The Bibliophiles The Newsletter of the Portville Free Library and the Friends of the Portville Free Library Spring 2017 We are located at 2 North Main Street Portville, NY Our mailing address is PO Box 768 Portville, NY 14770 Phone: (716) 933-8441 Fax: (716) 933-7020 E-mail: portlibr@roadrunner.com Website: portvillelibrary.weebly.com Facebook: facebook.com/portville.free.library Youth Yard Sale The youth yard sale will take place Friday, June 2nd, 9:00 am - 4:30 pm and Saturday, June 3rd, 10:00 am - 12:30 pm. Donations of gently used items, other than clothing or large appliances, are now being accepted and are greatly appreciated. They may be brought to the library anytime during normal business hours. Proceeds from this sale are used to fund children s programming throughout the year. Director: Charles Bretzin Library Board: President-Ronda Pollock Vice President-Barbara Fairbanks Secretary-Terri Batt Treasurer-Jean Smith Members-Anne Sutter, Chris Piaggi and Bill Sponsler Friends Officers: President-Joe DuShaw Vice President- Bob Johnstone Secretary-Melinda Miller Treasurer-Chris Walden Heritage Day Stop by the library during Portville s Heritage Day, Saturday, July 15 th from 10 am 3 pm. Activities here at the library will include a used book sale, historic photos display, children s games courtesy of the Portville Christian Baptist School and other activities to be announced. In addition, there will be a pancake breakfast at the Masonic Temple and activities in Pioneer Park. Please join us! More information will be available on our website and Facebook page.
2 A Place to Meet If you are in need of a place to hold a meeting, teach a class or present a program, we can help you out! Our community room, which is located in the basement area under the reference room, will hold approximately 50 people. Tables and chairs are provided and they may be rearranged, as long as they are returned to their original locations. A large screen TV is available and may be used to show a DVD or connect to a projector or laptop computer. The room can be used free of charge for nonprofit groups. Others will be charged $5.00 for its use. If you have any questions or wish to reserve the room, please call us at 716-933-8441. Come Share Do you have a special interest, skill or story that you would like to share? Or perhaps you know someone who might answer yes to that question. We are always looking for programing ideas here at the library! Stop in or call with your idea. We ll help you plan and get underway. Joe Schueckler assured a large group that You Too Can Bonsai during a program sponsored by the Pfeiffer Nature Center. It was held in our community room Thursday evening, April 20 th. Used ink cartridges may be dropped off at the library for recycling. This helps us earn rewards from Staples. The children s department is accepting donations of used Lego blocks for summer reading activities. They may be dropped off here at the library.
3 When children read over the summer months, they tend to maintain or even improve the reading level that they achieved during the previous school year. According to research done at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, students who don t read over the summer can even regress as much as two to three months in their reading development. Summer reading programs, such as the one offered here at our library, can help encourage even reluctant readers to stay on track throughout the summer. We are pleased to partner with the Collaborative Summer Library Program and Summer Reading at New York Libraries to develop programming that can help make a difference. There will be plenty of construction going on during our summer reading program, Build a Better World. The program will be running from July 10th through August 11th. We will be having Monday evening and Friday morning programs where we will use different media including a marble run, snap circuits and cubelets. Young patrons are encouraged to come and discover what these fun activities are all about. Our prize closet is getting full and there will be some super incentives for the children to read and turn in their time sheets. We are looking forward to a great time this summer and are anticipating that many children will register for the program and participate in the activities. More details about program topics and times will be available on our website and on our Facebook page.
New Software Additions 4 The library has recently secured access to two Internet-based software programs. Both programs require a paid subscription to use at home but are free of charge when accessed here at the library. ABC Mouse is an early-learning program for children ages 2-8 with activities at the Pre-K through second grade levels. This is a comprehensive curriculum spanning all major subject areas and with activities that include books, puzzles, educational games, art activities, music and songs. These activities can be done randomly or as part of Step-by-Step Learning Path. It s ideal for homeschooled children as well as others who need reinforcement or skill maintenance throughout the summer months. Children and parents can use any of our five public computers to enjoy ABC Mouse, and help is available. We are also pleased to offer access to the genealogy website Ancestry Library Edition. This free resource gives access to many of the same records found on their subscription site, Ancestry.com. Over 30,000 Ancestry.com record collections are included. That s 11 billion records, including U.S. and international offerings! That number will continue to grow as new records are regularly added. The site can be accessed on the library s public computers or on your own laptop or tablet that you bring to the library. Records can be saved from our computers to your external USB memory device or directly to your laptop or tablet. Records can also be printed for.05 a page in black and white or.50 in color. In addition to records, you will find message boards to connect with other users, a learning center featuring research aides and state information, and printable charts and forms to help organize your research. Help with the site is available during regular library hours on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, and a binder with help resources is located in the reference room.
5 Being a participating library in the Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Library System brings many advantages to our patrons. One of the most beneficial is the ability to access the collections of all 38 libraries in the two counties-1.5 million items. Simply by going online and entering a couple of easily found numbers, you can set up an account allowing you to order books, books on CD, magazines and music from any of those libraries. It is truly amazing to be able to do this right from home and then pick the item(s) up here in Portville in a few days time, free of charge. If you do not have access to a computer, the library staff is glad to order books for you, as we often do. But if you would like to learn more about taking advantage of this benefit to order on your own, just stop in and ask how. Either Carol or Kelley would be happy to help you. Soon you will be gleefully clicking and putting holds on books and magazines. Just a warning though: it s addictive! ADVENTURE PASS-CHECK IT OUT! Summer beckons us to alter our routines and find adventure. If you are looking for inexpensive day-trips to sights in the Cattaraugus-Chautauqua area, look no further. This past summer, the two-county library system CCLS piloted the Day Adventure Pass program, which is being continued and expanded this summer. Free entry is provided for many places: the Lucy-Desi Center, the Roger Tory Peterson Institute, the East Aurora children s museum, Chautauqua Institute, the Seneca-Iroquois Museum in Salamanca, among other offerings. The Buffalo Zoo pass even allows a child free entrance with an adult. These passes are still good until June, when new ones will be issued, with even more locations. The way it works is simple, if you have a library card in any one of the 38 CCLS libraries. Decide when you wish to attend the destination, and come into the library a few days before to check out the pass just as you would a book. The pass is good for seven days before it is due. Patrons who took advantage of the passes this past year really benefited from the experience and would recommend using the program. Ask a member of the library staff to get more information on what is available.
6 Peeks at the Past A series of photographs taken in 1930 and 1931 show how the library s appearance has changed over the years. One of these photos is shown below. The current lift room was once designated as the library s reading room. This view is of the side one would see when standing with one s right side in front of the lift. The doors were removed, so that the room now opens into the entry hall and fiction room, the ornate seating is gone and the wall now features the display cases which house our antique lamp collection and other items. However, the large books that stand in the lower part of the bookcase remain. These are bound editions of Portville s newspapers. Their contents are now available digitally and can be accessed through a link on our website.
7 Calendar of Events May 29th - Closed for Memorial Day June 2nd & 3rd - Youth Yard Sale June 17th - Summer Hours Begin July 4th - Closed for Independence Day July 15th - Heritage Day September 4th - Library Closed for Labor Day September 9th - Winter Hours Begin Friends of the Library meet on the second Monday of the month. Library Book Club meets on the third Monday of the month. Handworkers Guild meets Friday morning at 9:00. MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL FORM FRIENDS OF THE PORTVILLE LIBRARY ANNUAL DUES Name Address Telephone Number E-mail Address Individual $3.00 Family $5.00 Contributor $10.00 Patron $25.00 Benefactor $50.00 and above
8 Memorials Made to the Portville Free Library In Memory of: Ronald L. Whitney; Given by: Mary Ann Pezzimenti; Anne Sutter. In Memory of: Philip Brunner; Given by: The Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians. In Memory of: Hazel M. Whitney; Given by: Elizabeth and Patrick Holihan and Family; Bill and Lynn McCue. In Memory of: John (Jack) Rutterman; Given by: Linda Monsell; Michelle Cole; Raymond Doty; Portville Free Library Staff; Carol Molyneaux; Anne Sutter; Tom and Ronda Pollock. In Memory of: Lynn Ruding; Given by: Don and Lois Andrews; Ellen Reesher; Paul and Chris Carlson; Employees of Zito Media; Elaine Kwiatkowski; Carol Molyneaux; Bob and Sue Hollamby; Matt Hollamby; Jen and Darrell Klute; John and Doris Rigas and Family; Bryan, Stephanie and Kiley; Michael J. Rigas; Friends & Family at Hitachi Consulting; Brian and Megan DeMeyer. In Memory of: Virginia Chick Evans; Given by: Kay Anderson and Maggie Collins. In Memory of: Delores Evans; Given by: Fred Evans. In Memory of: Ira Irish Evans; Given by: Fred Evans. In Memory of: Norm Kahler; Given by: Dick Anderson. In Memory of: James W. Worth; Given by: Mary Elizabeth Eaton; Dave and Melissa Meyers. In Memory of: Mary Lou Harrison; Given by: Ava Andrews; Christopher Pollock; Tom and Ronda Pollock. In Memory of: Patrick Hamilton; Given by: Portville Square. In Memory of: Florence and Raymond Hull; Given by: Linda Monsell. In Memory of: Lucky; Given by: Lucky s Love Ministry. In Memory of: Dr. Duncan C. Wormer; Given by: Elinor B. Wormer and Family; Tim and Carol (Wormer) Inglis.
Along with books, magazines, DVDs and videos, we offer some special services you may be interested in: Interlibrary Loans Books on Cassette and CD Genealogy Materials Large Print Materials Community Room Paperback and Jigsaw Exchange Children's Story Hour Tax Forms Fax Service (716) 933-7020 Color Copy Service Computers Basic Computer Help Library Hours Monday 1-8 p.m. Tuesday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday Closed Thursday 1-8 p.m. Friday 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Summer Hours will be in effect Beginning June 17th (Closed Saturdays) Friends of the Portville Free Library 2 North Main Street P.O. Box 768 Portville, NY 14770
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