System Consultants “Hit the Road”! - Chautauqua

Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Library System
August 2012
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Keeping libraries connected and informed
System Consultants “Hit the Road”!
Inside this issue:
Frewsburg
2
Little Valley
Falconer
3
Fluvanna
Findley Lake
Pinterest Twitter class
4
Franklinville
5
Field Visit photos of
Member libraries
6-10
Komen Grant
Programs set
11
Linda Mielke, Director
Tina Scott,
Assistant Director
Patricia Johnson, Editor
When the System
staff met with the Long
Range Planning consultants, we decided as
one of our immediate
focuses is to travel as a
group to each of our
member libraries. Our
intention was to inform
the library directors of
our current services,
and discuss their ideas
for future services.
So, Tina Scott, Martin Swalboski, Megan
Disbro, Chris Spink,
Valle Blair and Pat
Johnson have been
“hitting the roads”,
travelling to many of
the member libraries.
If we have not been to
your library yet, we
will be soon.
These visits help us
understand each library’s unique challenges and successes.
And besides the enjoyment in visiting
each library, one added
bonus to these road
trips, we have discovered many great eating
places!
At the end of this
newsletter are some of
the photos that were
taken. See pgs 6-10.
Also, you can go to
the System’s homepage, under Planning
Wiki, for our field trip
notes.
Click on “Visits to
Member Libraries:
System Consultant
Team” on the right
hand side.
Seneca Nation Libraries both go “Live”!
Chautauqua-Cattaraugus
Library System
Board of Trustees
Mary Bivens, President
Don Hustead,
Vice President
Patricia Kerl, Secretary
Jacob Schrantz, Treasurer
Cathy Congdon
Mary Jane Griffith
Earl McElfresh
Ronda Pollock
Patricia Smith
Michael Holden, Eric Jacobs
get assistance from Doreen
McKenzie, SNIA, Salamanca.
Camela and Polly Pappen, left to
right, check out materials with the
help of Karen John, library supervisor. Karen Golden, Prendergast Library, looks on at SNIC, Irving.
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Frewsburg Happenings
Pat Nelson retired
June 1st after almost 13
years here at Myers
Library. Pat was a joy
to work with and is
missed. We welcome
our new assistant, Rebecca Cultrara who
will be working some
of Pat’s hours. (Tammy
has picked up the others) Becky started
June 26th and will be
working Tuesday evenings & Friday afternoons this summer. In
the fall she will also be
here Saturday mornings. She’s got Facebook experience, so
guess who will be doing the majority of that.
I’m still in the fledgling
stage.
Mr. Peter Carlo donated a 4’ x 6’ flag to
the library August 1st.
Our current flag is up
24/7 so gets a bit bedraggled after a few
months. Since we are
at one of the main intersections (and the
most beautiful building
in town), we need to fly
a flag that is in good
repair. Mr. Carlo’s
generosity is very
much appreciated.
We have some special
summer activities
planned for August.
-August 8th from 6:308:00, Jessie Andersen
will be presenting a
program about writing,
getting published &
writing for teens.
Jessie is a Frewsburg
graduate. Her fiction
book, At What Cost is
about teen pregnancy
and is available online
through
www.Amazon.com,
www.BarnesandNoble.
com and
www.Astraeapress.com
. The Kindle and Nook
versions cost $2.99.
(The book is currently
on sale for 99 cents until the end of July)
August 14th from
6:30-8:00 Martz Observatory volunteers will
be here to talk to us
about the observatory,
telescope and the sun
among other things.
We’ll also learn about
their dish of dirt.
-TBA. A program
about the St. Mary’s
Catholic Cemetery
(commonly known as
Guernsey Hollow
Cemetery) which is
being rededicated and
consecrated over the
Labor Day holiday.
There has been a great
deal of work put into
repairing and cleaning
up the headstones and
cemetery. Guernsey
Hollow Cemetery even
has its own entry in the
book Weird New York.
Oct. 20 (tentative date)
- The Legend of Sleepy
Hollow party 6:008:00
Chinese auctiondrawing Aug. 16, photos can be seen on our
website
http://MyersMemorialL
ibrary.weebly.com
(under more…photos)
Cynthia Schnelzer, left,
former director, Patricia
Nelson, center; and Diane
Crandall, right, current
director at Myers Memorial Library, Frewsburg.
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Little Valley Automation Training
Standing--Karen Farnham. Seated: Tom Vogan, Cheri Brecher, Gretchen Taft, Becky King and Linda
McCubbin.
I'm happy with the support we're getting from volunteers. They were pleased when I told them that
our books were already showing up on SIRSI. They know it will take a long time to enter the imformation for all our books yet are willing to do it. The fact that our patrons will be able to check at home to
see if we have certain books is appealing.
Martin is a patient and friendly instructor. This makes it easier, of course, as some were hesitant to get
into the project. As always, the support we get from system employees is outstanding.
Gretchen Taft
Falconer Summer Kick-off Events
The Falconer Public
Library recently received three large Magnifier Pages, one large
print Webster’s Dictionary and one large print
Thesaurus from the Falconer Lions Club.
(Photo, Vern Ramsey,
Lions Club, Betty
Palmer, Clerk and Richard Johnson, library patron). The Lions Club
has an “old glasses deposit” at the library
where people can drop
off old glasses for use
worldwide.
The Falconer Library
began the 23rd Season of
Band Concerts in Davis
Park on Thursday nights
in July. The concerts
commenced with Arts
Council Grants in
1989 and are now sponsored by the library. People bring lawn chairs and
the Falconer Kiwanis offers refreshments.
Summer Reading
Club “Bee a Good
Reader” encompasses
readers of all ages. It
is fun and open to the
public. 144 participants to date.
The Library is busy
collecting books for
the 64th Annual Book
Sale which is August
9th and 10th.
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Fluvanna’s Summer Events!
Our July book sale was
held July 13, 14, and
15. The books offered
included fiction, nonfiction, juvenile and
young adult. We also
offered a large selection of DVD's and VHS
tapes. The bake sale
was held on Saturday
July 14th. THANKS to
everyone that donated
books, bake goods and
their time to help make
it another successful
sale.
Tracy Goldstein our
story and craft leader
at Fluvanna Library
was holding the
“Dream Big Read”
summer reading program on Mondays.
Pre-registration for
each Monday was required.
Scheduled programs
which were held on the
Mondays from 10:00
am to 11:00 am. included crafts:
July 9, 2012 – Firework Prism sticker dot
activity July 16, 2012 –
Sand art Key chains
July 23, 2012 –
Thumbprint lady July
30, 2012 – Cowboy
marshmallows – (not a
real marshmallow) Au-
gust 6, 2012 – Lightning bug jars August
13, - Coin purse lacing.
Evangeline Lamper
won the painting of the
sled and chipmunk that
we raffled in July.
We are also collecting
aluminum cans and
plastic bottles (deposit
only items) for our
Summer fundraiser.
Pinterest and Twitter
Class
September 12th
10:00-12:00
Valle Blair and Megan Disbro will be teaching a
Pinterest and Twitter class on Wednesday, September
12th from 10:00– noon, in the System Lab.
Take advantage of these very popular social media
tools to communicate with your patrons and the
public!
Findley Lake Story Time
Story time with Judy Hunt is
every Monday morning @ 9:30
throughout the year.
Judy reads stories and takes children on puppet parades. A huge hit
with the children.
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Franklinville’s Busy Programs
This year's Blount Library Summer Reading
Program has been super exciting! Every
day, each child has had
the chance to learn and
make something new.
The Quick Art Center’s
Art Mobile added to
the growing thrill for
the summer reading
program by having
crafts and history lessons. All of the programs have been well
attended.
were reinforced
throughout the rest of
the week. Tuesdays
allowed children in the
1st and 2nd grade to participate in a science
experiment, along with
a story and a craft. On
Thursdays, the prekindergarten and kindergarten program was
held; the children were
able to participate in
science experiments,
listen to a story and
enjoy a craft.
Movie Mondays were
added to this year’s
program. Every Monday, a different movie
has been shown that
sparks creativity and
teaches life skills that
Wildlife Wednesdays
were another new addition this year. Children
heard presentations
from local animal experts, who taught and
entertained with a variety of facts about wild
and nocturnal animals.
The children even met
owls, frogs, lizards,
snakes, insects, and
other nocturnal animals.
Mrs. Amy Burton, a
local teacher, gave a
history lesson on the
underground railroad
and the local ties it had
to Franklinville.
To close the program,
Mike Randall will perform at the "Friends
Family Fun Day!" September 8th. The event
will include a party and
the launch of the
Friends of the Blount
Library's new Family
Fun Program.
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Photos of the libraries on our Field Visits!
Road Trip!
King Memorial Library
Machias
Portville Library
Page 7
Photos of the libraries on our Field Visits!
Road Trip!
Blount Library
Franklinville
Ripley Free
Library
Page 8
Photos of the libraries on our Field Visits!
Road Trip!
Cattaraugus Library
Seneca Nation—Salamanca
Page 9
Photos of the libraries on our Field Visits!
Clymer French Creek
Free Library
Road Trip!
Salamanca Public
Library
Page 10
Photos of the libraries on our Field Visits!
Road Trip!
Randolph Library
Delevan-Yorkshire
Library
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Komen Grant for Breast Cancer
Awareness Programs
Date:
September 20, 2012
Place: Salamanca Public Library
Time : 1:00-3:00 p.m.
Speakers : Rosemary Laughlin, Bridget Hallock
Date:
October 19, 2012
Place: Olean Public Library
Time : 1:00-3:00 p.m.
Speakers: Lesley Hoag, Patricia Stewart
Date: October 22, 2012
Place: King Memorial Library, Machias
Time: 3:00-5:00 p.m.
Speakers: June Brennan, Amy Benjamin
Olean Public Library displays
the Komen grant materials.