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Friday, January 30, 2015
North Berkeley Library
NORTH BERKELEY LIBRARY
Preschool Story Time and Craft Thursdays @ 10am February 5, 12, 19 & 26
Home School Connection: (sign-up required)
• Spanish Classes @ 10am on February 6, 13, 18 & 25
· Signing: Part 2 Class February 26 @ 1pm
Tuesday Nights @ the Library, 6pm:
February 3 - Lego free-play
February 10 - Madly Madagascar
movie and craft night
February 17 - Friends of NBL
February 24 - Family Lego Club
Book Discussions
Spring Mills Readers | Wednesday, February 25 @ 1pm
Group to discuss Granny D by Doris Haddock.
#Read | February 17 @ 6pm
Middle schoolers will discuss The Case of the Bizarre Bouquets by Nancy Springer.
AARP Tax Aide will be offered from February 4 - April 9 by appointment only.
Please call 304-274-3443 to schedule an appointment.
Please call 304-274-3443 to schedule an appointment.
Musselman-South Berkeley Community Library
MUSSELMAN-SOUTH BERKELEY COMMUNITY LIBRARY
STORY TIMES | Every Wednesday and Thursday @ 10:30am & the 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month @ 10:30am:
Feb 4, 5, 11, 12, 14, 18, 19, 21, 25, & 28
Feb 11 & 12 Second week special! Bring a friend or loved one with you!
Feb 14 Valentine's Day story time!
Feb 21 Tooth Fairy story time!
BOOK GROUPS
Chapter Book Chatter: Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko, Feb 12 @ 4pm
Candle Light Romance Book Group: Fast Track by Julie Garwood, Feb 8 @ 4pm
Applesauce Book Discussion Group: Black Ice by Anne Stewart, Feb 10 @ 10:30am
Copies of the book are available at the library’s circulation desk.
BLIND DATE WITH A BOOK |
Our popular literary dating service returns! Fill out a dating profile any time from February 1-10.
We'll use your answers to match you with a surprise book, which will be available for pickup from February 14-21.
Hedgesville Public Library
Hedgesville Public LibrarY
Feb 2 Dragon Ball Z Raging Blast 2 on PS3 Feb 9 Madden NFL 15 on Xbox One
LEGO NIGHT | Monday, Feb 23 @ 5pm
MOVIE NIGHTS | Thursdays @ 5pm
Feb 5 Dracula Untold
Feb 12 Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Feb 19 The Theory of Everything
Feb 26 Big Hero 6
Feb 5 Dracula Untold
Feb 12 Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Feb 19 The Theory of Everything
Feb 26 Big Hero 6
E-readers and electronic resources
START THE NEW YEAR FRESH!
Instructions on different topics related to e-readers and electronic resources are going to be offered periodically at all of the Berkeley County Library Branches.
Please watch for announcements for information about these additional classes.
Computer classes
The Martinsburg Public Library will continue to offer free computer courses for 2015. Some of the topics covered include: basic computer skills, using email and the internet, and Microsoft Office applications.
Classes this month will be held on Tuesday, February 24 from 6-9pm &
Saturday, February 28 from 9am-Noon.
Please contact the reference desk at 304-267-8933 to register.
*Please note that the computer lab closes when there are classes in session.*
Food for Fines and Chinese New Year
Celebrate Chinese New Year!
One way that Chinese New Year is celebrated is by cleaning house. Do you have overdue books and DVDs? This is your chance to start the new year off right! All Berkeley County Public Libraries will accept overdue DVDs and Video Games with NO FINES from Thursday, February 19th to Saturday, February 28th! Just bring in a can of food with the overdue item and your fine will disappear!
(Cans will be donated to local food banks)
(Cans will be donated to local food banks)
Director's chair February 2015
From the Director’s Chair
with Pam Coyle...
Although T. S. Eliot called April the cruelest month, February is possibly the dreariest. Usually cold, with little to do and less ambition to do it, you can become depressed if you have SAD (seasonal affective disorder) or don’t have a sweetie for Valentine’s Day, in financial trouble because you overspent on the holidays or owe the IRS, and disappointed if you have abandoned all but the easiest of your January resolutions.
with Pam Coyle...
Although T. S. Eliot called April the cruelest month, February is possibly the dreariest. Usually cold, with little to do and less ambition to do it, you can become depressed if you have SAD (seasonal affective disorder) or don’t have a sweetie for Valentine’s Day, in financial trouble because you overspent on the holidays or owe the IRS, and disappointed if you have abandoned all but the easiest of your January resolutions.
Tell me something I don’t know, you say?
February is also Library Lover’s Month—a reason for rejoicing in my opinion. Find a way to convey your love of libraries to your legislators and other elected officials. Most people know that this month is Black History Month as well—come in to view the display done by our own Tamesa Hampton. This display and accompanying bibliography illustrate this year’s Summer Reading Program themes of Every Hero has a Story and Escape the Ordinary. Read about people who exemplify these qualities.
Other less known celebrations are associated with February. From National Blah Buster Month to Return Carts to the Supermarket Month to International Twit Award Month, February offers unique opportunities to put fun in your life.
On February 16th, do a grouch a favor, it is the one day of the year designated for this purpose; you can have a tooth ache on February 9th; on February 28th, you can observe Public Sleeping Day—just don’t wake up your boss with snoring or do it in the library.
The library can help you find this entire trivia and more to amuse yourself and your family on cold days and nights when you don’t want to move from your warm and cozy homes. You may want to put this trivia to good use by forming a “Brain Game” team and joining other teams to support Literacy efforts in the Eastern Panhandle in April. For more information call the Literacy office at 304-264-0298.
Although the library is a source of serious information from tax assistance [See article in this newsletter] to how to fix broken pipes, it is also a place where you can lose yourself in other worlds with science fiction and fantasy books, travel to other countries without leaving home, and enjoy the humor and foibles of other people through fact and fiction.
Yes, February can be a dreary gray month but it also can be the month you take time to explore different worlds, different times and different people either by coming to the library or searching our reference section of databases on our homepage.
-Pam Coyle, MBCPL Director
Closings in February
All Berkeley County Libraries will be closed from 9 am to 1 pm on February 27th for a staff training.
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