AARP to offer free tax preparation

AARP will once again offer free tax help for the public at the Garland County Library. AARP volunteers will be on hand to give assistance for personal property taxes from February 1st through April 15th. They will be here from 10 am to 2 pm Monday through Saturday and will have evening sessions on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 3 pm to 7 pm. They will not do business, rental property, or farm taxes: personal taxes only.

Although this service is offered AT the library, it is not offered BY the library. We are simply lending the space. As such, library employees cannot give tax advice or answer tax-related questions. We cannot take phone calls or messages for the tax assistants, nor can we set up appointments for them. They do this on a first-come, first-served basis.

For online tax forms, visit the following websites:

FEDERAL TAXES: http://www.irs.gov

STATE TAXES: http://www.dfa.arkansas.gov/offices/incomeTax/individual/pages/forms.aspx

Warning : This Unusual Display May Shock You . . .

But You Will Not Forget It.

Happy New Year! We're ringing in 2010 with an exhibit of vintage paperbacks in our front display case. Known for their startling (and often lurid) cover art -- meant to catch the eye from wire racks in train stations and drug stores and news stands (some may have been a little too eye-catching and were most likely delivered in plain brown wrappers), the mass market paperback was introduced in the 1930s as a cheap alternative to the hard cover book. It was designed to be affordable and easy to carry in a pocket or purse.

These treasures of commercial art design are now highly collectible, and prove that sometimes you can judge the book by its cover.

Come check them out until the end of January.

Further Reading and Viewing:

Books go to war

Paperback Books in the 20th Century: A Resource Review

A Short History of Paperbacks

Dare to Judge This Book:

Great Paperback Cover Artists