Archive for February, 2009
Why should our library do programming?
Libraries are many things to their communities. They offer the practical information people need to improve their quality of life and to increase individual options in a complex society—information about health, education, business, child care, computers, the environment, looking for a job … and much more.
Libraries also give their communities something less tangible, yet just [...]
Bestselling Author Takes You Inside the Outcast This Month @ Your Library
Get a glimpse inside an outcast’s world – and the imaginative mind that created it – when the McCracken County Public Library introduces you to a New York Times Bestselling Author. Kentucky writer Gwyn Hyman Rubio joins you for a special Discussions from Off the Shelf about her debut novel Icy Sparks Wednesday, March 4th [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )McCracken County Public Library Tid-bit…
An interesting and humorous new article appeared today on IdealBite.com entitled, “Can’t remember the last time you got carded?”
Check It Out!
Hold Notice!
Effective March 15, 2009
All holds may only be checked out with the card they were reserved on.
If you would like to have someone pick a hold up for you, make sure you lend them the card you placed the hold on.
Thank you,
Circulation Department, McCracken County Public Library
Please call us with questions: 270.442.2510 ext. 1/p>
Story Time at the McCracken County Public Library
January 6, 2009 – April 28, 2009
Jan 6 Happy New Year, Tidy New Year
Jan 13 Mittens, Muffs Muklucks and Muffins
Jan 20 Away from Home-Around the World with Bob Dog
Jan 27 Chinese New Year of the Ox
Feb 3 Fun with Boxes
Feb 10 Love You Forever
Feb 17 The Three Little Pigs Plus
Feb 24 A B Sea Books
Mar [...]
Evenings Upstairs @ Your Library
Evenings Upstairs programs are held monthly at McCracken County Public Library. They are free of charge and open to the public and presented in the comfortable meeting room setting. The programs are approximately one hour long with a lecture or presentation covering one hour then brief audience discussion following. Evenings Upstairs involve author events, poetry [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 3 so far )February’s Evening Upstairs – Abraham Lincoln: I, Too, am a Kentuckian
There’s a lot of talk about President Lincoln, lately. With a 200th birthday coming up, everyone’s interested in this “byte” of history. “Mega-bytes” of information are available on this incredible man. Search the web and you’ll find a cornucopia. Inspiration from the man who made America free is not hard to come [...]
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