As we recently welcomed our new Branch Manager, I started thinking about the rest of the branch staff and realized I didn't know as much about them as I could, and that maybe you would like to know more as well. Here’s a short blog with some Qs & As.
Today we will start with our Asst. Manager - Connie K., who has been with MCPL the longest of our staff, and our newest staff member Lauren C., who just began her career with MCPL this past summer as a Page.
Because I love books and people, I have found my job in the library to be the perfect place for me. I find joy in helping people locate just the right book to read or learning how to print something on the computer. My grandchildren, living in Liberty, often call and ask me to get certain books for them. They think I am their own personal librarian! I find so much pleasure in having a patron return a book I recommended and tell me how much they enjoyed reading it. Sometimes, they bring it back and say thanks, but I really didn’t like this book. That’s okay also.
One of the many celebrations in November is International Drum Month. The Percussion Marketing Council was formed in 1995. They came up with an advertising campaign to help appeal to a broader audience, and this November celebration is the end result. They promote drumming as "a positive experience that everyone can enjoy."
Hello again from D.W. This month I would like to wrap-up my time discussing the audiobook collection and my experiences with it over the last few years.
"How many scrolls do we have?"—asked king Ptolemy of Egypt. His goal was to collect half a million for the Great Library of Alexandria, founded about 300 b.c. After three generations of this dynasty’s wheeling-dealing, trading, conspiring, deceiving, and translating, the Library of Alexandria could boast 750,000 scrolls. Gosh! We can do this many "scrolls" in a day!
When I was 13, I stayed with my grandmother, Rhoda, for a while. Granny, as we called her, was born in 1891. Because Granny believed girls should learn how to sew, she decided to teach me how to make quilts. It took a long time to cut out all of the blocks needed for a quilt! The blocks were made of corduroy, and they were called "big blocks." Granny had a treadle type sewing machine, which she taught me to use. We pinned the blocks in a row and then sewed them together. That was how I made my first quilt.
Happy October, all. And, what is it we love about October? Halloween, of course. And nothing says Halloween like an evening curled up in front of the slowly dying embers of a fire with your favorite Stephen King book. Whether your tastes run toward the mental and emotional horrors suffered by the friendly caretaker Dolores Claiborne or to the more tangible ones enjoyed by the family in <
It’s difficult to turn on a TV, radio, or any other electronic device (or pick up the newspaper, for that matter) lately without realizing that it is election season. Regardless of your political leanings, we have great news at the Lone Jack Branch!
Magnets, what fun they are to play with. I have a magnetic game in my living room. It has a magnetic base and is covered with metal diamond shaped pieces. It’s fun to see how high you can pile them or what designs you can make.
I also have a tool I can use to pick up pins and needles or stray paper clips. It has a magnet on the end, and it extends so I can reach things that have gotten away in corners or have fallen under furniture. Another magnetic tool I’ve used was helpful in picking up the nails in our yard left behind when a new roof was put on our house.
Hello again from DW. All of you know I am an advocate of the use of the audiobooks in the MCPL System. I have, however, not been able to convince certain members of my immediate family of their value. That is until recently.
This fall my son was forced to drive back to his college in Tennessee by himself. It is a twelve hour drive with no one to talk to and little to occupy your mind, but thoughts of how long you have been on the road and how long you still have to drive.
