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Access Consumer Reports Online For Free

admin — Mon, 07 May 2012 15:17:55 +0000

Did you know you can access the library's subscription to Consumer Reports without visiting a library building? Yes, we have the print magazine available at our branches, but with a library card and an Internet connection, you can access ConsumerReports.org for free through the library's digital branch. Research your next gadget, vehicle or appliance purchase from the comfort of your own home or office.

In addition to e-reader and car recommendations, Consumer Reports online has selections from the latest issue of the magazine and four years of searchable archives. You can also find information and advice related to:

health and fitness
babies and kids
food
personal finance
travel

Library card required for access. Consumer Reports is just one of over 80 online databases and resources made available though the library.

2012 Callaway Youth Poetry Contest Winners

admin — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:05:18 +0000

Winners of the poetry contest.

More than 80 young poets submitted entries in the 2012 Callaway County Youth Poetry Contest, sponsored by the Callaway County Public Library and the Auxvasse Creative Arts Program. The organizations honored the winners of the contest on Tuesday, April 24 at the Callaway County Public Library in Fulton. Prizes were awarded to first, second and third place winners in three age groups: 5-8, 9-12 and 13-18. This year’s contest was judged by local poet and North Callaway High School teacher Justin Hamm.

Ages 5-8

My Amazing Sister by Haley Garrett (1st place)

One day we were playing at the creek.
I slipped in. Like a slithering snake.
It felt like I jumped to Antarctica.
Suddenly I hear a splash.
It sounds like an elephant squirting water.
My sister grabs my hand.
It feels like I haven’t touched something dry in ages.
She pulls me out to land.
I’m dripping wet freezing cold.
Silence falls we go inside.

Jane, the Juvenile T-Rex by Casper Safranski (2nd place)

A little dinosaur was getting a drink
And in the sky it saw a pterosaur,
And it got really creeped
By a T-Rex looking for,
Looking for meat to eat.

And the little dinosaur was so scared it ran
Because the T-Rex was chasing it.
And the T-Rex almost bit its hand;
Missed, then caught it and ate it,
Getting meat to eat.

And the pterosaur was flying still
Looking for fish to eat.
Hoping to get its fill.
And then it landed on its feet
And got its fish to eat.

And then the water started to rise
So the pterosaur started to fly
But the waters came too high.
Everything was buried by
The water rushing by.

Millions of year later
Paleontologists looked and found the bones,
Dug them up and more years later
Put them in a museum, their new home,
So people could learn about dinosaurs.

The Champion Game by Alex Jansen (3rd place)

One day,
People had a baseball game to play.
If they work hard,
They will earn a giant baseball card.

The game was about to start.
There was 62 seconds on the chart.
The game just began.
The players could see almost every fan.

The braves were the first team to bat.
The other team was wearing a Pirate hat.
The first two kids got a out.
Every brave fan started to pout.

The third kid got a homerun.
The chart said it was zero to one.
The fans started to cheer.
That’s all the people could hear.

The fourth kid got the last out.
The coach said you don’t need to pout.
The first on the Pirates got a double.
The braves thought they were in trouble.

The second and third person got an out.
The Pirates were so nervous they were about to shout.
The fourth kid got a homerun.
Finally the game was done.

The Pirates worked real hard.
The Pirates got a giant baseball card.
The Pirates cheered.
The braves teared.

The Pirates won.
They had a lot of fun.
The braves lost.
The braves wanted to make the Pirates cost.

Ages: 9-12

The Rich Man by Emily Schweiss (1st place)

There once was a rich man.
He had everything!
A mansion, money,
And a diamond ring.

He had a wife
And a child
They were perfect
Not wild.

But the man
Was cruel and
He thought that
He could rule.

He made the work
While he slept in the shade.
And those poor, poor girls
They were never paid.

Then one day
The rich man said
“Girls, do the work.
I’ll be in the shed.”

And the man became tired
So he went to bed.
The girls stole his money
And then they fled.

The man was sad.
He ate nothing but rice.
He asked his family to come home.
He promised to be nice.

The family came home.
The man was glad,
And he kept his promise.
He was never ever bad.

Summer Night by A.J. Ballard (2nd place)

I recall that summer night
Where the full moon shone so bright

I looked up there and felt so light
I thought that I could take flight

I focused there with all my might
I couldn’t take my eyes off the beautiful sight

Yes I recall a summer night
The one that made me feel just right.

The Old Ice-Cream Truck by Garett Ballard (3rd place)

Dingle Dong! Dinga Linga Dong!
I hear the distant ringing
The old ice cream truck is coming now
I imagine what the truck is bringing
Popsicles that make you say “wow!”
Fudge bars so good my heart just stops
Ice-cream looking like lollipops
I waited excited as the truck got to my street
It seemed as if my shoes would hop off my feet
I quickly ordered plenty of treats
One looked as if colors were melting on something blank
Another , a milk shake I easily drank
Oh, I love the old ice-cream truck!
Next week, I can have some luck
And hear the ringing of the old ice-cream truck!

Ages: 13-18

Thoughts of a Sailor by Grace Stukenborg

She barely heard the voices all around her at the reception
where she was all alone, alone but should not have been,
alone for her friend's happy day, all dressed up, her long blonde hair
curled specially for the occasion with fake purple carnations placed
just above her left ear, thinking about the one who was not with her.

Her husband should be there, the one who had been beside her
these past four months, the one who, it seemed, just yesterday
had looked back at her, beaming in his dress whites,
as she walked down the aisle on the arm of her father,
her sparkling eyes the color of the sea after a storm,
the sea that her husband loved so dearly, second only to her.

The one who, eight days ago, had been called away
from his long deserved six months of shore leave,
one month early, on urgent navy business.
She thought of the one who she may never see again, the one who
could not call, though she knew he wished he could,
the one whom she loved, gone.

As her thoughts drifted to the present, as her gaze cleared,
and the voices grew louder in her ears, she sighed,
knowing she could do nothing about those circumstances
that had called her husband from her.

2012 Design a Bookmark Contest Winners

admin — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:37:51 +0000

Kids and teens created bookmarks to promote the upcoming Summer Reading program. The teen theme this year is “Own the Night” and the kids' theme is “Dream Big, Read!” Below are the winners. Their bookmarks will be printed and distributed this spring and summer. Congratulations to all the winners!

Why Can't You Find That eBook You Want?

admin — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:11:21 +0000

Although demand for eBooks is growing, the biggest book publishers are limiting library access to their eBooks.

This means that if you’re looking for Walter Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs (Simon & Schuster) or the first sixteen books in the Stephanie Plum series (Macmillan) in our eBook collection, you are currently out of luck, though you could still check out hardback or paperback copies.

Some publishers cite security concerns while others point out that eBooks, unlike print books, will never need replacing in a library's collection. They fear that library eBook lending cuts into income for both publishers and authors. As library users, it means limited access to some of the current, popular titles we want to read on our new e-readers.

Different publishers set limits in different ways. HarperCollins limits each eBook to 26 checkouts, then requires libraries to buy another copy. Random House recently raised its prices for libraries, charging an average of 35% more for an eBook than a print copy. Meanwhile Hachette Book Group, Simon & Schuster and Macmillan (except Palgrave MacMillan) do not sell eBooks to libraries at all. Penguin Books terminated its contract with OverDrive in February 2012, though titles already in a library’s catalog can still be checked out. (OverDrive is the digital distributor the library uses to provide access to eBooks and downloadable audiobooks; they are the largest company offering this service.)

“Penguin is the publisher of many popular authors, including Nora Roberts, Patricia Cornwell and Tom Clancy. We already have quite a few titles by these authors in our OverDrive catalog, but we will be unable to license any new titles or acquire additional copies,” says librarian Kirk Henley. “In addition, Penguin Kindle titles in our OverDrive catalog will no longer be delivered through a WiFi connection from Amazon. These titles will need to be downloaded to your computer first and then transferred using a USB cord. We offer instructions for transferring a Kindle book via USB in our Quick Start Guide. Kindle titles from other publishers can still be delivered wirelessly.”

The eBook industry continues to evolve and we’re optimistic that a workable solution between publishers and libraries will come about.

As we continue to expand our eBook collection, we hope you understand some of the limitations that are placed on us. It is our mission to provide a wide variety of reading materials for a diverse group of readers and we are always willing to take suggestions.

If you would like to contact the publishers mentioned above about their eBook licensing policies, please find links to their contact pages below:

Hachette Book Group
3 Center Plaza
Boston MA 02108
1-800-759-0190
www.hachettebookgroup.com
/customer_contact-us.aspx
HarperCollins Publishers
10 East 53rd Street
New York, NY 10022
(212) 207-7000
feedback2@harpercollins.com
Macmillan Publishing
175 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10010
1-888-330-8477
customerservice@mpsvirginia.com

Penguin Group
375 Hudson Street
New York, NY 10014
(212) 366-2000
ecommerce@us.penguingroup.com
Random House
1745 Broadway
New York, NY 10019
(212) 782-9000
ecustomerservice@randomhouse.com
Simon & Schuster
1230 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
(212) 698-7000
simonandschuster.com/about/contact_us

Interview With Columbia Library District Board Secretary Jim Jones

admin — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:04:55 +0000

Each trustee serves on his or her own district board as well as on the regional library board, which is the governing body responsible for policy-making and fiscal oversight.

Not only is Jim Jones an active library advocate and avid library user, he’s even married to a librarian. He says, “Since I’m married to a librarian at the Health Sciences Library at MU, I get to hear about library activity in two different settings.” When not tending to library business, Jim works as a realtor at Prudential Vision Properties.

Why do you think libraries are important?
The things that most people don’t think of as a library function include things like having a place to go to cool off in the summer, providing kids a safe place to go after school to do homework and being a place to go for help with income taxes. Libraries are as much a social center for communities as they are warehouses of information.

What is the role of the district board as you see it?
It is the same for both the individual library boards and for the district board, and that is to be both a promoter for change and to resist changes that may not be in the library’s best interest. It is also very important that each trustee looks at things through the filter of their work and life experiences.

What are you most proud of regarding the district board?
It always amazes me that the 19 people on the board, who have such varied backgrounds and ideas, can work together so well to make DBRL continue to grow.

What makes DBRL special?
There is a synergy here that brings together the work that staff does, using input from the trustees and the patrons, that makes it all work. It just keeps getting better.

What challenges does DBRL face in the coming year or years?
A long-term challenge for this, and probably for all, libraries is finding ways to let our users know what we can do for them, how we are spending their tax dollars and showing them that we are here to be responsive to their needs. I think that all libraries are at a critical moment when they have to figure out how to reinvent themselves to serve in this electronic information age. If libraries don’t provide this service in the way their patrons want and need, it will severely detract from what libraries can achieve for the community.

Do you have a favorite memory or story about libraries from your youth?
Growing up we always lived in the country near small towns that did not have libraries. The first exposure I had to any kind of library was when I started school, and school libraries in the 50s were pretty limited in what they had to offer. It wasn’t until I went away to school that I saw a library that had books that weren’t donated novels or cast-off textbooks.

A Note From the Director

admin — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:46:17 +0000

While the construction crews install plumbing and pour the foundation for the building the library will be leasing in Ashland, we are busy planning the interior layout of the shelving and locations for the data and electrical outlets. We're very grateful for the generosity and energy of the Friends of the Southern Boone County Public Library, who have decided to initiate a fundraising campaign to raise money to help buy new shelves. We’re reusing as much as we can from the old facility, but with an expanding collection in our expanded space, we’ll need more shelving. We appreciate what they do throughout the year and the extra time and effort they’re putting in now. If you want to learn more, please contact Bridget Canaday.

Slow the Summer Brain Drain

admin — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:42:06 +0000

It happens. Between Little League and swimming lessons, kids tend to forget some of what they learned the previous school year. Research proves that children who don't read during the summer can lose up to three months of reading progress. Fight back with these fun and easy tips.

Get books into their hands. You can do it without spending a dime by borrowing books from your library. If you live a little further away from a library, you may be able to take advantage of Books by Snail, a summer program which loans books out by mail to K-8 graders attending Auxvasse, Callaway Hills, Hallsville, Harrisburg, Hatton-McCredie, Mokane, New Bloomfield, North Elementary, Sturgeon and Williamsburg schools. “This convenient service delivers high-interest books and activities directly to your mailbox to keep kids engaged and connected to reading,” says Brandy Sanchez, librarian in charge of Books by Snail. A grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services covers the cost of mailing the books back and forth.

For reluctant readers or children with learning disabilities, listening to books may be the ticket. You can check out children's audiobooks on CD or MP3 Playaway format at your library or visit www.dbrl.org to access Tumblebooks or download audiobooks for your e-reader.

Encourage them to read what interests them, and it doesn’t have to be a story book. If children are learning to cook then they’re reading instructions and learning about fractions. If they’re Batman comics fans, they’re reading dialogue and appreciating narrative through the drawings. If they like watching DVDs, turn on the closed captioning and turn down the volume, so children see the words being spoken on screen. Even reading the back of a cereal box counts.

Give kids reading incentives. If your children need encouragement, reward them for reading for a set amount of time or a certain number of pages. Let them invite a friend over, stay up an extra 30 minutes one night or another reward that motivates your kids. The library’s Summer Reading program comes with incentives built-in. Kids up to age 5 receive a free book and ages 5-18 get a free reading light for completing the program.

Read together. “One thing to keep in mind is that it is important to continue to read aloud with your children even after they have learned to read. This allows you to share titles and topics they are interested in that are written at a higher level. This entices them to read even more and allows them to share interests with you,” advises Sarah Howard, Children and Youth Services Manager. Whether you’re reading from the same title or each enjoying your own book, children learn the value and importance of reading when they see you reading, too.

Getting kids in the habit of reading for as little as 20 minutes a day can help maintain the reading skills they learned in school. Summer Reading can help achieve this goal. “Summer Reading library programs introduce kids to a variety of topics that we hope will excite them enough to keep them reading over the summer,” says Jerilyn Hahn, children’s librarian at the Callaway County Public Library. Research also shows that kids read more when they have access to more books, and those who read more also write and spell better and have larger vocabularies.

Library Seeks New Patrons in Community

admin — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 22:38:37 +0000

During the week of April 9, Daniel Boone Regional Library will be going out to the public to encourage people to sign up for library cards as part of our celebration of National Library Week. At the same time, people can sign up to win a free Sony e-reader, compliments of OverDrive.

“We know how hard it is for some folks to make time to come to the library, no matter how much they would like to,” said Melissa Carr, Daniel Boone Regional Library director. “Now that you can do so much through our digital branch, more taxpayers can use their library. So, in the spirit of promoting lifelong learning, we want to tell them about our digital services and sign them up for free library cards.”

Library staff will be at different bank locations in Columbia April 9-12 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. People can stop by The Callaway Bank on West Broadway on Monday; at First State Community Bank off Nifong on Tuesday, at Landmark Bank on Stadium on Wednesday and at Commerce Bank on Bernadette on Thursday. These are the same banks the library partnered with for our remote book drop locations. Library staff will also be at The Callaway Bank in downtown Fulton on Tuesday, April 10.

Earlier this year, the library installed a fifth remote book drop at The Callaway Bank on West Broadway. A ribbon-cutting for the new book drop and bank partnership will be Monday, April 9 at 11:30 a.m. The public is welcome to attend.

Official Rules for Sony E-reader Giveaway – April 2012

No purchase or sign-up for library card necessary to win.
Entries must be submitted on the official entry form.
All entrants must be at least 18 years old at time of entry to be eligible for this contest.
The contest is open to everyone except staff of the Daniel Boone Regional Library and their immediate families.
Entry deadline: April 12 by 3 p.m.
Daniel Boone Regional Library assumes no responsibility for late, damaged illegible or incomplete entries. All entries become the property of the Daniel Boone Regional Library.
Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received.
Enter as often as you wish. One winner will be chosen by random drawing and will receive the Sony e-reader.
Acceptance of the prize constitutes a winner's consent to the use of his/her name, likeness and biographical data for advertising and promotional purposes without additional compensation. All federal, state and local laws apply.
You do not need to be present to win.
Winner will be notified by email or phone call no later than April 17.
If winner is unreachable after 7 days, the prize may be awarded to another entrant.

Callaway County Youth Poetry Contest

admin — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 18:21:40 +0000

April is National Poetry Month. The Callaway County Public Library and the Auxvasse Creative Arts Program invite all Callaway County kids and teens to submit a narrative poem! This contest will award winners in three age groups: 5-8, 9-12 and 13-18. Winners will be awarded at the library on April 24 at 6 p.m. and have their poems displayed at the Callaway Public Library, at Central Bank and online.

Boy, have I got a story for you...

A narrative poem tells a story, with a beginning, middle and an end. It can be about something that really happened (nonfiction) or something completely made up (fiction). Pick an action-packed event or a quiet one, something that is meaningful to you. For example, a narrative poem might be about winning the big game or witnessing something scary, but it could also be about something small like blowing out candles on a birthday cake or watching the monkeys at the zoo.

Here are some narrative poems to inspire you:

Casey at the Bat by Ernest Lawrence Thayer
Ticklish Tom by Shel Silverstein
The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe

Contest Rules

You must live or attend school in Callaway County and be age 5-18.
For the 5 to 8 age group, an adult may help you type or write your entry.
Entries should include your name, age, address, parent’s or guardian’s name, phone number, email address (if available), school, grade and your teacher’s name.

Deadline

Entries must be received by April 6. Entries may be turned in at the Callaway Public Library, sent by email or mailed to: Callaway County Public Library, ATTN: Youth Poetry Contest, 710 Court St., Fulton, MO 65251. Mail entries must be postmarked by April 3. Get an entry form at the Callaway Public Library, on the bookmobile or download using the link below.

Download and Print Entry Form

Summer Reading Bookmark Contest

admin — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 14:45:13 +0000

Help us get ready for the annual Summer Reading program for kids and teens by designing an original bookmark based on either the teen theme “Own the Night” or the kids' theme “Dream Big, Read!” Winners from each library will have their bookmarks printed and distributed to promote Summer Reading. Your design must be two-dimensional, but you may use any kind of tools or media to make it including photography, a computer or good old-fashioned markers or paints. All DBRL patrons age 18 or younger are eligible. Get an entry form at your library, on the bookmobile or download using the link below. Entries are due by Saturday, March 31.

Download and Print Entry Form