Washington County Public Library

Make Waves at Washington County Public Library

jwandrey — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 20:36:24 +0000

We hope you will all join us for our summer reading program this year. The theme is “Make waves at your library”. We have all sorts of water-themed activities going on throughout the summer for kids, tweens and adults. Be sure you come by and see our water gardens presentation this evening at 5:30, and on Thursday we will host Ruth Ann Fogle with her Juneteenth presentation, also at 5:30 pm.

Anyone of any age may sign up for the summer reading program, and there are many wonderful prizes. We have three movie packages, 2 gift cards for Barnes & Noble, and a Water Toys package. All you have to do is read (anything, print, newspaper, email, etc) for 20 minutes each day. Every time you have accumulated 5 days of reading we will give you a ticket to place in the drawing for the prize you most want to win. Each prize will be awarded to the first person drawn from that group. Summer reading continues from June 1 through July 25, and prizes will be drawn on July 30. Winners will be notified by telephone and posted in the library.

Last Bastion of Bookworm Becomes Internet Hub

jwandrey — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 13:03:27 +0000

Check out a recent article from Read, Write Web: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/report_last_bastion_of_the_bookworm_becomes_intern.php

The Maltese Falcon

jwandrey — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:04:01 +0000

Don’t forget to drop by and get your copy of the Maltese Falcon, if you haven’t already! We are participating in the Big Read with St. Catharine College, Marion County Public Library and Nelson County Public Library all during March.
March 23: 1pm, Nelson County Public Library, Join with others to discuss the Maltese Falcon and how it has shaped American Mystery novels and American culture.
March 25: 5:30 pm, come by and discuss the book with us, there will be prizes!
March 28: 6pm, Pettus Auditorium, St. Catharine College, come and watch the 1941 Bogart film that started the whole Film Noir movement. Wear your trenchcoat and hat to really get in the mood.
March 30: 6pm, at Nelson County Public Library you can also catch the film and fun.

Popular Science puts it’s entire scanned archives online free!

jwandrey — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:36:10 +0000

Get ready, gearheads and gadgeteers, Popular Science, in collaboration with Google books, has put it’s entire scanned archive online, for free. These are direct scans and even include the advertising, so all of you old advertising fans and graphic designers, take a look!
You can access it at http://www.popsci.com/archives. It’s searchable, and works on the iPhone too!

Check out this video!

jwandrey — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:48:47 +0000

You gotta check this out, a whole middle school in Florida got together and made this “flash mob dance” video about reading, you can see it on their website http://vimeo.com/9466747. It’s awesome!
Pick up a book and read!