Library Newsletter

The spring edition of the library's newsletter is now available online here.

Summer Reading Program is just around the corner!

We are busy planning another active summer at the library.  Our theme this year is "Dig into Reading" for Pre-K and elementary participants.  We'll have a Teen program again this year, with the theme "Beneath the Surface".  Our adult program theme is "Groundbreaking Reads".

As we plan our program, we are collecting craft items and supplies.  If you have any of the following items and can donate them to the library, we would be very thankful.

Items needed:

Empty 2-liter bottles
Empty 1-liter bottles
Cardboard tubes (from toilet tissue, paper towel and wrapping paper)
Potting soil
Corn meal

Items to be donated can be dropped off at the circulation desk.

Teen Programming 2013 Survey

We are still collecting responses for our Teen Programming Survey.  Please complete this survey and help us plan our Teen Programs for the upcoming year.  You can access the survey by following this link:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NJYKM77

This survey closes on January 15, 2013.  Results will be posted on the MDPL Teens Facebook page on that date.

The December issue of our Newsletter is now available.

Included in this issue are favorite Christmas recipes from library staff members.  If you have a favorite recipe you would like to share, please email it to meigslibrary@hotmail.com.  Be sure to include your name so we can give credit.  All recipes received will be posted on our "Favorite Holiday Recipes Wall" at the library.

The November Issue of our newsletter is now available online.  To view the newsletter, click on the above image.

New Events @ the Library!

October is National Information Literacy Awareness Month.  The Meigs County - Decatur Public Library has added several FREE workshops during the month of October to promote information literacy in our community.

October 4, 2012 - Introduction to TEL for Students
5:30pm to 7:00pm

October 6, 2012 - Introduction to TEL for Job Seekers (A Brown Bag Lunch Event)
11:00am - 1:00pm

October 11, 2012 - Introduction to R.E.A.D.S.
5:30pm to 7:00pm

October 13, 2012 - Cheap is Good, Free is Better! - Finding eBook Sources (A Brown Bag Lunch Event)
11:00am to 1:00pm

October 20, 2012 - Consumer Health Literacy (A Brown Bag Lunch Event)
11:00am to 1:00pm

October 27, 2012 - Introduction to TEL for Job Seekers (A Brown Bag Lunch Event)
11:00am to 1:00pm

For more information, or to see a complete list of upcoming library events, visit us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/MeigsCountyLibrary

"Imagine Mars" application deadline extended

We still have 8 spots available for the "Imagine Mars" Project.  We are extending the deadline and applications are due by 2:00pm on Saturday, September 29, 2012.  This exciting program is open to all middle school students in Meigs County, including homeschooled students.  Applications are available at the Circulation Desk.