Book Bag Experiment

Making book bags (virtual, not fabric!) is one of the capabilities of our new Evergreen software.

Click here to connect to my book bag of DVDs that we've added to our collection this month. If you see something you'd like to watch, just follow the links to place a hold. You may also call us and we'll place it for you. Enjoy!

Thanksgiving Holiday Closing

The Library will close at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, November 24th, and remain closed Thursday and Friday, November 25th and 26th. We will reopen at 10 a.m. on Saturday, November 27th.

Closing does not affect access to your OWWL account, our catalog, or OWWL2go.

A Week of Meetings

The Library's Board of Trustees' monthly meeting will be held at 4:15 p.m. on Thursday, November 18th, in the Library's meeting room. Board meetings are open to the public.

In addition,

• Our Friends group will hold their monthly meeting at 1:30 p.m. this Tuesday, November 16th.

• The Book Club will meet at noon on Thursday, November 18th, to discuss The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff.

• Our Stitchclique group will gather at 10 a.m. on Friday, November 19th.

Even if you've never been to any meetings of these groups, we'd love to have you join us. Reservations are not required - just come and enjoy!

160 Years Ago Today

Have you seen the great icon on Google's homepage today? It's in celebration of Robert Louis Stevenson's 160th birthday. Click here for more information.

"The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean."
~Robert Louis Stevenson

School's Out Movie Day

Join us at 3 p.m. on Friday, November 12th, for popcorn and a movie.

Veterans Day 2010

"We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude."
~Cynthia Ozick

Book Sale A Success

Our Friends took in a total of $2,072.77 at last week's book sale - the most ever! Thanks to Shirley Patchett and her wonderful crew for doing such a fantastic job. We had several people come into the library to tell us how well organized the rooms of books were. Thanks to all involved :)

Holiday Closing

The Library will be closed Thursday, November 11th, in honor of Veterans Day. As always, you will be able to access your account to place holds and renew materials, search our catalog, and access/check out OWWL2go downloadable titles.

Weekend Bag Days

This is a glimpse of the sale room which has been set aside for children's books.

Don't miss the final two days of our sale. With the exception of a few individually priced items, everything that has not been sold will be up for grabs at $2/bag. Sale hours on Saturday are 10 a.m. until 5 p.m.; Sunday hours are 2 until 5 p.m.

Friends Book Sale Underway

We are so pleased to be able to hold our Friends annual used book sale in the Library's new Annex. This photo shows one of the five rooms our Friends have filled with books. You can see Shirley, Elinor, and Sharron making one final check and taking one last deep breath before opening the sale to some very enthusiastic shoppers. While we had a record-breaking first day, there are lots of great titles still available. Books are half-price on Friday, so set aside some time between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. to stop by and pick up some bargains.

Personalize Logging Into OWWL

You no longer have to use your library card number to log in to our catalog or your OWWL account. You are now able to replace that number with a username.

Go to http://evergreen.owwl.org

Click on "My Account" and enter your library barcode number and current password, then click on "Login."

In the Account Summary which opened up, click "Change" opposite "Username." Enter the username you want to use (Note: the username is case sensitive).

Click "Submit," then click "OK." You can now login at any time with your new username. You may also change your password in the same manner.

If you have any problems with this procedure or any questions about our new OWWL catalog, please call 483-9292 or drop me an email.

Remember To Vote!

Exercise your right to vote on Tuesday, November 2nd. Click here for a sample ballot for your town, courtesy of the Wayne County Board of Elections. Polls will be open from 6 a.m. until 9 p.m.

Improved Catalog Searching

Have you had a chance to search our new OWWL catalog? The "Home" page now gives you the capability of typing in a keyword, title, author, subject, or series. You can then choose the format you want: books, large print, audiobooks, video recordings, music, or electronic resources. You can limit your search to our library or include all 42 libraries, gain access to your account, or move to an advanced search page (more about that another day).

Click on the OWWL library card in the right-hand column of this page to get started, or stop by and I'll give you a "Home" tour. Happy searching :)

Mark Your Calendar!

I hope you've set aside time to visit this year's Used Book Sale. Sponsored by the Friends of the Sodus Community Library, this year's sale will be in the Library's Annex at 19 Maple Avenue. We've been amazed by the number of books you've generously donated this year, and are in the process of sorting approximately 10,000 titles! This should definitely prove to be our best sale ever.

Your shopping experience will also be much improved. Rather than searching through our cramped meeting room, you'll be able to browse through several rooms which will be set up according to genre. A special treat will be the children's area in one of the front rooms.

Sale hours will be 10 a.m.-8 p.m. on Thursday, November 4th, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, November 5th and 6th, and 2-5 p.m. on Sunday, November 7th. Prices remain as they were at last year's sale: $1/book ($.50 in the children's room) on Thursday, everything half price on Friday, and $2 for whatever you can fit in one of our bags on Saturday and Sunday. Parking is available behind the Library, behind the Annex, on the street (Maple Avenue or Smith Street), and in the public parking lot just south of Poppy's Pizza. See you there!

4 Stars

We've received our new issue of Library Journal, and I'm proud to say that our library has again been named a 4-star library! Based on 2008 data submitted by 7,407 public libraries to their respective States, LJ has named 258 starred libraries, assigning 3 to 5 stars to each. To read the entire article, click here or on the new America's Star Libraries logo.

Library Board Meets Thursday

The Library's Board of Trustees will hold their monthly meeting at 4:15 p.m. on Thursday, October 14th, in the Library's meeting room. Board meetings are open to the public.

Holiday Closing

The Library will be closed on Monday, October 11th, in honor of Columbus Day. You will still be able to access your OWWL account, plus download audiobooks and ebooks at OWWL2go.

Reminder

Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of this week:

• You will need your library card to check out anything - no exceptions
• With your card, you''ll be able to check out all the materials you'd like
• Everything you check out - even movies - will be due back in two weeks
  
• We will not be able to search our catalog, but will do our best to help you find what you need
• We will not be able to issue new library cards, update your information, place or process holds, accept fine payments, or renew/return your items (not a problem, as nothing is due for these three days)

Thursday, October 7th:

• We will delay opening until 1 p.m.
• If all goes well, we will then be able to resume normal circulation activities and share some of OWWL's new features with you