August 2021 Newsletter
PUNXSUTAWNEY PUNXSUTAWNEY MEMORIAL LIBRARY MEMORIAL LIBRARY
New Hours:
Monday, Wednesday: 10 am- 7 pm Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday: 10 am -5 pm
Friday 12 pm - 5 pm Sunday: Closed
Northwest Library Region Oil Creek Library District
Jefferson County Library System
FINE FREE
FRIDAYS RETURN
More information on page 5
FROM THE DIRECTOR’S DESK:
Hello, August! This, of course, means that autumn is not far behind! I love fall, especially in Pennsylvania. There is just something about the warm days and cool nights. Yay! for the cool nights. I
can’t sleep when it’s warm and muggy. Perhaps that is why I am always so grouchy in the summer. I can’t get comfortable, either during the day or the night. Willis Carrier is one of my heroes! Don’t know
who he is? Hmmm, well, do some research and the first patron to come in Monday, August 2nd and tell the person at the desk who Willis Carrier is, will win a small prize!
One way to relieve grouchiness and tension is by coloring. The Library will once again have Adult Coloring Club meetings every Monday morning at 10:30 a.m. beginning August 2nd. You can
bring your own coloring supplies or borrow ours. Check in at the reference desk before coming into the meeting room. As before, this is an Adult program and is for our patrons 18 and over only. If you
have children that wish to color, they may do so in our Children’s area.
Here’s another bonus for surviving summer: Fine Free Fridays! Every Friday in August will be a fine-free day. If you have overdue materials that belong to us, return them on a Friday in August and
we will waive your fine – no questions asked. We just want to see our materials returned to us, so please send them home!!
Our Friends of the Library group held a book sale on the rainiest day of the Festival in the Park. While attendance was great, we wanted to give another opportunity to support our Friends Group. The Friends will be sponsoring a Pop-Up Book Sale on Thursday, August 12th from 5 – 7 pm. It will be
somewhere in the Barclay Square area. The Library isn’t taking donations for that sale. But be sure to come support the Friends and their efforts for our Library. So, what is the Friends of the Library? They
are a group of citizens in the Punxsutawney Memorial Library area who firmly believe in supporting the Library and its efforts to provide quality materials to the patrons of the Library. They are not the
Board of Trustees. All the money they raise goes towards purchasing physical materials for the Library, not paying salaries or utilities. Currently, the Friends are working towards purchasing those books in series that are missing from our collections, Caldecott (Picture Books) and Newbery (Chapter
Books) Award winning books missing from our collections, and purchasing a new printing system for our microfilm machine.
Now that our Summer Reading @ the Library programs have ended for another year, thank you to all those who registered and participated. Miss Nina has said that new programs will begin again in October. As always, I welcome your feedback, request your suggestions, and do my best to rectify
your complaints in keeping with our current library policies. Please keep them coming!
Happy Reading!
Jen Soliday, MSLIS
New Books
Online Reading
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August 9- Book Lover's Day
August 18- Bad Poetry Day
August Book Spotlight
All books pictured are available at our library
Here's some recommended poetry books from our library.
Memorials and Honorariums
MEMORIALS:
HONORARIUMS:
THE LIBRARY’S MEMORIAL PROGRAM IS A SPECIAL WAY TO REMEMBER LOVED ONES AND FRIENDS WHO HAVE PASSED AWAY. PATRONS MAY DONATE FUNDS TO PURCHASE LIBRARY MATERIALS IN SOMEONE’S MEMORY WHILE MAKING GENERAL SUGGESTIONS REGARDING THE TITLE, SUBJECT, OR GENRE. MATERIALS ARE SELECTED AND BOUGHT BY THE LIBRARY. A MEMORIAL PLAQUE IS PLACED
IN THE BOOK AND THE DONOR AND THE HONOREE’S FAMILY ARE NOTIFIED. DIRECT DONATION OF ACTUAL MATERIALS IS DISCOURAGED AND WILL REQUIRE LIBRARY DIRECTOR APPROVAL, AS
DONATIONS NEED TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH COLLECTION SELECTION POLICY. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE ASK AT THE MAIN DESK AT THE LIBRARY.
THE LIBRARY’S HONORARIUM PROGRAM IS A UNIQUE WAY TO RECOGNIZE A SPECIAL PERSON/S IN YOUR LIFE. PATRONS MAY DONATE FUNDS TO PURCHASE LIBRARY MATERIALS IN SOMEONE’S HONOR WHILE MAKING GENERAL SUGGESTIONS
REGARDING THE TITLE, SUBJECT, OR GENRE. MATERIALS ARE SELECTED AND BOUGHT BY THE LIBRARY. AN HONOR PLAQUE IS PLACED IN THE BOOK AND THE DONOR AND HONOREE ARE NOTIFIED. DIRECT DONATION OF ACTUAL MATERIALS IS
DISCOURAGED AND WILL REQUIRE LIBRARY DIRECTOR APPROVAL, AS DONATIONS NEED TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH COLLECTION SELECTION POLICY. FOR MORE
INFORMATION, PLEASE ASK AT THE MAIN DESK AT THE LIBRARY.
In memory of: Esther Gresh Donor: Leo & Mary Claire Johnston
In memory of: Esther Gresh Donor: Bev & Wick Divelbliss
AUGUST'S MEMORIALS:
In memory of: Linda Mohney Donor: Debbie & Chris Tuite In memory of: Linda Mohney
Donor: Joyce Thames
August 2021 Stats
Total items checked out
1351
Books DVDs
Ebooks June 2021 Library visitors
1408
1091 192 259
Computer Usage
100
30 minute time limit per person per day
Online Resources
Libby | POWER Library | Heritage Quest GALE Courses
Updated July 28, 2021
Browse the book stacks
Computer Access
Monday, Wednesday: 10-7 Tuesday,Thursday, Saturday: 10-5
Friday: Noon-5
Return Items via Book Drop Reserve Books & Movies Online
Fax / Copy / Print / Scan
Movie & New Book Browsing Section
Accepting Book Donations &
Access to Book Sale Room
SERVICES AVAILABILITY
@punxsutawneylibrary
@punxsylibrary
www.punxsutawneylibrary.org
WiFi Accessible
*Lobby Services*
Public Seating Interlibrary Loan (ILL)
You have access to the book sale room but NO DONATIONS WILL BE
TAKEN AT THIS TIME
ONLINE
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