Mysteries of York - postponed until the 18th of July!

If you didn't register for this program, you'll likely want to go on the waiting list.
Due to imminent severe bad weather, (strange coincidence, hmmmmm?) this walking tour of York has been postponed.

Procrastinators: someone else's schedule conflict may be your ticket to this really neat event.

Explore some of the strange, the hidden, the unexplained, the mystical and the magical sides of Downtown York in this two-hour walking tour with historian Georg Sheets.

This two-hour tour, covering thirteen city blocks, begins and ends at Martin Library’s Market Street entrance. Participants will wend their way through forbidden spaces, over cracked sidewalks and behind ghostly monuments. The Tour blends history and folklore with mystery and wonderment. Wear sensible shoes and bring your camera, if you dare. Not for the faint of heart or the ill at ease.

Library: Martin Library
Contact: Allison Meckley
Contact Number: 846-5300 x 279

Graphic Novels - the new hotness!

With 1004 distinct items in the Library System, we have a veritable treasure chest of Graphic Novels. We can't keep them on the shelf, they're the most rapidly-growing niche in publishing, and many are spawning a new renaissance in Hollywood. Good Stuff!

But wait - what is a Graphic Novel? You don't know?

Graphic novels are similar to comic books. Like comic books, they use sequential artwork to help tell a story. However, they are more likely to be stand-alone stories, and plot lines are more extended.

Some are collections of comics (Usagi Yojimbo) and some are books in their own right (Pride of Baghdad) . Still others have won prostigeous awards like the Xeric Award (Clan Apis) and one has even won the Pulitzer Prize (Maus)

Better to refer to them as a format (just as we do a book, magazine, audiobook, or movie) because they cover many genres; Cyberpunk, Horror, Romance, Fantasy and more.


Does this mean that these books are only for teens?
Not at all. Graphic Novels tend to be very appealing for all ages. (This includes the staff that develop this collection) The visual presentation, great character development, well-written plots, and escapism make this format of book very appealing.


Graphic Novels are all about Superheroes, right?

Actually, no...they’re not even all fiction.

Although we do have superheroes such as Wonder Woman, Spiderman, and Wolverine we also have other fiction and non-fiction books.

Here are a few examples:

Biography
· Pedro and Me
· The amazing true story of a Teenage Single Mom
. Persepolis

Horror
· Sandman
· Tapping the Vein
. Thirty Days of Night

Cyberpunk
· Heavy Liquid
· Channel Zero

Christian Fiction
· Left Behind
· Tribulation Force

Classics
· Moby Dick - Melville
· Remembrance of Things Past—Proust

Non-Fiction
· Cartoon Guide to Genetics
· Cartoon Guide to Physics
. Jack The Ripper


BEST OF ALL many are now coming to the big screen.

So if you're interested in this 'new' format, why not give them a try?
There are many terrific books out there, just waiting for you to discover them.

Summer Reading Kickoff - At the West Manchester Mall!

Noon - 2 p.m. on Wednesday June 13th, please join the library and the Mall Kid's Club for this exciting kick-off event!

Zoo America will have live animals to see and there will be crafts and activities as well as an opportunity to sign up for the Summer Reading Club.

Visit us for this free event and have a blast. Win fabulous prizes! Take home some great giveaways and start a summer of fun!

Avoid the dreaded summer brain drain!

If you have any questions, please call 846-5300 x 242

Libraries: answering trivia and earnest questions since 1879

If you're not familiar with this logo, you really need to aquaint yourself. This FREE service is FREELY available for FREE 24 hours a day, seven days a week. (except major holidays when the Librarians are FREE to do what they wish)

Now we know that you use Google. We're not even bitter about it, because we have a little secret; Google doesn't always have the answers. Sometimes, it even has the totally wrong answer altogether. And don't even get us started on Wikipedia.

So when you're looking at a bazillion wrong answers to what should be an easy question, and you're ready to throw things at the monitor, why not give us a try?

If you're questioning the value of something that's free, here's a suggestion; try out Ask Here PA. If you're pleased, but uneasy about something for nothing, why not write a check out to York County Libraries?

Or, cheerfully and happily keep your money, secure in the knowlege that you have a good answer.

Free!

somewhere, someone
really fell for this

Summer Reading Club!

It's time for Summer Reading Club!

Beginning Monday the 11th of June, folks of all ages are welcome to participate, read, have fun, and try for fabulous prizes.

Nobody is too young or too old for the club;

• "Read to Me" is for babies in arms up to age 6,
  


• "Summer Readers" are folks 6-12
  


• "Teen Readers" are 13 to 18 and
  


• "Adult Summer Readers" are over 18.

There are programs, contests, books, and other 'club' activities available all summer.

Check out the website for more information and don't forget the concurrent GO series.

terrific and free Bibliography tool -

This is pretty fantastic; BibMe.org is a new automatic bibliography generator.

It uses a multitude of web services to auto-fill bibliography info for a works cited page...it then lets you download the bibliography in MLA, APA, or Chicago formats.

Even better, it's available for sharing on facebook.

Show off the books that you love, make your research easier, or just make a great long list of books.

It's all good!

www.bibme.org

MURDER at Martin Library!!

At 5:30 on August 3rd, a book signing with famed botanist Professor Paige E. Reizer will go horribly awry.

At some point in the evening a scream will be heard, a body shall be found and the game will be afoot.

It will be up to you to find the clues, interrogate the suspects and identify the killer.

Take a stab (hyuk hyuk) at solving this interactive murder mystery. Free your inner Sherlock Holmes or Miss Marple and walk home with a prize for correctly deducing whodunit.

And no - the Butler didn't do it.

Spring is here, but it's still kind of chilly - try wool for warmth and beauty

The weather we're having , to put it mildly, has been rather bizarre.

On cold/chilly days, I'm rather fond of warm snuggly items - and it only gets better when you were the one to knit it yourself.

If you're interested in knitting or crocheting, here are some upcoming events you'll want to explore

Ongoing Knitting @ Your Library-

Every Fourth Wednesday at 10:00 at Mason Dixon Library - If you love to knit come to the library and join our new knitting group. Knit, chat and improve your skills. Feel free to bring your current and enjoy knitting and time at their lovely Fireplace Area.

Every third Tuesday at 6:00 p.m. at the Glen Rock Library - Bring a knitting project or start a new one! All levels welcome at this friendly and informal knitting circle.

Two Tuesdays a month! At 6:00 p.m. Kreutz Creek Library in Hellam - The 2nd Tuesday of the month will continue to be our crafting night, the 4th Tuesday will be for a skills class. Learn something new at this fun library knitting/crocheting circle.

Check out this class!

Held over two Saturdays, May 19 and June 16, 10 AM- 1 PM at Kreutz Creek Valley Library Center, Hellam -

You can Learn to Make a Top Down Raglan Sweater - Join pattern designer and local knitting expert Joan Hamer as she shows us how to knit a sweater form the collar down to the hem! Upon registration and payment of $10 you will receive a materials list and a homework assignment that should be completed before the first class. Bring your lunch! Beverages will be provided! Space is limited and registration is required.

Summer Reading - just around the corner!!

The County-wide Summer Reading Club is just around the corner - beginning June 11th, folks of all ages can read, attend wonderful programs, and enter to win fabulous prizes at any of the Libraries in York County.

Click here for the teaser page; the closer we get to June 11th, the more information there will be.

Kids and Teens will have similar programs to last year, but this is the first year we'll have a County-Wide Adult Summer Reading Club.

Stay tuned - more information will be coming soon!

RSS in plain English

RSS means “really simple syndication” but that doesn’t matter; the acronym is becoming just as recognizable as SCUBA , IQ , TGIF, or ATM.

Click To Play

There are two types of Internet users, those that use RSS and those that don't. This video is for the people who could save time using RSS, but don't know where to start.

If this player doesn't work, click here for another (web based) player.

the art of Mary-Louise Biasotti-Hooper

The Mason Dixon Library is pleased to offer an exhibition of the work of Mary-Louise Biasotti-Hooper.

Friday May 4th the Library will host a reception from 6 pm-8 pm, and the art will be on display through May 25th in the library's Quiet Reading Room.

More on the Artist from the York Dispatch

you can view her original oils and watercolors by visiting her website.

Spring Grove -have a great day/win fabulous prizes

Spring Grove Community Day
Saturday May 19th, 2007 at the Spring Grove Area High School
7 am until 2 pm.

You are invited to attend the 1st Annual Spring Grove Community Day! The Glatfelter Memorial Library and the Spring Grove Scholarship Foundation have teamed up to offer this day of fun, food, and festivities in beautiful Spring Grove.

• Sit down meals offered in the school cafeteria
• 200 yard sale stands (available)
• 100 craft stands (available)
• Non-Profit Organizations will have displays and activities
  

In conjunction with Community Day there will be a raffle.
Tickets are $10.00 and the prizes are:
1st PRIZE A 6 Day- 5 Night Cruise Baltimore to Bermuda for Two(or $3200.00)
2nd PRIZE $1000.00
3rd PRIZE $500

Your chances of winning are very good compared to the PA Lottery!!

All proceeds will be split between Glatfelter Memorial Library and the Spring Grove Scholarship Foundation. If you would like to purchase a ticket, please contact the Library.

We hope to see you there!

Everything Alpaca -

“Everything Alpaca”
Comes to Dillsburg Library
Thursday May 17th, at 7 P.M.
Photo credit Christophe Meneboeuf

Alpacas-of-Fieldstone-Crossing Farm owner Kathy Ammerman will wax enthusiastic about wool at the Dillsburg Area Public Library Thursday, May 17, at 7 p.m. Comparing her alpacas, llamas, and sheep, she will explain the differences in their fleece, while Nancy Scott from Boiling Springs, will demonstrate carding, cleaning, spinning, and the differences in the wearable items produced by the varied structure of the woven fibers.

Ms. Ammerman will bring “Bebo Norman,” the farm’s prize juvenile male alpaca. She also will show the new ram “Zeek, son of Zachary,” in front of the library. Father and son are known for having scores of healthy progeny “on the ground”.

The presentation will include “everything alpaca,” such as birth, feeding, trimming feet, injections, showing, shearing, and sales. Tax incentives accompany the raising of alpacas, which has made it possible for the farm to keep or train horses, sheep, goats, llamas, and peacocks, and accept neglected animals. On June 21, Jubilee Day in Mechanicsburg, the animals will comprise a “Noah’s Ark” reenactment.

Lee Ammerman, an endodontist, and Kathy receive visitors to the farm from churches, camps, and nursing homes. They arrange activities with Girl and Boy Scouts, and Royal Rangers. Some volunteers on the farm are from the physical fitness classes Kathy leads at the West Shore YMCA.

Programs in the library’s 2006-2007 series “TREASURES: Made in the USA” have been underwritten by the Dillsburg Rotary Club. The library is at 17 South Baltimore St. (Route 74) near the light, phone 432-5613.

The library’s 2007-2008 series, starting November 8, is “COMICS: From the Classics to the Graphics”.

Catch a flick at Southern York!

Each and every Saturday, there are movies shown at Southern York County free of charge and for folks of all ages.

Now, you might be laboring under a mistaken impression; some people think that Libraries find the most obscure and stale movie, blow the dust off of the VHS tape, and cram it into a creaky and cranky player for their patron's "enjoyment."

Not So! Could not be any further from the truth... not only are these new releases on DVD, but they're being shown with a gorgeous projector in a home theatre-like experience. Portable, practical, and given to the library for this express purpose, this new projector will last for many years.

Although the licence for showing movies prevents us from digitally advertising EXACTLY what's being shown, this page has some hints as to what newly released movies are being offered. If you can't figure out the hints, feel free to call the library and ask. (717) 235-4313

10:30 are movies for everyone, 1:00 feature films rated PG-13 and are suitable for teens and adults.

A few kid-safe examples are; Flicka, Shrek 2, and Night at the Museum.

Stranger than Fiction, The Guardian, and Dreamgirls are other examples of movies that might be shown for teens and adults.

We aren't offering popcorn (yet) but you can get free coffee every Saturday.

Both programs are underwritten by the Friends of Southern York County Library to whom we are very grateful.

Would you like to help the library offer fun, relevant, and exciting programs for the community? Become a Friend of the Library!

Dear Reader, I'm sorry but I think it's time I started seeing more patrons....

ONLINE BOOK CLUBS coming soon!

If you are interested in one of the many genres, we'll email you a 5-minute portion of a book. (bite-sized niblets of information, if you will)

During the week you can read 2-3 chapters at your convenience, and decide if you want to check the book out of the library.

Opt out at any time, and know that in this (as in all things) we value and will protect your privacy.

No cost, no obligation, and no sweat; you can get as many or as few as you'd like.

Nift tool helps you with car repair 24/7 - free from Your Library

"AutoIQ" a helpful new database from Power Library!



You can now see the purpose, functionality and service requirements of any vehicle system, at any time of day or night. Of particular use are the nifty features that help you intuit your way through home-based auto repair.
(WHAT is that widget, and why are there so many screws left over??)

• full-motion video
• animated technical diagrams
• detailed instructions

all help to show YOUR vehicle and what things should look like.

Information in AutoIQ is organized into seven main automotive areas

• fuel management,
• engine management,
• heating and air conditioning,
• ignition system,
• brakes,
• suspension and steering and
• engine mechanical.

Each of these categories is further divided into detailed subcategories.

You need a computer, an Internet connection, and the most recent version of Adobe Flash Player. Check it out at www.yorklibraries.org

Storytelling Workshop at Martin Library April 28th

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Frances E. Keller, Director of Marketing

Phone: (717) 846 5300 ext. 225

Email: fkeller@yorklibraries.org

159 E. Market Street / York, PA 17401

Judy Wolfman Teaches Storytelling at Martin Library

The Art of Storytelling is the focus of an upcoming four-hour workshop at Martin Library, 159 E. Market Street in York. Professional Storyteller Judy Wolfman will share her trade secrets during the class on Saturday, April 28 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

For those who enjoy ‘spinning a yarn’ and sharing the fascination with others, this session will offer coaching and feedback. Finding stories, techniques and strategies for telling a story, and marketing of your craft will be discussed.

Class size is limited to 15, and registrations are accepted on a first come basis. Fee for the course is $45. Participants are invited to bring a brown bag lunch.

Wolfman has been a professional storyteller for 15 years, performing throughout Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, Delaware, Florida and California, and on cruise ships. She is a member of the National Storytelling Network. Wolfman teaches The Art of Storytelling for McDaniel College, and at York College, and is the founder of York Tellers. In addition to storytelling, Wolfman is the published author of 9 children's books.

For more information, please call Fran Keller at (717) 846-5300 ext. 225, email fkeller@yorklibraries.org or visit http://www.yorklibraries.org/.