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CHECK IT OUT Quarterly Newsletter | Fall 2014
FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY BARGAIN BOOK EVENTS
THE HOBBIT
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IMPROVED INTERNET ACCESS WITH LAPTOP & TABLET LENDING
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COMMUNITY OPEN HOUSE FOR ORANGE IMAGINATION GARDEN
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LAPTOPS & TABLETS BACK TO SCHOOL We are excited to be increasing internet access opportunities at all four of our branches by lending out laptops as well as tablets to patrons for in-library use. This new program will allow library cardholders who have accounts in good standing to borrow a tablet or laptop on a first-come, first-served basis for up to two hours each day. After each session has expired, all files and history are deleted from the laptop or tablets to protect your privacy. Quick, convenient, and just one more way we are helping you connect!
To help get back in the groove of homework and reading assignments, DCDL is offering Homework Help Centers and Reading Buddies after school programs. Reading Buddies is being offered by the Powell Branch Library once a month to students in kindergarten through third grade. Students bring a book or pick one from the shelves and practice reading aloud one-on-one with a trained Library volunteer. Homework Help Centers are available for students in grades K-8. See the feature on the back cover for information regarding locations, dates and times.
DELAWAREADS This fall, the Delaware community will once again COVER MODEL We’ve featured many of our staff and departments come together with one goal; to read J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic prelude to the Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Hobbit. DelawaREADS 2014 will bring new life to the 1937 classic. Community partners like the Delaware Community Center YMCA and Delaware City Schools will provide fun activities and discussions, and the Delaware County District Library will be sponsoring the Main Street Delaware First Friday on November 7. Be sure to finish the book by December 17 when The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies hits theatres!
on the cover of our Check It Out newsletters. However, this is our first look at the behind-the-scenes Technology Department. Traci Higgins is the Technology Manager for DCDL and celebrates her four-year anniversary with us this fall! She loves training to troubleshooting and everything in between, and is especially fond of her coworkers who make work fun and interesting every day. Traci and her husband are big Chicago Cubs and Wrigley Field fans and their kids’ names, Ryne (11) and Addisyn (5), reflect it!
DELAWARE MAIN
Baby Time: Mon. & Thurs. @ 11 AM Toddler Time: Tues. & Thurs. @ 10 AM Preschool Time: Wed. @ 10 AM NEW E! YTIM Family Time: Mon. @ 6:30 PM STOR Toddler & Preschool Dance Party: Fri. @ 10 AM
ORANGE BRANCH Baby Time: Wed. @ 10 AM & Thurs. @ 11 AM Toddler Time: Tues. @ 10 AM & Wed. @ 11 AM Preschool Time: Thurs. @ 10 AM Toddler & Preschool Dance Party: Mon. @ 10 AM
POWELL BRANCH
Family Time: Thurs. @ 10:30 AM HOLIDAY CLOSURES: Closed Labor Day 9/1 Closed at 5 PM Thanksgiving Eve 11/26 Closed Thanksgiving 11/27
Toddler Time
ages 2 - 3
Preschool Time ages 4 - 6
Family Time birth to 6
Tween Programs ages 9 - 11
Teen Programs
ages 12 - 17
NOTE: Fall storytimes begin on 8/18 and will break on 9/1 and 11/27 for holidays. Delaware Main will have no storytimes on 11/4 due to elections.
Family Programs all ages
Adult Programs Ages 18 +
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Baby Time: Wed. & Thurs. @ 11 AM Toddler Time: Wed. & Thurs. @ 10 AM Family Time: Fri. @ 10 AM
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Baby Time
birth to 24 months
WHAT PROGRAM IS RIGHT FOR ME
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OPEN HOUSE
ORANGE GARDENS
More than four dozen Delaware County District Library patrons and community members, along with artists Lynda Elias and Virginia Corwin, helped create and complete the newest piece of mythical-inspired art, a giant dragon, for the Imagination Garden at the Orange Branch Library. The colorful arrangement of mosaic tiles and mirrored pieces glued to several large zig-zagging panels help simulate the movement of a colossal, whimsical, winged creature flying through the garden. The work of tiling all of the pieces to the panels and grouting took about one week to finish in early July. An open house is scheduled for the public to come meet all the artists and see the gardens on Sunday, September 21 from 2 - 4 PM. Attendees will enjoy music, light refreshments, and a children’s craft in a beautiful setting on a Sunday afternoon.
The red mosaic dragon joins another art piece that is already in the Imagination Garden titled Mythology -or- On the Origin of Stories by Dale Johnson. The nearly 2.5 ton limestone sculpture was installed last summer.
BARGAIN BOOKS
Get in the back to school spirit and fill your bookshelves with the Friends of the Library’s Bargain Book events! It’s only $12 to purchase and fill a new Friends bag to the brim with gently used books and movies, or $8 if you’ve already purchased a Friends bag! Other suggested donations include $2 for hardback books and $1 for paperbacks. Visit delawarelibraryfriends.org for more details on how you can become a Friend of the Library! Visit the sales at these locations: Orange Branch Library • Friday, September 5 @ 6 - 8 PM member preview • Saturday, September 6 @ 9 AM - 4 PM Delaware Main Library • Friday, October 10 @ 6 - 8 PM member preview • Saturday, October 11 @ 9 AM - 4 PM
Adult Book Discussions
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ORANGE BRANCH
Sept: 2 @ 1 PM
Sept: 24 @ 7:30 PM
Sept: 23 @ 7 PM
Sept: 23 @ 7 PM
Sept: 9 @ 10:30 AM Sept: 24 @ 7 PM
State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz
Wild by Cheryl Strayed
Orphan Train Gone Girl by Christina Baker Kline by Gillian Flynn
Oct: 7 @ 1 PM
Oct: 29 @ 7:30 PM
Oct: 28 @ 7 PM
Oct: 28 @ 7 PM
Oct: 14 @ 10:30 AM Oct: 22 @ 7 PM
The Devil in Silver by Victor LaValle
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
Every Last One by Anna Quindlen
Wonder by R.J. Palacio
Silence for the Dead by Simone St. James
Nov: 25 @ 7 PM
Nov: 25 @ 7 PM
Nov: 11 @ 10:30 AM *Dec: 3 @ 7 PM
The House at Riverton by Kate Morton
Sworn to Silence by Linda Castillo
The Things That Keep Us Here by Carla Buckley
Nov: 4 @ 1 PM The Little Friend by Donna Tartt NEW T UE P.M. G SDAY ROUP!
*Dec: 3 @ 7:30 PM Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood and the Prison of Belief by Lawrence Wright
ORANGE BRANCH The Round House by Louise Erdrich
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
The Tilted World by Tom Franklin & Beth Ann Fennelly
2014 POWELL
September October Novemb Sunday, October 5
SEPTEMBER Tuesday, September 2 Reading Buddies Grades K - 3 @ 4 - 5 PM
Friday, September 5
Great Geek-Out: Homestuck Teen Program @ 4 PM
Sunday, September 7 Chess Club Ages 8 - 11 @ 2 PM Pre-registration required
Monday, September 8
Stop Motion Workshop: LEGOs Ages 6 - 8 @ 4 PM Pre-registration required
Friday, September 12
Minute-to-Win-It: LEGO Edition Tween Program @ 4 PM
Tuesday, September 16 Computer Basics Adult Program @ 2 PM Pre-registration required
Friday, September 19 Re-Vamp the Teen Space Teen Program @ 4 PM
Monday, September 22 Leaf Art Ages 6 - 8 @ 4 PM Pre-registration required
Tuesday, September 23
Adult Book Discussion Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline Adult Program @ 7 PM
OCTOBER Friday, October 3
Reading Buddies Grades K - 3 @ 4 - 5 PM
Friday, November 7
Monday, October 6
Young Writers’ Workshop: Spooky Stories Ages 6 - 8 @ 4 PM Pre-registration required
Tuesday, October 7
Reading Buddies Grades K - 3 @ 4 - 5 PM
Library Dance Party Ages 6 & up @ 6:30 PM
Cook Book Club A Year of Pies by Ashley English Adult Program @ 1 PM
Friday, November 21
Improv Workshop with Thomas P. Clune Teen Program @ 4 PM
Friday, October 17
Pumpkin Decorating Ages 6 - 8 @ 11 AM Pre-registration required
Tuesday, November 25
3D Video Game Workshop with Game-U Tween Program @ 2 PM Clue: Part II Teen Program @ 6 PM
Monday, October 27
Spooky Pajama Storytime Family Program @ 6:30 PM
Tuesday, October 28 Adult Book Discussion Wonder by R.J. Palacio Adult Program @ 7 PM
NOVEMBER Sunday, November 2
Great Geek-Out: Sherlock Holmes Teen Program @ 4 PM
Saturday, October 4
Monday, November 3
Stop Motion Workshop: LEGOs Ages 6 - 8 @ 6:30 PM Pre-registration required
Gilding 101: Gold Leaf Basics Teen & Adult Program @ 6:30 PM Pre-registration required
Monday, November 17
Saturday, October 11
Friday, October 17
Monday, November 10
Improv Workshop with Thomas P. Clune Tween Program @ 4 PM
Clue: Part II Tween Program @ 6 PM
Friday, October 17
Great Geek-Out: Best of Tumblr Teen Program @ 4 PM
Friday, November 14
Friday, October 10
Chess Club Ages 8 - 11 @ 2 PM Pre-registration required
Paws for Reading Ages 5 & up @ 10 - 11:30 AM Pre-registration required
Tuesday, November 4
Chess Club Ages 8 - 11 @ 2 PM Pre-registration required
Adult Book Discussion Sworn to Silence by Linda Castillo Adult Program @ 7 PM
DELAWAREADS 2014 This fall, step into the Shire and begin an unexpected journey with Bilbo Baggins and the rest of the gang of The Hobbit. Celebrate with these programs at the Main Library: Tuesday, October 14
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey DelawaREADS Kick-Off & Movie Screening Ages 12 & up @ 6 PM
Wednesday, October 15 Adult Book Discussion The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien Adult Program @ 7 PM
Tuesday, November 11
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Movie Screening Ages 12 & up @ 6 PM
Events and Programs ber SEPTEMBER Tuesday, September 2
Afternoon Book Discussion State of Wonder by Ann Patchett Adult Program @ 1 PM
Tuesday, September 2 Lucy Webb Hayes Adult Program @ 7:30 PM
Friday, September 5 Free Book Friday Teen Program @ 4 PM
Wednesday, September 10 LEGO Club: Farm Ages 6 - 12 @ 6:30 PM
Thursday, September 11 Intro to 3D Printing Teen Program @ 7 PM
Tuesday, September 16
Chapter Book Club The White Giraffe by Lauren St. John Ages 7 - 12 @ 7 PM
Thursday, September 18 Great Geek-Out: Pokemon Teen Program @ 7 PM
Saturday, September 20
Paws for Reading Ages 5 & up @ 10:30 AM - 12 PM Pre-registration required
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Saturday, October 4
Grocery Savings Workshop with Lynette Rice from CleverlySimple.com Adult Program @ 10 AM Pre-registration required
Tuesday, October 7
Afternoon Book Discussion The Devil in Silver by Victor LaValle Adult Program @ 1 PM
Tuesday, October 7
Wednesday, November 12
LEGO Club: Dragons Ages 6 - 12 @ 6:30 PM
LEGO Club: Favorite Book/Character Ages 6 - 12 @ 6:30 PM
Thursday, October 9
Thursday, November 13
Let’s Get Moving Ages 2 - 7 & Caregiver @ 6:30 PM
Let’s Get Moving Ages 2 - 7 & Caregiver @ 6:30 PM
Thursday, October 16
Saturday, November 15
Great Geek-Out: Internet Cats Teen Program @ 7 PM
Saturday, October 18
Paws for Reading Ages 5 & up @ 10:30 AM - 12 PM Pre-registration required
Tuesday, October 21
Thursday, October 23
Cook Book Club The Big Book of Bread by Betty Crocker Adult Program @ 7 PM
OCTOBER Friday, October 3 Free Book Friday Teen Program @ 4 PM
Forensic Files II Ages 14+ & Adult Program @ 7 PM Pre-registration required
Wednesday, October 8
Wednesday, September 24
Thursday, September 25
Wednesday, November 5
Friday, November 7
Olivia the Pig Party Ages 2 - 7 & Caregiver @ 7 PM Evening Book Discussion House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz Adult Program @ 7:30 PM
Afternoon Book Discussion The Little Friend by Donna Tartt Adult Program @ 1 PM
Burning Tree Mastodon with the Ohio Historical Society Adult Program @ 7:30 PM
Chapter Book Club Stink the Incredible Shrinking Kid by Megan McDonald Ages 7 - 12 @ 7 PM
Tuesday, September 23
NOVEMBER Tuesday, November 4
Cook Book Club The Pioneer Woman Cooks: A Year of Holidays by Ree Drummond Adult Program @ 7 PM
Saturday, October 25
Teen Horror Fest Ages 13 & up @ 1 - 5 PM
Wednesday, October 29
Evening Book Discussion The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman Adult Program @ 7:30 PM
Free Book Friday Teen Program @ 4 PM
Paws for Reading Ages 5 & up @ 10:30 AM - 12 PM Pre-registration required
Tuesday, November 18
Chapter Book Club The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary Ages 7 - 12 @ 7 PM
Thursday, November 20
Great Geek-Out: Rise of the Guardians/ How to Train Your Dragon Teen Program @ 7 PM
Tuesday, November 25 Wimpy Kid Fun! Ages 8 & up @ 7 PM
DECEMBER Wednesday, December 3
Evening Book Discussion Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood and the Prison of Belief by Lawrence Wright Adult Program @ 7:30 PM
ORANGE SEPTEMBER Wednesday, September 3
OCTOBER Monday, October 6
The Orange Branch Cook Book Club The New Midwestern Table by Amy Thielen Adult Program @ 7 PM
Teen Writer’s Lab: Playwriting Teen Program @ 6:30 PM
Monday, September 8
Adult Writers’ Group Adult Program @ 7 PM
Wednesday, October 8
Tween Writer’s Lab: Myths Tween Program @ 6:30 PM Morning Book Group Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn Adult Program @ 10:30 AM
Teen Writer’s Lab: Parodies Teen Program @ 6:30 PM
Wednesday, November 5 Yoga for Kids Ages 7 - 11 @ 4:30 PM
Wednesday, November 5
LEGO Club: Monster Mayhem Ages 6 - 9 @ 6:30 PM
The Orange Branch Cook Book Club The New Thanksgiving Table by Diane Morgan Adult Program @ 7 PM
Monday, October 13
Thursday, November 6
Thursday, October 9
Tuesday, September 9
NOVEMBER Monday, November 3
Wednesday, September 10
Tween Writer’s Lab: Playwriting Tween Program @ 6:30 PM
LEGO Club: Free Build Ages 6 - 9 @ 6:30 PM
Yoga for Kids Ages 7 - 11 @ 4:30 PM
Tuesday, October 14
Monday, November 10
Wednesday, September 10 Adult Writers’ Group Adult Program @ 7 PM
Thursday, September 11
Morning Book Group Silence for the Dead by Simone St. James Adult Program @ 10:30 AM
Tween Writer’s Lab: Silly Poems Tween Program @ 6:30 PM
Wednesday, October 15
Morning Book Group The Things That Keep Us Here by Carla Buckley Adult Program @ 10:30 AM
Yoga for Kids Ages 7 - 11 @ 4:30 PM
LEGO Club: Parachute Challenge Ages 6 - 9 @ 6:30 PM
Wednesday, October 15
Monday, September 15
Euchre Tournament Adult Program @ 6:30 PM
Teen Writer’s Lab: Myths Teen Program @ 6:30 PM
Thursday, October 16
Tuesday, September 16
Tuesday, November 11
Wednesday, November 12 Adult Writers’ Group Adult Program @ 7 PM
Thursday, November 13
Family Storytime: Camping Family Program @ 6:30 PM
Gilding 101: Gold Leaf Basics Teen & Adult Program @ 6:30 PM Pre-registration required
Wednesday, September 17
Monday, October 20
Euchre Tournament Adult Program @ 6:30 PM
College Application Essay Workshop Teen Program @ 6:30 PM
What Nobody Tells You About College 101 Teen Program @ 6:30 PM
Sunday, September 21
Tuesday, October 21
Tuesday, November 18
Imagination Garden Open House All Ages @ 2 - 4 PM
Wildlife Education Family Program @ 6:30 PM
Family Storytime: Fall Family Program @ 6:30 PM
Wednesday, September 24
Wednesday, October 22
Wednesday, November 19
Drawing Lab Ages 7 - 11 @ 6:30 PM
Evening Book Group Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Adult Program @ 7 PM
Wednesday, September 24 Evening Book Group The Round House by Louise Erdrich Adult Program @ 7 PM
Tuesday, October 28
Tuesday, September 30
Wednesday, October 29
Superhero Training Camp Family Program @ 6:30 PM
Drawing Lab Ages 7 - 11 @ 6:30 PM
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Make a Wood Wick Candle Teen & Adult Program @ 7 PM
Monday, November 17
Euchre Tournament Adult Program @ 6:30 PM
DECEMBER Wednesday, December 3 Evening Book Group The Tilted World by Tom Franklin and Beth Ann Fennelly Adult Program @ 7 PM
SEPTEMBER Tuesday, September 2
Harvest Home Pioneer Night Family Program @ 6:30 PM
Saturday, September 6 LEGO Club: It’s a Small World Ages 5 - 11 @ 1 PM
Tuesday, September 9 Book Bunch: Pirates and Privateers Ages 6 - 8 @ 4 PM
Tuesday, September 9 Ghosthunting with John Kachuba Adult Program @ 7 PM
Friday, September 12 Library Sleuth Ages 9 & up @ 10:15 AM
OSTRANDER
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
LEGO Club: Mad Scientist Ages 5 - 11 @ 1 PM
LEGO Club: Robot Rampage Ages 5 - 11 @ 1 PM
Tuesday, October 7
Tuesday, November 4
Saturday, October 4
Friday, October 10
Make It, Take It! Fake Taxidermy Tween & Teen Program @ 6:30 PM
Wednesday, September 17
Wednesday, October 15
Child/Parent Book Discussion The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger Grades 1 - 5 @ 6:30 PM
Child/Parent Book Discussion The Dragon of Doom by Bruce Coville Grades 1 - 5 @ 6:30 PM
Tuesday, September 23
Make It, Take It! Zombie Sock Monkeys Tween & Teen Program @ 6:30 PM
Adult Writers’ Group Adult Program @ 7 PM
Book Bunch: Patriotic Pinwheels Ages 6 - 8 @ 4 PM
Tuesday, October 14
Cook Book Club The Big Book of Breakfast & Brunch by Betty Crocker Adult Program @ 7 PM
Thursday, September 25
Tuesday, November 11
Homeschool Book Club: Wild West All Reading Levels @ 11 AM
Tuesday, October 14
Adult Book Discussion Wild by Cheryl Strayed Adult Program @ 7 PM
Grocery Savings Workshop with Lynette Rice from CleverlySimple.com Adult Program @ 10:30 AM Pre-registration required
Library Sleuth Ages 9 & up @ 10:15 AM
Homeschool Book Club: States All Reading Levels @ 11 AM
Tuesday, September 23
Saturday, November 8
Friday, October 10
Friday, September 12
Book Bunch: Rescue Me & Community Helpers Ages 6 - 8 @ 4 PM
Star Wars Family Night Family Program @ 6:30 PM
Ironwood Wolves Family Night Family Program @ 6:30 PM
Book Bunch: LEGO Monster Labs Ages 6 - 8 @ 4 PM
Tuesday, September 16
Saturday, November 1
Tuesday, November 11 Local History Night: WWI Adult Program @ 7 PM
Friday, November 14 Library Sleuth Ages 9 & up @ 10:15 AM
Friday, November 14 Homeschool Book Club: Native American Tribes All Reading Levels @ 11 AM
Tuesday, November 18 Make It, Take It! Intermediate Soap Making Teen & Adult Program @ 6:30 PM
Tuesday, October 21
Wednesday, November 19
Tuesday, October 28 Book Bunch: Masquerade Ages 6 - 8 @ 4 PM
Child/Parent Book Discussion Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli Grades 1 - 5 @ 6:30 PM
Tuesday, October 28
Thursday, November 20
Adult Book Discussion Every Last One by Anna Quindlen Adult Program @ 7 PM
IRONWOOD WOLVES
Adult Writers’ Group Adult Program @ 7 PM
Tuesday, November 25 Book Bunch: Pixar & Popcorn Ages 6 - 8 @ 4 PM
Wolves are beautiful and misunderstood creatures, and the educators at Ironwood Wolves are working hard to dispel the myths. Join them at the Ostrander Branch Library on Tuesday, October 7 to learn more about wolves, touch and feel wolf fur and castings, and meet a real hybrid wolf!
Tuesday, November 25 Adult Book Discussion The House at Riverton by Kate Morton Adult Program @ 7 PM
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