Andrew Vachss. The Somnambulist. Jonathan Barnes. Home Free. Fern
Michaels. Shadowfever. Karen Moning. Bergdorf Blondes. Plum Sykes.
Swapping Lives.
BUS I NES S NA ME
March/April 2011
Volume 3, Issue 2
Computer Classes
Do you have computer questions? Do you know the difference in a mouse and an USB? Are you looking for a job, but have learned that you have to apply online for it? As much as some of us would rather run than try to learn a new technology, what if we offered you some help? The Marion & Ed Hughes Public Library is going to be offering computer classes for beginners in the month of March. Each class will cover a different subject.
The first class will cover the basics of the computer, such as keyboard, mouse, CPU, and
monitor. It may begin to go into the different types of operating systems like Windows and Mac. Our second class will be about the basics of the Internet. In this course, we will answer questions like:
How do you set up an email account?
How do you attach documents to an email?
How do you browse the Internet?
What is the difference between an url and a web-
site?
The last class offered will cover how to research and apply for a job online. We understand that now most jobs you want to apply for ask that you apply online or email your resume to the HR department. We can help you set up an email address so that you can apply for those jobs that you deserve. The classes are scheduled for March 15, 22, and 29 from 6:30 pm—8:30 pm.
Free eBooks @ the library!
Do you have a library card in good standing? Do you love to read all the latest and greatest books the library has to offer? Did you get a Nook or a Sony Reader for Christmas or Valentine‟s Day? Do you love it but hate the fact that you have to purchase all the titles that you want to read on it? Can I tell you a little secret? You can borrow ebooks from the library for the Nook, Sony Reader, iPad, and even your iPhone for FREE! Do you want me to tell you more?
The Marion & Ed Hughes Public Library offers downloadable ebooks through our website from Netlibrary and Overdrive. Both services offer different types of ebooks to suit different reading types. While Netlibrary caters to a patron with a taste for nonfiction, Overdrive is great for those that would rather read best sellers or try out that new title that everyone is raving about. So, what do you have to do? If you have a Nook or a Sony Reader, it is very simple. First you have to download Adobe digital editions on to your computer. Then you go on one of the websites and choose which title you want to read. After deciding what you want to check out, download the item on to your computer and into the Adobe digital edition; attach your USB cord to the computer and to your reader. When the Adobe digital editions detects your reader, just click on the title, drag it to the reader name
on Adobe editions, then release it on the unit. You are now ready to read the ebook that you “borrowed”. If you have an iPad or an iPhone, see page 2 for full details on what you can do to get the ebooks with no sync required. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but if you have a Kindle, you will not be able to access the free ebooks offered by the library because Amazon does not allow their ebooks to be purchased for “lending” purposes, and the Kindle won‟t “read” other companies‟ ebooks. So, what have we learned today? That your friendly neighborhood library has ebooks for you to borrow and will be there to guide you through the rough technological waters that are up ahead.
Inside this issue: Bookmark Contest
2
Library eBooks for iPad
2
I am a Beast!
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Storytime Schedule
3
Read It B4 U C It
4
Puzzle Page
5
Friends of the Library
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Hours of operation
Monday 1PM - 9PM Tuesday - Friday 10AM - 6PM Saturday 10:30 AM - 2PM Closure dates: April 22nd and 23rd
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MARCH/APRIL 2011
BOOKMARK CONTEST The Marion & Ed Hughes Public Library will be hosting its Ninth Annual Bookmark Contest from March 1-31, 2011. The winning bookmarks selected from each level will be printed and distributed at the library. The contest is open to all students of NISD, private schools in the city limits and homeschool children who are library patrons. Entry forms will be handed out at the schools or can
be picked up at the Circulation Desk.
the Marion & Ed Hughes Public Library.
Grade levels for entries are:
DEADLINE
*Level 1: Kindergarten through 2nd grade.
1.
*Level 2: 3rd grade through 5th grade.
2. Entries may be mailed to: 2712 Nederland Ave Nederland, Texas 77627 or hand delivered to the Circulation Desk.
*Level 3: 6th grade through 8th grade. Each entry must be attached to an official entry form. All entries become property of
All entries must be received by 5:00 p.m. March 31, 2011.
Lost in the Stacks Do you want to be a superhero? You can be … to some book that has been lost in the stacks! Use the power that your library card gives you to check out one of these lonely books and make sure it stays off of the withdrawal list. Actually, we have to periodically go through the books that we own and decide which ones can stay on the shelves and which one are just taking up space that can be used for new books. If there is a book out there that you absolutely love and think that everyone should read it,
then check it out and reread it yourself. It may keep it off of the withdrawal list and give you great talking points for when you want to suggest it to someone else. Or, is there a book out in the stacks that someone else suggested you MUST read but you just have not picked it up yet? Maybe now is the time to do it. Some classic titles are always safe because they might be required reading in high school or college, but not all titles
Librar y ebooks fo r i Pad So you have an iPad or an iPhone and want to read an ebook, what do you have to do? This is what you need:
Your iPad or iPhone
The latest version of the free Bluefire app
An Adobe ID used to authorize the Bluefire app (Note: you just need the ID; you do not need Adobe Digital Editions for this to work.)
Your library card to access ebooks offered on Overdrive
An email address accessible on your mobile device (you‟ll have to use the native mail app on your device, not Gmail or other app.)
This is what you do:
Download the title from the Marion & Ed Hughes Public Library‟s Overdrive selection.
Locate the file you just downloaded that has the extension .acsm. It will probably have the title in the filename along with some numbers.
Email that file to yourself so that you‟ll be able to get to it on the iPad/iPhone.
Fire up your email on your device, and select that attachment you just sent.
Choose „Open in “Bluefire Reader”.‟
Choose „Read Now.‟ At this point, you should be up and reading.
stay on the shelves permanently because there‟s only so much space. So while you are looking for the newest best sellers or that new DVD you are dying to watch, why not go get lost in the stacks and find a real treasure? You never know what you might find or what you might rediscover in the stacks.
I a m a Beast! Wealthy Kyle Kingson has everything a teenager could want in life, but he still gets off on humiliating the weaker and less attractive. When Kyle invites his misfit classmate Kendra to an environmental rally at their school, she reluctantly accepts. Later, Kyle blows Kendra off, prompting the spurned goth girl to cast a dark spell on him. The spell causes Kyle to transform into an unsightly creature that strikes fear into the heart of everyone he meets, and the only way to reverse it is for him to find someone who can love him for who he is on the inside. Subsequently sent by his repulsed father to live in Brooklyn, Kyle forges a tenuous friendship with his kindly housekeeper and his blind tutor. When Kyle witnesses a drug addict in a desperate struggle with a menacing dealer, he intervenes, promising to protect the addict with the condition that his beautiful daughter, Lindy, comes to live with the unsightly recluse in his sprawling Brooklyn home. Before you go to see Beastly in theaters, come pick up a copy at the library and see what happens to the mismatched couple.
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Storytime Schedule
March March 2
March 23
March 9
International Day of Awesomeness
We are awesome and to prove it we are going to discover just how awesome we are! Come hear stories that are so awesome that you will not believe them! March 16
The rain may fall but we‟ll have a ball at Storytime. We will read stories about rainy days and maybe even sunny days that need a little shade.
Dr. Seuss Day
Come hear the classics by Dr. Seuss. Whether you like to eat Green Eggs and Ham or you would like to spend the day with The Cat in the Hat, let‟s celebrate a wonderful author.
St. Patrick‟s Day
Let‟s have good luck together. A bit of Irish luck will be sprinkled on everyone‟s noses. We will read of Irish luck and leprechaun gold. The craft of the day will be a St. Patrick‟s Day Bookmark.
Umbrella Day
March 30
The Ocean
Two rainbow fish, Two rainbow fish, See how they swim, See how they swim? Their tails go left and their tails go right, Their beautiful colors are quite a sight, Did you ever see such a sight so bright As two rainbow fish? Come explore the ocean at Storytime.
April April 6
Pets Day
Our pets are like part of the family. Let‟s learn how to take care of them so that they are happy to call us their family, too.
April 13
D.E.A.R. Day
What does D.E.A.R mean? It means Drop Everything And Read, so that is exactly what we are going to do at Storytime. We know that reading is fun but reading with friends is even more fun. April 20
Pajamas Day
Come in your comfy PJs and hear stories about getting ready for bedtime. We will have fun making a sleepy craft and counting sheep. We will be ready for a nap before we leave! April 27
National Dance Day Ballet, Tap and Jazz...Oh MY! Come hear about the different types of dance that we know and why we love to dance sometimes when words can not express what we feel.
Have you seen the displays ? Have you seen the displays throughout the library? Have you ever wondered where the ideas for the different days come from or why we pick them? Have you caught yourself picking up one of the books on display and checking it out because it looked interesting? PERFECT! That means we‟re succeeding in making the library an inviting place that is colorful and interesting. We look for
special days during the month that have interesting collections of books to go with them, but we also want to get your input on how we are doing on the displays and your help. Do you or someone you know have a collection that you would like to share with the public? Would you like to share information about your service group or non-profit group by showing the public some of the things that you do? The library has two display cases to choose from to display your collections or accomplishments that the public would love to see. Displays are changed at the end of each month for the next month. This a
fun and an interesting way for the community to see what other people collect or what your organization does in the community. Imagine what kinds of networking can be accomplished just by showing off collections of great stuff. Contact us for details and an Exhibit/ Display Agreement Form.
Summer Reading is coming soon….Are you ready? We are making plans and are excited about everything in store. Keep watching the newsletter and the website for up to the minute details about the events that are scheduled.
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Hot New Releases DVDs Adult Audiobooks Deja Vu
Fern Michaels
Cloaked
Alex Flinn
Pathfinder
Orson Scott Card
The Judas Gate
Jack Higgins
Adult Fiction
Charlie St. Cloud Takers Salt The American Resident Evil: Afterlife Going the Distance The Kids are All Right
The Sentry
Robert Crais
Dead or Alive
Tom Clancy
Chasing the Night
Iris Johansen
Invictus
Happy Ever After
Nora Roberts
Alpha and Omega
The Town The A-Team
The Athena Project
Brad Thor
Crescent Dawn
Clive Cussler
The Weight
Andrew Vachss
The Somnambulist
Jonathan Barnes
Home Free
Fern Michaels
Shadowfever
Karen Moning
Bergdorf Blondes
Plum Sykes
Swapping Lives
Jane Green
Read it B4 U C it: Water for Elephants Through the eyes of two versions of Jacob Jankowski—one in his nineties and another in his twenties—readers witness what it was like to fall in love, both with circus animals and with a strong woman. When he is a couple days short of gaining his degree in veterinary science from Cornell University, Jacob learns that his mother and father have been killed in an automobile accident. With this stroke of bad luck, Jacob has his planned future suddenly snatched away. As he stumbles through the next weeks in a daze, numbed not only by the cold winter but also by no longer having any family or home, he sees a train chug by in the night. On a sudden impulse, Jacob jumps aboard.
The train is moving toward some unknown destination and Jacob needs a change. What he is soon to discover is that he has climbed aboard a circus train. But this is no Ringling Brothers or Barnum and Bailey. The circus world that Jacob has just entered is filled with beguiling characters, not all of them attractive in the same way. First, there is Alan J. Bunkel, referred to as Uncle Al, the owner of the circus. Uncle Al makes no bones about it; his main focus in life is money and power. He wants his rag-tag circus to be as spectacular as the Ringling Brothers, but he is going at it in all the wrong ways. And then there is August, the ani-
mal trainer, who becomes Jacob‟s immediate boss. August has a split personality. August is a monster. He beats his animals and his wife, Marlena, a circus performer, with whom Jacob falls in love. What happens to the star crossed lovers? Come check it out before you go to see it in theaters!
Comic book Reading Club Schedule March Saturday March 19 1PM - 3 PM Comic Book Movie Day Digimon Thursday March 24 6PM - 7PM Discussion Meeting
April
Saturday April 16 1PM - 5PM Comic Book Movie Double Feature Blade and Blade 2 Thursday April 21 6PM - 7PM Discussion Meeting
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MARION AND ED HUGHES PUBLIC LIBRARY 2712 Nederland Ave Nederland, Texas 77627 409-722-1255
Friends of the Library
We would like to congratulate Mr. Jack Thornton for being featured on the front page of the Port Arthur News. After being nominated as a “Senior on the Go,” Mr. Thornton thought that his time volunteered in the Friends of the Library group best described him. Having spent time in the library, Jack understands that all of the services we offer are for the public‟s benefit, but that we
can‟t do it alone. We need more Friends.
Some of the projects funded by the Friends of the Library include:
Are you asking yourself why you should attend the book sale and help the Friends? Friends organizations help a public library to maintain and improve its services by supplementing library budgets with private funds and by providing volunteer labor. The Friends primary revenue sources are membership dues and proceeds from book sales.
The theater system in the meeting room
The Nintendo Wii and Xbox 360 for gaming events
Furniture in the teen area
The Friends are dedicated to taking the lead in the extension and improvement of library services and resources; stimulating benefactions, gifts, endowments, and bequests; maintaining a friendly association of persons interested in books and libraries. The Friends group helps the library not only by stimulating public support, but in concrete ways:
