Lots happening in March

It has been a hectic and busy month of February here at the library, and we continue to dig out from the winter weather that we've been handed this year! We are all hoping for warmer weather soon, and in March, we have a wide variety of programs to pique your interest, and hope you'll join us for them. In the coming days, we'll advertise different programs and fill you in on our full schedule.

Homemade Valentines!

Are you in need of a fun way to commemorate Valentine's Day this year? The library is pleased to provide a table and supplies in the children's area for you to create your own personalized Valentine greetings for those you want to share with. In addition, a box is provided on the table for you to drop generically made greetings that will be delivered both to residents at Conestoga View and Millagro House here in Lancaster.

This unique opportunity gives you the chance to help yourself as well as other individuals in the area.

Rowling Heartbroken?

Why is J.K. Rowling feeling heartbroken? She confesses in her newest diary entry on her site at www.jkrowling.com

More Cool Teen Stuff

Our Teen Center, "The Hub," continues to be a hub of activity since it opened a while back. More new artwork and other goodies are on display throughout the teen area! Come in and check it out, all on the 2nd floor of the library!

Lapsit Storytimes Coming!

Coming this spring, the library will be offering "Baby Lap Sit" storytimes, geared for the very young. As we're planning this exciting new addition to our roster of services, geared for our youngest users to get their first experiences at the library, we have one key question that we're wondering about. If your family would be interested in programs like this, what time of day is most likeable for you? Morning, afternoon, or evening? Respond now and let us know!

The Big Breaking News...

....that many have waited years for is now here!

The Harry Potter saga will conclude with the release of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows" on July 21, 2007!

Remembering an Author

Last night, Sidney Sheldon, an adult fiction author who was also famous for his work in creating "I Dream of Jeannie" on television has died. He was 89. Yahoo has the information on his obituary.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/obit_sheldon

2007 Book Awards

Way back at the beginning of this blog, in one of our very first posts, we shared the Caldecott and Newbery winners for 2006. The American Library Association has made it's choices for 2007, and has announced them! Follow this link for all the details!

http://www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=News&template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=146679

New Web Page

The Youth Services Department is proud to unveil our new web page

Our new site includes lots of program details, information about our staff, and links to downloadable recommended reading lists. You can also find out where we need volunteers and how you can help! We welcome any suggestions for further improvements to the new site!

Snow Day is Coming!

No, we're not talking about a weather forecast that changed drastically. It still looks to be a rainy weekend in the Lancaster, PA area, but there will be a little bit of snow at the library on Monday, when we celebrate the fact that many children are off from school because of the Martin Luther King holiday by opening our doors to a special day of programming, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., including movies, board games, activities, and even a virtual snow ball fight. No registration is needed for this program, so we invite you to visit us on Monday.

Teen Center: In Use

These teens hang out after school one day in their new corner of the library:


The coolest thing is that small changes continue to happen on a regular basis as we keep working to improve the teen center! Check back to the blog for the newest pictures as furniture and some other goodies arrive in the months ahead.

Tomorrow, we'll share pictures from another big library event in December!

Teen Center: After

Here are a couple of small snapshots from the space after the renovations were done!

Teen Center: During...

During renovations, staff proved that librarians can handle hammering, as we put shelves together!

Teen Center: Before...

Here are a couple of photos of our new teen space before our mini-renovations! The after photos are coming next!

Storytime tomorrow!

Our preschool storytimes continue tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. To pre-register, please give us a call at 239-2124.

See you in 2007!

As of 5:00 p.m. today, Friday, the Library is CLOSED for the holiday weekend. Regular hours will resume on Tuesday, January 2nd at 9:00 a.m. From all of us at the library, have a safe and happy New Year's celebration, and we look forward to having you visit us throughout 2007!

One more piece of Harry News before the New Year

As we head toward 2007, we may be seeing more snippets of interesting news related to J.K. Rowling's final "Harry Potter" book as she nears it's completion and it's publication. An article was posted yesterday talking about how the British postal service, The Royal Mail, has already begun putting in place plans for properly distributing the book once a publication date is released, to be sure that everyone gets the book as promptly and quickly as possible.

Even though there is no date for the book's release, it remains at the top of Amazon.com's pre-order list. Have you reserved a copy yet?

Future Marathon Themes...

Based on the response so far, we think that the Movie Marathon has been a successful concept, and we're thinking ahead to the possibility of doing it again in the future. If you have suggested themes for us to build movies around, please let us know!

Final Movie Marathon Rundown

We thank you for your attendance so far this week at our movie marathons, and we invite you to close out the week with our "Snow" theme tomorrow, at the following times:

9:30 a.m.-- Cool Runnings

11:15 a.m.-- Snow Dogs

1:00 p.m.-- Ice Princess

2:45 p.m.-- Snow Day

Wednesday's Movie Rundown

We hope that you're joining us during the course of today for our Christmas movies. Tomorrow, Wednesday, is Disney day with the following films being shown:

9:00 a.m.- Cinderella

10:20 a.m.-- The Little Mermaid

11:50 a.m.-- Beauty and the Beast

1:20 p.m.-- Aladdin

3:00 p.m.-- Emperor's New Groove