News from MRRL

Today, July 1st, brings new resources to our Online Resources page on our website. We are now making the Gale databases available to our patrons, both inside the library and (from the page linked above) from home. What new resources can you find? We have the same Academic and General journal and magazine databases that you are used to seeing, as well as collections of full-text articles from popular magazines and a new Spanish-language article database. We still have homework help databases for kids from kindergarten through highschool, including a new one just for junior high school students.

With this new database collection, we’ve added to our collection of business and company information with a Business & Company Resource Center, a Small Business Resource Center and a collection of Business and Company Profiles.

It’s not all business and research, though – we have a Culinary Arts Collection that will give you access to hundreds of food and nutrition magazines (including recipes!) as well as other databases that will give you information in various formats – including video – about the health topics that concern you.

All of this information and access is free, with your library card from the Missouri River Regional Library – click on any of the links above (from home – if you are inside the library, you’ll need to go to our Inside the Library page), enter your last name and library card number and you are in. With that little library card, you get access to a wealth of information and entertainment!

We regret to inform you guys that our program this Thursday has been canceled.  On the upside, it has been rescheduled for July 17 at 7pm in the Annex meeting room (across the street from the main building).    Why was it canceled?  Well, there’s a very good reason.  Our special guest, Jake Adelstein, is in the process of publishing his memoir, Tokyo Vice.  It was originally planned to come out next year, but his publishers have decided to rush and get the book out by October!  So, join us on July 17 (a Friday) to learn all about what it is like being an American living and working in Japan.  This is a unique opportunity that you don’t want to miss.

To register, or for more information, contact:  Courtney Waters, Teen Services Librarian, at 634-6064 ext. 248, or watersc@mrrl.org.

When the weather is as hot and steamy as it is now, the best thing to do is to come to the air-conditioned library and curl up with a good book in our comfy seating. You can take the opportunity to learn about what it’s like in a real jungle with books like Deep jungle by Fred Pearce or Jungles by Andrew Langley. Or you can sit down and read a story set in the jungle of Peru, The lost city by Henry Shukman, and be glad that this weather is only temporary!

The library offers weekly story times during the summer months. Join in the fun for thirty minutes each Wednesday, at 10:30 a.m., and 1:30 p.m.!

Do you like to act?  Are you creative and spontaneous?  Do you like to laugh?

If you even considered answering “yes” to any of these questions, then you need to be at Improv Games this Thursday (June 18th) evening from 6-8 p.m.

If you’ve ever participated in Improv or Theatre Games before, then you know just how much fun they are.  If you’ve never experienced them, then you really ought to join us to see what the fuss is all about.

Presented in partnership with Mark Wegman!

For more information, contact Courtney Waters, Teen Services Librarian, at 634-6064, ext. 248, or watersc@mrrl.org.

Teen Knitting Class

Join us on Thursday, June 18^th from 3-5 p.m. in the Story Hour Room.  We’ll be covering the basics of knitting so that you will have the tools to continue your yarn-based creations.  All supplies are included and there is no cost to participate.  Taught by Courtney Waters, Teen Services Librarian.

For more information, or to register, contact Courtney at 634-6064, ext. 248 or watersc@mrrl.org.

2009 Renaissance Festival

This Saturday, from Noon to 6pm, you can travel back in time to the days of lords and ladies! Join us for a day of merriment and fun. From jousting, highland games, jugglers and musicians to artisans, food and great family fun, it all awaits you at the 2009 Renaissance Festival. It’s at Binder Park in west Jefferson City (<a href=”http://www.mrrl.org/renfest/dir.html”>directions</a>) and costs $2 per person – unless you are 2 or under, then it’s free!

Tuesdays With Morrie was a constant on the New York Times Bestseller List for more than for years. This is the autobiographical story of Mitch Albom, a journalist driven solely by his career, and Morrie Schwartz, his former college professor. Sixteen years after graduation, Mitch happens to catch Morrie’s appearance on a television news program and learns that his old profesor is battling Lou Gehrig’s Disease. Mitch is reunited with Morrie and what starts as a simple visit turns in to a weekly pilgramage and a last class in the meaning of life.

To attend this Reader’s Theatre event, get your tickets starting today (Monday, June 15th) for $10.00 each and then come to the library, in the Art Gallery, on Friday, August 7th or Saturday, August 8th at 7:30pm to see this amazing story as presented by Jack Renner and Tom Renner (directed by MRRL’s own Mark Wegman).

Be creative with your pet. Dare to dress alike, have your pet make sounds or do tricks. Come prepared with a story about your pet, like when it came to live with you or what you like to do together. Be Creative! We will share our stories with the group and then have a pet parade through the library. We can’t wait to meet your pet. This will be going on at the Main Library tomorrow (June 11th) at both 2 and 6:30pm in the MRRL Art Gallery.

Come join us!!

Bring your lawn chairs, blankets and refreshments and see some great family films! On June 12th, this Friday, we’ll be playing The Goonies (rated PG) at the Capitol’s South Lawn. Pre-show activities start at 7:30pm, so come join us for some family fun!