Fall 2007 - Tiverton Public Library

Friends of Tiverton Libraries
Fall 2007
For more information, to read this newsletter online or to contact us go to www.tivertonlibrary.org and click the Friends link
Amazing Summer Teen Activities!
134 participants read for 2,334 hours and attended over 48 hours
of workshops, book discussions, games, lectures, a murder
mystery, and a magic show. Thanks to all our sponsors,
volunteers, parents, and the Essex Teen Council who made this
possible. Children and teens can continue to enjoy activities and
homework help at the library during the school year.
Friends Of Tiverton Library
Annual Dinner Meeting
Sakonnet Fish Company
Seafood Grille & Raw Bar
657 Park Ave ~ Portsmouth RI ~ 02871
Sunday ~ September 16 ~ 5 pm
Friends Annual Meeting & Election
Free & Open To The Membership
5 pm Cash Bar ~ 6 pm Dinner
Dinner $25 Per Person
Dessert Presentation
“State Funding For Local Libraries”
by Howard Boksenbaum
RI Office Of Library & Information Services
©2007 Friends Of Tiverton Libraries
Contents
Teens At The Library....
Annual Meeting.............
Calendar......................
Book Picks...................
Summer Reading..........
Volunteer Spotlight.......
Street Fair Results........
Wireless Access...........
FOTL Annual Meeting..
Union Library News......
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Friend to Friend ~ Fall 2007
Children's & Teens' Summer
Reading Programs Supporters
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Allied Floor Covering
Amica Companies Foundation (Amica
Insurance Company)
Bank Newport
Barnes & Noble Booksellers
Citizen's Bank Foundation
Coca-Cola
Dartmouth Mall
Feinstein IMAX Theatre
Friends of the Arts In Tiverton (FAIT)
Friends of Tiverton Libraries
Gray's Ice Cream
Holiday Lanes
Humphrey's Building Supply
IEEE-Providence Chapter
The Institute of Museum and Library
Services
The Knights of Columbus
Lazer Gate
McDonald's Restaurants of Rhode Island
Newport County YMCA
Pawtucket Red Sox
Petco
The Rhode Island Office of Library and
Information Services
Subway Sandwich, Marianno Bishop
Blvd., Fall River, MA
Tiverton Library Services
Tiverton Police Department
Tiverton School Department
Trinity Repertory Company
The Villages on Mount Hope Bay
Wal-Mart
Book Group Picks
Staff Picks
Julie: The Continuum Concept by Jean Liedloff
Tara: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K.
Rowlings
Maureen: Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
John: Desperate Engagement by Marc Leepson
Sheila: Island of the Lost by Joan Druett
Janet: The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton
Lee Stewart
Dorrie: Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson
Tiverton Library Calendar
Sep 20 6:30 pm Genealogy Workshop
with Richard Joslin
Oct 9 7:00 pm Ghost Hunter Program
with Keith, Carl & Sandra Johnson
Oct 18 6:30 pm Genealogy Workshop
with Richard Joslin
Oct 23 7:00 pm Yoga Program
with Carol Sickul
Preschool & Toddler Storytimes at Essex Library
Registration for preschool and toddler storytime will be held
September 4-8. All storytimes are free to the public. Children
must pre-register and space is limited.
Preschool: Janet Kosinski will hold 45 minute storytimes for
children age 3- 5, on Mondays at 11 am and Wednesdays at 1:30
pm. COMING SOON- a new Tuesday storytime with Marilyn
Oliver will be held once a month. Details will be available soon.
Toddler: 30 minute storytimes for children 24-36 months old
will be offered twice monthly on Thursdays at 10:30 am or 1:30
pm.
For more info call Janet Kosinski at 401-625-6796 Ext 14.
Case Closed !!!
Essex Book Group
Children's Summer Reading Club a Great Success
The Falls: A Novel by Joyce Carol Oates
Our mystery themed 2007 Children's Summer Reading Club,
Get A Clue @ Your Library boasted 368 members. They
collectively read over 2,500 books. 700 children and their
families attended the seven free special events.
Meets 1st Friday of the month at 10:30am
Union Book Group
An Innocent Man by John Grisham
Meets 3rd Thursday of the month at 1:30pm
Book discussion focus is determined one month in advance
by participants
Thanks to the moms, dads, grandparents and caregivers who
took time to bring children to the library. They made reading
an important summer activity.
Friend to Friend ~ Fall 2007
Library Street Fair a Giant Success
Thanks To Community Support
This year the Friends of Tiverton Libraries
held our most successful Library Street Fair
ever. With huge support from the community,
including over 50 volunteers who supported
setup, cleanup, publicity, making and posting
signs, assisting Skinner Antiques Appraisals,
children's activities, a flea market, and baked
goods, the Friends earned over $4,000 to
support the Teen Summer Reading Program
and other library needs.
The Skinner Antiques Appraisals was a huge
hit. People came from as far away as White
Plains, New York.
We had 15 local vendors and artisans,
including the Tiverton Senior Center, which
participated for a third year. For a second
year, the Essex Teen Council coordinated a
children's crafts table and face painting. It
was also the second year for a membership
information table, which added many new
friends.
Barbara Pelletier donated a second handsome
banner promoting the festival. Local
merchants underwrote the expenses of the
festival and local vendors and artisans
donated merchandise for a raffle. The Ponta
donated space in its newly renovated hall,
which made it possible for people to attend
who could not have been part of the event
elsewhere. Our flea market had eight tables
and ran out of table space for donations. Old
Stone Church recycled unsold items for their
annual festival.
It was a magnificent show of community
support for Tiverton Library Services and
youth summer reading in Tiverton.
Thanks to all who helped in so many ways.
Please continue to support us as we move
toward our goals of library support and a
state-mandated new building to provide even
better service.
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Volunteer Spotlight
David Clarke is an exceptional
volunteer and great asset to the
library's teen programs. A retired
engineer and active member of
IEEE, the professional association
for engineers, Dave has run the
Lego Mindstorm Robotics
Workshop for the Teen Summer
Reading Program for over five
years. He is the reason the library
can hold this program as he is not
only its instructor but he obtains
the grant from IEEE which makes the program possible.
With his love of engineering and belief in today's youth,
Dave guides Tiverton's aspiring engineers as they
explore the possibilities of this career path.
WiFi Access At The Library
Wireless access hotspots are now available 24 hours a day at
both of Tiverton's libraries. Signals reach beyond the walls of the
buildings for wireless connection from the parking lots and
outdoors near the library
At Essex library the network is named “Tiverton Library Public
Access”. This is an unsecured network with no content filtering.
At Union Public, the network is named “Union Library Public
Access”. This is an unsecured network with no content filtering.
Friends Needed
The Friends Of Tiverton
Libraries has just filled the
position of Archivist.
The Archivist maintains
records, clippings and
snapshots.
Welcome to our new
volunteers on the
Board and on
Committees.
Meetings are held at Sakonnet Bay Manor Activity
Room on the 4th Wednesday of each month at 1:30 pm.
Phone the library at (401) 625-6796 to contact the
Friends or to ask directions to the meetings.
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Friend to Friend ~ Fall 2007
FOTL Annual Meeting
September 16, 2007
The Friends of Tiverton
Libraries is holding their
Annual Dinner Meeting on
Sunday September 16th at the
Sakonnet Fish Company in
Portsmouth.
The space is provided free due
to the generosity of proprietor
Michael Galvin who resides in
Tiverton.
At 5 pm, enjoy cocktails and
the annual membership
meeting.
Howard Boksenbaum to Speak at Annual Meeting
Guest speaker Howard Boksenbaum will bring his unique perspective to the
evening's presentation on “State Funding for Local Libraries”. He is chief of the
RI Office Of Library & Information Services. His accomplishments include:
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Participating in the creation of the Ocean State Freenet, RINet, and
OSHEAN
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Serving as Chief of the Rhode Island Division of Library Planning,
Development and Information Services
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Playing major roles in bringing state government on-line and establishing
RISCON (Statewide Interoperable Public Safety Communication Network)
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Devising one of the nation's first automated government document
depository control systems.
Mr. Boksenbaum has also served at the state level in leadership positions in the
Rhode Island Library Association and the Coalition of Library Advocates.
Union Public Library Association News
For those wishing to attend the
dinner at 6pm, there will be a
$25 per person charge,
collected at the dinner. (No
reservations are necessary.)
Union Public Library Association is a group of about 35 members who own and
maintain the Union Library building and grounds. The membership meets
several times a year to plan fundraising events and for the Annual Meeting.
The meal includes a choice of
entrée, salad, dessert, coffee or
tea, and tip.
UPLA's members are constantly at work whether the Union Library is open or
closed. They provide volunteer staff to aid the public for every hour the library is
open. Trim painting and landscaping projects are planned or underway, too.
Following the dinner, there will
be a presentation by Howard
Boksenbaum of OLIS.
Union's Book Discussion Group shares thoughts on books monthly. They meet
the third Thursday of each month at 1:30 pm at Union Library in the historic
Tiverton Four Corners district.
Call (401) 816-0411 in the
evenings, for more information.
Visit cozy, historic Union Library when you have a chance. You'll be glad you
did.
Two important traditional fundraisers are the annual Paperback Book Sale in
July and the two day Book & White Elephant Sale the last weekend of August.
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