Those Promised Changes Are Finally on the Horizon
As frequent visitors to the library have probably noticed, the changes to the Main Floor mentioned in the last two newsletters have not yet begun. There is a plan however, and as soon as the Director’s new office on the second floor is finished and the move completed, work will begin here. Be prepared for a chaotic summer. We are still taking suggestions for a mantra to replace “change is good.”
In the meantime we continue to add to our collection in a variety of genres. In addition to our regular large print books, we are adding books classified as Christian historical fiction, and Westerns and are increasing the number of our non-fiction titles. In addition to our books on
cassette and books on CD from Recorded Books, we are adding titles from Blackstone Audio and MicroMarketing which will broaden the range of selection. The DVD collection continues to grow with the help of donations and purchased titles. Recently added are several BBC productions such as ‘The House of Cards’ trilogy with Ian Richardson (a political thriller); ‘Ballykissangel,’ series four; ‘The Irish R.M.,’ series two and three; ‘The House of Eliot’ (good story, beautiful costumes). Also added are three of the world’s greatest operas: ‘Carmen,’ ‘ La Traviata,’ and ‘Aida.’
An exciting addition to our DVD collection is a twelve volume set of ‘In English on Your Own’ for use by those for whom English is a second language and who want to better their use of English. It is self-instructional and comes with workbooks.
For all the quilters or would be quilters, a donation has been made by Mr. Harvey Heath in memory of his wife, Nancy. Mrs. Heath was an active quilter and had an extensive collection of books about quilting. Space considerations make it necessary to add just a small part of her total collection. A few of the titles that are being added are ‘The Quilter’s Guide: Design Essentials by Lorraine Torrence;’ ‘ Fat Quarter Quilts’ by M’liss Rae Hawley; ‘Easy Pieces: Creative Color Play with Two Simple Quilt Blocks’ by Margaret J. Miller; ‘Curves in Motion: Quilt Designs & Techniques’ by Judy B. Dale; ‘Elegant Stitches: An Illustrated Stitch Guide and Source Book of Inspiration’ by Judith Baker Montano and ‘Razzle, Dazzle Quilts’ by Judy Hooworth.
Please stop by the Main Floor and enjoy our new selections and excuse the mess as the renovations finally begin (we hope).