The North Plains Library is offering a series of free monthly computer classes for beginners, as well as intermediate and advanced computer users. Upcoming topics for the first quarter of 2009 are:
January 12, 10am – Introduction to Computers, Part 2
January 12, 7pm – Introduction to Computers, Part 3
February 9, 7pm – How to Search and Research Anything on the Internet
March 9, 10am – Word Processing
March 9, 7pm – Word Processing (repeated)
Because most of the classes are “hands on”, class size is generally limited to 10 people, and you must sign up in advance. You can visit the library to sign up, or click here to download and print a sign up form and bring it to the library.
For more info, please contact the library at 503-647-5051.
Join us for Wednesday mornings for storytime, now starting at 10:30am. Next week features puppy books. Storytime is held in the Children’s section of the library.
The library was comfortably full on Saturday evening thanks to the efforts of the library Friends, volunteers and staff. Many people signed up to read The Shadow of the Wind and you still can too. Just pop on in to the library. Here’s a link to some photos of the event: One Book One Community Kickoff Party. Visit nplibrary.org/onebook for more details.
The NPPL and Friends of the NPPL are pleased to announce One Book One Community for the months of January and February.
The town of North Plains will be reading The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. There will be events related to the book around the town of North Plains in February. For a full list of events, pick up a flyer in the library or look at our webpage dedicated to the program: One Book One Community.
Come this Saturday to pick up your copy of the book for free!
Saturday, January 12 at 6:00 pm
Come to the library for Spanish food, drink and music. Free copies of this year’s selection, The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon will be distributed.
The NPPL is happy to announce our new online storytime program: Click-A-Story. You and your children can listen to stories and look at the accompanying pictures on our website. Here’s an example:
Come get your picture taken with Volunteer Michelle Stansell and her helper, Mr. Snowy!
During December Storytimes the kids will have a chance to make holiday cards with these Polaroid snapshots of themselves and their Storytime readers. Storytime is every Wednesday morning, from 10:15-10:45, in the Children’s section of the library.
If you’ve placed holds on books or DVDs in our library system, you know that library items travel all over the county. This is a really great thing that helps all library users get things they like. The slight problem with this is that popular items purchased by the NPPL usually fly off the shelf to other libraries right away. We’re happy to share, but want to providing a good browsing experience at the library too. If we had more space and more money for books we could get multiple copies and have one for circulating throughout the county, and one for checkout in the library.
As a compromise, we’re making new items non-holdable for its first month of circulation. They’ll be available for checkout at the NPPL circulation desk only. Look for these items on display at the front of the library and enjoy browsing!
One Book, One Community
This coming January, NPPL and Friends of the Library are putting on a “One Book, One Community” event. The program will center around the book The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz, with a kick-off party on Saturday, January 12th at the library. Activities will continue through the month of February. If you are interested in helping to plan the program or volunteer at any of the activities, please call or email Diane VanGrunsven, 503-647-5127, dvannew@comcast.net.
Storytime
Come join us every Wednesday from 10:15-10:45a.m. to hear Volunteer Michelle Stansell and her assistant, Mr. Snowy the owl puppet, read from our collection of children’s picture books. Interactive crafts and learning activities are also provided during the story readings. This month’s theme is on Halloween, looking at the holiday’s history and the adventures of popular characters like Arthur and the Berenstain Bears.
Volunteers
We are currently recruiting volunteers for our evening shifts, Tuesdays through Fridays, from 6-8p.m. If you are able to help during any of these hours, please leave a message for our Volunteer Coordinator at 503-647-5051. To all our volunteers, thank you very sincerely for all you do! You really are such a vital part of the continued development at NPPL.
