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Visit the Library Home Page Read the latest Library news in The Circulator December 31, 2006 Comments & Questions email: turnerb@stls.org President Ford and his golden retriever, Liberty, in the Oval Office. November 7, 1974. White House photo courtesy Gerald R. Ford Library. Gerald R. Ford July 14, 1913 - Dec. 26, 2006 December 28, 2006 Comments & Questions email: turnerb@stls.org The bestsellers are here, for you Before we mention books ... Don't forget about our special free movie matinee tomorrow, Wednesday, December 27, 2006 at 2 pm in the Laura Beer Community Room. The Children's Department will show How to Eat Fried Worms, in a high-quality projection theater-style setting. This family film (2006) runs 98 minutes and is rated PG. Children under age 9 must be accompanied by an adult caregiver. Our free movies include free snacks. However, considering the subject of this movie, attendees should be aware that all snacks are not created equal. ----- Ending the year on a high note, the Library is pleased to announce that our acquisition specialist has managed to obtain all of the top 10 adult fiction books on the New York Times Best Sellers List, once again. Here is the list: For One More Day, by Mitch Albom. (Hyperion) A troubled man gets a last chance to reconnect and restore his relationship with his dead mother. FIC ALB Next, by Michael Crichton. (HarperCollins) The author of “Jurassic Park” describes a not-too-distant future when genetic engineering runs amok. FIC CRI Cross, by James Patterson. (Little, Brown) Alex Cross, retired from the F.B.I., has a chance to track a rapist who may have murdered his wife. FIC PAT Dear John, by Nicholas Sparks. (Warner) An unlikely romance between a soldier and an idealistic young woman is tested in the aftermath of 9/11. FIC SPA Treasure of Khan, by Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler. (Putnam) In his 19th adventure, Dirk Pitt confronts a murderous Mongolian tycoon who manipulates the oil market and knows the secret of Genghis Khan. FIC CUS Hannibal Rising, by Thomas Harris. (Delacorte) The childhood and adolescence of Hannibal Lecter shed light on how he became “death’s prodigy.” FIC HAR Brother Odd, by Dean Koontz. (Bantam) With his ability to see the spirits of the dead, Odd Thomas, a character in two previous novels, heads off a catastrophe at a monastery. FIC KOO Nature Girl, by Carl Hiaasen. (Knopf) A single mother takes revenge on her lecherous ex-boss and an annoying telemarketer in the Florida Keys. FIC HIA Wild Fire, by Nelson DeMille. (Warner) Detective John Corey and his wife, an F.B.I. agent, help to foil a nuclear plot against the United States. FIC DEM Lisey's Story, by Stephen King. (Scribner) A widow's journey through grief after the death of her husband, a famous novelist with terrible memories. FIC KIN You can place a hold on any of these books at home online with your Library card. Visit the Library Home Page, click on the CATALOG link and search by title, author or call letters. We will notify you when your selection becomes available. Comments & Questions email: turnerb@stls.org Take home holiday movies, free Just in time for the holidays, the Library has acquired a number of DVDs that may make your holiday season a little brighter. These include comedies like Caddyshack, and other movies with a holiday season theme, such as Elf and Miracle on 34th Street. Newly acquired DVDs in other genres are listed last. You can place a hold on any of these items online with your Library card and PIN. Visit the Library Home Page and click on the "Catalog" link. Heaven Can Wait (1978). Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, James Mason, Charles Grodin, Dyan Cannon, Buck Henry, Vincent Gardenia, Jack Warden. Summary: Joe Pendleton, a Los Angeles Rams quarterback, accidentally goes to heaven after a car accident, and returns to earth in the body of a corporate mogul. Rated PG. 101 minutes. DVD FIC HEA Miracle On 34th Street (1947). Edmund Gwenn, Natalie Wood, Maureen O'Hara, John Payne, Gene Lockhart, Porter Hall, William Frawley, Jerome Cowan. In this Oscar-winning classic, a Macy's Department Store Santa who insists his name is Kris Kringle teaches everyone a lesson in love, faith and the value of imagination. Not rated. 97 minutes. DVD FIC MIR Five People You Meet In Heaven (2004). Cast: Jon Voight, Ellen Burstyn, Jeff Daniels, Dagmara Dominczyk, Steven Grayhm, Michael Imperioli. Eddie is an eighty-three-year-old war veteran. He spends his days maintaining the rides at Ruby Pier, a seaside amusement park. Now Eddie's own life is about to come to an end. Not rated. 133 minutes. DVD FIC FIV Elf (2004). Will Ferrell, James Caan, Mary Steenburgen, Bob Newhart. Buddy (Will Ferrell) is a baby in an orphanage who stowed away in Santa's sack and ended up at the North Pole. Rated PG. 95 minutes. DVD FIC ELF Caddyshack (1981). Ted Knight, Rodney Dangerfield, Bill Murray & Chevy Chase. It's the slobs against the snobs as a rich developer brings his brash style to the golf and yacht clubs. Strictly for laughs. Rated R. 98 minutes. DVD FIC CAD The Blues Brothers, Collector’s Edition (1980/1998). John Belushi, Dan Akroyd, James Brown, Cab Calloway, Ray Charles, Carrie Fisher, Aretha Franklin, Henry Gibson, The Blues Brothers Band. Jake and Elwood Blues, two hoodlum brothers searching for redemption, set out to locate and reenlist the members of their defunct rhythm and blues band in order to raise some honest money. Includes 12 minutes of footage that was not in the theatrical release. 148 minutes. DVD FIC BLU The Longest Yard (1974). Burt Reynolds, Eddie Albert, Ed Lauter, Bernadette Peters. Filmed on location at the Georgia State Prison, semi-pro football is played, with cons as heroes and guards as heavies. Rated R. 121 minutes. DVD FIC LON Tristan & Isolde (2005). James Franco, Sophia Myles, Rufus Sewell. A young Tristan sees his parents killed by the tyrannical Irish, who ruled over a fractured Britain after the Roman occupation. 125 minutes. DVD FIC TRI Brian’s Song (1971). James Caan, Billy Dee Williams, Jack Warden, Shelley Fabares, Judy Pace. A drama about the deep friendship between Gale Sayers, black halfback for the Chicago Bears, and his white teammate, Brian Piccolo, who died of cancer in 1970. 74 minutes. DVD FIC BRI Beowulf & Grendel (2005). Gerard Butler, Stellan Skarsgård, Sarah Polley, Ingvar Sigurdsson. The bloody tale of warrior Beowulf's battle with Grendel, a murderous troll, to save King Hrothgar's kingdom. Rated R. 103 minutes. DVD FIC BEO These are just some of the new DVDs in our collection. Enjoy the holidays! Comments & Questions email: turnerb@stls.org New winter-spring lineup: Read-to-Me! schedule released The Library's Story Times for Children schedule has been revised. Here it is in a nutshell: Baby Bookworms is our free infant & caregiver lap-sit program. Participants meet for 30 minutes on Tuesdays at 10:30 am. Suggested for babies 6 weeks to 18 months. Click here for details. Story Times for toddlers and older children start again the third week of January 2007. Blankets, Book & Slippers PJ Story Time - on Thursday evenings at 7 - continues without break. Miss Pauline and friends invite toddlers (and their designated adults) to Chicken Little Story Time on Tuesdays from 10:30 am to 11, repeating from 1 pm to 1:30. Starts January 23, 2007 and runs through May 29. On Wednesdays, all preschool age children are invited to listen, sing-along and otherwise shine during Little Red Hen's Friends Story Time from 10:30 am to 11, repeating from 1 pm to 1:30. Starts January 24 and runs through May 30. On Thursdays, your children are encouraged to dress in pajamas for Blankets, Books and Slippers PJ Story Time, which starts at 7 pm and ends at 7:30. On Wednesday, Dec. 27, we offer a special Family Movie Matinee: How to Eat Fried Worms (2006). Join us for this free presentation. Fun for the whole family. Starts at 2 pm in the Laura Beer Community Room. Rated PG. 98 min. Children under age 8 must be accompanied by an adult. On Monday, Jan. 29 from 4 pm - 5, we offer a special program: Say Goodbye to Boredom! This is a crafts & games hour for children and their caregivers. Grandparents and other relatives are encouraged to join in the fun. Call (607) 936-3713 ext 503 for additional information. Comments & Questions email: turnerb@stls.org The other library card Your free Southeast Steuben County Library Card gives you subscriber access to dozens of electronic resources that you can use on any internet-enabled computer. You can connect from home, or on the fly with a laptop and WiFi. Visit the Library Home Page and our Internet Quick Links page to see what is available. We've got newspapers, journals, magazines, health resources, audio books, encyclopedias... It's like having a virtual library at your fingertips. Now, with a three-minute investment, you can add dozens more subscriber resources to your virtual collection. To do so, you need only apply for another library card: a New York Public Library card. To get your New York Public Library card, click on this link. Then, look in the upper right corner of the page for instructions on "How do you get a library card?" Click "go" and you can apply online. The procedure is quick, free and painless. Your New York Public Library Card will arrive in the mail. You must live, work, attend school or own Real property in New York state to qualify, and you must be at least 12 years old to apply online. So, go ahead, see what the Big Apple's library has to offer. Forget the traffic; you don't even need to get up from your seat. Thank you to the South Central Regional Library Council for alerting us to this opportunity for all New Yorkers. Comments & Questions email: turnerb@stls.org The Library will be closed on Christmas Eve Day, Sunday, December 24, and Monday, December 25, Christmas Day. We will be open on New Year's Eve Day, Sunday, December 31. We will be closed on New Year's Day, January 1, 2007. Enjoy the holiday season! New classes & events listed The Southeast Steuben County Library is an active community center, as our newly-updated events calendar shows. We host free movies, special programs, a book club, an anime-Manga club, a young writers group ... We offer free computer classes, Story Times for children at all age levels, a weekly infant lap-sit program, and - thanks to the Friends of the Library, SSC - the popular Books Sandwiched In series of lunchtime talks by local notables on Wednesdays in January and early February. That's in addition to our collection of more than 130,000 books, audio books, CDs, DVDs, magazines, newspapers and online resources; plus our 27 public computers and free WiFi internet access. (If you prefer a slower pace, relax with a book or magazine in our comfortable Reading Room.) Even if you can't make it to the Library in person, we try to be your virtual portal to the world. Here on The Circulator, you can find links to some of the best free resources on the Web, including downloadable full-text books and audio books, open source movies, free software, deep web resources and more. The Library's Internet Quick Links page offers access to other public resources, plus subscriber resources available to anyone with a valid Southeast Steuben County Library card. From the Library's Home Page, you can access free downloadable audio books and animated books for children, live homework help, the Online Book Club and our own Scattered Leaves, the literary magazine of the Torn Page Writers Group. Meanwhile, take a look at our calendar of events on The Circulator main page or click on the "EVENTS" link on the Library's Home Page to see what we mean by active. You are sure to find programs and resources of interest. Comments & Questions email: turnerb@stls.org Exciting new resources on DVD: Explore biology, health, research Thanks to the nonprofit Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Southeast Steuben County Library has obtained eight DVDs featuring lectures and interactive learning resources covering topics in biological sciences and medical research. The DVDs are from the institute's Holiday Lecture Series and were produced from 1995 to 2006. Also, we have a CD-ROM entitled, The Virtual Lab Series, with interactive educational resources in the following topics: Bacterial Identification, Cardiology, Immunology, Neurophysiology, and a Transgenic Fly Lab. CD-ROM 610 VIR Here is a list of the new DVDs: Learning from Patients: the Science of Medicine; topics in cancer and neuroscience. DVD 616.027 LEA The Double Life of RNA. DVD 572.88 DOU Science of Fat; topics in Obesity. DVD 616.398 SCI Evolution: Constant Change and Common Threads. DVD 576.8 EVO Clockwork Genes: Discoveries in Biological Time; topics covering biological clocks. DVD 612.022 CLO Of Hearts and Hypertension: Blazing Genetic Trails; covering research in cardiovascular diseases. DVD 576.5 OF The Meaning of Sex: Genes and Gender; covering topics in sex determination. DVD 574.166 MEA 2000 and Beyond: Confronting the Microbe Menace; topics in infectious disease research. DVD 614.4 TWO These materials are now in circulation. You may place a hold on any of these items online with your Library card and PIN. Visit the Library Home Page (click on the link on this page). Then, click on the "CATALOG" link at the top and use the call number (in bold) for easy lookup. If the DVD or CD that interests you is in use, we will notify you when it become available. Other resources in bio-research are available directly from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Click on the following underlined link to visit the institute's "BioInteractive" website. Comments & Questions email: turnerb@stls.org December 13, 2006 Children's Department says: Letters will be answered soon More than 50 children, parents and caregivers turned out Saturday, December 9 for a special holiday program featuring a visit from Mrs. Claus and several elves, ornament making, cookie decorating and letter writing to Santa. "Everyone had a good time," said Library Children's Outreach Specialist Sue McConnell (shown above, at left). Mrs. Claus, played by Bobbie Vence and other elves, courtesy the Mad Hatters Storytelling Troupe, accepted messages bound for the North Pole from young writers. Now, according to confidential sources in the Children's Department, we have learned that these letters have been answered and will be delivered (by US Postal Service) to all participants. We'd like to thank those who showed up Saturday afternoon - including our volunteers - and we wish everyone a happy holiday season. ***** Please visit our holiday exhibit in the lobby area, and while you are there, take a look at our display case. It is filled with gift items available for purchase. Proceeds support Library programs and help us acquire new books, CDs, DVDs and other materials. It's a great place to find cards and gifts - such as our Frida Kahlo doll, Botanical Gardens Ex Libris Bookplates, Freudian Slips sticky notes, Library Logo bookmarks, Mark Twain gift cards and much more. To see our online catalog, click here. New items have been added. Comments & Questions email: turnerb@stls.org December 11, 2006 ASMS mural art rates! Students from The Alternative School for Math and Science (ASMS) have created a wonderful mural-on-glass for our Children's Department and the community-at-large. We hope you'll visit the Southeast Steuben County Library soon to see this fantastic work of skill and imagination, plus wall hangings, children's book reviews and much more. Meanwhile, you can read about the school's project in the December 8, 2006 article immediately below, and don't forget to click on the link to our photo-feature. You'll see students at work, as well as the finished mural panes. Many thanks to the 65 students and 21 parents who made this project happen! Comments & Questions email: turnerb@stls.org December 8, 2006 Library sports Alternative style! When The Alternative School for Math and Science in Corning decides to help out, they really help out. Last April, about a dozen students, accompanied by parents and teachers, cleaned children's books in the Library as part of the school's community service program. That effort was so successful, both as a project for students, who are required to complete 40 hours of community service each year, and as a library volunteer program, that everyone decided to do it again, but bigger and better. Today, 65 students and 21 parents turned out even before our doors open to the public and stayed most of the day cleaning books, making wall hangings, creating a mural on glass, posting book reviews in the Children's Department, making bookmarks for kids and much more. "It is all about promoting reading to young children," said parent-volunteer Teresa Smith. Smith explained The Alternative School used the NWREL 6 + 1 program in reading and writing (click on the link to learn more), which encourages students to review about 25 books in the Children's Department. The reviews are printed and posted in the Library along with a display of the books mentioned in the reviews. Jessica Schlott, Chairman of Community Service for The Alternative School, said the school works with the Library, the Food Bank of the Southern Tier, the Red Cross, Watson Homestead Conference and Retreat Center, the Salvation Army and other regional human service organizations. In addition to the required student volunteer hours, parents are expected to contribute 25 hours of community service. Schlott, who is also an Alternative School parent, said, "We love it! Our kids learn about why the community needs them, and it may bring them back into the library." "It is nice to know that you are doing something for the community while you are having fun," said 7th grade student Stephen Hemenway. Students also do individual service projects, Schlott explained, including hat & mitten collections for distribution to those in need, letter-writing to Iraq, walkathons for various causes and more. "The kids are great. They like this!" said Library Volunteer Coordinator Kathleen Richardson, who helped arrange the day's activities with the school along with Pauline Emery, Director of Children's Services. So, come on down to the Southeast Steuben County Library and see what these students have done for us. We've got a new style for the holiday season... You might say we've gone Alternative! Comments & Questions email: turnerb@stls.org Books for children: Our expert knows what to buy If you are not sure what books to give to the children in your life, come to the Southeast Steuben County Library on Thursday, December 14 at 10:30 am. Southern Tier Library System Youth Services Consultant Lorie Brown will visit the Children's Department to share her ideas on the best children's books available today. There are few activities as rewarding for caregiver and child as reading aloud, especially when a great children's book is shared. Lorie Brown can help you select the books that will interest and enrich toddlers, pre-schoolers and children who can read on their own. The child (or children) in your life is worth the best, and Lorie Brown can help you select the best in children's literature. The hour-long program is free. Please call (607) 936-3713 for more information. Comments & Questions email: turnerb@stls.org December 6, 2006 Anime-Manga Club reaches out These days, there is a growing interest in Manga and Anime - Japanese-style graphic novels and animated movies - among teen readers throughout the U.S. Last year at the Library, youth patrons formed an Anime-Manga Club with the help of Youth Services Librarian Shannon Majiros. Members of the club get together once-a-month to discuss the latest releases in books and films and to share their feelings and insights about what they have read with others interested in the genre. The club has also screened anime movies, participated in a Corning-Painted Post Area School District cultural & foods festival, and club members have created their own anime art. On Thursday, January 4, 2007 at 4 pm, the Anime-Manga Club will hold a meeting to interest and welcome new members to the group. We hope you or a young reader in your household will drop by the Laura Beer Community Room to scope out what's going on. There are no fees for club membership and snacks are provided. In Japan and elsewhere, an anime fan is called an Otaku. Are you an Otaku? If so, we hope to see you here on Thursday, January 4! Click here or on the image above to see a larger version of our Anime-Manga Club poster. Comments & Questions email: turnerb@stls.org Short Story Contest organizer Karen Alpha congratulated one of the writers last year. December 5, 2006 Entry form: Click here for download Short story submissions sought We encourage young writers in grades 5-8 to enter the Friends of the Library, SSC Short Story Contest, 2007. Contest entrants must submit short stories to the library by January 26, 2007 to be considered. All entrants, their parents and teachers are invited to a Writers' Tea and Award Ceremony at the Southeast Steuben County Library on March 5, 2007 at 7 pm. First prizes, awarded in two age categories, are $25 worth of books and publication in Our Own Authors, 2007. Second prizes: $20 worth of books and publication; 3rd prizes: $15 and publication. You can pick up a contest entry form with rules and submission guidelines, qualifications and writing tips at the Library Circulation Desk. Or, right-click here to download the contest entry form in a format that most word processors will read or print (.rtf): Short Story Contest 2007. Read last year's 1st Place winners Last year Jessica Teeter and Carolina Downie were named top prize winners of the Friends of the Library 2006 Short Story Contest. Jessica won in the grades 7 & 8 division with her story, "Sunny's Adventures." Carolina won in the grades 5 & 6 division with, "Perfectly Miserable." You can read these two top prizewinning stories now. Just click on the links below. "Sunny's Adventures" by Jessica Teeter. "Perfectly Miserable" by Carolina Downie. Comments & Questions email: turnerb@stls.org Reference resources: For relatives-as-parents: Help Are you raising a relative's child? - or children? The Reference Department has the resources you need to navigate the maze of programs, support agencies, opportunities, limitations and government regulations that you face as a relative acting as a parent. We can direct you to resources that will help you head off problems before they become problems, and we can show you how to contact public and private agencies that may help. We have books, pamphlets, brochures and electronic resources that may be of use to you. Ask about these at the Reference Desk, or call (607) 936-3713 ext. 502. We will be glad to help. The Southeast Steuben County Library is now in the second year of a program to provide information and educational programs to relatives acting as parents, including grandparents acting as parents. This program has brought together experts, agency representatives and relatives-acting-as-parents for informative workshops and panel discussions. The Relatives-as-Parents Program is supported, in part, by funds from the Brookdale Foundation and a Southern Tier Library System COSAC grant. Comments & Questions email: turnerb@stls.org
Books Sandwiched In 2007 lineup set The Friends of the Library, SSC will hold its lunchtime book review series on Wednesdays in January and February 2007. These well-attended talks, delivered by regional persons of note, begin promptly at noon in the Laura Beer Community Room. Event organizer Anna Rice has released the 2007 speaker schedule. Remember to save these dates! Jan. 10 - John G. Ullman will review The World is Flat, by Thomas L. Friedman. Jan. 17 - Edward Dougherty will review The Known World by Edward P. Jones. Jan. 24 - Julie Albertalli will review Marley & Me by John Grogan. Jan. 31 - Kate Paterson will review I Feel Bad About My Neck by Nora Ephron and Everyman by Philip Roth. Feb. 7 - Mary Anne Sprague will review Desert Queen by Janet Wallach. Feb. 14 - Michael Gilmartin will review Flags of Our Fathers by James Bradley and Ron Powers. Visit the Library Home Page Read the latest Library news in The Circulator |
