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Celebrate! Celebremos!

This Thursday, April 30/30 de abril, is Children's Day/Book Day or El dia de los ninos/El dia de los libros. The holiday Children's Day/Book Day honors children, childhood, and the importance of books in the world. Take the opportunity this week to read to your children, grandchildren, nieces or nephews, or any other children in your life. Of course, just reading something for your own benefit is a great way to celebrate too.

The library staff will be happy to help you find books to read with children or for your own enjoyment. We even have a book about Children's Day/Book Day at the library.

Here are some websites to visit for more information about Children's Day/Book Day, children's books, and literature for Latinos.

National Center for Dia

Pat Mora, founder of Dia and a children's author

The Pura Belpre Award

Reforma, organization that promotes literacy and services to Latinos

The Tomas Rivera Mexican American Children's Book Award

Library now on Facebook

Did you know the Library now has a Facebook page? It's full of library facts and information, hours and announcements.

For National Library Week 2009 we asked students to complete the question: In 2019 libraries will be . . . .

See a photo album of some of the responses on our new Facebook page. Log on today and become a fan!

New Books - week 4

These are just some of the new books processed this week in the Library. These are just a few items, if you'd like to see more new items OR need a particular title, stop by the Reference Desk and the staff will be happy to help you!

• Age of the unthinkable : why the new global order constantly surprises us and what to do about it, by Joshua Cooper Ramo. 973.931 R175a


• Caught in the net : how to recognize the signs of Internet addiction--and a winning strategy for recovery, by Kimberly S. Young. 616.86 Y72c


• Facebook marketing : leverage social media to grow your business, by Steven Holzner. 658.872 H762f


• House of cards : a tale of hubris and wretched excess on Wall Street, by William D. Cohan. 332.66 C678h


• I love it when you talk retro : hoochie coochie, double whammy, drop a dime and the forgotten origins of American speech, by Ralph Keyes. R 422 K44i


• Organizing higher education for collaboration : a guide for campus leaders, by Adrianna J. Kezar, Jaime Lester. 378.101 K44o


• Riches among the ruins : adventures in the dark corners of the global economy / Robert P. Smith with Peter Zheutlin. 332.67 S658r


• Twitter revolution : how social media and mobile marketing is changing the way we do business & market online, by Deborah Micek & Warren Whitlock 658.872 M619t


• 'wichcraft : craft a sandwich into a meal--and a meal into a sandwich, by Tom Colicchio with Sisha Ortuzar. 641.84 C696


• Yellowstone treasures : the traveler's companion to the national park, by Janet Chapple; with geological text and advice by Bruno J. Giletti. 917.8752 C467y

More information on each title can be found in the catalog.

National Library Week - Library Links

It's National Library Week -- learn more about libraries around the world with the following unusual websites :

• European Library Web Exhibition - featuring pictures highlighting the architecture of the great libraries of Europe
• Libraries' Surprising Special Collections - list of esoteric collections found in U.S. libraries, such as the nation's largest collection of nurse romance novels housed at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
• Map of Library Cats - annotated world map with libraries that have a library cat in residence.
• Galaxy of Images - did you know there are 20 libraries that support the research functions of the Smithsonian Institution? A gallery of images taken from the the 1.5 million books and manuscripts in the Smithsonian Library collection.
• History of Mobile Libraries - before the automobile, a pictorial history of library materials delivery via wagon, donkey and even by railroad car.
• George Kelly Paperback and Pulp Fiction Collection - the Kelly Collection contains over 25,000 pulp fiction books and magazines. Includes gallery of cover art and detailed summaries of selected books.
• Librarians in the Movies - catalogs and annotates over 500 films that has either had a librarian character or library as scenery.

National Library Week

The Library will be celebrating National Library Week April 12-18 with libraries all over the world. This year we're looking forward to the future of libraries, how will libraries look in the year 2019?

Stop by the library and give us your thoughts and opinions:

What's Your Vision?