Flaunt it!

Flaunt it!

We just got our shipment of Eager Free Public Library tote bags.  Emblazoned with the classic EFPL window logo and perfect for carrying all the books, magazines, DVDs, and books on CD you'll find at Your Library!  Get yours at the circulation desk for only $5.  


"Sew Many Threads", a local business just across the street from the library, made these up especially for the Friends.  Proceeds from their sale will go to support our library.  Hopefully, they'll sell out soon, but we can get more.

   

March Activities at the EFPL

March Activities at the EFPL

From Kathi, our Library Director:

Wednesday Storytimes:  Bring your preschoolers to a delightful early learning activity at the Library.  We will be reading a Caldecott award winning book at each of the storytimes in March.  One is even from 1949!  It's fun to see how the illustrations and writing have changed over the years. Wednesdays at 10:00.

Friday Preschool Crafts:  Fridays at 10 a.m.  Great at developing creativity and hand-eye coordination!  Registration is not required.


Eager Free regularly offers FREE one-on-one computer classes.  Need to brush up your computer skills?  Learn new programs like Excel, Word, Power Point?  Look for a job on-line?  Build a resume?  You can learn all these apps and more!  Scheduled classes:  March 3rd and March 24th.  Just call 882-2260 to reserve your one-hour slot.

The Antemeridians book discussion group is reading "The Thirteenth Tale" by Diane Setterfield.  Everyone who has read the books is welcome to join the group on Tuesday, March 16th at 10:30 a.m. for a lively discussion and fabulous treats.  Books are available in many formats; call the Library or go online to reserve your copy.

New Membership Chair

New Membership Chair

Jim Cunningham, a longtime Evansville resident, has agreed to join the Friends' Board as membership chair.  

Jim and his wife Rose have several children who have been or are now being educated in the Evansville school system.  He is a professional cabinetmaker who does high-end custom work for clients in the area.  He also has participated in the exterior renovation of several commercial buildings on Main Street.

Jim is also a talented amateur musician.  He plays bass trombone in both classical and jazz styles with groups in Madison.

We welcomed Jim to his first board meeting last Tuesday evening.

Board Member turn-over leads to donations.

Board Member turn-over leads to donations.

When Friends' Board members leave their positions, the Friends donate books for the library's permanent collection in their honor.  We have been a bit tardy in keeping this tradition, but are now up to date.  A special bookplate is placed on the flyleaf of each donated book, indicating the honoree.  Unless the honoree specifies a particular title, the Library Director selects a suitable book which will complement the library's collection.

Chris Eager resigned his position as President of the Friends in November 2008, after many years leading the organization.  He has requested that a "classic adventure book" be purchased in his name.  Kathi Kemp will be selecting the specific book-title soon; she's thinking along the lines of Robert Louis Stevenson.

Michelle Buehl completed her term as Treasurer in November 2008.  Kathi selected a book age-suitable for Michelle's children: "Shapes".

Molly Hicks served for a while as Volunteer Coordinator, but resigned prior to her term's expiration.     She requested "Blind Side: Evolution of a Game" by Michael Lewis.

Gwen Brunner, who took over for Molly as Volunteer Coordinator in early 2009, completed her term in November 2009.  "Her" book is a children's book: "Vicky the Vet".

Josh Tregoning, the Friends Membership Chair, recently received greatly expanded responsibilities in his job.  So, regrettably, he had to resign his position with the Friends in mid-term.  "His" book is "The Great Wildlife Search".

We wish to thank these Friends for their service to the organization.  While we will miss their valuable contributions to the Friends' activities,  the new Board members who have taken their places are adding new viewpoints and ideas of their own to our deliberations and decisions about how to support the Eager Free Public Library.

Thanks again to Chris, Michelle, Molly, Gwen, and Josh.

All five of these books will soon be available for checkout at the library.

Paint Job Done

Paint Job Done

This morning Kim Miller, Loren Pfaff and I painted most of the lower hallway in the EFPL, where the used book-sale books are displayed.  It's now a happier shade of yellow, as requested by Kathi Kemp, the Library Director.

Thanks are due to Carol Endres for donating the paint, mixing it to the right color, and lending the dropcloths to keep the carpet protected.

Three people were enough; more would have just gotten in the way in that confined space.  It took a bit over 2.5 hours from arrival to leaving.  Masking the woodwork and cleaning the rollers etc took as much time as actually putting on the paint.

Now we're ready for the new bookshelves to go up -- hopefully they will be finished in two weeks.

Shelves

Shelves

A Friends' goal is to make the area in the library's basement where we display and sell used books more attractive and accessible.  (So we'll sell more books and have more money to support library programs and services!)

Volunteers removed the old shelves after the Winter Book Sale and will build new adjustable shelves for the refurbished area.

While cleaning out the store-room (see previous posts) we found almost 4 dozen shelf boards that had been removed from other areas of the library.  Some of these may be original shelves from when the library was built in 1908.  We can recycle these and use them in the new construction.  We also found shelf-supports that fit into holes in the new vertical pieces of the shelving unit and fit the old boards.  Other materials have also been donated.

With all this free material and volunteers doing the construction, we will not spend nearly as much money on the new shelving as we previously anticipated.   More money to actually support the library as a result.

Yea!