Category: Events – Special Events    

Join the Friends of Bosler Memorial Library as they host Wine and Words with famed author David Baldacci.

For more information go to the sponsor site: Meet David Baldacci at Wine and Words reception

Friday, October 21, 2011
7 pm to 9 pm
Wine & Hors d’oeuvres
$60 pp
Limited to 75 tickets

For tickets, fill out the form click here, $60 per ticket, and send to Beth Coolidge, P O Box 730, Carlisle, PA 17013. No phone calls please. Adults only. Limited to 4 tickets per person. Checks payable to Friends of Bosler Library. Hurry, first come, first serve.

Friends of Bosler Library present:
A Central Pennsylvania Book Festival
There will be events for all ages:
• Authors, publishers, illustrators & book sellers
• Used books for sale
• Children’s authors and activities
• Wert Bookbinding
• “Get Published” panel
• Celebrity Story Time featuring Senator Pat Vance, Valerie Pritchett of ABC27, and more!
• Writing Workshops
• Storyteller Tim Tingle

Learn about the Wine & Words event with David Baldacci.

Saturday, Oct. 22
9 am to 4 pm
Carlisle Expo Center
100 K Street
Carlisle, PA 17013

* $5 Adults
* Children 12 & Under Free
* Food
* Free Parking

What: Capital Region Meeting

Date: Thurs., Sep. 22

Time: 9am – 9:30am: coffee & networking

9:30am – noon: meeting

Location: System Headquarters, Lancaster County Library System

More information to come soon.  If you are a library leader in the Capital Area Library District and want to attend and play a crucial role in giving input to our region, just let us know so we can count you in the attendance.  Representation from all libraries is welcome.

Rolling through to a library in our region near you is a very cool traveling exhibit open on August 9 and 10.

Learn more about it or take a trip to see it at the Manheim Township Library.

One Book One Community materials for 2011 should have arrived at your library.  

Attend the Kickoff Event on August 24! 

See a press release from another library in the Capital Region here:  Press Release

Joseph T. Simpson Public Library will be closed on Thursday, June 16 for Jubilee Day in downtown Mechanicsburg.

About a dozen staff will be in the building working on various projects, Dave and Eric have a long list of computer work to tackle, and someone will be in the building from 7 AM to 5 PM.

We will receive our morning delivery. Afternoon delivery will be at the discretion of the driver based on volume and whether or not he can get in the parking lot.

The Friends of the Library are parking cars at the library on Jubilee Day – $5 per car. And, they have their book sale at BOOKS BY THE GROSS, 400 Cheryl Avenue, from 9 AM to 7 PM.

Read more about events in Washington DC on May 9 and 10:
http://www.ala.org/nlld

The kick-off for the 2011 book selection of the One Book, Every Young Child selection, Whose Shoes? A Shoe for Every Job, by Stephen R. Swinburne, is scheduled for Tuesday, March 29, 2011, in the Main Rotunda in the Capitol from 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. If you are nearby, please join us!

For more information about the One Book, Every Young Child program, see: www.paonebook.org.

Your library or collection management department should have received copies of the hardback book as well as stickers, posters, guides, and other supplies to use in conjunction with the program. These were distributed recently.

The district received a traveling trunk for this year’s title. After it has been processed, it will be made available to libraries in Dauphin and Perry County (Cumberland County Libraries have their own local trunk). Stay tuned for instructions on how to reserve the trunk for use with one of your special programs.

The libraries in the Capital Area are glad to announce that the author will be visiting many locations on behalf of libraries in our area:
Monday March 28, 2011 Dauphin County
• 6:00 PM Alexander Family Library (Hummelstown)
Tuesday March 29, 2011 Cumberland County
• AM Kindergarten program Hillside elementary School (9:30)
• PM Kindergarten program Hillside Elementary School (1:00)
• 4:30 PA ONE BOOK EVERY YOUNG CHILD KICK OFF STATE CAPITAL HARRISBURG
Wednesday March 30, 2011 Mechanicsburg
• 9:00-9:30 Simpson Public Library
• 10:15- 11:15 Simpson Public Library
• 1:30-2:30 Kindergarten Academy
• 6:30 Bosler Library
Thursday March 31, 2011 Dauphin County
• 10:15-11:00 East Shore Area Library
• 1:00-1:45 Capital Area Head Start
• 2:15-3:00 Capital Area Head Start
• 6:00 Northern Dauphin Library

Post or share questions or ideas. :)

Find all the details on how to purchase tickets for this Dauphin County Library System event here: http://www.dcls.org/events/HalyAwards/purchasetickets_form.php

Featuring Rebecca Skloot, Science Writer & Best-Selling Author, of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.

If you have a library card and PIN for one of the libraries in the area, check out or reserve a digital copy (an ebook in epub format) of the title on the library’s digital media site: ebook of Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.

Attend a workshop sponsored by libraries in the Capital Region.
This workshop is intended for Trustees, Friends leadership, and Library staff in leadership roles.

Choose a session to attend at Penn State Harrisburg:
-Friday, May 6 from 8:30-4
-Saturday, May 7 from 8:30-4
Both workshops will offer the same content.

See the complete registration flyer here for Committed to Future Relevance: Relationships, eBooks, and Literacies!: Regional Workshop 2011 for Trustees and Leadership Staff

Online Registration is here: www.surveymonkey.com/s/TrusteeRegistration

Speakers include Pat Wagner, John Houser, and Kathy Silks presenting the Libraries and 21st Century Literacies Initiative.

Cost: The workshop is FREE for Trustees and Friends.
Library staff will pay $10 to attend.
Continuing Education: The workshop will provide 6.5 hours of CE for staff members who attend.

Contact your district consultant for questions.

Attend a workshop sponsored by libraries in the Capital Region.
This workshop is intended for Trustees, Friends leadership, and Library staff in leadership roles.

Choose a session to attend at Penn State Harrisburg:
-Friday, May 6 from 8:30-4
-Saturday, May 7 from 8:30-4
Both workshops will offer the same content.

See the complete registration flyer here for Committed to Future Relevance: Relationships, eBooks, and Literacies!: Regional Workshop 2011 for Trustees and Leadership Staff

Online Registration is here: www.surveymonkey.com/s/TrusteeRegistration

Speakers include Pat Wagner, John Houser, and Kathy Silks presenting the Libraries and 21st Century Literacies Initiative.

Cost: The workshop is FREE for Trustees and Friends.
Library staff will pay $10 to attend.
Continuing Education: The workshop will provide 6.5 hours of CE for staff members who attend.

Contact your district consultant for questions.

How will your local library celebrate Dr. Seuss’s Birthday?
Do you have activities planned for Read Across America?

The Student-Pennsylvania State Education Association (S-PSEA) will hold an event called Celebration of Reading, which is part of the Read Across America initiative.

During the event, there will be guest readers, a young author’s contest, and other reading-related activities.

Local businesses related to reading and children attend and set up information tables for the children to visit.

The event will be held at the Capital City Mall on Saturday, March 19, 2011 from 10-3.

If your library wants to participate or attend the event and/or set up an information table where children may be able to learn more about your libraries and how they can join, let me know and I can provide email contact with one of the organizers.

One of the organizer’s (Andrea) says: “I think that children (and adults) could really benefit from this information and we would love for you to share in the fun of our event.”

Let me know, or post what you plan to do below!

(More information was also sent via email to library leaders in the West Shore area.)

The One Book, Every Young Child committee is excited for the opportunity to once again offer author visits to libraries across the state. Here are a few things that will help you with the application process:

• It is easier to schedule the visits if libraries work together to plan for a morning, afternoon or full day visit. We will consider worthy applications that come from Districts or Regions first.
•Please plan for a full visit. Work with community groups to include as many preschool children as possible. We hope to have as many of the visits take place in libraries but we also feel taking the author to local schools or other community sites is beneficial.
•We don’t have much flexibility with dates. We are limited by the authors availability and the best traveling schedule. If there are dates that will NOT work for your library please let us know that in your application. The Kick off is March 29. Visits will be scheduled during the month of April and probably into the first week of May. We will not schedule visit during Easter vacation.
•Let us know of any community groups that you plan to work with, how many you anticipate for attendance, how you plan to promote the visit, and any other special events you may host.
•If your application is accepted you will need to complete the Author Visit Agreement form. You will agree to submit statistics no less than 10 days after your visit.
•If you have any questions please feel free to email me.

Find application at: Author Visit application
Applications are due by October 29th. You will be notified if your library is selected to host a One Book, Every Young Child visit.

Margie Stern
Delaware County Library System
Coordinator, Youth Services
340 N. Middletown Rd.
Media, PA 19342
mstern@delcolibraries.org

Library Daze at MVL is Awesome. Stop by to see what it’s all about.

It includes…
*A Big Yard Sale
*The Best Book Sale ever
*Games for Kids
*Crafts for Kids
*A car wash (run by Jake our karate guru)
*Face Painting (done by a library director with artistic flair)
*AND Lots of Yummy Food!

Some demos of vendors who provide downloadable audio and books will be scheduled at Lancaster as a part of the regional project.

For details, ask the district consultant in your district.

FRE will be closed outside their regular schedule to host an annual fund-raising event, mini-golf inside the library, Birdie for Books.

Pay to putter around the library instead…

Want to try an event like this at your library? Here’s a thought: http://libraryminigolf.org/about/company.html

Save the dates on your calendars to join librarians and library staff in Lancaster for exciting workshops and educational sessions designed to make your library better at serving your community.

Read more details as they become available at palibraries.org.

Save the date on your calendars to join librarians and library staff in Lancaster for exciting workshops and educational sessions designed to make your library better at serving your community.

Read more details as they become available at palibraries.org.

Atttend the Grand Opening of the William H. & Marion C. Alexander Family Library, Hummelstown’s NEW public library!
Date: Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Time: 4:30 p.m.
Location: 200 West Second Street, Hummelstown, PA 17036
Featuring welcoming remarks by: Pennsylvania’s former First Lady, Michele Ridge, the dedication of the Donald A. Reed Plaza and much more.

Grand Opening Invitation and online RSVP!