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We have an RSS feed on the Collinsville Library Center site and the Fairmont City Library Center site. It is a great place to sign up for the latest information such as the Food for Fines program coming up at the end of the month or the Tellabration event, a worldwide storytelling event that the Riverwinds Storytellers from the area are inviting you to participate in with them on November 21st.

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~Notice~

Computer Lab
will be closed

Saturday the 24th through
Wednesday the 28th

Due to carpeting of the room.

We are sorry for this inconvenience.

Wireless computers can be checked out at Lower Circ for Collinsville members only.
Thank you for your patience!

Professional pumpkin carver at the Library

Spooky stories around the campfire with Ron Adams

Alton Library - Civil War Era event

Step back to the CIVIL WAR era with us.

Spend an entertaining evening with Mr. and Mrs. Greg Zelinski on Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. in the Children’s/Reading Room at the downtown Hayner Library location. The Zelinski family will be in period costume and talk about various Civil War era topics. Please call 1-800-613-3163 to reserve your seat for a fun and interesting evening.

The Hayner Public Library District
401 State Street
Alton, Illinois 62002-6137
618-433-2859
fax: 618-433-2873
genealogy@haynerlibrary.org

O'Fallon Library - Book Sale

O’Fallon Public Library
120 Civic Plaza
O’Fallon, IL 62269

Library Meeting Room
Thursday, Oct. 1st—Preview Sale* 4:00 – 8:00 pm* $5 admission (Free for Friends of the O’Fallon Public Library Members)
Friday, Oct. 2nd* 9:00 – 6:00 pm* Free admission
Saturday, Oct. 3rd* 9:00 – 2:00 pm* $2 per bag

Benld Library - Wine tasting event

Wine Tasting to benefit the Benld Public Library. Friday, November 6th from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Benld Civic Center, $10 per person. Wines provided by Crushed Grapes, Ltd. of Edwardsville. Call 217-835-4045.

Frank Bertetti
Benld Public Library
217-835-4045
fbe@lcls.org
www.benldlibrary.org

MV Library District looking for an Adult Services Librarian

Adult Services Librarian ...

The person best suited for this job will be creative, dynamic, service-oriented, high energy, and self-directed. The philosophy of our Library District is “Move toward tomorrow while Serving today”. Cutting edge ideas and thought provoking change is expected.The librarian will be in control of all aspects of the Adult Services for the District including but not exclusive of the AS collection, programming, cataloging and circulation. The librarian will work cooperatively with the Youth Services Librarian, the Branch Manager, the Head of Circulation and the Interlibrary Loan/Genealogy Librarian to create a comfortable and magnetic environment under the direction of the Library Director.The position requires a MLS or an equivalent related field or a Bachelor’s Degree in a related field with significant management and three to five years of progressively responsible experience in library services. An equivalent combination of education, training and experience will be considered.

Read more at Employment Opportunities

Columbia Public Library - General Events

“Book Club”
(for adults)
6:00-7:00
First Tuesday of every month .
October's book
“Big Fish”

“Craft Night”
(for adults)
6:00-8:00
Third Tuesday of every month.
Bring a craft that fits in your lap.


“SPINE TINGLING TALES”
& marshmallow roast
with storyteller
Ron Adams
Friday, October 23rd
6:00 - 8:00
(adult and teens ages 15 and up)
Attendance prize drawing for Johnnie Brock's - Pizza Hut and more.


“GINGERBREAD HOUSE CREATIONS”
Saturday, November 28th
10:30 – 12:00
( Registration required and $15.00 fee. For adults and accompanied children 8-12)

Columbia Public Library
106 N. Metter
Columbia, IL 62236

PH (618) 281-4237
FAX (618) 281-6977
E-Mail annetteb@lcls.org

Mt. Olive Library - Trivia Nite

MT. OLIVE LIBRARY TRIVIA NIGHT
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Mt. Olive Public Library is hosting a trivia night and silent auction at Immanuel Lutheran Church Education Building, 111 East Main, Mt. Olive, IL 62069. Doors open at 6:00 pm, Trivia starts at 6:30 pm. There will be cash prizes for the top two teams, attendance prizes, 50/50 drawing and a silent auction. Participants are welcome to bring food and snacks. This is a smoke-free and alcohol-free event. Popcorn, water, soda, tea and coffee are provided. The cost is $10.00 per person, 10 per table maximum. Matching funds applied for through Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Care in Community Funds. For more information or to reserve a table: call Tammy at 217-999-3350 or e-mail tpscuba@madisontelco.com or e-mail Gina at moelibrary@yahoo.com.

MV Library District taking a table. We would like to challenge other libraries around to come and play against us!

Edwardsville Public Library - Date with Dewey

DATE WITH DEWEY
The Edwardsville Public Library will host another Date with Dewey event. It is Saturday, September 19, 7:30-10:00 p.m. The event will feature appetizers, wine, live jazz, a silent auction, and a live auction of vintage library chairs that area artists have transformed. It's a really fun evening and the cost is only $25 per person. Tickets are available now.

Edwardsville Library
112 South Kansas Street
Edwardsville, IL 62025-1708

www.edwardsvillelibrary.org

O'Fallon Library - Strange Folk Festival

STRANGE FOLK FESTIVAL

The O'Fallon Library will be hosting a tent for local authors at O'Fallon's Strange Folk Festival this year. This is an arts & crafts festival for independent vendors. 10,000 people attended last year. If you know any local authors that might be interested in selling their books and meeting readers please forward this link: http://www.strangefolkfestival.com/2009/08/the-writers-block/. If will be held September 26th and 27th. There is no charge to the authors. They can sign up for as few as two hours or for as much as the whole 2 days.http://www.ofallonlibrary.org

O'Fallon Library
120 Civic Plaza
O'Fallon, IL 62269

Job Hunting Sessions cancelled

Due to unavoidable circumstances, we have had to cancel our Job Hunting series. As soon as possible, we will bring it back.

Stay tuned...

More construction projects...

Fairmont City Library Center is also updating some of its areas...

We are painting throughout the whole building so be careful of "Wet Paint". The ceilings and walls are all getting painted and not in all one color. You can expect a cheerier feel to the building.

If you haven't been there in a number of weeks, more shelving has been added to the large community room and a new front desk is in the entry way. This is giving us the ability to add more things. Some of the Programming Resource Center (PRC) items for teachers and programmers from Collinsville are being added to the Fairmont City with even more puppets.

Again, more projects will be taking place, so please excuse any inconvenience that this causes.

Minor construction issues

As we update some of the areas in the Collinsville Library Center, we hope that we do not inconvenience you too much.

At the moment the front doors are closed since the main staircase is being recovered.

Next the shelving from the Media Center will be taken into the Programming Resource Center (PRC) on the other side of the hall. This will be the new home of the DVDs, Blurays, Videos, and Music. The Media Center will totally be devoted to the computers and quiet study areas. It will also be recarpeted at this time.

There are a number of other projects... We will try to keep you aware as they are happening.

Thanks for your understanding.

Book Sale at Fairmont City Library Center

Starting tomorrow -

August 29th through September 5th

Large Book Sale
at the
Fairmont City Library Center
2870 N. 44th St.
Fairmont City, IL

Everything sells for $.50 or 4 items for $1.00!
Great Deals...

Hours for the sale will be the open hours of the Library
Saturday 10am - 6pm
Tuesday through Thursday 12pm - 8pm
Friday 10am - 6pm

Come early and take home a lot of bargains!

Job Hunting Sessions

The Collinsville Library Center is offering a 5 week

Job Hunting Series
every Wednesday in September
starting at 6:00
in the Community Room

Topic will include:
* Resume Building and Cover Letter Writing
* Job Search on and off the Internet
* Interviewing skills
* and more!

For more information call the Main Desk at 618.344.1112

Questions will be encouraged.
Numbers will not be limited.
These will not be hands on computer session.

Staff reads that look good

Alison shares:
A really good non-fiction book I am reading right now is Six months in Sudan/James Maskalyk. It's the story of a Medecins sans Frontiers doctor and the months he spends in Abyei. It is facinating, sad, personal, insightful and a little gritty so if you don't want to be moved, don't read it :-)

Leslee read:
If anyone is looking for a good read, try The magicians by Lev Grossman. The reviews were all mentioning it to be like Harry Potter, but it is more like the Narnia books. Very good read, read it it 2 days.

Barb likes:
Anyway: the paradoxical commandments: finding personal meaning in a crazy world by Kent Keith. It gives you some perspective on daily life and a direction to go when you aren’t sure where to go.