T.V. host Glen Beck will be in Jefferson City this weekend, speaking at the Vitae Foundation’s annual Pro-Life Benefit dinner. Love him or hate him, he does stir up people’s feelings where ever he goes. Find out more about this newsworthy individual by reading his books, checking out what is currently being written about him (use this link if you are inside the library) or take a look at the history of the organization that is protesting his visit, the NAACP. The best way to discover the truth about any controversy is to educate yourself at your library!
Glen Beck in Jefferson City
March 12th, 2010
Thursday Morning Yoga
March 10th, 2010Join the library staff as they start the day off with an hour of Yoga, every Thursday at 9am in the MRRL Story Hour room. Each session explores a Yoga DVD from MRRL’s collection – come join Kira and Brian as they work through these Yoga exercises and poses.
Learn about MRRL’s online resources
March 9th, 2010The library has many online services that can help you with your school work. This session will be an overview of three of these databases: Mango Languages, Learning Express Library, and the Gale Databases and Collections. Join us in the 209 Adams Conference room on March 11th at 6:30pm for a look at these very useful online resources, brought to you by your library! Reservations are required – call Mike at 634-6064, ext. 241.
MRRL’s Event Calendar
March 7th, 2010Are you familiar with MRRL’s Event Calendar? Did you know that every event – even community-sponsored events – are listed in the calendar, along with contact information for the person sponsoring it and details about time and place? Did you know that you can share the information in the calendar with a friend just by clicking the “Tell A Friend” button? That button sends the event details via email to any email address you enter – even your own, if you’d like a reminder of the event in your email inbox. Did you know that you can filter the events by time, location or type of event (computer classes, Children’s programs, etc.)? It’s a handy way to keep track of the many events and programs that happen at the library every single day!
Glass Etching and Painting at the Library
March 5th, 2010Join Taryn in her latest crafty class – glass etching and painting on Tuesday, March 9th at either 10:30am or 6:30pm in the 209 Adams Conference Room. Reservations are required, call 634-6064 ext 235 or email her at tarynp@mrrl.org to make your reservation!
Photo by: LeJyBy
Book Sale 2010
March 4th, 2010The library is gearing up for this year’s used book sale – we do this every year with ABLE and it is always a very popular event for our patrons! We’ve been accepting book donations all year and we have a massive number of books that will be available for sale – at very reasonable prices! The book sale will be open from Wednesday, March 10th to Saturday, March 13th – come to the St. Martins Knights of Columbus Hall by and see what books, movies, games and much more we have for you!
Click the A button in the map below to get directions from your house to the book sale:
Author Podcast – Jake Adelstein – Available
March 1st, 2010Check out the first of our new Author Podcasts! Jake Adelstein is our first visiting author of the year, and he is interviewed by his friend (and our Teen Librarian) Courtney Waters for this very interesting and informative 15 minute discussion.
Long Range Focus Groups – Children’s & Teen Services, Programming
February 15th, 2010Location: Art Gallery, 2nd Floor of the Main Library at 214 Adams Street
Time: Thursday, March 4th, 4-6pm
The Library offers a wide array of children and teen resources and programs. Circulation of materials within these areas indicates that this is very much an important area for our community. The Library has expanded the children’s area, created a teen space, added new educational activities as well as adding additional programming. The Library also offers to the public a wide range of programs for all ages such as book discussion groups, story hours, film nights, craft programs and author events.
Join us to discuss the future of both Children’s & Teen Services and Programming at the library and let us know what you want from your library.
Long Range Focus Groups – Technology
February 12th, 2010Location: Art Gallery, 2nd Floor of the Main Library at 214 Adams Street
Time: Tuesday, March 2nd, 12-2pm
The Library has kept pace with information technologies available to connect patrons with materials. Whether it be searching for books in our collection through our online catalog, searching through databases, downloading an e-book or an e-audio book or just finding a place with a connection to the Internet, the Library provides the means for patrons to get connected.
Join us to discuss the future of our Technology at the library and let us know what you want from your library.
Osage County Library Gallery Exhibit
February 11th, 2010
An Oil and Acrylic Exhibit is currently on display in the gallery at the Osage County Library in Linn. Five artists from Osage County have paintings on display. The exhibit will be up through March and is open for viewing during regular library hours
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