Spend Your Holiday with a Great Book

Spend Your Holiday with a Great Book

Need help deciding what to read next? Then the Books & Authors web site is for you!

This online resource brings together more than 146,000 titles recommended by librarians and other literary experts, and includes many award-winning and best-selling titles in both fiction and non-fiction selections.

The site has many options for finding the materials you are interested in locating. You can search by Author, Title or Series, as well as by the keyword search function, or you can browse the offerings by Genre, Author and even Story Type. Many people enjoy the "Who? What? When? Where?" feature which allows you to enter character descriptions, subjects, time periods and other settings to locate titles based on your particular interests.

Books & Authors also provides a "Read Alike" feature that can show items similar to your other items of interest, and even allows a "Personal Reading Room" once you create an account on their site. (The account is free... You just provide a username, password and email address.) In the Reading Room you can create lists, write reviews and even recommend titles to other users.

We highly recommend that you give Books & Authors a test drive! If you have questions, you may always contact the library staff at 734-475-8732, option 3.

You can also find many other online resources provided by the Chelsea District Library, including Books & Authors, listed on our Online Resources web page. The Books & Authors service is provided to us by the Michigan eLibrary and Proquest.

Give the Gift of Life

The Chelsea District Library is pleased to announce our next blood drive on Tuesday, January 3 from 1 - 7pm in the library's McKune Room.

Without willing donors, the American Red Cross could not meet the blood needs at southeastern Michigan hospitals. Donating blood is easy, it costs you nothing- except a little of your time- and will give you a sense of pride and satisfaction that is beyond words. Continue giving after the holidays and sign up for an appointment!

Tuesday, January 3 | 1-7pm | McKune Room

To schedule an appointment, visit www.redcrossblood.org

and type in sponsor code "chelsealibrary".

Read these tips for a successful donation.

Quick Links

This issue introduces our Strategic Plan. The library staff and the Library Board of Trustees have developed a vision for the library over the next five years. We invite you to take a look inside.

Library Closings

Chelsea District Library's McKune House Winter

The library will be closed:

Saturday, December 24

In observance of Christmas Eve

Sunday, December 25

In observance of Christmas Day

Saturday, December 31

In observance of New Year's Eve

Sunday, January 1

In observance of New Year's Day

BYOB:
Bring Your Own Bag

Friends of Chelsea District Library Eco-Friendly Book Bag

Remember to bring your own reusable bag to the library. To save money and to reduce the use of plastic, we have stopped providing plastic bags.

If you forget to bring a bag, the Friends of Chelsea District Library have eco-friendly bags for sale. Purchase one bag for $9 or two bags for $15, available at the Check Out Desk.

About Us

The Chelsea District Library is nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide equal access to quality resources that serve the lifelong cultural, educational and informational needs and interests of all people.The Library currently serves 14,000 residents in the Chelsea district - City of Chelsea plus Dexter, Lima, Lyndon and Sylvan townships and more than 20,000 individuals visit the Library each month. The Library's state-of-the-art facility is an access point for information. In addition to providing dynamic services to complement and support local schools and other important community needs, the Chelsea District Library strives to present timely, interesting and high-quality programs and events to engage and enrich the Chelsea community.

Sincerely,

Anna Cangialosi, Marketing Coordinator
Chelsea District Library