UPCOMING EVENTS MARCH 2019 Spooner Memorial Library 421 High Street, Spooner, WI 54801 715-635-2792 / spoonerlibrary.org March 2019, Issue 8 Opportunity, Community, Literacy YOU ARE INVITED - UNVEILING RECEPTION On Saturday, March 9th at noon, Spooner Memorial Library will unveil a digital painting that has been in the works for many months. It was created for the library on a 54 x 72 inch canvas (taller than the artist herself) by artist-in-residence Intergalactic Sock aka Lucy Strunk. Necessary rights were acquired from a prominent author s agency to create this unique interpretation of a literary phenomenon we all know well. Well on her way to becoming a graphic novelist and illustrator, Intergalactic Sock has created many graphic items for the Spooner library and others, including the Spooner Library logo and Summer Reading Program booklets. The public is invited to this celebration of local art. Reception will follow unveiling ceremony. 3/4 Lego Club, 6-7 PM 3/5 Chess Club, 6 PM 3/6 Preschool Story Hour, 10-11 AM 3/8 Teen Tech Week Event, 6-9 PM 3/9 Puzzle Contest, 9 AM Noon 3/9 Art Unveiling Reception, Noon 3/9 Art Unveiling @ Noon 3/11 BookWyrm Book Group, 4 PM 3/12 Chess Club, 6 PM 3/13 Preschool Story Hour, 10-11 AM 3/14 Library Writers, 6-7:30 PM 3/18 Mother-Daughter Book Club, 6 PM 3/19 Down to Earth Documentaries, 6 PM 3/20-Preschool Story Hour, 10-11 AM 3/20 Brownbag Book Group, Noon 3/26 Board Meeting, 5 PM 3/26 Chess Club, 6 PM APRIL 2019 4/1 Lego Club, 6-7 PM 4/2 Chess Club, 6 PM 4/3 Money Smart Week Story Hour, 10-11 AM 4/5 Tabletop Game Night, 6-10 PM 4/7-4/13 National Library Week Check Website 4/8 BookWyrm Book Group, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, 4 PM 4/9 Chess Club, 6 PM 4/10 Preschool Story Hour 4/11 Library Writers, 6-7:30 PM 4/16 Chess Club, 6 PM 4/17 Preschool Story Hour, 10-11 AM 4/17 Brownbag Book Group, Victoria, Noon 4/22 Buddy Book Club Wish, 6 PM 4/23 Board Meeting, 5 PM 4/23 Chess Club, 6 PM 4/24 Preschool Story Hour, 10-11 AM 4/25 - Poetry Celebration, 6-7 PM 4/30 Naturalist Author Talk, 6-7:30 PM MAY 2019 Our Mission: We are a haven, a place that invites and offers opportunity, celebrates community, and promotes literacy. 5/2 Winter Reading Challenge Drawing, 3 PM 5/6 Lego Club, 6-7 PM 5/7 Chess Club, 6 PM 5/9 Writing Group, 6-7:30 PM 5/14 Chess Club, 6 PM 5/15 Brownbag Book Group, I ll be Gone in the Dark, Noon 5/20 Fiction Fledglings, Stone Soup, 6 PM 5/21 Los Lecheros Film & Discussion, 6 PM 5/25 Closed 5/27 Closed 5/28 Board Meeting, 5 PM 5/28 Chess Club, 6 PM 5/31 Summer Reading Kickoff Party w/ Danny Donuts, 5 PM
FICTION FLEDGLINGS READING CIRCLE This book club is for families with children. We ll read a longer picture book at the library, discuss the book, and do a story related activity. Bi-Monthly, 3rd Monday Next Discussion: May 20th @ 6-7 pm ONGOING BOOK CLUBS BUDDY BOOK CLUB For caregivers and children. A book club meant to be read together. Discussion, snack, activity! Bi-Monthly, 3rd Monday Next Discussion: April 22nd @ 6-8 pm (4th Monday this month) BROWN BAG LUNCH BOOK GROUP Led by Cathy Korthals. Bring your lunch if you want. Everyone welcome. 3rd Wednesday. Next Discussion: April 17 th @ noon Stone Soup by Marcia Brown Wish by Barbara O Connor Victoria by Daisy Goodwin ONGOING PROGRAMS CHESS CLUB TUESDAYS 6-7:45 pm. Join the Wisconsin Chess Heads at the library for chess club. For all skill levels and ages. Learn to play or play for fun! Supplies and chess experts provided. DROP IN! PRESCHOOL STORY HOUR Preschool Story Hour meets WEDNESDAYS, 10:00-11:00 am, and is geared toward preschool-aged children. Books, crafts, games, & snacks! SESSIONS: SPRING: February - April SUMMER: June - August FALL: October - December * No Story Hour in May, September, or January. FLASH SPOTS OPEN! FRIDAYS after school until 5:00 pm FLASH is a Friday afterschool option for kids in all grades and is hosted by Spooner Memorial Library and Lakeland Family Resource Center. FLASH is held at Spooner Memorial Library Fridays during the school year. Registration required. LIBRARY LEGO CLUB Lego Club meets at the library the FIRST MONDAY of each month, 6-7 pm. FREE! Ages 3+. A challenge is presented with time to free build. LEGOS provided! DROP IN! 2
I feel like every book I read has value. I almost never read a book that I don t find something compelling about. STAFF BOOK REVIEW The Library Book by Susan Orlean Review by Eva Apelqvist Eva Apelqvist, Adult Program & Technology Librarian MEET THE STAFF: EVA Eva Apelqvist is a writer, a translator and a librarian, but, the title she gives herself above all else is that of a reader. The truth is, if I could only do one thing, I would read, she declared in an interview. As a child in Sweden she read everything by Astrid Lindgren. In the United States Lindgren is most famous for Pippi Longstocking, but Eva s favorites were the Brother s Lion Heart and Ronia the Robber s Daughter. Interestingly, she is now a translator for the publishing house that published Lindgren. Back then she enjoyed existential books about good and evil, life or death. She considers herself more of a subtle reader now. Her favorite task as the Adult Program and Technology Librarian is to connect people through programs and most importantly books. Like many readers, she has a hard time quitting on a book. I feel like every book I read has value. I almost never read a book that I don t find something compelling about, she said. Her ability to find worth in what she reads makes her excellent at reader s advisory at the library and at the bookstore, where she also works. Eva has always been a writer, even as a young girl. Having hundreds of articles and stories published worldwide, including traditionally published books, she is most proud of the novel she just finished, a middle-grade book about skateboarders which is currently being marketed with her new agent. Surprisingly libraries were not always a part of Eva s life. As a child she did not use them and in college she used them briefly. I grew up surrounded by books in my home, but even though libraries were all around me, my family never used them, she said. It wasn t until she became a parent that she realized the impact libraries can make on individuals and communities. So now I have a great appreciation for the role libraries play in communities. They fill a huge need for everybody. It s the only place that people are equal. On the surface, it looks like Susan Orlean s most recent book The Library Book, is about the devastating 1986 fire in the Los Angeles Public Library, and the man first accused of setting it, then freed from suspicion. As always, Orlean uses a regular event to dig deeper. Events and topics in her books become stepping stones for something larger, something that makes her whole story resonate, reverberate even, with the reader. Thus, what could have been just another rendition of a historical event, turns into a love letter to libraries, full of heartfelt incidents illustrating the profound significance of libraries. And if you haven t read them yet, go back and savor Orlean s earlier books, especially The Orchid Thief. 3
March 4 th, 6-7 pm MARCH HAPPENINGS @ THE LIBRARY Teen Tech Week TEEN VIDEO GAME PARTY March 8 th, 6-9 PM 4
APRIL HAPPENINGS @ THE LIBRARY Library Poetry Night January 7th @ 6 PM Naturalist Author Talk April 25th, 6-7 pm April 30th, 6-7:30 pm Join us for a Hunt Hill Audubon Society presents POETRY CELEBRATION DAVE EVENSON will be discussing the unpublished works of naturalist Gordan MacQuarrie. April is National Poetry Month. FREE! Come to the library and read a favorite poem (it could even be your own). Books available for purchase. April 1st, 6-7 pm National Library Week April 7-13, 2019 CHECK OUR WEBSITE FOR FUN EVENTS! April Book Club Books 5
MAY HAPPENINGS @ THE LIBRARY GRAND PRIZE DRAWING MAY 2nd @ 3 pm May 6th, 6-7 May Book Club Books Down to Earth Documentaries & The Wisconsin Humanities Council Present Los Lecheros Immigrants in Wisconsin s Dairy Industry May 21st @ 6:00 pm This short film chronicles recent years tensions over immigration and the impact that it has had on the livelihood and lives of the undocumented dairy workers and dairy farmers February 4th @ 6-7 PM in Wisconsin. Discussion will follow. Refreshments served. 6 6
OUR YEAR IN REVIEW SPOONER MEMORIAL LIBRARY 2018 ANNUAL REPORT SUMMARY Library Services 98,355 library items checked out (up 3,150) 58,689 library visits (up 2,071) 14,444 interlibrary loans sent in system (up 2,782) 14,039 interlibrary loans received in system (up 667) 14,032 electronic items checked out (up 857) 8,751 wireless internet usages (up 313) 7,263 program attendees (up 1,416) 5,799 public computer usages (down 1,008) 405 interlibrary loans sent out of system 203 Programs (up 39) 8 undefined checkouts 1 Book Outlet (Books on Rails) Library Collection 29,494 books (added 1,945) 4,027 DVDs (added 544) 1,833 audio books (added 157) 310 others (puzzles/kits/puppets/games) 57 subscriptions 205,861 e-books/e-audio/e-video Patrons 6,992 total patrons 5,576 patrons from outside City of Spooner 1,416 patrons from City of Spooner 97 new e-patrons in 2018 H O U R S M - T H 9 A M 8 PM F R I D A Y 9 A M 8 PM S A T U R D A Y 9 A M 4 P M spoonerlibrarydirec tor@gmail.com www.spooner library.org http://merlin.nwls.li b.wi.us/ Our Mission 715-635-2792 SpoonerLibrary spoonerlibrary We are a haven, a place that invites and offers opportunity, celebrates community, and promotes literacy. Revenue $288,194: City of Spooner - $138,100; Washburn County - $113,936; Other Counties - $19,571; Copies - $4,884 Fines - $1,802; Donations - $6,773; Grants - $2,767; Misc. - $249; Other - $112 Expenditures $285,370: Salaries - $163,750; Benefits - $20,290; Library Services $12,135; Programming - $8,838; Utilities/Heat/Building/Equipment - $18,892; Library Collection - $43,760; Office, computers, phone, postage, marketing, travel/training, other - $17,705 7
NEW BOOKCASES will be popping up all over the library in March, allowing us to expand our collections! We will be expanding our adult fiction area thanks to a generous donation of $1,640 from patron Kenneth Schlag. You may remember Schlag as the patron who also helped us expand our DVD section a couple of years ago by donating money for more DVD cases. We are excited about expanding our Large Print section thanks to Schlag s donation. We are also installing 2 new book cases in the Junior section of the library, expanding our YA and Graphic Novel holdings. KEEP AN EYE OUT! DO YOU WANT TO SERVE THE LIBRARY by being on the library board? We will have a vacancy on our board in June and are searching for a new Trustee. This vacancy is for somebody who lives in the City of Spooner. Library Trustees meet on the 4th Tuesday of the month at 5:00 pm. If interested, please contact the Library Director Angie, at spoonerlibrarydirector@gmail.com or stop in. TAXES! We have IRS Form 1040s, including booklets here at the library for free. We also have Wisconsin state forms, including booklets, rent certificates, Homestead Credit forms, and more. Just stop in. We can't offer tax advice, but we can help you find the right form and print off forms that we do not have in stock for free. Happy Tax Season! A NEW WRITING GROUP AT THE LIBRARY - every 2nd Thursday of the month. Writers of all skill levels, over the age of 18 are welcome to join The Library Writers writing group. The first meeting will be March 14th at 6-7:30 PM. 8
YOU ARE A LIFE-LONG LEARNER! Did you know that your local library has ongoing opportunities for life-long learners like you? We now offer free Gale Courses with your library card. Visit our website, spoonerlibrary.org to get started. Gale Courses offers over 375 free courses at your fingertips, taught by professionals and great for professional and personal development! One great thing about Gale Courses is that they can be completed from the comfort of your home. We have had several patrons take Gale Courses already and they have said wonderful things about their experiences learning through Gale. If you need help signing up for classes, stop in and we can help you. Otherwise, visit our website and have your library card ready. Can t remember your library card number? Give us a call! If you have an older library card, with a short number, please stop in. Gale requires a newer long number. We can give you an updated library card. ARE YOU ON OUR EMAIL LIST? DID YOU KNOW? We offer copying & faxing. FREE Wi-Fi 10 patron computers, FREE to use w/ library card or guest pass. Staff available to work one on one with you regarding tech questions. We scan and email for free. Free scanning Free emailing.20 / page B&W printing & copying Email spoonerlibraryprograms@gmail.com Put add me to your email list in the header, and add your name in the email..50 / page color printing & copying $1 / page faxing Don t miss a thing! 9
We are a haven, a place that invites and offers opportunity, celebrates community, and promotes literacy. Spooner Memorial Library 421 High Street Spooner, WI 54801 Phone: 715-635-2792 Fax: 715-635-2147 HOURS Monday-Thursday 9am - 8pm Friday 9am - 5pm Saturday 9am - 4pm Don t Miss a Thing: Facebook: spoonerlibrary Twitter: SpoonerLibrary Website: www.spoonerlibrary.org Blog: spoonerlibrary.org/spooner-synergy Email List: spoonerlibraryprograms@gmail.com 10