Book Sale Room Opens

The Friends of the Library Book Sale Room reopened this week in their part of our new addition. The Sale Room was closed for two months due to renovations. Thanks for your patience to all of you who have inquired about its reopening. It's up and running and fully stocked, so please come browse and buy. For more information on the Friends of the Library, look two posts down.

Wednesday Night Nintendo DS Club

The Garland County Library will begin holding a Wednesday Night Nintendo DS Club beginning Wednesday, November 4th.

Registration will be required, and we encourage you to bring your own DS. The library owns four units, which can be checked out on a first-come, first-serve basis. The club is open to the public, but in order to check out a DS, you must be a card-carrying library patron in good standing. If you would like your own library card, this is a perfect time to become a member.

We will provide top multiplayer games, such as Mario Kart, Pokemon Platinum, Metroid Prime Hunters, as well as others, with plans on expanding the collection (help us choose the games - you're the ones playing them!). You are welcome to bring your own games, with the only rule that they be rated no higher than T (Teen). Multiplayer games are strongly encouraged for group involvement, but if you'd like to show off a new or rare game to the crowd, feel free!


The meetings will be held in the Gordonelle Williams Auditorium from 5:00-7:00 PM every Wednesday night.

There is no age limit, and the group (at this time) is restricted to the first 20 individuals who sign up. A waiting list will be available for cancellations.


Let's-a-go!

Justin
Group Coordinator

GCL Salutes Friends of the Library

October 19-26 is Friends of the Library appreciation week. The friends are currently busy moving into their new headquarters in our new addition (no opening date set, but we'll keep you posted), but Friends president Fran Lancaster took a few minutes to sit down with us and tell us a little about the FOL and what they do.

Q: What is the Friends of the Library?
Fran: We're an organization that supports the library by selling donated books.

Q: How does Friends of the Library help GCL?
Fran: All the money we earn from the booksale room and the annual booksale goes into library projects. We've funded Adam Webb's gaming programs, best seller book rentals, and many programs for the Children's Library, including the Summer Reading Program, character costume rentals, and dance and art classes.

Q: How is the Friends of the Library organized?
Fran: Loosely! Actually, we have a board with 22 or 23 members who make the executive decisions and 10 to 12 regular volunteers who work about 8 hours a week, except during the annual booksale, when everyone works more. I'm just a book toter! We also have 650 members who pay five dollars for a membership and a number of life members who pay a hundred dollars.

Q: How can someone become a member?
Fran: Anyone can join by filling out a form any time the library is open. The five dollar membership entitles the member to attend the first, members-only day of the annual booksale the first weekend in May.


Q: How does one go about making a book donation?
Fran: We're always glad to have books on any topic in good condition. We also accept VHS tapes, DVDs and other items. People who want to donate can bring them to the library any time it's open and someone will help them bring the items in. All donations are tax deductible.

Q: How do you like the new Friends' sale room?
Fran: We're very fortunate to have been drawn into the new addition by the Library's board. It's a bright, beautiful environment and we have more space. On a rainy day like today, it's also a great place for people to sit with a book and watch the rain.


We'd like to thank Fran and all the Friends for all their hard work and we hope to see all of you in the new Booksale Room as soon as it opens.

Why does Gandalf have to be so cryptic all the time?

Gandalf says,

"On Saturday, December 5th at 10:00 AM till 11:00 PM
the Garland County Library
will become an even more special place.
But I can't tell you about it just yet!"