Today'sLibrary|NewsletterforJanuary-February2017
WinningDesignsWillGraceTwoNewLibraryCards
in2017
CongratulationstoLeilaGridleyandErin
Tillett,winnersoftheTRLCardArtContest!
Winningartinthekidcategorywas
Winningartintheteencategorywas
createdbyLeilaGridley,age10,
createdbyErinT illett,age16,T oledo
Olympia
Tenyear-oldLeilaGridleyisapatronoftheOlympiaTimberlandLibrary;
ToledoresidentErinTillett,age16,isaregularatthelibraryinWinlock.
Theirdesignswillsoonbeseenontwonewlibrarycards.
Three-hundredandfivekids(ages5-11)andteens(ages12-17)answeredthe
callfordesigns.
"Thecreativityandskillintheentrieswereincredible,"YouthServices
ManagerKendraJonessaid."Thejudgeshadaverytoughjob."
Thankstoalltheyoungartistsfromaroundthedistrictwhosentinartwork.
WhoDoesn'tLoveStartingtheNewYearwith
NewWheels?
AnotherTRL"DesignerOriginal"CourierVanHits
theRoad.
ThenewestTRLcouriervancontinuesthetheme:yourlibrarycard
cantakeyouanywhere.
Firstintheserieshittheroadin
January2016
Secondvanjoinedthefleet
inOctober
Designforvan#4,comingearly
2017
TimberlandLibrariansAreExcitedAbout
PublishingBoominLargePrintBooksReengagingVisionChallengedReaders.
LibrarianRobinBradfordwantspeopletoknowaboutlargeprintbooks:"Reading
isn'tsupposedtobepainful.Booksaren'taboutstrugglingandsquintingand
gettingheadaches."
Atits1999peak,theBabyBoomergenerationnumbered78.8millionpeoplein
theU.Salone.Forbookpublishers,alltheseagingeyescreateastrongmarket
forlargeprint(LP)books.AtTRL,LibrarianRobinBradfordisexcited.
"ItusedtobethatpublishersonlyprintedatinynumberofLPbooks-afew
Westerns,someAgathaChristiemysteriesandgentleromances,"Bradford
said."Now,LPiseverywhere!"
"Readingisn'tsupposedtobepainful,"sheasserted."Booksaren'tabout
strugglingandsquintingandgettingheadaches."
I'mexcitedbecausehavingmoreLPbooks-onthemarketandinlibrariescanhelppeoplerediscovertheirloveofreading."
Publishersareofferingmorevariety
inLP.Ifyoucan'tfindwhatyou're
lookingfor,askalibrarian.
Showingthedifferencebetween
regulartypesizeandLP.
WantmoreLPbooksatyourTimberlandLibrary?
Pleasehelpusbytakingthisshortsurvey.
Takeoursurvey
ManagingYourTaxDollars:
Toughdecisionsandexcitingnewresources.
TRLfacestightfinancesin2017.Theforecasthasresultedinsometough
budgetdecisions.Mostnoticeabletopatronswillbea$579,000(16%)cutin
materials-thatmeanseverythingyoucanborrow,downloadoruseonline.
Toppingthe"non-renew"listisHoopla-streamingvideoandaudiobooks-and
themusicsource,Freegal.Thesetwoservicesarenotsustainableasthecostto
TRLisover$250,000in2016.
Thelanguagelearningprogram,Pronunciator,isavailableonlythrough
December31,howeverpopularlanguageprograms,MangoandMuzzy
Clubhavebeenrenewed.UniversalClassjoinedTRL'sonline
learning/continuingeducationcollectionbackonDecember1,addingmorethan
500differentclasses.ItreplacesGaleCourses,whichwassignificantlymore
expensiveandisendingthesignupforclassesonDecember30.
TRLwillcontinuetomonitortheuseofourservicescombinedwithdirect
patroninputtomakeinformeddecisionsthatprovidethebestpossiblevaluein
libraryservices.Thankyouforyourpatienceduringthistransition.
LibraryClosingsinJanuary&February
Mon.,Jan.2-NewYear'sDay(observed)
Mon.,Jan.16-MartinLutherKing,Jr.Day
Mon.,Feb.20-President'sDay
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