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| Welcome to the Redwood Falls Public Library Notes from RobinI love spring flowers: daffodils and hyacinths are the ultimate flower for me. They are the essence of spring.Download Audiobooks Coming Soon! Enjoy popular titles from the comfort of home. The Redwood Falls Public Library is excited to offer best selling and classic audiobooks 24/7 from the library’s website, http://plucreeklibrary.lib.overdrive.com in the near future. You can browse the collection, check out with your library card, and download to PC, Mac and many mobile devices. To get started, you will need to install OverDrive Media Console on your device. Some audio titles can also be burned to CD to listen on-the-go. Titles will automatically expire at the end of the lending period. There are no late fees! With hundreds of popular fiction and non-fiction titles to choose from, the new collection is guaranteed to have something for everyone. You can download best-selling novels, well-known classics, self-improvement guides and much more. This new service, powered by OverDrive, is free with your Plum Creek library card. Watch for the announcement of this new collection! MnLINK Gateway: http://mnlink.org The MnLINK Gateway allows you to search multiple Minnesota Libraries and subject databases with a single search. To search the MnLINK Gateway, enter your search term and you will see a list of the Minnesota academic, public, and state government libraries that own the material you are seeking. If you have a library card at a participating Minnesota library, you can request those materials online using the “Get It” button and have them sent to your local library. Search the MnLINK Gateway and place requests to have books, CDs, DVDs, articles, and more delivered to your local library – or access electronic books and journals online. (Always remember : the last 4 digits on your library card if your pin number.) Robin Osland, Director Redwood Falls Public Library rosland@plumcreeklibrary.net Redwood Falls Friends of the Library Spring 2013 BOOK SALE Wednesday, April 10th 5:00-7:00 p.m. (This is preview night & books are double Thurs. price) Thursday, April 11th, 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. (Books are $1.00 each) Friday, April 12th, 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m (Books are $.50 each) Saturday, April 13th, 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. (Bag of Books for $2.00) HOLIDAY HOURS The Library will CLOSE at 12:00 p.m. on Friday, March 29th and will be CLOSED Saturday, March 30th in observance of the Easter Holiday Weekend. Upcoming Adult Programs
Denmark & Norway Tues., April 16th at 12:00 p.m. in the Library Meeting Room. “The influence Redwood Falls had on an exchange student.” Former residents, Leonard and Katie Worth, will be making a presentation on April 16th at 12:00 p.m. at the Redwood Falls Public Library. They will share their visit with former Danish exchange student and 1989 graduate of Redwood-Morton High School, Annie Nielsen. Their presentation will cover the influence Redwood Falls had on Annie. During their presentation, they will take you on a tour of the oldest church in Denmark, farming strategies, and daily life in Denmark. You will visit the North Sea where 4,000 American soldiers lost their lives to help Denmark regain control of their country. While in Norway you’ll visit Queen Asa’s Viking death ship from 826, travel under Oslo through the underground tunnel, and visit the top of a mountain to the home site of Leonard’s great grandfather. You will also have the opportunity to visit the emigrant museum outlining the lives of emigrants from Norway to Minnesota. Leonard and Katie Worth will share authentic Norwegian appetizers they ate while visiting and candy Annie sent from Denmark. View The April/May, 2013 Bookmark - Our Library Newsletter Help support your library's ebook collection!
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March 26th – The Life of Pi by Yann Martel with baked potato bar. Life of Pi is a masterful and utterly original novel that is at once the story of a young castaway who faces immeasurable hardships on the high seas, and a meditation on religion, faith, art and life that is as witty as it is profound. Using the threads of all of our best stories, Yann Martel has woven a glorious spiritual adventure that makes us question what it means to be alive, and to believe. April 23rd – Grace if Silence by Michele Morris with waffles and breakfast. While exploring the hidden conversation on race unfolding throughout American Norris discovered that there were painful secrets within her own family that had been willfully withheld. The result is a rich and extraordinary family memoir that boldly examines racial legacy and what it means to be an American. May 28th – Nothing Daunted by Dorothy Wickenden with Tacos. In 1916, Dorothy woodruff and Rosamond Underwood, bored by their society luncheons, charity work, and the young men who courted them, learned that two teaching jobs were available in a remote mountaintop schoolhouse in Colorado and applied; shocking their families and friends. June 25th – Canada by Richard Ford with a picnic. When fifteen-year-old Dell Parsons’ parents rob a bank, his sense of a normal life is forever altered. In an instant, this private cataclysm drives his life across a threshold that can never be uncrossed. Everyone is welcome! Come when you can. Other Book Club Ideas? - The Library would also encourage other book clubs to get started. Are you interested in an evening group? A men’s group? A mystery group? The Library would help by ordering copies of the title chosen and provide discussion questions. You would be responsible for selecting your own titles and leading the group discussions. Adopt a Book At the Library!
If you would like to offer direct support to the library’s collection, the Adopt Program gives you the perfect opportunity. You can choose to adopt an adult or juvenile book for the library. It is a wonderful way to honor or remember someone special in your life. With your donation, the library will buy a book to be placed in the library, with a book label indicating both the donor and honoree. Are you done reading the latest bestseller? Donate it to the library to share with others. You may also choose to adopt any book in the current collection. This program is the perfect opportunity to keep the collection at your library growing. Please contact library staff for more information. New Portal for State Library Services
MnKnows – Dig Deeper @ Your Library is the new portal that gives Minnesota students and library patrons one-stop access to five statewide library services: MNLINK, Electronic Library for Minnesota (ELM), Minnesota Reflections, AskMN, and the Research Project Calculator. |
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