The Siloam Springs Public Library has the honor of being the venue for the Third Congressional District Art Competition Monday, April 17, through Saturday, April 22. The Third Congressional District chose the Siloam Springs Public Library because of our wonderful space for events and the library plays an important role in the community. Siloam Springs High School students have traditionally done well with this competition and it allows the community to view their work as well as other high school students' work. Representative Steve Womack will be hosting the awards ceremony that accompanies this competition from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Please come and support the high school students of Siloam Springs and other school districts in the Third Congressional District by viewing their work and/or attending the awards ceremony.
Envisionware is a computer management/print management system that the Siloam Springs Public Library installed recently. This system will enable patrons to log into the computers directly rather than coming up to the reference desk to log in. Patrons will be able to preview print jobs prior to printing them which means you won't have to pay for unwanted prints. The time frame for using the computer has also been increased to two-hour time increments from the present one hour increment. Patrons can sign up for additional two-hour increments as long as there is not a waiting list. This is a system that other libraries in Northwest Arkansas are using and that has been well received. This system will apply only to the computers that are Internet based and will not apply to some of the computers in the children's room. Staff will be available to answer any questions about this system.
Summer Reading is right around the corner! Get prepared to "Create a Better World" beginning Monday, June 5. This is the theme of the summer reading program that encourages patrons to read throughout the summer as well as participate in programs that will be available for all ages. Encourage friends and family to participate in this annual event. More details will be coming in the next Library Musings column.
Programs for April are as follows:
• Family movies: Mondays at 4:30 p.m.
• After School Program: Tuesdays at 4:30 p.m.
• Preschool Program: Wednesdays and Thursdays at 11 a.m.
• Home School Program: Thursdays at 11 a.m.
• Young Adult Program: Thursdays at 4:30 p.m.
• Bilingual Preschool Program: Fridays at 10 a.m.
The Adult Reading Group will meet Monday, April 10 at 7 p.m. to discuss various historical fiction books. Each participant can choose a book they want to read and will have the opportunity to share their findings and feelings about their book. If you want to know how this book club works, this would be a good time to sit in on the discussion. Who knows? Perhaps one of the books being discussed will be a book you have read and you may have opinions about this book that you want to share.
The Morning Book Club will meet at 11 a.m. Tuesday, April 18, and will be discussing the "The Rosie Project" by Graeme Simsion. The art of love is never a science: Meet Don Tillman, a brilliant but socially inept professor who's decided it's time he found a wife. Don is approaching this endeavor with "The Wife Project" which is a 16-page, scientifically valid survey to filter out the drinkers, the smokers, and the late arrivers. Books are available at the library while supplies last.
Be sure to check out the shelves by the circulation desk for new books. The new young adult books are in the young adult area and the new children's and juvenile books are in the children's room. Reading is a wonderful way to relax, gain new knowledge, provide topics of conversations with friends, travel without leaving your chair, and keep your mind young. Please let staff know if there is a book, movie, CD, or audiobook you would like to see the library own.
Please visit the Library's Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/SiloamSpringsPublicLibrary/, the Library's website at http://www.siloamsprings.com/library, or call us at 479-524-4236 for more information about what the library has to offer.
And as always, we will see you at the library!
-- Dolores Deuel is the library manager at Siloam Springs Public Library. The opinions expressed are those of the author.
Community on 04/09/2017