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02/01/2018 Library Newsletter - Books & Bits Newsletter Click here to subscribe to Books & Bits via email. Z VO/, 1500 _ PPUtho^ deo a eviews andF o 01-1ps andNews Trey from - r-a, Tigard Library www.tigard-or.gov/library 503.684.6537 February 2018 JF For a calendar of all events, click here. Your Opinion What do you like about the library? What would you like to see more or less of? How does the library benefit you? SLI EY Ft Take our annual patron survey and let us know what you think. The library has surveyed its Take the Library's Patron Survey in February patrons for more than 20 years. Did you ever feel like no one listens to you? We do! Take our annual Your feedback has moved the survey and tell us what you think about the library. library to make many changes over the years. You can take it several ways: • Reopening on Thursdays • On paper at the survey table inside the library from More programs for kids on Sunday, February 4-Saturday, February 17 weekends • Online at www.ti-ard-or.gov/library throughout February. Longer loan periods for most DVDs • In this issue of Books and Bits, the library's e-newsletter. Greater variety of computer • On the library's Facebook/Twitter sites. classes • • In the February issue of Cityscape, the city's e-newsletter. Self-pickup shelf for reservedbooks You can take it right here, right now. Also available in Spanish. And much more! We've got the questions. You've got the answers. The survey will be available in both English and Spanish. La Reptile encuesta estara disponible en .m. Kids & Families ingles y espanol. You can take it Tuesda - • • either on paper or online. Everyone's favorite herpetologist will be here to show off his menagerie of slithery specimens. Learn lots of reptilian facts Bolts and get a chance to touch a reptile for yourself! o u I" CCI I"1'1 I"1"1 u n i t Trains! Trains! Trains! OUR ruTuRf February 24 & Sunday, February Local Option Levy:Focus on Safe Neighborhoods and Parka Noon • Come watch the trains run down the tracks! City Council to Consider Levy We invite railroad enthusiasts and hobbyists of For the past ten months, the all ages to attend a two-day display of model City has studied the possibility of railroading layouts. Members of the Beaverton a local option levy to generate Modular Railroad Club will operate the display more revenue for the City's and answer questions. All aboard! general fund, which supports core services like the library, police, Hidden Figures parks maintenance and recreation Wednesday, _ • _ programs. Elected officials and staff have worked to educate the public e Join us for Hidden Figures(PG), a film about the City's budgeting process about several African-American women and financial challenges. whose complex calculations made the The City has asked for input space program possible. Explore our from residents through surveys, activity stations highlighting some of the events, public meetings, one-on- accomplishments and inventions of brilliant one conversations and more. In and often unsung Black Americans. December a citizen levy and bond task force recommended that the Super Bowl SundayCouncil refer a five-year levy to the - •ruary 4 9 3 — 7:30 p.m. 9 All ages ballot. The Council will vote in February It's the Eagles vs. the Patriots! Watch the 52nd both on whether to do so and what annual NFL championship game on the library's SUPER BOWLN the rate would be. "These are big screen in a family-friendly, alcohol-free important issues that directly affect environment. Enjoy pizza and soft drinks. every person living in Tigard," Sponsored by Friends of the Tigard Library said Mayor John Cook. "Whether you own a home or business or _ rent, these meetings will shape - • the quality of life we have here for at least the next five years. I encourage you to attend [the Create beautiful, sparkling treasures to share with that special someone Council meetings.]" on Valentine's Day and enjoy tasty treats. For more information, check Valentine Concert with Roundhouse I out these pages on the City's Saturday, February 10 2 — 3:30 p.m. 9 All website: funding the future; lei ages and bond task force; budget , Roundhouse Band will perform seasonal summaryand budget videos. Valentine music with impeccable harmonies, interesting arrangements and _ a blend of classic spirited bluegrass, folk, country and original tunes. Amber Bell Youth Sponsored by Friends of the Tigard Library Services Supervisor 61 Discover how easy it is to make professional and beautifulMP Valentine's Day cards and bookmarks. Local artist Susan -- Why are story times Kent will lead the program. Limit 20. REGISTRATION important? REQUIRED. Please call 503-718-2517. When young children spend Sponsored by Friends of the Tigard Library time with their families talking, singing, reading, writing and Dark Chocolateplaying together, it's not just fun. Wednesday, " ' ' • '.m. GradeIt's also helping children build essential skills they need in order - to be ready to read when they Enjoy a tasty twist on February 14th with fancy, DIY enter school. hot chocolate and a gothic mystery breakout game. When library staff members TechnARTology Show present story times, they are Submit - sharing lively songs, reading books full of rich language /� and providing hands-on t e c h n A To l o g y exploration of materials. They are simultaneously modeling for Submit your work for our technology-themed art show curated by Teen parents and caregivers how to Library Council. There's still time to pick up a submission form or download one help build a child's vocabulary, from our website. Submit digital, video or handmade art and photography from how to connect stories to a Thursday, February 1, to Wednesday, February 28. child's own experience and Teen Library Council will select three favorites, and the winners will receive a how to strengthen a child'sunderstanding and love of prize. We will display favorites in the Young Adult Room during Teen Tech Week, literature. March 4-10. Join us for a reception celebrating the art and artists on Friday, March 9, from 6-7 p.m. A baby chewing on a board book Sponsored by Friends of the Tigard Library is demonstrating an appreciation for books. A toddler who bursts Pasta Making 101 into song at home in the kitchen, Wednesday, after hearing that same song at story time every week, is Learn to make delicious handmade pasta with Chef showing their understanding of Valentine. Make fresh dough, then use a pasta machine to -- how the sounds in words work. make a myriad of shapes and sizes. Transform them into a A preschooler who can make tasty main dish with seasonal vegetables. Mangiamo! F shapes with their fingers while Limit 20. REGISTRATION REQUIRED. they sing a rhyme is exercising Please call 503-718-2517. the small motor skills they Sponsored by Friends of the Tigard Library will need in order to write the alphabet. Jazz with Basso 6 Deux Could you give some . .es examples of children Enjoy this duet with vocalist Andrea Vorvick and Paul who have benefited from story times? Vorvick on upright bass. They incorporate traditional jazz and poprock styles into a wide range of classic Every morning that there is a and up-tempo tunes. story time, we see the endless benefits that story time provides. Library Olympics We see friends gathering Monday, ' ' ' together in a relaxed community space, and children who are not Celebrate the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea by only building early literacy skills, joining us for an afternoon of Olympics-themed craftsMebut also social emotional skills as and activities! they make new friends and share Cardboard a sense of wonder. Find out more Monday, February • Kids & Families about Amber... r Roll on in, grab a snack and enjoy a matinee of Captain Underpants(PG). Need a set of wheels for the show? Come What's new with the at 2 p.m. and make your car here. We will have cardboard and other supplies. The movie will start at 2:30 p.m. library catalog? You may have noticed that the library's catalog was unavailable peluchesfor a few days in January. Thank Martes el 27 • - febrero 7 — 7:30 p.m. you for your patience. While salonEll . . . . a., the catalog was down, the staff at WCCLS was hard at work Ven y participa en esta hora de cuentos en pijama. iSera una noche divertida performing software updates. con cuentos para dormir, canciones, poesias infantiles y mss! Ven en to pijama The upgraded catalog has several y trae to peluche favorito. improvements, including: • Displaying the same information whether you're Tuesday, - • viewing it on your smart Puett •om e Families with kids ages 0-6 years phone, tablet or computer. AS • Several improvements to Join us for this fun story time filled with bedtime stories, songs, nursery saved title lists, including rhymes and more! Wear your pajamas and bring along your favorite stuffed the ability to place holds on animal. multiple titles at once, sort the list and easily see the current status of holds and LEGO@ - availability of the materials. February Quickly limit your search to Puett .oom 9 Kids & Families just items that are at your favorite library, just items Drop in to build with our LEGO° bricks and that are currently available to explore a featured tech toy. Each month we'll offer off, check out or both and items L: something different to explore. Coding, circuits, that are available to check out robots and more! We'll have all the supplies; you ''' - at a specific location. bring your curiosity and creativity! Check out this short video for more Coding Club! details on these improvements! VoluntaryWednesday, February 7 4:15 — 5:30 p.m. • Puett Room Ages i -, Some TLC from the TLC Drop in and learn about coding or continue work on a coding project! Work in Scratch or Code.org, Tigard Public Library receives explore Makey Makeys or Snap Circuits°, in a relaxed lots of TLC from our volunteers. environment. Each session will feature a special robot With the love and devotion of our or tool to try! volunteers, the library is able to provide materials and programs to TournamentSuper Smash citizens of Washington County. We Saturday, love our volunteers! Who will triumph in the ultimate test of Smash skill? Enter F. this double elimination WiiLl tournament and find out. Prizes ' and bragging rights) will o to the to players. ( 99. 9 9 ) 9 p P Y Sponsored by Friends of the Tigard Library -4 T MLI M� Join this book discussion group for grades 6-12 and discover some fantastic reads while enjoying snacks, games and crafts. Registration required. Sign up at the Children's Reference Desk and get your FREE copy of the book while supplies last. Our Teen Library Council is another Sponsored by Friends of the Tigard Library form of TLC here at the library! Teen Library Council, aka TLC, is The Game of Love and Death composed of teen volunteers from ' '' by Martha Brockenbrough the community who meet the first Tuesday, February 20 • 4:30 — 6 p.m. Tuesday of every month from Grades 6 — 12 5-7 p.m. They help plan events, Love and Death chose Henry and Flora at birth to be create displays and give input for pawns in an ongoing competition between the two various teen library services. immortals. Once the two teenagers finally meet, they 7, become unwitting players in a game that Death has Young Adult Librarian Lisa Elliott, 11 always won. who leads TLC, reports that TLC conversations are diverse and •taku Teens cover a wide-ranging assortment of issues relevant to teens at the J-Pop fans unite! Join this mangy book group and mingle with other otaku library, including which artists to teens while watching anime, making stuff and enjoying Japanese snacks. add to the music collection and Registration required. Sign up at the Children's Reference Desk ideas about upcoming programs. and get your FREE copy of the book while supplies last. Lisa said about TLC volunteers, Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign "With their love of literature, their beagerness to help, their kindness y Takaya Kagami, Yamato Yamamoto 9 P, J and Daisuke Furuya and mentorship to young kids and Tuesday, February 27 • 4:30 — 6:30 p.m. their engaged civic attitudes, they Grades 6 — 12 are destined for greatness." A mysterious virus kills adults but spares children, and vampires sweep in to fill the void. Yuichiro yearns to TLC is a drop-in activity, and teens destroy the vampire overlords and connect with other just need to fill out a volunteer surviving humans. application with a parent or guardian's signature. For more COMPUTER CLASSES information, contact Young Adult Librarian Lisa Elliott at A i qgOc sS 503-718-2654 or LisaE(a)Tigard-OR.gov Open Learning Labs '�'�'� _ Wednesdays 6 — 8 p.m. I ' If you're an adult and interested No appointment necessary. Drop in any time during lab hours! Staff and in giving the library some TLC, volunteers will assist you with computer questions or guide you as you consider attending one of our practice. Open Learning Labs take place in the Technology Room on the New Adult Volunteer Orientations! second floor. Our next ones are on Thursday, February 22, or Thursday, Get One-on-One Tech Help March 15, at 6 p.m. Questions Make a one-hour individual appointment with a tech helper. Call the or comments? Contact Katie at Reference Desk at 503-718-2517. KatherineN()Tigard-OR.cjov Check out more of our computer classes or sign up for one-on-one assistance. �r k HOURSLIBRARY All programs will be held in the George and Yvonne Burgess Community Room Sunday Noon-6 p.m. unless otherwise noted. Additional parking is available in the evenings at Tigard City Hall, 13125 SW Hall Blvd., Monday 10 a.m.-9 p.m. and afternoons and evenings at the Tigard Senior Center,8815 SW Omara St. Tuesday 10 a.m.-9 p.m. READING Wednesday 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Thursday 10 a.m.-9 p.m. t dults Friday 10 a.m.-9 p.m. The Public Library.A Photographic Essay by Robert Dawson - Saturday 10 a.m.-6 p.m. This beautiful assortment of 150 photographs The Public Library illustrates Dawson's photographic skills and his °°``"" ",.°,.•",rtD„.. fascination with libraries. This collection was created ■ Questions or comments about Books & Bits or the Library? from multiple cross-country trips over 18 years and features interesting historical facts about these rural Contact paula@tigard-or.gov. and urban libraries. The libraries that Dawson has captured range from the famous New York Public Library to Rudy's Library, located in a town with a To see archived newsletters, population of one. There are over 17,000 libraries in America, and this book click here. reflects on the diversity among them and how they have evolved over time to serve their communities. Reviewed by Stephanie Csaszar,On-Call Librarian Improbable Libraries: =' A Visual Journey to the - World's Most Unusual Libraries plj` of''I by Alex Johnson This book is eye candy for book lovers. From i!i.ac�(tlI1 ° the electronic library on a railway in Spain to the li glamorous and often futuristic architectural design of BIG libraries, there will be something to delight. The architectural design with the comfy pillows, suspended pod and a net for lounging will beckon you to the Thailand resort library. Remember the bookmobiles of your youth and then imagine a burro, camel or elephant bringing the world of books to your community. Sharing and swapping books has long been a reader's passion. Take a look at the ingenious designs of some of the tiny free libraries, such as suspended cabins that hang from a tree. People can choose a book and donate one in its place if possible. Enjoy! Reviewed by Joyce Niewendorp,Senior Adult Services Librarian The History of the Book in 100 Books: The History�)fL The Complete Story, From Egypt to a-book THEBOOK i,,100 Books by Roderick Cave & Sara Ayad This book is a 100-stop tour through the history of writing. Cave and Ayad examine the amazing range ` of technologies that have been used to record written information, from clay and papyrus to a-book, on each of the seven continents. They highlight landmark works of religion, art, science, history and literature and have a lot to say about printing and publishing as a business throughout the ages. Learn about the biggest books ever written, the first book that was ever illustrated with photographs, and the oldest reliably dated printed tome (hint, not one of Gutenberg's). The design, typeface and pictures are impeccably beautiful. More. * Reviewed by Erik Carter,Adult Services Librarian The Library of Fates ADITI K H O R A N A by Aditi Khorana ” Princess Amrita's life and kingdom is transformed when ' Library a ruthless conqueror arrives with his army. She escapes with the help of a few friends and learns that a visit to the mythical Library of Fates may be her ticket to alter Fates her past and restore her future. More... Reviewed by Lisa Elliott, Young Adult Librarian The Reader by Traci Chee In Sefia's world, books are unrecognizable and reading is unheard of. Yet, somewhere there is a library that protects all of the world's books, all but the one that has fallen mysteriously into Sefia's hands and changed her life forever. More...* - Reviewed by Lisa Elliott, Young Adult Librarian Evil Librarian by Michelle Knudsen Like most librarians, Mr. Gabriel is young and attractive. Cynthia's best friend, Annie, immediately falls head over heels for him. But Cynthia senses that something is not quite right. In fact, she suspects their new high school librarian may be nothing less than evil. More... Reviewed by Lisa Elliott, Young Adult Librarian Book! Book! Book! �. by Deborah Bruss (Picture Book) What does the hen say when she goes into the library? "Book! Book! Book!," of course! She goes into town to visit the library, and pretty soon the whole barnyard wants in on the action. More... Reviewed by Holly Campbell-Polivka, Youth Services Librarian The Haunted Library by Dori Hillestad Butler(Juvenile Fiction) ' When ghost boy Kaz gets blown away from the old school he haunts, he finds himself in a place he's never been before: a library where he's surrounded by more •? "solids" (that's the ghost word for live people) than he's ever seen. And on top of that, one of the solids can actually see him! It turns out that Kaz is not the only ghost haunting this library. Can Kaz and his solid friend, Claire, solve the mystery of a ghost that even they cannot see? Find out in this early chapter book. More... Reviewed by Holly Campbell-Polivka, Youth Services Librarian Biblioburro: A True Story from ColombiayF ��16�I0Ruj?, 0 by Jeanette Winter (Juvenile Non-Fiction) As a schoolteacher, Luis had such a love of reading r that he wanted to share it with people who didn't have as much exposure to books as he did. He bought a couple of burros who he named Alfa and Beto and opened up his burro library, or "biblioburro." He, Alfa and Beto, traveled into the far reaches of his country of Columbia to take books to children and adults, some of whom had not one book in their homes. More... Reviewed by Holly Campbell-Polivka, Youth Services Librarian *Additional book reviews by Novelist.