a publication of the Greenville County Library System
Get Googling Plan your vacation Shark! You're gonna need a bigger book Greetings from Greenville A visual history
MOTHER & DAUGHTER Volunteer Team
SUMMER 2019
KIDS MODE On
Hungry Rasta’s Reggae Café Authentic Food from the Islands
Fish & Grits Jerk Chicken Sandwiches
Breakfast All Day Lunch Specials Daily Chef Specials
Reggae Café Hours: • Mon-Thu • 9a-5p • Fri-Sat • 9a-4p • Closed Sundays 2
Just change your Hoopla profile to Kids Mode to make Finding children's content easier.
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Hughes Main Library 25 Heritage Green Place Greenville, SC 29601 864-527-9211
Hoopla is a free resource available to Greenville County residents holding an adult or unrestricted juvenile library card.
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In This Issue
10 // MOTHER & DAUGHTER VOLUNTEER TEAM Behind the scenes with the Friends of the Greenville County Library System.
LIBRARY NOW Summer 2019 Mission To champion literacy, inspire learning, and foster community connection.
Vision To be Greenville County's first choice for exploration, discovery, and information.
About this Publication Library Now is produced by the Greenville County Library System and partially underwritten by the
4 // PREVENT SUMMER SLIDE Read together this summer.
Friends of the Greenville County Library System. Visit greenvillelibrary.org/friends to become a Friends member and have this magazine mailed to your home.
Library Board of Trustees Mr. Brian Aufmuth Ms. Laura Baker Mr. Kenneth Baxter Dr. Grady Butler, Vice-Chair Mr. Chace Campbell, Chair
6 // MAKE YOUR OWN SLIME Splat! Squeeze! Squish! Messy fun for kids.
Mr. S. Allan Hill Mr. Tommy Hughes Mr. Dick Jensen Mrs. Glenda Julian
7 // GET GOOGLING Plan your summer vacation with Google Tools. 9 // READ/ WATCH/ LISTEN The 90s.
14 // GREETINGS FROM GREENVILLE Explore the rich visual history of Greenville. 15 // VISIT A LIBRARY Closer to home #visitgcls.
12 // SHARK! You're gonna need a bigger book.
Mrs. Deryl Paradis, Secretary Mr. Joe Poore, Treasurer
Library Executive Director Beverly James bjames@greenvillelibrary.org Greenville County Library System 25 Heritage Green Place Greenville, SC 29601
greenvillelibrary.org 13 // TAKE A TRIP Find a travel guide that fits your style.
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Sign up your whole family. Summer Reading is a great way for parents to prepare children for a successful school year. Summer learning loss, also known as “summer slide,” can cause a child’s reading achievement and language skills to decline by up to two months. Studies have shown that children need to be actively engaged in learning during the summer when school isn’t in session. Giving children access to and letting them choose books they’re interested in can help prevent or reverse “summer slide.” Children often model their caregivers’ behavior. Seeing adults read is inspiration for children to do the same. Reading together is fun, too. Families can choose a book and make a nightly event of reading and talking about the book together.
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Babies (ages 0-35 months) PRIZES One board book per household, daycare, or group. Titles may vary. • Ticket voucher to the Greenville Drive Reading All-Star (RAS) Celebration Game
Kids (ages 3-12) PRIZES Greenville Zoo (entered to win a one-year household membership) • Ticket voucher to the Greenville Drive
Reading All-Star (RAS) Celebration Game • Greenville Drive/RAS t-shirt (at RAS game) compliments of Michelin • Coupon for a free 1-topping Pizza Hut Personal Pan Pizza • Coupon for a free pastry from Swamp Rabbit Café & Grocery • Reading medal
Teens (rising 6th-12th graders) PRIZES Ticket voucher to the Greenville Drive Reading All-Star (RAS) Celebration Game • Greenville Drive/RAS t-shirt (at
RAS game) compliments of Michelin • Coupon for a free 1-topping Pizza Hut Personal Pan Pizza • Coupon for a free pastry from Swamp Rabbit Café & Grocery • Earbud splitter/phone stand
Adults (ages 18+) PRIZES
Completion Prize: Flashlight keychain Prize Package Drawing (12 winners): Family four pack of tickets to opening night of the Swamp Rabbit Hockey Team's 2019-2020 season
Grand Prize Drawing (1 winner):
Greenville Zoo one-year household membership • Roper Mountain Science Center family membership • REI camp chair and cooler • SC State Inland Park Pass donated by Greenville County Soil & Water Conservation District • Two tickets to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at The Peace Center
Register online at greenvillelibrary.org/summer-reading and pick up your Summer Reading log at any Library System location. Prizes are available while supplies last. Substitutes may be offered. Summer 2019 // LIBRARY NOW
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Make At Home
Slime Make Your Own
This craft is quick, messy, and fun for children of all ages. While perfect for an outside setting, you can also work inside on a covered table. Adult supervision is advised!
Directions 1. Mix all ingredients in a medium-sized plastic food storage container that you do not plan on re-using.
For more fun, try these slime variations: • Glitter slime: Add 1 tablespoon fine glitter • Fluffy slime: Add 1 cup shaving cream • Glow-in-dark-slime: Add 2 tablespoons of glow-in-the-dark paint
Hint: If you want to avoid the use of separate food coloring and glitter, School Glue is available in multiple colors, and some styles include glitter.
Materials 3 bottles of School Glue (12 fl. oz. total) 1½ TBSP baking soda 3 TBSP contact lens solution Food coloring (any color) Medium-sized plastic food storage container
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For more slime fun, attend one of the Slime Time programs happening at multiple Library System locations during June and July. Visit greenvillelibrary.org for a complete listing of children's events during the summer.
Computers & Technology
Google is so much more than just a place for fast searching. Explore these other free Google Tools and try them out this summer!
Google Maps
Google Calendar
Discover a new biking or running route using Google Maps. Interested in a change of scenery from your normal run? Google maps has a number of features that can help you measure distances, determine how heavy traffic might be on a route, and even look at landmarks from the street view.
Use Google Calendar and a shared Google Sheet to plan a group cookout or picnic. Want to avoid having four different potato salads but no desserts? Try using Google Calendar to create an event. Invite guests via their emails. In addition, create a shared Google Sheet where guests can collectively record what they are planning on bringing and how many people will attend.
Google Photos & Google Slides Use Google Photos and Google Slides to create a slideshow of your summer vacation. Summer vacations usually come with many photographs of people, places, and great times. Google Photos not only makes backing up these images easy, but some of its automated features can help you curate and consolidate albums, edit image quality, and organize your collection of shots. And if you want to share an album, try making a slide show with Google Slides that highlights your favorite
Google Keep
Google Hangouts
Create a shared family summer chore list with Google Keep. Summer is often a time when folks like to catch up on projects around the house and yard, but keeping track of all these tasks can be overwhelming. Google Keep is a simple note-taking application that can be used to create a running checklist of items including various chores and projects.
Visit far-off friends and family with Google Hangouts. Sad that you are unable to visit all your best friends during the summer? Google Hangouts is a great ways to connect with people in far off locations. Hangouts allows video calls and chat messages. You can even invite multiple guests to a single group chat.
pictures from your summer outings.
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Computers & Technology
These Get Googling sessions are supported by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the South Carolina State Library in partnership with Goodwill Industries of Upstate/Midlands South Carolina.
Participants in a recent seven week Get Googling session explore Google tools with a Greenville County Library System staff person.
The Library System provides free computer workshops every month at Library System locations throughout the County and has expanded these efforts to several community centers as well. Find a computer workshop that suits your interest and skill level at greenvillelibrary.org.
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Read / Watch / Listen
Music that Shaped the 90s Download books, movies, and music free at greenvillelibrary.org/downloads.
Download & listen free with Freegal Music and Hoopla.
the 90s Kids
Check it out at the Library.
Ten Pearl Jam
Cooleyhighharmony Boyz II Men
Available on Freegal Music
Available on Hoopla
(What's the Story) Morning Glory? Oasis Available on Hoopla
Goosebumps: The Werewolf of Fever Swamp by R.L. Stine J Stine
Automatic for the People R.E.M.
Siamese Dream Smashing Pumpkins
CrazySexyCool TLC
Available on Hoopla
Available on Hoopla
Available on Freegal Music
90s Classic Movies Check it out at your favorite library location. The Babysitters Club: Kristy's Great Idea by Ann M. Martin J Martin
The Matrix DVD Matrix
William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet DVD 822.33
Edward Scissorhands DVD Edward
Hoop Dreams DVD 796.323 Hoop
Toy Story J DVD Toy
The Big Lebowski DVD Big
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen J Paulsen
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It's opening day of the Friends of the Greenville County Library System's Spring Used Book Sale, and hopeful book-lovers line up outside Suite E2 of the Merovan Center on Woodruff Road. Over a dozen volunteers flutter about waiting to open the door to a world of books.
Her daughter, Cindy, adds, “It’s a lot to take in when you first walk in.” “We give them a box. ‘Oh, we don’t need one.’ Yes, you do, you need a box.” Sharing the excitement with book lovers is the highlight of the sale for Sandy. With over 70,000 books filling the space, the book sale features all those items people might be looking for and more to discover. An entire wall of mystery novels, New York Times
Bestsellers, local and Upstate history, popular fiction, cookbooks, and a giant children’s section satisfy the "to-read" lists often carried by attendees. But the real treats are the unexpected treasures found sitting on specialty item tables—rare, collectible, signed, and antique editions of books; dozens of books grouped by color palette for use in interior design; and “the Book was Better,” a bundled deal of a book and its corresponding movie. Donated items flow in from all over Greenville County through the Library System’s 12 locations. Each book has lived a life already when it arrives on the doorstep of a library. A team of volunteers fans out to collect these donations each week, and take them to the Friends’ book sale center on Woodruff Road to be sorted, priced, and sold.
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By the end of the sale, mother and daughter volunteers, Sandy Cogen and Cindy Goldberg, will have been part of a huge volunteer effort which will sell over 15,000 items to more than 1,500 guests. Raising over $21,500, this bookbuying extravaganza is one of two large fundraising events hosted by the Friends of the Library every year.
“I just need to be at that door. I welcome them. Here’s a map. What are you looking for?” Sandy says.
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Approximately 70 volunteers pitch in to assist in some part of this process during the year. “These books are read. And somebody else loved them. And now it’s your turn to love them,” says Sandy, who began volunteering with the Friends over four years ago sorting book donations. “We have such a good group. We don’t even have to talk. It’s a well-oiled machine.” Cindy joined shortly after her mother, and worked in the children’s section for some time before being nominated to serve on the Friends Board of Directors in the role of Book Sale Committee Chair. “The charitable mission that people in Greenville have...it astounds me—people make a concerted effort to give back, and to serve others,” Cindy says. Sandy and Cindy come from a long line of readers with a love of books as their family legacy. Sandy was partly raised inside a tiny library in Brooklyn. “It couldn’t have been any wider than this room. A couple of shelves. I lived there. That little library sustained me.” It is a deep connection to stories that drives their massive efforts to support the Library System. The multiple lives of the books, the stories housed within those books, and those of people touched by the books. “A woman who was expecting came in to stock a library for her baby. Then, she came back the next year with her baby,” Cindy remembers. Sandy continues, “A grandmother came with her 7 year old grandson. And the child asked her if he could get these encyclopedias. It was an older set. You would think we had opened the doors to Fort Knox. It was magical. It was a real win.” The Friends of the Greenville County Library System's Used Book Sales support special events for children all summer long throughout the Library System, including the recent Summer Reading Kickoff performer, Tim Sonefelt. Proceeds also support the Greenville County Library Staff Education Fund, a scholarship created in memory of Anthony Messineo, a former director of the Library. “I tell people what I do at the Friends of the Library. They don’t know what that means.” What it means is a huge undertaking that brings books and the joy of reading into people’s lives. “When someone says 'it takes a village,' they aren't kidding. Every charitable organization thrives and grows based on the devotion of its volunteers,” says Cindy. "Each of our volunteers brings something special to the Friends. And not only skills they used in their work-life, but also who they are as individuals when they arrive as volunteers. Their love of reading, their joy about our libraries and their true passion for giving back to the community—they are the whole heart of the Friends.” Sandy and Cindy love being a part of an organization with a community focus. “I know we are putting books back in people’s lives instead of a landfill,” Sandy says.
“Each of our volunteers brings something special to the Friends.”
Her daughter chimes in, “Someone else can love it and take it home. A child can read over the summer." Interested in joining the Friends? Visit greenvillelibrary.org/ friends for more information about volunteering or becoming a Friends member in support of the Library System.
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Shark Reads
New library cards are here! Cards are free to first-time library card holders. Or replace your older card just for fun for $1.00.
Check Out a Shark Movie
Eyewitness Shark by Miranda MacQuitty J 597.3 MacQuitty
In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis by Doug Stanton 940.5459 Stanton
Close to Shore: A True Story of Terror in An Age of Innocence by Michael Capuzzo 597.31 Capuzzo
Start a Shark Tooth Collection Taking a beach trip this summer? You may enjoy starting a shark tooth collection. Learn tips and tricks for searching and identification.
Jaws DVD Jaws
The Shallows DVD Shallows
Soul Surfer DVD Soul
Shark Week: 25th Anniversary Collection DVD 597.3 Shark
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Shark Tooth Hunting on the Carolina Coast by Dr. Ashley Oliphant Download it free with Hoopla at greenvillelibrary.org/downloads.
Travel
The Library System offers great resources to help you plan your trip and have a great experience.
Current travel guides for various destinations in the US and other countries Digital copies of travel guides that can be accessed by and downloaded onto your mobile device (wifi or data service is not needed to view these items once they have been downloaded) Online resources like Mango Languages or CultureGrams—great for learning about the history, culture, or language of your travel destination—free with your library card via greenvillelibrary.org/learning-center
Travel Guides Each guidebook publisher has its own style and tone. Find one that suits your travel needs.
DK Eyewitness: Highly visual and colorful, with lots of photos and maps Fodor’s: Written by locals, information is organized geographically as well as thematically Frommer’s: Great for lower-budget travelers Lonely Planet: Feature unusual destinations for a variety of budgets Moon: Geared toward travelers who enjoy an independent travel experience with lots of outdoor exploration Rick Steves: Filled with practical tips with a focus on European travel Rough Guide: Britain-focused and published, offers an insider's perspective which provides context for historical sites Summer 2019 // LIBRARY NOW
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An exhibit at Hughes Main Library June 1-August 31 The Greetings from Greenville postcard exhibit provides a pictorial history of Greenville featuring prominent destinations, buildings, parks, and more. Many of the featured postcards date back to the "Golden Age of Postcards"—the early 1900s when postcards reached peak popularity. The Library System's postcard collection includes over 500 postcards and is available for viewing online at greenvillelibrary.org/genealogy-and-local-history or by request in the South Carolina Room at Hughes Main Library. Select prints are available for 50 cents in the South Carolina Room and feature scenes that showcase the Reedy River, the Ottaray Hotel, the Chicora College for Women, the old Court House, the Poinsett Hotel, and the Table Rock Reservoir. wn
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Take a tour of Greenville County accompanied by the Library System’s virtual tour guide, Greenville County Driving Tour of Historic Sites, available via greenvillelibrary.org/genealogy-and-local-history. Try one of three driving tours featured in this online resource—Northern Tour, Downtown Tour, and Southern Tour. Each tour features a cluster of historic sites and a brief account of each site's significance.
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Anderson Road West Branch 2625 Anderson Road, Greenville, SC 29611 Attend a bilingual craft or computer program.
Augusta Road Ramsey Family Branch 100 Lydia Street, Greenville, SC 29605 Explore the Born Learning Trail, part of the Charles Howard Smith II Reading Garden.
Berea Sarah Dobey Jones Branch 111 N Highway 25 Bypass, Greenville, SC 29617 Pick up flower and food seeds ready for planting at the Seed Library while your children sit and read in the kid-sized “Swamp Rabbit” Train Car.
Tag your adventures on Instagram with #visitgcls by Aug 15, 2019 and be entered to win a library goodie bag.
Bookmobile A fun family destination. Visit greenvillelibrary.org/ bookmobile for schedule of stops.
Five Forks Branch 104 Sunnydale Drive, Simpsonville, SC 29681 Discover secret view windows on the floor of the Children’s Area, visit the Play Porch, and watch your book returns take a ride on the automated materials handling system.
Fountain Inn Kerry Ann Younts Culp Branch
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Travelers Rest
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311 N Main Street, Fountain Inn, SC 29644 What is she reading? Find the statue of the reading girl.
Taylors
Greer Jean M. Smith Branch 505 Pennsylvania Avenue, Greer, SC 29650 Closed for expansion and renovation. Be sure to visit when we reopen in fall of 2019.
Hughes Main
Hughes Main Library 25 Heritage Green Place, Greenville, SC 29601 Visit Bubba the Giraffe in the Children's Area, research your family tree in the SC Room, grab breakfast or lunch at the Reggae Café, and see the huge spinning Hollingsworth-Magil Memorial Globe. Parking is free after 5p and on weekends.
Mauldin W. Jack Greer Branch
Pelham Road
Anderson Road
800 W Butler Road, Greenville, SC 29607 Take in a presentation by NASA Solar System Ambassador David Leaphart.
Five Forks
Augusta Road Mauldin
Pelham Road F.W. Symmes Branch 1508 Pelham Road, Greenville, SC 29615 Get encouragement for your self-improvement goals by attending a Ben Franklin 13 Virtues program during the summer.
Simpsonville
Simpsonville Hendricks Branch 626 NE Main Street, Simpsonville, SC 29681 Children can enjoy a “Where’s Waldo?” challenge in the Children’s Area.
Fountain Inn
Taylors Burdette Branch 316 W Main Street, Taylors, SC 29687 Read by a window for a scenic view of the foothills.
Travelers Rest Sargent Branch 17 Center Street, Travelers Rest, SC 29690 Enjoy a moment of stillness in the Reading Garden.
Bookmobile Multiple stops throughout Greenville County Summer 2019 // LIBRARY NOW
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