Goodbye 2008, Happy New Year 2009

It's the last day of the year and everyone is looking to the New Year with Hope...

Hope for Peace...

Hope for Better Times...

With the unstable economy, we all hope for financial security as well.

Our library expenses budget for 2009 is once again $60,000 higher than what our expected income is projected to be (this includes funding from State, County and Local governments, plus estimated income from grants and donations).

If you think about it you will realize that the costs of running a library involve more than the cost of buying a book or DVD. There are bills for water, sewer, heating, air conditioning, electricity, building maintenance, taxes, and of course employees to pay.

Think about this also...

When you borrow just one hardcover book or movie DVD, you have saved yourself about $20 to $30.

When you borrow an unabridged book on CD you have saved $40 to $100.

When you borrow a complete season of a TV program on DVD, you have saved $60 to $120.

When you use a computer at the library for a job search or homework you have saved $1,000.

What is your library worth to you?

As we enter this new year, please consider contributing to your local library. Consider asking your employer to match your contribution!

A library will always give you a good return on your investment.

See you next year!

30 Days of Thanks

Tell us why YOU are thankful for libraries.

There's no prize, just a warm, cozy feeling for expressing yourself and the reward of seeing your words posted here on the Blog.

If you are interested in expressing your thankfulness in a tangible way, consider donating some needed supplies to the library.

We are always in need of homely supplies such as: C-fold Paper Towels for the bathrooms; Scott brand toilet paper; Bounty-type paper towels; Chlorox Wipes to clean counters and children's items; Ultra-fine and Fine point Sharpies (black only); Windex glass cleaner; liquid hand soap (Soft Soap type); white multi-purpose paper (96 bright, 20 lb) - both 8 ½ by 11 and 8 ½ by 14 inches; toner for our HP 4050 TN Laserjet Printer.

These are items that are used by the staff and the people of our community. We would be very grateful to anyone who would help the library with these types of donations.

A library doesn't just need books and movies on its shelves to provide service to our community.

Donations

We are so grateful to the many people who are concerned for the library and want to help.

Normally we accept book donations just about every day, but at this time we have no place to store them. It will be a little while before we have that space where we can sort them and prepare them for use. So we are asking our friends to hold off for a while on book donations.

People have also correctly heard we will need to replace many of our baby board books and all the Read-Along sets (cassette or cd with a book in a bag) that were on the shelves at the time of the fire due to water damage. Some tell us they have children's books they can donate.

While we are grateful for this thought, at this present time we are faced with a more pressing problem... we have a very small area where we are shelving our young children's collection. That includes the board books and read-alongs that were checked out at the time and are now back.

As soon as the section of the children's wing which sustained the most damage is reopened we will be able to accept these wonderful book donations.

We will be needing monetary donations to help pay for replacing many items that are not books. Items such as carpeting and furniture. Please consider dropping off a cash or check contribution for the Library Fire Recovery Fund at any branch of National Penn Bank or at the library itself.

We appreciate the kindness of all our friends. Everyone has been so thoughtful and understanding.