Tuesday, September 23, 2008

HOW THE LIBRARY SPENT YOUR MONEY

Wonder what your donations and the towns support has accomplished this last physical year from July 1st 2007 to June 30 2008?
The library had:
6,205 children visited the library.
3,634 adults visited the library.
The library checked out:
12,191 books.
1,082 Audio/CDs.
763 Videos.
We had 3,940 people used the internet and 4,231 used computers.
782 children attended Story Hour.
996 children entered our reading programs.Librarians answered 4,582 questions

Friday, September 19, 2008

SUMMER READING PROGRAM

Library /Literacy
We would like to thank Sarah Rigby for the great work she does with our summer reading program. Listed below are the stats for 2007 and 2008. Children do so much better in school if they read during the summer. Thanks to all who helped with this project.
2007 –– 91 Children signed up, 38 completed
2008 –– 104 Children signed up, 81 completed
2007 –– Opening party had 88 kids and 28 Adults
2008 –– Opening party had 94 kids and 20 Adults
2007 –– Closing party had 29 kids and 9 Adults
2008 –– Closing party had 70 kids and 15 Adults
2007 –– 12 Teens participated with around 50 or 60 slips
2008 –– 12 Teens participated with 83 slips turned in
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Saturday, September 13, 2008

COUNTY WIDE LIBRARY SYSTEM

County wide library system.
We have the opportunity to participate in a county wide library system. I urge you to let our town board know what a great thing this would be for our children and patrons. Image being able to go into any library in the county and choosing any book, audio, or DVD’s, or ordering the item online at home or from the Newton Library . Within 2 days the item would be delivered to the Newton Library for you to pick up.
Just think what a resource this is for our school children. Because we have a library to contribute to the county system our taxes will not increase like the county ‘s does. The county would go after grants for us, do the cataloguing, write the many state reports that take up so much time; Golly the librarian would have the opportunity to be a librarian. This opportunity is not likely to happen again in the foreseeable future.
Money that is donated by people in the community, the resources that are bought with this money will stay in our library.

Thursday, September 11, 2008

NEW AT THE LIBRARY OR AT HOME

The State Library is providing a new resource called OverDrive that is free for everyone to use. The link for this is on the state library's website . Overdrive provides downloadable audiobooks, ebooks, and videos that can be checked out for up to two weeks, three for ebooks. The audiobooks can be played on your computer or on a number of MP3 players, some can even be burned to CD's. There are new releases, children's, mystery, romance, and nonfiction to name a few that are available, the state tried to purchase a diverse collection. Call or stop by the library for more information and to get your log in information. The state is still providing NetLibrary for audiobooks and ebooks. The link for both is on http://pioneer.utah.gov/
IF YOU NEED HELP COME TO THE LIBRARY.