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Ah, Spring. The season of renewed hope, spring cleaning, soccer, baseball, lacrosse, track, and libraries! Libraries? Wha - huh? There. I've said it. Spring is a FANTASTIC time to visit your local library. "But, dear Schlowdown-Blog-Writer, the weather is beautiful! We wanna be OUTSIDE!" Fair enough, gentle reader. Let me offer some arguments for utilizing a library in the springtime. 1) Do you Garden? Do you want to start? Do you want to try something different? Yup. We've got resources for that.
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Schlow library is soon to be a hot bed of CSI-like activity. Thursday, January 21st at 7:00 pm we're turning the library into a giant crime scene with an interactive murder mystery party. As a nod to this year's Centre County Reads pick, The Maltese Falcon, We're appealing to all of you who devour mystery books, movies or TV series like popcorn at a movie. Do you come to the end of a mystery and think, " I KNEW it! I was sure she was the one who did it?" Do you love to play Clue? Now you can live it at the library.
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OK, for the Scrooges and curmudgeons who opened this blog post prepared to be irritated by yet another missive about how GREAT the holidays are I say, "Bah! Humbug!" It IS the most wonderful time of the year, but not just because of the holidays. I love the first snow (when it is timed appropriately - someone needs to let Ol' Man Winter know that October is NOT the time for a snowfall). This past Saturday, my 8 year old son came running into my room oh-so-excited to tell me about the fluffy white stuff.
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OK. Today, I must vent. Lately there have been several instances of theft at Schlow Library. Mangled shells of DVD cases have been found strewn about the floor of the bathrooms in the library. When I hear about this I wonder what on earth someone is thinking when they do this... Here are a couple ideas I've had...1) It's a disgruntled patron who has had to pay a fine that they find to be unfair. 2) It's someone just doing it for kicks because they think they can.
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Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the... hold on! It's not even NOVEMBER yet - let's put the kibosh on the holiday songs & while we're at it, could someone please let old man winter know he should maybe take an Ambien until December? What a MESS! It sounds like there were a lot of chilly people in the dark over the weekend. How many of you trekked over to the library while your "grid" was down? We were open! We had heat! We had electricity! We even had wi-fi! Yet another reason the library is a great place to have in State College!
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National Friends of Libraries week begins this weekend. While I know you aren't going to be seeing sales on appliances to commemorate this, I think it's an appropriate time to share with you all what the Friends of Schlow Library mean to those of us who work in and use Schlow.
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Is it a Jackson 5 song that goes, "Can you feel it? {bom bump bom} Can you feel it? {BOM BUMP BOM} CAN YOU FEEL IT?" with lots of brass band and bass drum? I am pretty sure they weren't talking about back to school, but I find it to be quite appropriate for this time of year. There's an electricity in the air, even felt here at the library. With our Summer Reading Programs winding down, the lines aren't so long at the circulation desk, it's a bit easier to find a seat by yourself in one of the more "prime" locations at the library.
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When the economy is bad, where can people go for free entertainment? THE LIBRARY!When a person is laid off and needs to cut costs, where can they find out how? THE LIBRARY!When you can no longer afford internet access, who offers free computers and internet access for your use? THE LIBRARY!When you need to check the want ads, who has all the local papers available in one place for free? THE LIBRARY!
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OK, it's April 2nd, Marvin Gaye's birthday, so I thought this post's title was appropriate. Anyhow, enough about my music preferences, there is a LOT going on at Schlow these days and I thought I'd share some of the inside scoop on all of these great things.
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A while ago, I posted a blog about what the library is worth to you. I got a couple really awesome responses. It seems as if libraries are experiencing a new popularity with the economy being kind of dumpy lately. Unfortunately, while the general public seems to appreciate the benefits the library can offer, many of the decision makers in Harrisburg & Washington don't "get it" - when I say decision makers, I mean those who decide where the money goes from the budget.
