Book Club Registration

Please encourage folks to sign up for our summer book club. Even if they can’t make all of the dates, or don’t want to participate for all of the books, we would love to have them join.

To Register

Please have participants fill in their name, phone, email and any dates that they know they will not make it on the Registration form.

Offer them a copy of the current book and have them write their name on the appropriate list. The book list for Sight Hound is at the Reference Desk. This is an acknowledgement that they have received a book and that they plan to participate. They can keep the book, pass it along to a friend, or return it to be used in a future Book Club Express kit.

Be sure to remind them that the Summer Reading Book Club is using GoodReads.com for crucial discussion and communication. Give them a little tour of the WPL Summer 2008 Book Club group on GoodReads to get them started. There are handouts on GoodReads and other book club/book lover tools at the Reference Desk.

MAC-3

The CD drive for MAC-3 is broken. We have an external drive connected to the computer. When accessing this drive you will need to find it manually. More details to come....
Thanks,
Faith

Joe Sez...

Please take the opportunity to acquaint yourselves with the newly loaded Creation Station. It is packed to the gills with deluxe programs and we should all get to know what's on there.
Thanks!

Breaking News from San Miguel County...

There was an article in today's Planet announcing the launch of a new county database of public records. It's called the County Recorder and is accessible at http://www.thecountyrecorder.com/(hgidvl55ebb3reuvfm04pt2q)/Default.aspx
or through the www.sanmiguelcounty.org website.

You can find property values, tax payments, death certificates, etc. Eventually, the county hopes to have all records dating back to the 1880s available through this service.

Please take some time to explore!

ESL Update

The new One Telluride Language Coordinator has arrived. Don is in his new role and ESL classes have started at the high school. They have 54 students registered for the first 3-month session. It's a really structured curriculum (you take a test to determine which test you need to take) and interested people will likely need to wait until the fall session to register if they didn't get in this time. You can refer inquiries on ESL classes to Don at 708-7585.

At Don's suggestion, we're going to take a break from Intercambios while he tries to work up a more structured approach and perhaps an informational meeting for those interested in learning Spanish. He is interested in providing a matching service for English/Spanish practice. Any inquiries on this decision can be directed to me (Sarah Lawton).

Don is also planning to revamp the list of translators. Stay tuned for more info ...

LANGUAGE - Rosetta Stone Monitor

Hi all,

Just a reminder - the language machine "sleeps" if it hasn't been in use for awhile. The monitor goes black. To "Wake it up" you may need to unplug/plugin the power cord to the monitor in the back.

Thanks,

Sarah

Creation Station Update

Joe has requested that we restrict the Creation Station for use on projects that require specialized software. He has spent lots of time installing Adobe, Quark, Final Cut and other deluxe programs and we need to monitor it a bit to protect our investment of time & money.

If all other computers are full, you can log folks on for general use.

Swift Book Club Kits

Here is the link to all of the SWIFT book club titles:

http://www.aclin.org/swift/2007/SWIFT_Book_Club_Offerings-Mar08.htm

If you would like to borrow some of the books, just send Lori an email with the following:
-your name and library
-title being requested
-# of copies needed
-date needed by

Lori Smith
SWIFT Coordinator Colorado State Library
201 E. Colfax Ave. Denver, CO 80203
303.866.6917
smith_l@cde.state.co.us

Here's a list of the latest kits:
A girl named Zippy
A hole in the heart
A million little pieces
A spot of bother
Aloft
Angry housewives eating bon bons
Blessings
Cloud of sparrows
Collapse
Dirty girls social club
Doc Susie
Easter island
Empress orchid
Everything will be all right
For one more day
Forever
Good in bed
Guns, germs, and steel
Happiness sold separately
Haunted
I’ll take you there
In her shoes
Kite Runner
Little children
Maps for lost lovers
Mayflower
Never let me go
Odd girl out
Oryx and Crake
Our lady of the forest
Peace like a river
Swan
The amber room
The cowboy and his elephant
The crazed
The crimson petal and the white
The curious incident of the dog in the night-time
The death and life of Claire St. Cloud
The dive from Clausen’s pier
The five people you meet in heaven
The forest lover
The girl who played go
The Hotel Riviera
The laments
The last girls
The little friend
The meadow
The monkey wrench gang
The piano tuner
The pillars of the earth
The road
The whistling season
Twelve times blessed
Villa Incognito
When the emperor was divine

Have a great day,
Faith