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And the 2009 Centre County Reads book is...

Pat — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 10:00:50 -0500

Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi. See the Centre County Reads blog and website for more information. Start reading!

Fall Reading Challenge

Pat — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:09:08 -0400

Read 25 books between September 1 and December 31 and win a prize! Pick up an entry form at the reference desk to record your 25 books. Entries may be redeemed for prizes after December 1, one prize per person. For adults and teens (12 and over).

New York Times Bestsellers lists

Pat — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:16:05 -0400

NextReads has added two new lists that can be emailed directly to your inbox. They are the New York Times Fiction and Nonfiction lists. Once you receive the list, you can link directly to Schlow's catalog to see if we own the book and place a copy on reserveWhen the item you want is checked out to someone else you may request that it be held for you when it is returned. Requests can be made for any item in our catalog including new releases and items on order. You will receive notification via e-mail (or telephone) when your hold is available for pick up. Your request will be honored in the order it is received.. If there is a copy available, call the referenceQuestions that you ask of library staff that require knowledge of the content of the collection or other resources such as those on the web. Sometimes you are referred to the answer, hence Reference. Reference can also refer to our reference materials that are often encyclopedic books that have many volumes and a concentrated number of facts and/or statistics. These materials usually have an overnight loan period so they are available in the library most of the time. desk (235-7816) or email refdesk@schlowlibrary.org and have us pull it for you. If all copies are checked out, place a reserve online and you will be notified when a copy is available for you. NextReads offers lists in many genres from mysteries to fiction to business and fitness. There are also lists for teens and children. Click on the link at the left to see the complete list of NextReads newsletters.

Adults!!! Summer Reading is for you too!

Pat — Wed, 20 May 2009 15:08:46 -0400

Register June 1st for the Adult Summer Reading Program - Master the Art of Reading. This year, we will have online registration and book entries. You have the option of registering and recording your books at the referenceQuestions that you ask of library staff that require knowledge of the content of the collection or other resources such as those on the web. Sometimes you are referred to the answer, hence Reference. Reference can also refer to our reference materials that are often encyclopedic books that have many volumes and a concentrated number of facts and/or statistics. These materials usually have an overnight loan period so they are available in the library most of the time. desk with our staff also. There will be a prize drawing each month. The link for this program will be here on June 1st. Summertime and the reading is easy. Join us.

Afternoon Book Discussions

(Held 2:30—3:30 pm in our Community Room)

June 30th—Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
July 28th—Nickel and Dimed: on (not) getting by in America by Barbara Ehrenreich
August 18th—Shoot the Moon by Billie Letts

Evening Book Discussions

(Held 6:30—7:30 pm in our Sun Room)

June 22nd—Girl With a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
July 20th—Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
August 17th—Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton

Drop-In Knitting

(Held 6:30—8:30 pm in our Sun Room)

June 1st, 15th, and 29th
July 13th (see below) and 27th
August 10th and 24th

Special Event: July 13th, 7:00—8:30 pm
Yarn Artist in Action: From Fleece to Sweater

This fascinating program for adults and teens will demonstrate the process of creating a sweater from carding the raw wool all the way through to knitting.

PRIZES! PRIZES! PRIZES!

This year you can register online or at the library and log the books you read for chances to win prizes in our monthly drawings—June 25th, July 30th and August 27th. There will be one First Prize and 10 Second Prizes monthly.

Reading the sky

Pat — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:43:51 -0400

Read the Avi story, Reading the Sky, in the Centre Daily Times each Sunday and Tuesday until the end of July. This is the story of young boy who can see wonderful stories in the cloud formations, but also a tale of a bank heist and the effort to get away by jumping out of a plane (remember this true story from some years back?). The robber thinks no one will be watching the sky. Avi is an award-winning author who started Breakfast Serials because he had enjoyed reading stories in the newspaper when he was younger. Schlow owns many of his wonderful books, but this story is only available in the Centre Daily Times. A copy is also available in the Adult Dept at the referenceQuestions that you ask of library staff that require knowledge of the content of the collection or other resources such as those on the web. Sometimes you are referred to the answer, hence Reference. Reference can also refer to our reference materials that are often encyclopedic books that have many volumes and a concentrated number of facts and/or statistics. These materials usually have an overnight loan period so they are available in the library most of the time. desk. Read the story with your family and count it as a summer reading title. You can write a review of it online. And watch the sky all summer - even the clouds tell a story. Sponsored by Centre County Reads.

Be Creative @ Your Library Summer Reading Program

Dani — Tue, 12 May 2009 12:18:07 -0400

Be Creative @ Schlow Library this summer and sign up for our new ONLINE Summer Reading Program. PICK UP YOUR COPY OF THE SUMMER READING PROGRAMMING AND INSTRUCTION PAMPHET IN THE CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT!

Registration begins May 15, 2009.

This summer we will be offering many exciting and innovative programs and reading incentives to inspire creativity and encourage the growth of imagination! Click on the left of the screen to check our Tremendous Tuesday craft schedule and our Wednesday Everybody Storytime schedule.

Join us for our Family Fun Fair on Saturday, June 6 from 11 AM-2 PM and register for the program!

For those wishing to keep track of their books on a paper log before entering them into the computer, there is a link to the left to print one out! Online log-in instructions are also provided.

Registration begins May 15. Visit our website, schlowlibrary.org/children, to sign up, or for a bit of extra guidance use one of the computers in the Children's Department!

New Book Highlights - UPDATED October 1, 2009

Pat — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:08:10 -0400

Click here to see some of the new books recently added to Schlow's collection. http://www.librarything.com/catalog/Schlowref This list does not include all new books. Please check our catalog for specific authors and titles or to place reserves. A new list will be posted each week. Please make note of any titles that you want to save for future use.

Try NoveList and NextReads for additional book suggestions. Links at left.

ATTENTION TEACHERS AND PARENTS!

Dani — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:32:50 -0500

April celebrates the Pennsylvania Literacy Initiative One Book Every Young Child, featuring What a Treasure by Jane and Will Hillenbrand. Click on "more info" to access Booklists and Activities that promote the themes highlighted in this book.

Click on the Links to the left to access the following themed booklists. Each Booklist contains links to more activities for those books.

Digging, Diggers, and Holes

Pirates and Treasure

Squirrels

Family and Friends

Birds

Moles

Please call the Children's Department with any questions. (814) 235-7817

Free ebooks on the web

Pat — Tue, 04 May 2010 11:34:19 -0400

Read free ebooks on your computer by going to these websites.

Google Book Search
Search the full text of books to find ones that interest you and learn where to buy or borrow them.

The Online Books Page
The Online Books Page is a website that facilitates access to books that are freely readable over the Internet by providing a searchable directory to them. It is hosted by the University of Pennsylvania Library and maintained by John Mark Ockerbloom.

Universal Digital Library
An initiative headed by Carnegie Mellon University to digitize the significant literary, artistic, and scientific works of mankind.

Bartleby Library: Great Books Online
The classics of literature (poetry & prose), nonfiction, and referenceQuestions that you ask of library staff that require knowledge of the content of the collection or other resources such as those on the web. Sometimes you are referred to the answer, hence Reference. Reference can also refer to our reference materials that are often encyclopedic books that have many volumes and a concentrated number of facts and/or statistics. These materials usually have an overnight loan period so they are available in the library most of the time. free online.

Bibliomania
Hundreds of searchable full text works of classic fiction, popular fiction, short stories, drama, poetry, dictionaries, research and religious texts, including Brewer's Phrase and Fable, and Reader's Handbook, Webster's Dictionary, The Koran, The Hobson Jobson Dictionary of Anglo-India Terms, Simonds History of American Literature, Dictionary of Synonymes, Dictionary of Quotations, Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, Roget's Thesaurus, A Dictionary of Quotations, more...

Children's Books Online: the Rosetta Project
Probably the largest collection of childrens's illustrated literature on the world wide web. 1,700 plus pages of classic children's books published in the 19th and early 20th century. Produced by Editec Communications.

International Children's Digital Library
The International Children's Digital Library (ICDL) is a five-year project funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to create a digital library of international children's books. It is being conducted by the University of Maryland/College Park (UMCP) and the Internet Archive. One of their goals is to create a collection of more than 10,000 books in at least 100 languages that is freely available to children, teachers, librarians, parents, and scholars throughout the world via the Internet.

Project Gutenberg
The Granddaddy of all electronic text sites! Mainly plain text files of classics.

Ebooks now available!

kyezdimer — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:16:59 -0400

You can now download ebooks from our Overdrive media portal (as well as audiobooks.) They will work on Sony e-readers, Barnes and Noble Nooks, or your computer. They will not work on Amazon's Kindle. Our brand new ebook collection has some of the most popular books currently at Schlow Library like The Help by Kathryn Stockett, Kisser by Stuart Woods, The Postmistress by Sarah Blake, Food Rules by Michael Pollan, Game Change by John Heilemann, as well as many other selections.

You'll need to download the free software Adobe Digital Editions to use this new media format and you can find instructions on how to do this here. Please contact support if you need any assistance with this new service.