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Dear Fans,
We received over 75 responses to last spring's online survey and we are busy formulating programs for the year in areas of majority interest. Our print newsletter will be bulk-mailed later this month and it will have in-depth coverage on happenings at the Library in September and October. Of course, subscribers to this email newsletter and viewers of our webpage will always get first notice.
In this issue:
Another improvement has been made to the online library catalog allowing borrowers with a popular book request to keep their place in line. There's still time for this summer's "beach read" for the Library's Book Club. The Friends of the Marlboro Free Library put out the welcome mat for new members this month. The Dutchess Arts Council has chosen us as a meeting place for artists and cultural organizations to get assistance with their grant applications. We are also excited about loaning a free family pass to the Mid-Hudson Children's Museum. Read below for details on all of these items. |
James B. Cosgrove
Director
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Children's Museum Pass Available
We are now lending one free family admission pass to the Mid-Hudson Children's Museum in Poughkeepsie. Stop by the Library and pick up a copy of the rules concerning the program. The pass is available on a first-come, first-serve basis to holders of the Marlboro Library card with accounts in good standing. The pass may not be reserved for a certain date. The loan period is 3 days. If the pass is overdue there will be a $5/per day fine imposed. |
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Library Friends Meeting - Tuesday, August 10
The Friends of the Marlboro Free Library will be meeting on Tuesday night at 7 p.m. in the community room to begin planning for a new year of fundrasing activities. New members are always welcome. Bring your ideas and your energy. |
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Looking for grants? - Saturday, August 14
An application seminar for the Dutchess Arts Council's 2011 Project Grant for Arts and Cultural Projects will be held in the community room Saturday, August 14 at 11 a.m. The meeting usually lasts 1 1/2 hours.
The Project Grant Program is a re-grant program of the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) and designed to promote local community-based arts and culture in Dutchess & Ulster Counties. Last year these grants ranged from $500 to $2,500. The average 2010 award was approximately $1,800.
Intent to Apply Deadline:
(by phone to the Arts Council) Friday - Sept. 3
Application Deadline:
Tuesday - Sept. 21, 2010; 1 p.m. |
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Away on holiday? We'll freeze your "holds."
Imagine that you have placed a request or "hold" on the popular title The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and you are waiting WEEKS for your turn to borrow it. Just when your name is about to rise to the top of the waiting list, you go on vacation and lose your spot!! Thanks to an upgrade to the catalog, that frustrating scenario can be avoided by putting a "freeze" on your hold. Click on the Library Catalog, log in and view your requests. At that point you can freeze (or unfreeze) selected titles you have on hold. Items that are currently available, or already on their way, or waiting to be picked up, cannot be frozen.
Pick up a "Freeze Your Requests" bookmark at the Library that has step-by-step instructions. Staff are available to teach you how to log into your online library card account. |
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Kids' Fall Program Signups - Thursday, September 9
Sign-up for fall children's programs will be held on Thursday evening, September 9 at 7 p.m. Look for details and dates of the programs on the Library's web calendar. Pre-school programs and after-school programs will be included for a variety of ages. Programs will start in September and, depending on the program, will end in either late November or early December. |
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This Summer's Book Club title
Join the Library Book Club that meets on the last Wednesday of the month at 7 p.m. in the library community room. The group will be discussing Colm Toibin's novel Brooklyn. on Wednesday evening, September 29. Ellis Lacey, a bookkeeper in post-World War II Ireland, seeks a fresh start personally and professionally in Brooklyn, N.Y. She finds a job and attends Brooklyn College. Then one day at a parish dance, she meets Tony, a blue-eyed, blond Italian who sweeps her off her feet. She's contemplating where the relationship is going when she is beckoned to return to Ireland. |
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