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| Connecting People With Information |
Kitsap Regional Library September 3, 2009 | |
| Welcome to KRLconnects! |
 This is a new service from Kitsap Regional Library to better connect people and information. When you signed up for your library card, you gave Kitsap Regional Library this email address for communications from the library. We have an array of wonderful programs and events and we want you to know about them. Each month you will receive two email messages (at the beginning and middle of the month) highlighting special programs, events and news at KRL. If you don't want to receive these emails, simply click the unsubscribe button at the bottom of this message. Unsubscribing does not affect your ability to receive holds and pre-date due notices from KRL. Our new calendaring feature allows you to tailor your search to you. You can now filter by event type, (story times, special events, films, etc.) age range (adult, children, teens) and branch. If you so choose, you can use our calendar to put reminders of your events on your calendar, or even request an email reminder sent to you. Check out our new online calendar. We hope you like KRLconnects. Give it a try, and if you have any questions or comments, please send them to: prmanager@krl.org |
| What Kind of Library Would You Like? |
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 Come to your local library and talk to Kitsap Regional Library leaders about what kind of library and what kinds of services you'd like to see offered at your branch by the year 2015.
Every five years, the library creates a strategic plan to guide decision making and budget priorities. A good library strategic plan assesses community and patron needs, library resources, services and programs, and asks what challenges lie ahead. We are now in the process of creating KRL's new strategic plan for 2010-2015. Your participation in the process is important, and one opportunity to participate will take place in your community during September. Please plan to attend and share your ideas about what kinds of programs and services KRL should focus on in the future.
September 9 6:30 p.m. Sylvan Way Library
September 10 6:30 p.m. Downtown Bremerton Library
September 15 6:30 p.m. Silverdale Library
September 16 6:30 p.m Manchester Library
September 17 6:30 p.m. Kingston Library
September 23 6:30 p.m. Bainbridge Library |
| This Month at KRL: Treasure the Past |
 A Visit with Harriet Tubman Harriet Tubman, the Moses of her people, was the most renowned conductor of the Underground Railroad. This presentation by Karol and James Brown is an opportunity to visit with Harriet Tubman as an elderly woman looking back over her life. Aunt Harriet, as her friends call her, talks about slavery, her faith and friends who risked their own freedom to help the runaway slaves escape on the Underground Railroad. September 20 2:00 p.m. Sylvan Way Library September 22 7:00 p.m. Kingston Library September 27 2:00 p.m. Port Orchard Library Plus scrapbooking and genelogy events! Visit the KRL calendar for more events at your branch. |
| West Sound Reads: Philippa Gregory |
 A truly great event in Kitsap County! Kitsap Regional Library in conjunction with Kitsap Regional Library Foundation and West Sound Independent Booksellers are happy to present Philippa Gregory, the author of many best selling works of historical fiction, in her only west-coast appearance this year. Saturday, September 26 4:00 p.m. Bremerton High School Performing Arts Center (1500 13th St. West Brementon) |
| Career Week @ the Library |
 So many people are looking for jobs right now. How can the library help? The week of September 14 - September 18, each branch of Kitsap Regional Library will open their doors one hour early to connect people searching for jobs and online resources available at the library. Librarians will give a 'guided tour' of the databases available through the library to help you determine and prepare for a career. All the open public access computers are reserved for this program time and no library card is necessary. No registration necessary - this is a drop-in program. Check the hours at your library, and come in for a demonstration of our online job resources. |
| Fiesta in the Park |
 With the Ballet Folklorico de Mexico SK Celebrate the end of summer when the Port Orchard waterfront will be turned into a spot of Old Mexico! Bring the family and for an evening of traditional dance, music, crafts, Mexican Food and Piņata. No admission, just bring a smile and your dancing shoes!
Wednesday, September 16
5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Port Orchard Waterfront Park and Gazebo |
| Running the Iditarod |
 Laura Daugereau, a sled dog trainer and race driver from Port Gamble, is the first woman to represent Washington State in the history of the famed Iditarod in Alaska. She takes great pride in giving the best care and love to each of the dogs she works with, and has received numerous "Best Kept Team" awards over her 15-year career. This unique program will inform and inspire. Co-sponsored by The Traveler Bookstore. Wednesday, September 16 7:30 p.m.
Bainbridge Island Library |
| Coming in the next issue... |
A preview of KRL's One Book One Community. This year it's Cannery Row by John Steinbeck. Stay tuned for some not-to-be-missed events! Dinner with an Author - have you ever dreamed of having dinner with your favorite author? Kitsap Regional Library Foundation can make this dream come true. Beginning in October, the Foundation will be hosting dinners and events with authors from romance writer Debbie Macomber to True Crime writer Greg Olsen to children's author George Shannon, to name only a few of the nationally known authors who are excited to come talk to you. Watch our website www.KRL.org for more information as it becomes available. | |
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| Did You Know? |
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In each issue we will feature a Kitsap Regional Library service in this area with which you might be unfamiliar. Many of these highlights will come from questions asked by library users.
Kitsap Regional Library serves all of Kitsap County. We are comprised of nine branches, plus our Bookmobile and Outreach Services. We also have a Facebook presence under the name Kitsap Regional Library.
With your Kitsap Regional Library Card, you can check out and return materials at any branch library. For example: if you check out a book at Manchester Library, you can return it at Kingston Library, or any other branch library in the system.
KRL was established in 1955 and is governed by a Board of Trustees. |
| Featured Staff Pick |
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The Somnambulist
by Jonathan Barnes
Why? In the fog-infused alleys of Victorian London, a seedy actor falls victim to murder, and bumbling sleuth/magician Edward Moon along with his milk-swilling sidekick, The Somnambulist, must follow a series of convoluted clues to solve it. Odd plot twists and quirky characters-including spiritualists, time travelers (maybe), debunkers, dystopian cultists following the works of a poet, and one very unreliable narrator-abound. Plus, it has one of the greatest first lines of all time: "Be warned. This book has no literary merit whatsoever." Fast-paced, pulp-inspired fun with a Victorian noir edge.
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Silverdale Library
Used Book Sale
September 1, 8, 15, 22, and 29
10:00 a.m.
Bainbridge Library
Book Sales
September 3
1:00 p.m.
September 12, 22
10:00 a.m.
Manchester Fall Plant and Book Sale
September 19
9:00 a.m.
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| KRL Locations |
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9 LIBRARIES
ONE CARD
Bainbridge Island
1270 Madison N.
206-842-4162
Downtown Bremerton
612 5th Street
360-377-3955
Kingston
11212 State Hwy 104
360-297-3330
Little Boston
31980 Little Boston Road
360-297-2670
Manchester
8067 E. Main
360-871-3921
Port Orchard
87 Sidney Ave.
360-876-2224
Poulsbo
700 NE Lincoln Rd.
360-779-2915
Silverdale
3450 NW Carlton
360-692-2779
Sylvan Way
1301 Sylvan Way
E. Bremerton
360-405-9100
Bookmobile/Outreach
360-405-9123
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The KRL Foundation raises, manages, and allocates funds to support library programs which benefit all the communities that make up Kitsap County. The Foundation is the fundraising arm of the Kitsap Regional Library and was established as a non-profit organization in 1991. Tax limitations, growth in library use, and rising costs have made it harder for the Library to provide quality service to its communities. The Foundation's challenge is to seek funding to enhance library services and programs beyond the scope of tax-based funding.
As a 501(c)(3) organization, the Foundation is qualified to receive tax-deductible donations. The Foundation looks forward to future projects and to its continued support of the Library in its efforts to provide the best possible service to the citizens of Kitsap County. Please join us in making a difference by choosing one of the many options to donate offered on our website. Donate today! |
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Please Note: If you change your email contact information in the Kitsap Regional Library newsletter KRLconnects, you must also contact your local KRL branch library with the changes so you can continue to receive email notices from the library. | |
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