February 27, 2008 Citizen News Library column

 

Helpful Patrons of All Sizes

   Throughout the course of the day, the library has many visitors of all ages and sizes.  While perusing the shelves looking for reading and/or viewing materials, items are taken off the shelves.  Some patrons feel they have to put the items back on the shelves.  Although that is very considerate and a wonderful gesture, sometimes patrons don’t know or remember the exact place on the shelf where the item belongs and it winds up placed in another location.  Parents often tell their children to put a book back on the shelf.  We realize parents are trying to teach their children to put items back on the shelves, in this case, it is more than okay not to do so.

    Please, no matter what floor you are browsing, do us a favor and do not put the books or videos back yourself.  We have staff that is paid to do that job and they have been trained to put the items back in their proper locations.  There is nothing worse than trying to help a patron find an item that the computer says is on the shelf and then it is not there due to having been misplaced.  We have found DVD’s behind books or books all the way across the room from where they should be just because someone thought they should put something away.  In some cases, some people just really don’t care.  So, thanks but no thanks when it comes to being “helpful.”  Please bring the items up to the circulation desks and let our staff take care of placing the materials back to where they belong.  However, what parents and children can “absolutely, without a doubt do” while playing in the Children’s Library, is please pick up the toys before you leave.  Cleaning up after playing is a wonderful trait to teach the children!

Cell Phone Use

   Please remember to turn off your cell phones while in the library.  Although our library may not always be quiet, other patrons don’t need or want to listen to the various and sundry details of your life.

Friends of the Library Book Sale and Teen Bake Sale

    Beginning  March 5th and running through to the 26th, the Friends of the Library will be accepting donations of books for their upcoming book sale to be held on Saturday, March 29, Sunday, March 30, and Monday, March 31.  Please drop off books during library hours only.  Items damaged due to having been left outside the library may be out of your house, but no longer worth anything for sale purposes here. Volunteers are always needed to help sort items in preparation for the sale.  If you don’t have anything to donate or time to spare, then monetary donations would be greatly appreciated!  The Teen Council will be hosting a fundraising bake sale on Saturday, March 29.  While shopping for books, stop by their table and buy a goodie to eat for the weekend.  All proceeds go to help fund the Teen Summer Reading Auction.

Upcoming February Programs for Adults

   Wednesday, February 27, Energy Matters, 6:30-7:15 pm.  Learn how our lifestyles and habits affect energy bills.  A representative from CL&P will discuss how to save on heating, lighting and appliance bills.  Each participant will receive a compact fluorescent bulb.

Upcoming February Programs for Children

   Drop-In Storytimes, Thursdays, 10:30-11:15 am.  Stories, music and movement for all ages with Ms. JoAnn.

   Weds., Feb. 27, Chess Instruction, 6:30-7:30 pm.  Second graders and up who have basic chess skills will learn more about basic strategy.  This class will meet for six weeks, 2/27, 3/5, 3/12, 3/19, 3/26, and 4/2.

   Friday, Feb. 29, Kirsten, An American Girl, 4:15-5:15 pm.  Children in grades three to five will participate in activities related to Kirsten and sew a calico cat.

Read Across America

   New Fairfield Library will be celebrating Read Across America Day (March 3) for the entire month of March this year! From March 3rd through March 31st, we will celebrate reading with our Applebee’s Bookworm Club giveaway.  Children ages ten and under can pick up an Applebee’s Bookworm Club card at the Children’s Library, read ten books and then take it to Applebee’s for a free child’s meal. 

Crochet Clique

   The library will begin a crocheting program geared toward parent/child partners who have little or no crocheting skills.  Dee Stanziano, and her daughter, Casey, will assist participants.  Each participant must bring a crochet hook, yarn and a pattern they would like to create.  This group will meet once a month for three months, March 28, April 25, and May 16 from 6:30 to 7:30 pm.    Registration begins March 14. Call 312-5682 for more information and to register.  Children should be ages ten and up in order to participate. 

 

New Adult Books

   Carrot Cake Murder by Joanne Fluke, Skeleton Man by Jim Kelly, In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan, Someday My Prince Will Come by Jerramy Fine, Middle Place by Kelly Corrigan, Her Last Death by Susanna Sonnenberg, What Never Happens by Anne Holt, LA Outlaws by T. Jefferon Parker, Influencer by Kerry Patterson, Blue Door by David Fulmer, Stranger in Paradise by Robert Parker, First patient by Michael Palmer, Blood Ballad by Rett MacPherson, Chameleon’s Shadow by Minette Walters, Pirate’s Dilemma by Matt Mason, Anatomy of Deception by Lawrence Goldstone, Judas Horse by April Smith, Feed Muscle, Shrink Fat by Kathy Smith, Ten Years Thinner by Christine Lydon, Mermaids in the Basement by Michael Lee West, The Killing Ground by Jack Higgins, Strong At the Broken Places by Richard Cohen, Ice Trap by Kitty Sewell, Lady Killer by Lisa Scottoline, Irish Tiger by Andrew Greeley, Dakota by Martha Grimes, 7th Heaven by James Patterson, The Shooters by W.E.B. Griffin, Free Lunch by David Kay Johnston, Flat Belly Diet by Liz Vaccariello

New Adult DVDS

  Assassination of Jessie James by the Coward Robert Ford, Across the Universe, Jane Austen Book Club, Northanger Abbey, Mr. Woodcock, We Own the Night, 2 Days in Paris, Blind Dating, Great World of Sound, Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams, Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Gone Baby Gone, Feast of Love, Becoming Jane