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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2009-03 Iihrair ' Ieaccn (i00 Oak Brook Road -Oak Brook, Illinois 60.723 630-368-7700-WW11.oak-l)r1)ok.lib.il.us Volume 7, Issue 3 March 2009 *3 (ils3it ik 44 Green Eggs "The OB Public Library is a stunning property with superb and Ham resources and staff. A definite asset to our community!" March 5th at - OB resident, Patron Satisfaction Questionnaire 2008 4:30 pm Is the Oak Brook Public Library important to the Oak Brook community? Friends Meeting The statistics we collect show that the Library is at the center of the life of Room our Village and the reports we hear from our patrons confirm this. Oak Brook is a well educated community that honors learning and seeks new Venture into the world of Dr. Seuss with information regularly. There are 6,272 registered library patrons and the average number of visits per borrower in 2008 was about 19, the number of Sandi Sylver and "the girls" who enter- questions asked was 8 and the number of items circulated was 15, tain with storytelling, ventriloquism and song. Suitable for all Dr. Seuss lovers. How many questions did the Oak Brook Public Library adult and youth li- brarians answer in 2008? The answer is a whopping 52,042 or about 152 Florence, Tb per day open. How many items were checked out and in?That answer is 96,631 items. How many programs were offered and how many attended? Easy Wal There were 550 programs and 7,413 people attended them. Our website : Wit]) was visited 27,310 times and the library itself received 94,890 visits. Whether or not you were one of our visitors, you can check those and other kAlpOfAml1tS statistics that are available at the end of our annual report on the home- page of our website, www.oak-brook.lib.il.us. Thank you for supporting our wf Monday, Mar+c1 i6{ library! , at 7 pm The Library staff and Library Commission are also very grateful for the $31,701 that the Friends of the Library donated in 2008 for new shelving in Oak Brook favorite Al youth and adult services, plastic book bags, two Evergreen Concerts, in- Popowits returns to the Library to centive gifts for reading clubs, winter holiday poinsettias, among other gifts. share his tips on travel to Florence, the This financial support has provided the Oak Brook community with much most captivating of Italian cities. needed services. .,� � a' '+fit LPtest trends in 1Lowerfng 0 .w A Annutis vwtth Tgrbgry Co/Ulm LOGO CONTEST EXTENSIONR Monday March 23rd at 7 pm Professional plantscaper and Oak Brook resi- You now have until March 20th to submit your original artwork. dent Barbara Collins fills us in on the most The Library logo should include the Library name (Oak Brook Public Library) and be submitted in either jpeg or paper format. The popular flowers and _ _— chosen artist will receive a Library Bag full of goodies and his or plants for this season. her picture in the April newsletter and on the Trib Local website. Learn what will be in the garden centers this The logo will be used on posters, bookmarks, brochures and spring so you can begin " other Library materials. By submitting your artwork for this contest, you give the Library permission to use your work freely. to plan your planting! Editing and Storing Your Digital Photos Root for Books j0 April 9th at 4:30 pm with Jeff and Donna Franklin >i riends Meeting xoom Wednesdays, March 11th and March 18th ; 6 to 8:30 m ' . ` � Laughter abounds as Chris Fascione acts out pm $ :.•v. children's literature while motivating kids to read The Franklins return with a program designed o .- •"• in his fun, high-spirited, participatory show. i to help you make the most of your digital °., - 1 photos. The companion program, "Using Your " Using a unique combination of storytelling, Digital Camera, " will be coming up soon. _'--, mime, clowning and a touch of juggling, Chris's Reservations required, contact Adult Services at 630-368-7725. show educates,entertains and leads children into the world of books. Suitable for all who appreciate humor, imagination and I stories. T i 8 ,;')1/4,),..i y..s (Ira id, Nifivia SC4Alt4i, t1 til04ft J j1 To celebrate this event, on Thursday, Email Basics Mar. 19th ,. April 16th at 7 pm, come and read Email Tips and Tools Mar. 26th ' aloud your favorite poems whether / authored by you or someone else. Our poetry event will take place in the 0 S P 0© i a L L© ©4R t 0 G N S Activity Room. Study Bunch and Crunch Upcoming Adult programs Monday, Wednesday and Thursday 5:30-8:30 pm Monday, Wednesday and Thursday nights in March-May, teens Oak Brook Public Library Book Discussion grade 6 and up are invited to gather in the YS activity room to Wednesday, March 18th at 1 pm B pip complete homework and socialize with peers. As always, li- Join us to discuss Lisa See's Peony in Love, brarians will be available to answer all of your reference ques- a coming-of-age-story set in 17th-century China. Copies tions. are available at the Circulation Desk. Can Wii Play? Movie Matinee - Foreign Film-Title to Be Announced Tuesdays 5:30-8:30 pm Wednesday, March 25th at 2 pm Tuesdays in March-May, when you need to take a DON'T FORGET! break from studying, the library offers an assortment Our Adult Reading Program, Reading Suits You to a Tea, A, of games to play. For information or registration, stop will be ending on March 7th. Be sure to turn in your by the YS desk. reading log for a chance to win a Barnes and Noble gift Teen Tech Week is March 8-14 i certificate! Monday-Thursday 5:30-8:30 pm Celebrate TTW! Stop by the Youth Services Had/Known / Would Live This Long, Department and brush up on your research skills II ; 4, / Would Have Taken Better Care of Myself j by taking a tour of our library databases or learn how to download a book onto your MP3 player. Tuesday, April 14th at 7 pm Registration is not required. Just ask a librarian for assistance. Open Meeting Oak Brook Public Library ' •.► Digital Photography for Teens _ Tuesday, March 10th at 7 pm The York Township Republican Women's YS Activity Room Club presents Cheryl A. Kuba, MA, humorist, Questions about photography? Bring your camera and manual author and gerontologist. to the library. Jeff Franklin will answer your questions and help NAVIt ACLNG you better understand the art of taking great pictures. Space is JOURNEY OF limited so register at the YS desk today. For information, call Arlene A PARENTS Summer Volunteers Needed Birkhahn at 630-654-2982. t� -N'A If you are wild about the library and have a few hours of spare Kuba's new book, Twenty- Birkhahn time once a week, volunteers are needed for the Summer One Life Skills for the Reading Program and Book Buddies. Stop by the YS Desk Desperate Family Care Giver '°' for more information or call 630-368-7733. Be the coolest will be available. middle or high school student and apply. r k . - . Memorial-Books Donated to New Adult Material Oak Brook Library ' in the month of February Books: Fiction—July and August by Nancy Clark The Friends of the Oak Brook Public Library have (New/Fiction/Clark) donated the audiobook Anathem in loving memory of A family reunion in Massachusetts is the setting for this saga of a summer of Janina Braune, in honor of her dad David Braune's high comedy and drama. service to The Friends of the Oak Brook Public Library. Nonfiction—Buyology by Martin Lindstrom (New/658.83/LIN) Lois Miller has donated Babe Ruth:Remembering the The fascinating results of a three-year neuromarketing study,with insights Bambino in Stories, Photos and Memorabilia in honor of into why we buy what we buy. her mother Ella F. Carraro. Large Print— The Learning Curve by Frances Paige (New/LP/Paige) ?ICi An appealing story of self-discovery as fifty-year-old Kate embarks on a new 0 O1J10Drg life in a small English village. Oak Brook Public Library Youth Services March-May 2009 DVDs: Fiction -Sense and Sensibility Weekly Programs (New/DVD/Sense) This Little Pig, a special celebration for A charming new adaptation of the classic Jane Austen novel. preschoolers, is scheduled to start on Nonfiction— The Trail of Tears Tuesday, March 3rd at 2 pm or Wednesday, t (New/DVD/Tra) March 4th at 10 am. Duringthis half hour, r, A study of one of America's darkest periods,the forced relocation of the Cherokee Nation to Indian Territory in 1838. Narrated by James Earl Jones. three,four and five-year olds enjoy song, stories, and a craft. Children must have celebrated their third Audiobooks: birthday by March 1, 2009 to participate. Programs end on May 5th or 6th. No programs on March 31st or April 1st. Fiction -Mummy Dearest by Joan Hess (New/CD/Hess) Higglety, Pigglety, Pop. designed for kindergartners,first Arkansas bookseller Claire Malloy is on a rather interesting Egyptian honey- and second graders, meets on Mondays, starting March 2nd moon—her bridegroom is called away on mysterious business and Claire at 4:30 pm. During our half-hour together, we embellish the must keep tabs on her adventurous daughter Caron and Caron's friend Inez. story read at each session with a creative craft. Programs end Nonfiction - The Num3rati by Stephen Baker on May 4th. No program will be held March 30th. (New/CD/303.48/Bak) Third graders and up are invited to starting on Journalist Baker provides a fascinating look at the ways in which the data we Wednesday, March 4th at 4:30 pm. This program stresses produce each day—by clicking on web pages, driving through automatic toll artistic creativity. Children will work on projects related to booths, and shopping with credit cards-provides profiles that can lead to literature. Programs end on May 6th. There will be no manipulation of the ways in which we behave. program on April 1st. CDs: Royal Mezzo by Jennifer Larmore(New/CD/783.2 Larmore) Elaine Zannis Mezzo-soprano Larmore performs selections by Barber, Berlioz, Britten and & Oak Brook Real Estate, Inc. Ravel. Four Last Songs by Renee Fleming (New/CD/783.1 Strauss) Invite you to join us for Fleming and the Munchner Philharmoniker present songs and arias of How to Get a Seller's Edge During Richard Strauss. The Busy Spring Market! Focusing on BAStrlR BRUNCH Oak Brook Real Estate How you've been affected and what you should know if at the Oak Brook Bath and`Z BnnIs CCu6 you are thinking of selling your home this year. Sunday, .4yrhCl2 Saturday, March 14, 2009 11:319 am - 2 pm !! 2 to 3 pm RSVP by "-Wednesday, .4prif8thAia Oak Brook Public Library CaCC for more information. Open to the general public by reservation only 630-368-614.0 Please RSVP to Michelle @ 630-479-7442 SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 494 O "Higglety Pigglety" o "This Little Pig"pre- o "Pig's Ear" o Green Eggs and Ham Covered News Group Hispano American program for K-2 school storytime 2 pm Gr.3+ 4:30 pm 4:30 pm 9:30 am-12 pm Toast Masters 4:30 pm gm Can Wii Play?Gr.6+ 9:30 am-3 pm StudyBunch& 5:30 pm rwiStudy Bunch&Crunch,ini Study Bunch& Knit Pickers 7 pm Gr.6+ 5:30 pm Crunch, Gr.6+ 5:30 pm Crunch,Gr.6+ 5:30 pm Oak Brook Women's Club 9:30-1 Silken Petals Friends of OBPL 6:30 pm 6:30-8:45 pm 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 owl Teen Tech Week O "Higglety Pigglety" o "This Little Pig"pre- © "Pig's Ear" imp Study Bunch & Covered News Group AAUv- March 8-14 program for K-2 4:30 pm school storytime 2 pm Gr.3+ 4:30 pm Crunch, Gr. 6+ 5:30 pm 9:30 am- 12 pm 9:30-12 Non Denominational we StudyBunch& w Can Wii Play?Gr.6+ am Study Bunch&Crunch, 5:30 pm Gr.6+ 5:30 pm as Take a Tour 5:30 pm OBWC Computer Class Oak Brook Real Estate :;hunch Group 1-3 pm Crunch, Gr. 6+ 5:30 pm st,Take a Tour 5:30 pm Take Tour5:30 Cochlear Americas 12:30 3 pm 1 3 pr Destination Imagination a*Take a Tour 5:30 pm ea Digital Photo for Teens a p 3 4:45 pm 7 pm Editing and Storing your 6-8 pm Jazzy Readers 1-3pm Knit Pickers 7 pm Digital Photos 6 pm 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Non Denominational o "Higglety Pigglety" o ""This Little Pig"pre- OBPL Book Disc. 1 pm Computer Class: Covered News Group Hispano American Church Group 1-3 pm program for K-2 4:30 pm school storytime 2 pm o "Pig's Ear" Email Basics 2 pm 9:30 am-12 pm Toast Masters «.StudyBunch & IN'Can Wii Play?Gr.6+ Gr.3+ 4:30 pm 9:30 am-3 pm Destination Imagination 5:30 pm Study Bunch&Crunch, etaiStudy Bunch & 3-4:45 pn Crunch, Gr. 6+ 5:30 pm Knit Pickers 7 pm Gr.6+ 5:30 pm Crunch,Gr.6+ 5:30 pm Florence the Easy Way Library Commission Editing and Storing your 7 pm Meeting 7 pm Digital Photos 6 pm 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2 Non Denominational o"Higglety Pigglety" o ""This Little Pig"pre- Foreign Movie Matinee- Computer Class: Covered News Group India Develop, Church Group 1-3 pm program for K-2 4:30 pm school storytime 2 pm Title TBA 2 pm Email Tips and Tools 9:30 am- 12 pm Coalition of Americ Destination Imagination Study Bunch & "'Can Wii Play?Gr.6+ © "Pig's Ear" 2 pm 2-4:30 pr 5:30 pm Gr.3+ 4:30 pm we Study Bunch & 3-4:45 pm Crunch, Gr. 6+ 5:30 pm Knit Pickers 7 pm sti Study Bunch& Crunch,Gr.6+ 5:30 pm Latest Trends in Italian Language Group Crunch, Gr.6+ 5:30 pm Society for Creative Flowering Annuals 7 pm 6:30-8:45 pm OB Art League 6:30 pm Anachronism 6:30 pm 29 30 31 Games,tv,café,and Adult programs Non Denominational we Study Bunch& war Can Wii Play?Gr.6+ email available in the o Children's Church Group 1-3 pm Crunch,Gr. 6+ 5:30 pm 5:30 pm Lobby anytime sii Young Adults All ages in black Destination Imagination Knit Pickers 7 pm Res,,_ 3-4:45 pm Ball Foundation Career (Mtg Rm)Open to Vision 6:30 8:45 pm 00 tl ',