Annual Meeting of Friends of the Eager Free Public Library

Annual Meeting of Friends of the Eager Free Public Library

The FEFPL Constitution specifies that the group hold an annual meeting within four months of the end of each fiscal year.  Our fiscal year ends on June 30th of each year.

This year our annual meeting will occur on Friday, Octoer 22nd at about 7 PM at the Eager Free Public Library.  Though the library will be closed to the public, Friends may enter the building through the First St. entrance.  The meeting is expected to conclude by 8 pm.

All current members of the FEFPL also receive this notice by mail in the Fall 2010 newsletter, which will be posted on or about October 1, 2010.

Any member of the public who wishes to join the Friends of the Eager Free Public Library is also welcome to come to this annual meeting.  Membership forms will be available.

Celebration Time.... Come On!

Celebration Time.... Come On!

Join us to Celebrate National Friends of Libraries Week with your Friends.

In Evansville, Mayor (and Friend) Sandy Decker will proclaim October 17-23, 2010 as Friends of EFPL Week.  

We'll honor a long-time Friend as our first-ever Friend of the Year.

Congratulate and thank this Friend for long-time service to EFPL.

Enjoy light snacks, beverages, & some cool jazz in the background. Meet new Friends.  Check out physical improvements the Friends have made to the library.  Try out the new language-learning program, Mango!  See the new DVD/computer projector in operation. 

Then, attend the Friends’ Annual Meeting, which will take place as the celebration winds down.  The event will conclude around 8 PM.

Great YouTube Video!

Great YouTube Video!

I suggest we all appreciate our library staff a lot more.  With the specter of tight(er) budgets for the next several years, and increasing library usage, they are doing more and more in a time of fewer resources.

Check out this video for a light-hearted but powerful take on the situation at libraries all around the US.

Mango, Mango, Mango!

Mango, Mango, Mango!

Where does the money raised from the Ice Cream Socials and Used Book Sales at the Eager Free Public Library go?    Most recently, the Friends of the Library purchased one year's access to Mango Languages, an online language-learning system now available to all EFPL library-card holders.  Mango works at the library on its public-access computers and on your home computer.  English speakers can use the program to learn 22 different languages --   for countries around the world.  Native speakers of 13 world languages can learn English as a Second Language.   

Mango provides two levels, Basic and Complete, with lessons ranging in length from 15 minutes to as long as an hour.  Each lesson begins and ends with a spoken conversation (with text on the computer screen) that includes all the vocabulary to be learned throughout the lesson, then breaking down each piece of the conversation individually until the knowledge is adequately reinforced.  Users hear native speakers conducting the conversation; you can repeat each segment as many times as you wish; you can record your own voice and compare your pronunciation with a native speaker.  There are timed memory challenges to adapt phrases and words already learned to new uses.  Repetition is the name of the game. You learn at your own pace. Advanced lessons build on knowledge gained from previous lessons.

Mango is suitable for students from about 6th grade upwards to adults. To access Mango from outside the library or this Blog, use your web browser to go to the Eager Free Public Library's website at: 

http://www.als.lib.wi.us/EFPL/

Then click on the Mango logo in the middle of the page.  If you have questions about the Mango language-learning system, contact the staff of the Eager Free Public Library.