December 2014
News, etc

From the Friends of Rowan Public Library
topMark Catesby Watercolors from Royal Library in England On Display at RPL Until Dec. 31st. 
Rowan Public Library is pleased to host a special traveling exhibit featuring original watercolors by English naturalist Mark Catesby now housed in England's Royal Library.

In 1712, more than 100 years before Audubon's ambitious venture, Catesby arrived in Virginia and explored the country from the tidewater region to the first ranges of the Appalachians. Over the next fourteen years he traveled extensively in Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands and produced detailed watercolor drawings from which he engraved the plates for his published Natural History.

In 1768 King George III acquired the 265 watercolors which, by this time, had been bound up with Catesby's own printed text. They are now housed in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle. 

These are now being reproduced in a four volume set. The Catesby Trust and Addison Publications LTD are sponsoring a traveling exhibit of some select facsimiles of the watercolors as a picture display. 

These will be on exhibit in the gallery at Rowan Public Library Headquarters in Salisbury through Wednesday, December 31st 2014.  For questions or more information please contact Gretchen Witt, Edith M. Clark History Room Librarian, at 704-216-8232

 

In This Issue
Catesby Watercolors On Exhibit
Holiday Programs for Children and Families
NCLive to Offer New Resources in January 2015
Book Bites Book Club
December Hours and Closings
Raffle For Literacy
Gift Baskets on Sale Now
Teen Book Cover Contest Winners
Discover Switzerland, Austria, and Bavaria
Gifts to RPL

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NCLive to Offer New Resources Beginning in January 2015 
NCLive is adding new resources beginning in January 2015.  These resources are available free to anyone with a current RPL card and pin number.
Highlights of the new resources include:
  • Literature Resource Center:  Articles, essays, work and topic overviews, full-text works, and biographies covering authors, their works, and literary movements.
  • Films on Demand Video Master Collection: Thousands of high quality videos from travel and fitness programming, to how-to videos, indie films, popular music performances, documentaries, and curriculum-based educational videos.  
  • Pronunciator Language Learning:  Language learning for 80 languages and ESL for 50 non-English languages, including audio lessons, interactive textbooks, quizzes, phrasebooks and pronunciation analysis.
  • ProQuest Central:  General reference database for over 175 subjects from magazines, journals, and newspapers, including peer-reviewed and scholarly works.  
These are just a few of the many valuable resources available through NCLive. To get started visit www.rowanpubliclibrary.org and click on NCLive under online tools. For questions or assistance with any of these please contact your nearest RPL location.

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Book Bites Book Club


New members are always welcome, and light refreshments will be served.

For more information, please call 704-216-7841.

RPL December Hours and Closings

Closed- Staff Development
Friday
December 5th
Closing at 7:00 pm
Monday-Tuesday
December 22nd-23rd
Closed
Wednesday-Saturday
December 24th-27th
Closing at 7:00 PM
Monday-Tuesday
December 29th-30th
Closing at 5:00 PM
Wednesday
December 31st

Happy Holidays
 from Rowan Public Library!
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Raffle For Literacy Council
The Friends of RPL have been making literary gift baskets for several years but this year you will see a special basket at the circulation desk at RPL Headquarters. This basket is being raffled off to benefit the Rowan County Literacy Council through our Scrabble Scramble Team.

The basket contains several items of interest to readers and budding writers alike. Among the contents are a gently used Nook and a special folded book art reminding you to Read.

Raffle tickets are $2.00 each. Second prize in this raffle is a Custom Folded Book with the word or letters of your choice up to 5 characters or one silhouette approved by the artist.
Third Prize: 5 Friends of RPL Rental Gift Certificates. Drawing will be held on Friday, December 12.

 

Holiday Literary Gift Baskets On Sale Now


Holiday Literary Gift Baskets are on sale now at all RPL locations. Prices vary and are marked are on each basket.

Please continue your generous donations. Thank you!


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Teen Book Cover Contest Winners

Congratulations to our Teen Book Cover Contest Winners!

Contest participants were asked to design original cover art for an existing work that they had read. Designs could not copy existing covers in any way. 

Prizes were awarded for two age groups: middle school (11-13 years) and high school (14-17 years).

Discover Switzerland, Austria, and Bavaria
With the Friends of RPL! 
Your chance to experience the spectacular scenery, people, hidden treasures and history of Switzerland, Austria and Bavaria is here!  The Friends of RPL are offering this trip in conjunction with Collette Vacations.

Depart on August 26 and return September 4 (2015) for a trip that includes Bern (A UNESCO World Heritage Site), a ride on the Golden Pass Panoramic Train from Montreux to Gstaad, Lucerne (the Swiss paradise on the lake), Innsbruck (the capital of the Tyrol), Salzburg, and Oberammergau.

Want to learn more about this fantastic trip?  Join us on Thursday, January 8 at 7:00 pm at RPL Headquarters in Salisbury for an informational program on the trip with our Collette representative. Brochures about the trip are available at any library location or  by calling Melody Moxley at 704-640-5159. We hope you will be able to join us on January 8 for a look at some of the sites and experiences you'll have on this memorable trip.

 

Rowan Public Library appreciates your gifts and will purchase materials for the library that can be enjoyed by our community for years to come.
Memorials and Honors:
In Honor of Mrs. Addie Ketner given by the Amicitia Book Club
In Memory of Irene Field given by the Le Jeudi Book Club

Friends of RPL
 
Gifts: Lois Latimer

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   A Gift That Keeps on Giving @ RPL
In Honor of  Amy Williams given by Sylvia Wiseman to the Amy Harrell Williams Endowment
In Memory of  Jo Schwarzschild given by Suzanne Casey and Mr. and Mrs. Victor Wallace to the Leo Wallace, Jr. Endowment