"When I was young, we couldn't afford much. But, my library card was my key to the world.”
John Goodman, Actor
NEWS FROM OUR BRANCH
Job Coach – We have a wonderful new volunteer named Maria who is helping our patrons get jobs! Anyone can walk in to the library to meet one-on-one with Maria. She will help spruce up a resume, learn job searching techniques, practice interviewing skills, get an email address, and more. No appointment needed. Maria will be available bi-weekly: on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of every month, 11am to 1pm. Please help spread the word about this free service.
Holiday Concert: Renaissance Choir - Enjoy a free performance by local chamber singers Renaissance Choir Sacramento. Their concert will feature holiday music from long ago and far away, including pieces from England, America, France, Spain and Germany dating from the early 1500s to the late 1700s. The music will be sung in Latin, English, Spanish and German, expressing the wide range of emotions associated with this festive season. 7pm Tuesday, December 7.
Book Club Potluck and Book Swap – Join the final 2017 gathering to celebrate all of our reading for the year! Tell us all about your favorite book(s) ever or all of the great books you read outside of book club this year. Bring a snack to share with the group, and a book or two (or as many as you like!) for the book swap. We will also hand out the titles for the January book clubs. 10:30am Saturday, December 16.
Family Holiday Programs – Don’t miss the holiday-themed festivities happening at the library for all ages. Give thanks and give back:
- Make Your Own Thanksgiving Turkey – craft a bird, don’t cook one! Kids will make an edible turkey with candy corn, pretzel sticks, Double Stuf Oreo cookies and more! 4pm Thursday, November 16.
- Thankful Station - Share the bright spots in your life! Tell others what you are thankful for this year at the library's video booth! 4pm Tuesday, November 28.
- Winter Holiday Crafts - Create holiday ornaments and gifts with recycled everyday materials such as CDs, jigsaw puzzle pieces, beads and junk jewelry. 4pm Thursday, December 14.
- Community Collaboration - Come learn to weave and help make a community blanket! 4pm Tuesday, December 26.
Classics Book Club - We have a new book group starting in January 2018. The Classics Book Club will feature monthly titles picked directly from the exclusive Core Classics collection that is housed at the North Highlands-Antelope Library. What makes a book a “classic”? Why do some titles have relevance that reflects our values and culture through the years? Why are high school and college students still reading these? How does literature stay meaningful? Come discuss these ideas and more, a new title will be picked every month. The first meeting is 1pm Saturday, January 13.
FALL BOOK SALE NETS $1,000
The fall book sale took place on Friday and Saturday, November 3 and 4. We had a lot of great titles, along with plenty of DVDs, CDs and audiobooks. We think the poor weather took a toll on our attendance, because foot traffic was light on Friday afternoon and Saturday morning. The sale netted about $1,000, a bit less than the last two sales, but still enough to cover about three months of Lucky Day books.
Thanks to our fabulous volunteers, set up and break down was like a well-oiled machine. We had adult volunteers from the Friends, teen volunteers from Center and Antelope High Schools, and a handful of teen volunteers from the library. Thank you so much for all your help!
The next book sale will be in February 2018.
FRIENDS APPRECIATION EVENT NOVEMBER 12
All Friends of Sacramento Public Library are invited to The Book Den on Sunday, November 12, 2017 for a private members sale and open house. If you haven’t been to The Book Den and warehouse, you are in for a treat. The Book Den is the Friends’ book store at 8250 Belvedere Rd., Sacramento and there are thousands of books from which to choose.
There will be refreshments, maybe a drawing or two for free merchandise, and a 30% discount just because you are a Friend! Most books run from $.50 to $2.00. The event runs from 1:00 to 4:00 pm. Did I mention 30% discount? See you at The Book Den!
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| Pam Whiteley Helping Friends at the 2016 Private Sale |
SACRAMENTO PUBLIC LIBRARY’S BEHIND THE SCENES TOUR A BIG SUCCESS
Donors to the Big Day of Giving and members of all branch Friends Boards were invited to a special after hours Behind the Scenes tour of the Central branch on October 26.
There were a lot interesting stops on the tour, which took place after the library was closed for the day. One highlight, the Collections department in the lower level of the Central library. Staff highlighted how books are chosen to be added to the SPL collection. In light of the many, many books published monthly, the library staff has a very sophisticated system for determining what to add, and how many copies will be needed to service the library community.
The new automated machine that sends books along a conveyor belt to the bin going to each branch was a marvel. And tour participants got to take a crack at setting a book or two upon its way.
The Youth Service department on the top floor gave us a bird’s eye view of the Library Galleria. Staff talked abut the many ways that children are being helped with literacy, not the least of which is the Book First program. Book First, which is funded by the Friends from Sacramento’s Big Day of Giving, provides free books to first graders in schools around the county. It appears that North Highlands-Antelope will have 15 schools in our community participating in Book First from January through May.
Don’t be left out. Support the Friends of Sacramento Public Library in May 2018, and get your own invitation to the Behind the Scenes event next year.
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| North Highlands-Antelope Friend and volunteer Hanne Robinson making friends with Otterby Reading at the Behind the Scenes tour |
