in 1902. Here's a link to a Wikipedia entry about her and a review of the book at the Montana Historical Society.
On March 17th, St. Patrick's Day at 2:00, we will be having Molly Kruckenberg with the Montana Historical Society present "A Taste of Montana: A history of cookbooks and cooking in Montana." "The history of food and cooking in Montana is as old and varied as the human occupation of the state, and cookbooks provide a window into this transient artform. Weaving together changes in food preparation and technology with the correlating changes in cookbooks, this program shows how cookbooks can be used to explore social and cultural changes in our history. Using illustrations from historic cookbooks, A Taste of Montana provides a delicious way to rediscover the past." Irish soda bread and tea will be served.
Pre-school storytime
Fridays at 10:30
Feb. 16th Chinese New Year
Feb. 23rd Fairy Tale Day
March 2nd Dr. Seuss Birthday
March 9th Bang-clang Day
March 16th St. Patrick's Day
March 23 Springtime
March 30th Crayola Day
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
We've got more pages than, well, a library!
At the Montana State Library Fall Workshop this last week in Lewiston I took a class in creating a Protopage and Google Page Creator. The Protopage I created for the Whitehall Library is here.
If you'd like to read about Protopages click here. The one I made for the libary will be on all the library computers as a home page and will have all sorts of useful links and info.
Our Google Page Creator is going to be used more like a traditional web page and to see it in all it's glory go thisaway. So between this blog, our Protopage and the Google Page you have absolutely no excuse for not knowing every single thing there is to know about the Whitehall Library.
The drive to Lewiston was really beautiful and I took a few pictures along the way.
Mountains on the way to Lewiston Windfarm at Judith Gap
Man, they are so magnificant! In the web page class
If you'd like to read about Protopages click here. The one I made for the libary will be on all the library computers as a home page and will have all sorts of useful links and info.
Our Google Page Creator is going to be used more like a traditional web page and to see it in all it's glory go thisaway. So between this blog, our Protopage and the Google Page you have absolutely no excuse for not knowing every single thing there is to know about the Whitehall Library.
The drive to Lewiston was really beautiful and I took a few pictures along the way.
Mountains on the way to Lewiston Windfarm at Judith Gap
Man, they are so magnificant! In the web page class
Whitehall Reads!
Whitehall Reads is a book discussion group that meets the fourth Thursday of the month at 6:00 p.m. at the Whitehall Community Library. October 26th we will be discussing "Buster's Midnight Cafe" by Sandra Dallas. Books may be picked up at the library, limited quantities available. For more information call 287-3763.
A wise and sassy narrator, marvelous characters, and a plot that blends Hollywood scandal, lifelong friendship, mystery and romance—these are the specialties served up in Sandra Dallas’s offbeat, inspired debut novel.
Effa Commander is no spring chicken, but her spirit shines and her smart mouth still puts fools to shame. The fool in question is a gossip hound writing a scurrilous account of her beloved friends who, though departed, remain the most celebrated citizens of Butte, Montana: the great Hollywood legend Marion Street (nee May Anna Kovacks) and Buster Midnight, the boxing champion whose love for Marion led to the notorious “Tinseltown Crime of Passion” and the end of his career.
Prodded by her bosom buddy, Whippy Bird, Effa Commander takes pen in hand to set the record straight and tell what really happened on that violent night. But to do that, Effa Commander must recount the story of all their lives: hers and Whippy Bird’s and May Anna’s, and Buster and Toney McNight’s and Pink Varscoe’s. Childhood friends, they all became wives and husbands—with the exception of May Anna, of course. She went to work in Venus Alley, hitched herself to a big-time director just passing through on his way to Hollywood, and the rest is history.
Narrated by the irrepressible Effa Commander, this wry and loving chronicle of more than fifty years of friendship carries some universal, homespun truths about what’s really important in life.
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Effa Commander is no spring chicken, but her spirit shines and her smart mouth still puts fools to shame. The fool in question is a gossip hound writing a scurrilous account of her beloved friends who, though departed, remain the most celebrated citizens of Butte, Montana: the great Hollywood legend Marion Street (nee May Anna Kovacks) and Buster Midnight, the boxing champion whose love for Marion led to the notorious “Tinseltown Crime of Passion” and the end of his career.
Prodded by her bosom buddy, Whippy Bird, Effa Commander takes pen in hand to set the record straight and tell what really happened on that violent night. But to do that, Effa Commander must recount the story of all their lives: hers and Whippy Bird’s and May Anna’s, and Buster and Toney McNight’s and Pink Varscoe’s. Childhood friends, they all became wives and husbands—with the exception of May Anna, of course. She went to work in Venus Alley, hitched herself to a big-time director just passing through on his way to Hollywood, and the rest is history.
Narrated by the irrepressible Effa Commander, this wry and loving chronicle of more than fifty years of friendship carries some universal, homespun truths about what’s really important in life.
Thursday, June 01, 2006
New books that will knock your socks off!
New Fiction @ the Whitehall Community LIbrary
In plain sight by C. J. Box
Edge of battle by Dale Brown
The hard way by Lee Child
The cold moon by Jeffery Deaver
The whistling season by Ivan Doig
Killer Dreams by Iris Johansen
The husband by Dean Koontz
On, off by Colleen McCullough
Telegraph days by Larry Mcurtry
School's out by James Patterson
The book of the dead Douglas Preston
Ghost force by Patrick Robinson
Dead watch by John Sandford
New videos
Brokeback mountain
Capote
Grizzly man
March of the Penguins
Memoirs of a geisha
Scooby-Doo2
Transamerica
Walk the line
In plain sight by C. J. Box
Edge of battle by Dale Brown
The hard way by Lee Child
The cold moon by Jeffery Deaver
The whistling season by Ivan Doig
Killer Dreams by Iris Johansen
The husband by Dean Koontz
On, off by Colleen McCullough
Telegraph days by Larry Mcurtry
School's out by James Patterson
The book of the dead Douglas Preston
Ghost force by Patrick Robinson
Dead watch by John Sandford
New videos
Brokeback mountain
Capote
Grizzly man
March of the Penguins
Memoirs of a geisha
Scooby-Doo2
Transamerica
Walk the line
Thursday, April 20, 2006
April new books.
Listed below are just a few of new titles we have at the Whitehall Community Library. For a complete list of our new titles visit the Montana Shared Catalog and then choose Jefferson County Library-Whitehall.
Bleeding Hearts by Susan Wittig Albert.
In Albert's engrossing 15th mystery to star China Bayles, herbalist, erstwhile lawyer and occasional gumshoe (after 2005's Dead Man's Bones), everyone in China's charming hometown of Pecan Springs, Tex., is stunned when the high school football coach, Tim Duffy, is murdered.
Circle of Quilters : an Elm Creek Quilts Novel by Jennifer Chiaverini.
Elm Creek Quilt Camp is firmly at the center of her latest novel in the series, though Chiaverini broadens the geography and characters. An ad for an instructor at the camp attracts candidates from near and far, all offering a look at different perspectives on what quilting means in their lives.
Statute of Limitations by Steven Havill.
Things go from bad to worse in Posadas, N.Mex., at the start of Havill's appealing fourth Posadas County mystery (after 2004's Convenient Disposal). First, Chief of Police Eduardo Martinez suffers a heart attack while confronting car thieves on Christmas eve; Sheriff Robert Torrez has a pulmonary embolism Christmas morning; a deputy's fiancée is murdered that afternoon; and former sheriff Bill Gastner is brutally attacked that night. It's enough for under-sheriff Estelle Reyes-Guzman to keep up with the medical reports, never mind track down the perps.
Gone by Jonathan Kellerman.
It's a story tailor-made for the nightly news: Dylan Meserve and Michaela Brand, young lovers and fellow acting students, vanish on the way home from a rehearsal. Three days later, the two of them are found in the remote mountains of Malibu - battered and terrified after a harrowing ordeal at the hands of a sadistic abductor.
Sweet Revenge by Fern Michaels.
Isabelle Flanders had everything--her own architectural firm, her fianc Bobby, a life she deserved--until Rosemary Hershey came and stole it all. Took her reputation, her clients, her man, and even framed her for drunk driving--killing three innocent people in the process. The loyal Sisterhood agrees: Rosemary has to be punished, along with the conniving Bobby.
Cage of Stars by Jacquelyn Mitchard.
The author of "The Deep End of the Ocean" delivers a compelling, emotionally charged tale of tragedy, revenge, and redemption, set in a close-knit Mormon community, whose peace is shattered by two brutal murders.
Bleeding Hearts by Susan Wittig Albert.In Albert's engrossing 15th mystery to star China Bayles, herbalist, erstwhile lawyer and occasional gumshoe (after 2005's Dead Man's Bones), everyone in China's charming hometown of Pecan Springs, Tex., is stunned when the high school football coach, Tim Duffy, is murdered.
Circle of Quilters : an Elm Creek Quilts Novel by Jennifer Chiaverini.Elm Creek Quilt Camp is firmly at the center of her latest novel in the series, though Chiaverini broadens the geography and characters. An ad for an instructor at the camp attracts candidates from near and far, all offering a look at different perspectives on what quilting means in their lives.
Statute of Limitations by Steven Havill.Things go from bad to worse in Posadas, N.Mex., at the start of Havill's appealing fourth Posadas County mystery (after 2004's Convenient Disposal). First, Chief of Police Eduardo Martinez suffers a heart attack while confronting car thieves on Christmas eve; Sheriff Robert Torrez has a pulmonary embolism Christmas morning; a deputy's fiancée is murdered that afternoon; and former sheriff Bill Gastner is brutally attacked that night. It's enough for under-sheriff Estelle Reyes-Guzman to keep up with the medical reports, never mind track down the perps.
Gone by Jonathan Kellerman.It's a story tailor-made for the nightly news: Dylan Meserve and Michaela Brand, young lovers and fellow acting students, vanish on the way home from a rehearsal. Three days later, the two of them are found in the remote mountains of Malibu - battered and terrified after a harrowing ordeal at the hands of a sadistic abductor.
Sweet Revenge by Fern Michaels.Isabelle Flanders had everything--her own architectural firm, her fianc Bobby, a life she deserved--until Rosemary Hershey came and stole it all. Took her reputation, her clients, her man, and even framed her for drunk driving--killing three innocent people in the process. The loyal Sisterhood agrees: Rosemary has to be punished, along with the conniving Bobby.
Cage of Stars by Jacquelyn Mitchard.The author of "The Deep End of the Ocean" delivers a compelling, emotionally charged tale of tragedy, revenge, and redemption, set in a close-knit Mormon community, whose peace is shattered by two brutal murders.
Tuesday, January 17, 2006
January new books
I am just so sure that one of your New Year's resolutions is to read more! Right? Here is a few of the new books we have at the Whitehall Community Library.
Fiction
Roaring thunder by Walter Boyne
Larry Bond's first team by Larry Bond
Just rewards by Barbara Taylor Bradford
The cat who dropped a bombshell by Lilian Jackson Braun
The protege by Stephen Frey
The life all around me by Kaye Gibbons
The constant princess by Philippa Gregory
The hostage by W.E.B Griffin
Turning angel by Greg Iles
On the run by Iris Johansen
Changelings by Anne McCaffrey
Blindfold games by Dana Stabenow
Non-fiction
She got up off the couch and other heroic acts from Mooreland, Indiana by Haven Kimmel
Eating, drinking, overthinking by Susan Nolen-Hoeksema
The see the full list of new books in the Jefferson County Library System go to http://montanalibraries.org/ , choose Montana Shared Catalog and then Jefferson County.
Would you like to read some book reviews? Check out the New York Times Review of Books . You might have to register to gain access but there is no charge. There is an interesting article there about the memoir James Frey wrote called "A million little pieces". Apparently Mr. Frey made up things about his past to make his book more interesting. Just how important is the truth in a memoir? The Whitehall Library has a copy of this book so maybe you should read it and make up your own mind on the importance of truth.
If you are looking for a way out of the hole your life has become you might want to read Haven Kimmel's new memoir, "She got up off the couch : and other heroic acts from Mooreland, Indiana". Haven introduced us to her life in "A girl named Zippy", which I just read and enjoyed very much. It's not your usual tale of dysfunction and despair, rather dysfunction and a verve for living.
Fiction
Roaring thunder by Walter Boyne
Larry Bond's first team by Larry Bond
Just rewards by Barbara Taylor Bradford
The cat who dropped a bombshell by Lilian Jackson Braun
The protege by Stephen Frey
The life all around me by Kaye Gibbons
The constant princess by Philippa Gregory
The hostage by W.E.B Griffin
Turning angel by Greg Iles
On the run by Iris Johansen
Changelings by Anne McCaffrey
Blindfold games by Dana Stabenow
Non-fiction
She got up off the couch and other heroic acts from Mooreland, Indiana by Haven Kimmel
Eating, drinking, overthinking by Susan Nolen-Hoeksema
The see the full list of new books in the Jefferson County Library System go to http://montanalibraries.org/ , choose Montana Shared Catalog and then Jefferson County.
Would you like to read some book reviews? Check out the New York Times Review of Books . You might have to register to gain access but there is no charge. There is an interesting article there about the memoir James Frey wrote called "A million little pieces". Apparently Mr. Frey made up things about his past to make his book more interesting. Just how important is the truth in a memoir? The Whitehall Library has a copy of this book so maybe you should read it and make up your own mind on the importance of truth.
If you are looking for a way out of the hole your life has become you might want to read Haven Kimmel's new memoir, "She got up off the couch : and other heroic acts from Mooreland, Indiana". Haven introduced us to her life in "A girl named Zippy", which I just read and enjoyed very much. It's not your usual tale of dysfunction and despair, rather dysfunction and a verve for living.
Thursday, December 08, 2005
Tuesday, November 22, 2005
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.
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.
Sunday, November 20, 2005
Gobblegobblegobble!
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.)
Tuesday, November 01, 2005
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
New Fiction
The aluminum Christmas tree by Thomas DavisSoldier 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 BenjaminMarley 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
Sunday, October 23, 2005
Danger Will Robinson! Don't Read These Books
- Scary Stories (Series) by Alvin Schwartz
- Daddy’s Roommate by Michael Willhoite
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
- The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
- Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
- Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling
- Forever by Judy Blume
- Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
- Alice (Series) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
- Heather Has Two Mommies by Leslea Newman
- My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
- The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
- The Giver by Lois Lowry
- It’s Perfectly Normal by Robie Harris
- Goosebumps (Series) by R.L. Stine
- A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck
- The Color Purple by Alice Walker
- Sex by Madonna
- Earth’s Children (Series) by Jean M. Auel
- The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
- A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
- Go Ask Alice by Anonymous
- Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers
- In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak
- The Stupids (Series) by Harry Allard
- The Witches by Roald Dahl
- The New Joy of Gay Sex by Charles Silverstein
- Anastasia Krupnik (Series) by Lois Lowry
- The Goats by Brock Cole
- Kaffir Boy by Mark Mathabane
- Blubber by Judy Blume
- Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan
- Halloween ABC by Eve Merriam
- We All Fall Down by Robert Cormier
- Final Exit by Derek Humphry
- The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
- Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
- The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
- What’s Happening to my Body? Book for Girls: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents & Daughters by Lynda Madaras
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
- Beloved by Toni Morrison
- The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
- The Pigman by Paul Zindel
- Bumps in the Night by Harry Allard
- Deenie by Judy Blume
- Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
- Annie on my Mind by Nancy Garden
- The Boy Who Lost His Face by Louis Sachar
- Cross Your Fingers, Spit in Your Hat by Alvin Schwartz
- A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
- Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
- Sleeping Beauty Trilogy by A.N. Roquelaure (Anne Rice)
- Asking About Sex and Growing Up by Joanna Cole
- Cujo by Stephen King
- James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
- The Anarchist Cookbook by William Powell
- Boys and Sex by Wardell Pomeroy
- Ordinary People by Judith Guest
- American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
- What’s Happening to my Body? Book for Boys: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents & Sons by Lynda Madaras
- Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
- Crazy Lady by Jane Conly
- Athletic Shorts by Chris Crutcher
- Fade by Robert Cormier
- Guess What? by Mem Fox
- The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende
- The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline Cooney
- Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
- Lord of the Flies by William Golding
- Native Son by Richard Wright
- Women on Top: How Real Life Has Changed Women’s Fantasies by Nancy Friday
- Curses, Hexes and Spells by Daniel Cohen
- Jack by A.M. Homes
- Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo A. Anaya
- Where Did I Come From? by Peter Mayle
- Carrie by Stephen King
- Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume
- On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer
- Arizona Kid by Ron Koertge
- Family Secrets by Norma Klein
- Mommy Laid An Egg by Babette Cole
- The Dead Zone by Stephen King
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
- Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
- Always Running by Luis Rodriguez
- Private Parts by Howard Stern
- Where’s Waldo? by Martin Hanford
- Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene
- Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman
- Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
- Running Loose by Chris Crutcher
- Sex Education by Jenny Davis
- The Drowning of Stephen Jones by Bette Greene
- Girls and Sex by Wardell Pomeroy
- How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell
- View from the Cherry Tree by Willo Davis Roberts
- The Headless Cupid by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
- The Terrorist by Caroline Cooney
- Jump Ship to Freedom by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
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.
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
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
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
Monday, October 17, 2005
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.
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.
Friday, October 14, 2005
Jefferson County Library Board meeting
October 14, 2005The 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 30th and October 1st 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.
Saturday, October 01, 2005
"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.
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