|
 |
 |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dear Subscriber: The dog days of summer got here early this year. Beat the heat with a cool mystery. Enjoy our future musical performances featuring a beautiful new piano donated by Friends of the Library. Find out how bookmobiles have changed since the first horse drawn vehicle made its rounds 100 years ago. Check out all the online subscription databases that you can use from home through our Web site. And, own a piece of history by purchasing a brick from the old library. Leslie Steiner, Editor, Head of Public Information Services
Friends of the Library have purchased a new Yamaha piano as a gift to the library. The cost of the piano is $7,336.70. It replaces a piano that was donated to the library by the Friends many years ago. The new piano will be used in live musical performances for the public. A special event for the public will be planned to celebrate the receipt of this generous gift.
Looking for a cool mystery for a hot summer day? These books are due out in July:
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the first bookmobile in the United States. It was a horse-drawn buggy carrying a few hundred books, and it served patrons of the Washington County Free Library in Maryland. Today, there are more than 800 bookmobiles in operation nationwide. Our Mobile Library is a familiar sight as it visits 39 locations throughout the city every two weeks. The Mobile Library carries over 5,000 items for adults and children of all ages. The collection features current popular materials and includes books, magazines, videos, CDs, DVDs, and audiobooks. With 24 hours advance notice, patrons can also request specific titles or subject areas from the main library collection to be delivered to their stop. Click here for more information and the current Mobile Library schedule.
The library subscribes to a large number of online databases that you can use free at home through our Web site. This searchable information is available to Des Plaines library cardholders 24 hours a day. In most cases you simply enter your library card number. In a few cases, you will need to get a special password from the Reference Desk. Phone 847.376.2841. Categories include books and literature, business, library catalogs, ebooks, "for kids," general encyclopedias, general reference, health and science, magazines, and newspapers. Even more online databases are available for use on the public computers inside the library. Click here for our online resources.
The Library Board of Trustees has approved pricing for the sale of historic bricks from the old library at 841 Graceland Avenue. The cost will be $15 for the first brick and $10 for each additional brick purchased at the same time. Each brick will have a small plaque with the name and address of the old library, as well as the dates that the library occupied that site. The library is also exploring the possibility of issuing certificates of authenticity to accompany the historic bricks. The old building was recently demolished and a new condominium development will be built on its former site. Phone 847.376.2803 for information on purchasing historic bricks.
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
email:
dpplnews@dppl.org
phone:
847.827.5551
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 |
 |