February is Library Lovers’ Month!
February 2013
Editor: Tiffany Haight
“Library Lovers' Month is a month-long celebration of school, public,
and private libraries of all types. This is a time for everyone, especially
library support groups, to recognize the value of libraries and to work
to assure that the Nation's libraries will continue to serve.”—
http://www.librarysupport.net/librarylovers/
How to Love Your Library
CONTRIBUTE (Many libraries have memorial programs, endowments and
Library Lingo
SHELBY AREA DISTRICT LIBRARY
other opportunities to support quality library services). Other ways to
contribute to your library are:
*Donate your time, money, and expertise to your library.
*Buy your library a subscription to a popular magazine.
*Honor a friend with a book for the library.
*Donate a book...or a whole shelf of books.
*Remember your library in your estate planning.
*Write a check to your library's Foundation/Friends group.
BE A FRIEND (Join the Friends of the Library, a support group of volunteers
who provide fundraising and other assistance for the library).
*Donate your used books for the Friends book sale (August 10, 2013).
*Give the gift of membership to a friend or relative.
*Use your skills to help with programs and fundraising events.
*Find new resources for the Friends.
*Volunteer to work at the Friends book sale.
VOLUNTEER (Volunteer your time).
*Offer a committed helping hand to your library’s staff.
*Shelve books or nurture plants.
*Present an adult program.
*Read stories to children or help with class visits.
*Help out the Friends of the Library.
PROMOTE (Research has shown that everyone loves libraries, but no one
thinks about them very much. That’s where you come in. You don’t have to be
a public relations expert to promote your library. You just have to talk about
your library. Here are some ways to do it:
*Support library referenda in elections.
*Write to your state and federal legislators and demand that library service
be viewed (and funded) as a necessary public service.
*Write a letter to the editor or call in to a radio talk station to express your
concerns. Many people are not aware of the funding problems libraries are
experiencing nationally—or in their own communities.
—http://www.librarysupport.net/librarylovers/
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Fridays 9am-5pm
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Lines From Leon for January 2013
Projects and Dates for the Year
At our Friends meeting held on January 9, we reviewed the projects and schedules for the upcoming year.
We start with a very important date for all of you who participate in the Little Chair-ity event. The Chair Pickup
date is set for Saturday March 16, from 9-11 AM. Cindy McKinnon and I will be there to meet those of you picking
up a chair during that time. We look forward to seeing many of you again this year as we begin this important fund
raiser. The other dates for this event are Saturday June 11, 9-11 AM, Meet and Greet the Artists as chairs are
dropped off. Chairs will be on display until Saturday July 13 when we'll read Silent Auction bids at 11AM. As all
of you know, this has become another of the main support events for the Friends efforts to help the library.
Pet Photo contest. We're pleased that Barb Hopper will be managing this event again this year. You will recall the
many great photos we had last year that made this a fun event, and a very successful one too. Photos are due in to
the library by Friday April 12. Barb will have displays up ready for your 25 cent votes beginning on Tuesday April
16. We'll end the contest on Wednesday May 8. We have our usual Friends meeting that day, and will announce the
results in the newsletter. We'll have many of the same kinds of votes by the group, including “funniest”, “smallest”,
“largest”, “most unusual” etc. Good luck with your entry.
Next up is our Annual Book Sale. As usual, we'll be holding this event on Saturday, August 10, from 9 AM until 1
PM. We'll be at the library accepting your donations of books, puzzles, board games and other media on Friday
August 9. I can't help but mention again that the results are dependent on your donations. The better the selection
we have, the more support for the library. We, of course, will be asking for help as we get closer in order to set it up
and manage it on that Friday and Saturday. Time to go through your library at home to see what you could perhaps
donate to this sale.
One of the items I forgot to mention in my recap of the year in December was the success of our first ever plant
exchange in June. We'll be holding another of these this year. Dates to be announced.
Another area of discussion we had at our meeting is a possible change to our membership requirements for the
Friends group. You will hear more about this as we make those decisions. I expect that after our February meeting,
we'll be ready to announce the changes.
I also should announce that our Friends group has re-elected the same board to represent you. I'll be serving another
year as Chair, Kathy Fox will be our Treasurer, and Paula Ballast will be our Secretary.
We appreciate the confidence the group continues to show in the board as we all work for the same goal of helping
provide the best library for our community we can.
Well, if you haven't caught this season's cold yet consider yourself lucky. Paula and I have both had it and are
getting to the recovery stage. We’re trying to avoid each other, friends and family as much as possible to not pass
the germs, but that doesn’t always work so well.
Stay warm, read a good book, and show us some snow. We'll bring you up to date again next month.
Thank you,
Leon
Date Recap
Little Chair-ity Event (March 16 Chair Pick-up, June 11, Meet and Greet the Artists July 13 Final Bids)
Pet Photo Contest (April 12 Photos due to library, April 16 Photo display available for votes, May 8 Event closes)
Plant Exchange (June?)
Annual Good Buy Book Sale (August 10)
The Friends of the Shelby Area District Library is organized for the development of the Library, to bring
together people interested in books, to promote and publicize the interest, usefulness, and resources of the
Shelby Area District Library facilities through publications, programs, exhibits, and other means, and to
raise funds to provide for the purchase of materials for the library.
Please make checks payable to: Friends of the Shelby Area District Library (S.A.D.L.)
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Friends of the Library Officers:
Leon Ballast, President
Paula Ballast, Secretary
Kathleen Fox, Treasurer
Library Hours: Mondays through Thursdays 9am-7pm * Fridays 9am-5pm * Saturdays 9am-1pm