August - Nottoway County Public Library

Volume 5, Issue I
August 2016
The Information
Junction
Weekly for the Kids
Imagination Works!

CREWE Library
Mondays 10:30 to 11:30

BURKEVILLE Library
Tuesdays 10:30 to 11:30

BLACKSTONE Library
Fridays 10:30 to 11:30
Children are invited for
stories, crafts and fun.
Monthly for the Adults
Be a Friend
Friends of the Library
board meetings
Crewe: 3rd Thursdays, 4-5pm
Friends of the Library
board meetings
Blackstone: 3rd Tuesdays, 4-5pm
The Friends of the Library
are non-profit, volunteer
organizations which work to
support the Nottoway County
Public Libraries. They raise
funds for library improvements
and programs and gladly
welcome new members.
The Nottoway
County Public Library
offers a wide selection
of eBooks and digital
magazines available for
downloading through the
web site at
www.nottlib.org
Homework Help Online
School is back in session,
and that means that before
long, children everywhere
will be doing homework,
looking for sources for
reports, and working on
projects of all types.
There’s no need to panic,
though, because your library has just the thing to
help your child.
for your convenience. To
access them, you’ll need
to first go to our website
at www.nottlib.org, then
click on the “Services” tab
and choose from the list
you will find there.
tutoring in Reading, Writing, Math, Science, and
Biology.
If your child needs to
learn more about another
part of the world, or if
you’d like to, you have
Clicking on the link for
several options for help.
Literati Credoreference
You can choose between
will take you to a site that A to Z USA and
provides accurate inforA to Z World Travel, or
The Library of Virginia
mation about history,
you could select the Globprovides links to many
health, animals, and many al Warrior website…
digital materials and these other topics. The Literati which one is best depends
links and others are
site also offers students in on which area of the
gathered on our website
3rd through 12th grades
world you want to study.
More Resources
Obviously, electronic
resources aren’t your
child’s only option for
information...there are
books and magazines,
too, and your library has
thousands of them!
When you visit our kids’
catalog, you’ll see that
you have the option to
Explore Categories, and
this is the one you want to
find books about a
particular topic.
If your child is planning
to read for pleasure or to
earn AR points, you might
want to try clicking on the
Series and Chapter Books
link, instead.
Volume 5, Issue I
www.nottlib.org
Locations
Crewe Library
Susan Howe, Manager
(434) 645-8688
400 Tyler Street
Crewe, VA 23930
Mon/Thur 10-6
Tue/Wed 10-8
Sat 10-2
Closed Sunday and Friday
Blackstone Library
Joyce Norton, Manager
(434) 292-3587
415 S. Main Street
Blackstone, VA 23824
Tue/Wed/Thur 12-6
Fri/Sat 10-2
Closed Sunday and Monday
Burkeville Library
Agnes McCormick, Manager
(434) 767-5555
114 Agnew Street
Burkeville, VA 23922
Tues 9:30 - 2
Thur 9:30 - 5
Fri 10 - 2
Sat 9 - Noon
Closed Sunday, Monday, and
Wednesday
August 2016
What’s
New?
The Latest from the Library of Virginia
Civil War Echoes: Voices
from Virginia, 1860–
1891 will be offered
Wednesday, September 14
at noon and again at 5:30
pm. The program is free
and takes place in the
conference rooms. Here,
James “Bud” Robertson Jr.,
renowned Civil War
historian and Alumni
Distinguished Professor in
History emeritus at
Virginia Tech, will speak
about the selections he included in Civil War Echoes
and why the Civil War 150
Legacy Project collection is
so important.
First Freedom: Virginia's
Statute for Religious
Freedom is an exhibit
that can be found in the Exhibition Gallery and Lobby
and is free to the public. It
will remain
available through
Thursday, March 2, 2017.
Thomas Jefferson's Statute
for Religious Freedom
holds lasting significance,
and this exhibition explores
the intent and interpretation
of the statute, one of the
most revolutionary pieces
of legislation in American
history.
Visit the state library to
enjoy these events.
The Library of Virginia
800 East Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23219
804-692-3500
Regular Hours
Monday thru Saturday:
9 am to 5 pm
Check the website for news
of closures
*Some sections were
reprinted from the Library of
Virginia website.
New Books in Our Collection
It is important to us that we have books that interest our patrons. Please ask your
librarian about requesting a book you would like to see us add to our collection. Some
recent additions include:
Adult Fiction
Easy Fiction
Young Adult Fiction
Administration
Jacqueline Zataweski, Director
Grace McDonald, Assistant
Director Trainee
Donnie Derflinger, IT Tech
Juvenile Fiction
Adult Audio Fiction