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Friends of Navarre Library Newsletter Winter 2012

FROM THE PRESIDENT .. Patt Stewart

Friends of Navarre Library

P.O. Box 5268, Navarre, FL 32566

www.friendsofnavarrelibrary.org

HAPPY NEW YEAR....While waiting for the warmer weather to arrive here are 45 things one can do for

free at the library. I am sure more can be added to the list. Stop in and find out how many more there

are. Have fun!!

1. Find a best seller to check out.

2. Use the WiFi or a public computer.

3. Catch up on current events by browsing The Week or Time magazines.

4. Introduce your grandchild to the Library.

5. Pick up the tax return forms you need and have AARP help you with filing.

6. Search the 1.5 million items in the online c

atalog.

7. Catch a Lore, Legends and Learning session.

8. Renew items online, by phone, or in person.

9. Use reliable, kid-friendly resources to do homework.

10. Text a question and get an answer in minutes.

11. Check out the latest DVD.

12. Get help from the ultimate search engines the staff and manager.

13. Make pho

tocopies.

14. Bring the family to a reading program.

15. Look up how much that item in

your attic is worth.

16. Attend an interesting lecture by a local his

torian.

17. Grab a lunch and learn at a Brown Bag Session.

18. Join the Friends of the Navarre Library.

19. Bring your preschooler to Story time and meet other parents.

20. Read every issue of The Navarre Press that has been published.

21. Check your investments.

22. Trace your family tree.

23. Find mysteries, science fiction, romances, and westerns to enjoy.

24. Get help to find a job or change your career.

25. Pick up recommended reading lists for kids of all ages.

26. Learn about upcoming community and cultural events.

27. Shape up with an exercise video.

28. Read the latest medical research reports online.

29. Learn to identify the birds in your backyard.

30. Study in a quiet place.

31. Find out about local community organizations and volunteer.

32. Consult consumer guides to help decide which insurance, computer, car, or washing machine to buy.

33. Get detailed specs, diagrams, and manuals for more than 34,000 vehicles.

34. Update your Facebook page.

35. Check out books in large print for easier reading.

36. Join a book discussion group.

37. Trek to another planet in a Sci-Fi novel.

38. Research a term paper.

39 Find a new recipe.

40. Donate your used books to the Friends of the Library.

41. Reserve books that will help you plan a vac

ation.

42. Check out language CDs and phrasebooks for that trip abroad.

43. Come see local artwork on display.

44. Visit the Book Store and purchase nearly new books and.

45. Come to the BOOK SALES to help support all the Library has to offer!!

MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS NOW DUE

It's time to renew your membership in Friends of Navarre Library. Friends provide services that support and improve the Navarre Library and the Santa Rosa County Library System.

There are three primary levels of membership: Individual ($15), Family ($25 for all members of your immediate family), and Life ($150 which gives you access to the FONL from now on with no additional fees).

You may change your level of membership when you renew simply by selecting the appropriate level and sending in your check.

Reminder cards have been mailed to everyone who needs to renew their membership. Please take a moment to complete the information, including your phone number and email address, put the card and your check in an envelope and mail it to FONL, PO Box 5268, Navarre, FL 32566.

If you know someone who is not a FONL member and is interested in any aspect of the library from reading to participating in various programs, please give them this information. Encourage them to support the Navarre Library. Membership forms are available in the book store, at book sales, in the newsletter, etc. In this age of funding cutbacks our library needs us even more.

A GIFT TO OUR LIBRARY

The Navarre library now has a framed photograph of the Navarre Bridge over its water fountain. The photograph is the gift of Rob Brooks in appreciation of the assistance and atmosphere of the library. Brooks said he started Rob Brooks Realty in 2008 with few resources. He found the Navarre Library to be a friendly, welcome place where he found resources to start and develop his now successful business. Be sure to check out the photograph on your next visit to the library.

BOOK CLUB MEETINGS

The Happy Bookers Book Club meets on the last Wednesday of the month at 1 p.m. at the library. The January 25th book is Same Kind of Difference As Me by Ron Hall and Denver Moore. The February 22 book is Maj. Pettigrew’s Last Stand. Contact Rebecca Ward at BeckAliso@aol.com for more information.

The American History book club is reading John Adams by David McCullough for February. The book club meets on the 1st Monday at 1 p.m. at the library.

The Emerald Coast Women’s Club book club is reading Protect and Defend by Vince Flynn for February, and Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay for March. They meet on the 2nd Tuesday of the month at 1 p.m. at the library.

The book clubs are open to the public. They welcome new and prospective members.

CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS

Tue Jan 31, 2012 [last Tuesday]

5:30pm - 7pm LORE, LEGENDS and LEARNING

Where: Navarre Library

Description: MURDER, MAYHEM, MADNESS and MANY MRS. with Libbi Crowe - the story of Navarre’s founder.

LEAP INTO READING – In store book sale February 1 thru 29, 2012 – ALL BOOKS 50% OFF.

Mon Feb 13, 2012 [2nd Monday]

5:30pm - 6:30pm FONL Meeting [open to all]

Where: Navarre Library

In the month of March there will be a BROWN BAG LUNCH every Wednesday.

2012 Book Sales – [tentative schedule]:

April 27 and 28, 2012

July 27 and 28, 2012

October 26 and 27, 2012

Deadline for the next newsletter is April 5, 2012. If you have information send it via email:

friendsofnavarrelibrary@gmail.com.

EMAIL ADDRESS NEEDED

We need your email address. This will enable us to save postage and printing expenses and better utilize our resources for programs. Please send your email address to: friendsofnavarrelibrary@gmail.com.

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FONL WEBSITE

You can now access the FONL Calendar on our website. It is in the right hand box on the home page just below the bookstore hours. Click on that link (FONL Calendar) and it will take you to the calendar. When you are done, close the calendar window and you’ll be back at the website. Check the FONL calendar and web site for the most up to date news. While you are there, enjoy the library cartoon.

FYI--

The Navarre Garden Club and Santa Rosa County are working on replanting the area in front of the library. Look forward to a reception when the plants bloom in the spring. Watch for an announcement on the FONL website and plan to attend.

Friends of Navarre Library

P.O. Box 5268

Navarre, FL 32566

 

Fall 2010

       Friends of Navarre Library

                               P.O. Box 5268, Navarre, FL  32566

 

                                         www.friendsofnavarrelibrary.org

                                                                       

                                                        Now on FACEBOOK!

 

FROM THE PRESIDENT....Patt Stewart 

 

Friends of Navarre Library Members.....I recently came across this article from NPR and would like to share it with our readers.  This is the future and hopefully FONL will be included in the process of this evolution.  Enjoy the read.  Additionally, our library turns 28 this month!

  

Patt Stewart, President of FONL

 

The stereotypical library is dying -- and it's taking its shushing ladies, dank smell and endless shelves of books with it.  Libraries are trying to imagine their futures with or without books.  Books are being pushed aside for digital learning centers and gaming areas. "Loud rooms" that promote public discourse and group projects are taking over the bookish quiet. Hipster staffers who blog, chat on Twitter and care little about the Dewey Decimal System are edging out old-school librarians.And that's just the surface. By some accounts, the library system is undergoing a complete transformation that goes far beyond these image changes.

Authors, publishing houses, librarians and Web sites continue to fight Google's efforts to digitize the world's books and create the world's largest library online. Meanwhile, many real-world libraries are moving forward with the assumption that physical books will play a much-diminished or potentially nonexistent role in their efforts to educate the public. Some books will still be around, they say, although many of those will be digital.  But the goal of the library remains the same: To be a free place where people can access and share information.

"The library building isn't a warehouse for books," said Helene Blowers, digital strategy director at the Columbus [Ohio] Metropolitan Library. "It's a community gathering center."

Think of the change as a Library 2.0 revolution -- a mirror of what's happened on the Web.

Library 2.0.  People used to go online for the same information they could get from newspapers. Now they go to Facebook, Digg and Twitter to discuss their lives and the news of the day. Forward-looking librarians are trying to create that same conversational loop in public libraries. The one-way flow of information from book to patron isn't good enough anymore.

"We can pick up on all of these trends that are going on," said Toby Greenwalt, virtual services coordinator at the Skokie Public Library in suburban Chicago. Greenwalt, for example, set up a Twitter feed and text-messaging services for his library. He monitors local conversations on online social networks and uses that information as inspiration for group discussions or programs at the real-world library.  Other libraries are trying new things, too.

The Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, in North Carolina, has a multimedia space where kids shoot videos and record music. It also runs a blog dedicated to gaming and hosts video game tournaments regularly.  Kelly Czarnecki, a technology education librarian at ImaginOn, a kids' branch of that library, said kids learn by telling their own stories.  "Our motto here is to bring stories to life, so by having the movie and music studio we can really tap into a different angle of what stories are," she said. "They're not just in books. They're something kids can create themselves."  Czarnecki believes that doesn't have to come at the expense of book-based learning.

The Aarhus Public Library in Aarhus, Denmark, takes things a step further.  The library features an "info column," where people share digital news stories; an "info galleria" where patrons explore digital maps layered with factoids; a digital floor that lets people immerse themselves in information; and RFID-tagged book phones that kids point at specific books to hear a story.  "The library has never been just about books," said Rolf Hapel, director of the city's public libraries.

Community Centers.  Jason M. Schultz, director of the Samuelson Law, Technology and Public Policy Clinic at the University of California at Berkeley Law School, said libraries always have served two roles in society: They're places where people can get free information; and they're community centers for civic debate.  As books become more available online, that community-center role will become increasingly important for libraries, he said.  "It depends on whether we prioritize it as a funding matter, but I think there always will be a space for that even if all the resources are digital," he said.

Some libraries are trying to gain an edge by focusing on the "deeply local" material -- the stuff that only they have, said Blowers, the librarian in Ohio.  "How do we help add that value to a format like the Internet, which is expansively global?" she said. "So we look at what do we have here that we could help people gain access to by digitizing it."  That material can be used to start community discussions, she said.

Librarians.  This shift means the role of the librarian -- and their look -- is also changing.  In a world where information is more social and more online, librarians are becoming debate moderators, givers of technical support and community outreach coordinators.

They're also no longer bound to the physical library, said Greenwalt, of the library in Skokie, Illinois. Librarians must venture into the digital space, where their potential patrons exist, to show them why the physical library is still necessary, he said.  A rise in a young, library-chic subculture on blogs and on Twitter is putting a new face on this changing role, said Linda C. Smith, president of the Association for Library and Information Science Education.

Some wear tattoos, piercings and dress like they belong on the streets of Brooklyn instead of behind bookshelves. They're also trying on new titles. Instead of librarians, they're "information specialists" or "information scientists."

Libraries like the "Urban Media Space," which is set to open in 2014 in Aarhus, Denmark, are taking on new names, too. And all of that experimentation is a good thing, Smith said, because it may help people separate the book-bound past of libraries from the liberated future.  "It's a source of tension in the field because, for some people, trying to re-brand can be perceived as a rejection of the [library] tradition and the values," she said. "But for other people it's a redefinition and an expansion."

Funding woes.  In the United States, libraries are largely funded by local governments, many of which have been hit hard by the recession.  That means some libraries may not get to take part in technological advances. It also could mean some of the nation's 16,000 public libraries could be shut down or privatized. Schultz, of the Berkeley Law School, said it would be easy for public officials to point to the growing amount of free information online as further reason to cut public funding for libraries.

Use of U.S. public libraries is up over the past decade, though, and many people in the information and libraries field say they're excited about opportunities the future brings.  "I came into libraries and it wasn't about books," said Peter Norman, a graduate student in library and information science at Simmons College in Boston who says he's most interested in music and technology. "Sure I love to read. I read all the time. I read physical books. But I don't have the strange emotional attachment that some people possess."  "If the library is going to turn into a place without books, I'm going to evolve with that too," he said. ____________________________________________________________________

ANNUAL MEETING

Our Annual Meeting will be held in conjunction with the Members Only event at the November Book Sale.  Friday, November 12, 6–8 PM at the Holley Navarre Senior Center. Board elections will be conducted.

IMPORTANT DATES

National Friends of Libraries Week - October 17-23, 2010

http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/altaff/events_conferences/folweek/index.cfm

 

Teen Read Week - October 17-23, 2010: http://www.ala.org/teenread

FALL BOOK SALE AND PANCAKE BREAKFAST

The fall book sale will take place November 12th and 13th at the Holley Navarre Senior Center across from the Navarre Library. Friday, November 12, 6-8 PM is a Members Only event but you can join at the door. Refreshments will be provided.  Saturday’s Book Sale is 8 AM – 1 PM.  The Seniors will be holding their monthly Pancake Breakfast on Saturday the 13th so it’s a one stop book sale and breakfast event.

 

BROWSING IN YOUR BOOKSTORE

 

Thanks to your neighbors’ generous donations, the bookstore is bulging with popular reading material.  Most hardback books - $3.00, large paperbacks - $2.00, and paperbacks - $1.50.  We presently have featured a science fiction collection, as well as collections by Robin Cook, Clive Cussler, Janet Evanovich, and the ever popular James Patterson.  Our popular children’s cart has tapes and books for .25 to $1.50.  Proceeds from the bookstore are used for library needs.  Hours are Monday - Thursday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Friday - Saturday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.  Stop and visit!   Your dedicated volunteers and bookstore staff, Libby, Lunette, and Carol B.

 

 

LIBRARY DISPLAYS

 

CABINET - Fire Prevention Month

 

October is Fire Prevention Month.  The history of National Fire Prevention Week has it roots in the Great Chicago Fire, which occurred on October 9, 1871.  This month’s display is from the Gene Kovatch Collection, member Ena Royce and Holley Navarre Fire Department members.  Stop in and check it out.

 

ART DISPLAY – Phyllis Atkin Grull

 

This Iowa native works in a variety of media, painting portraits, landscapes, nature and architecture.  She currently resides in Gulf Breeze.

 

Upcoming Displays

 

November                 Michael Loftis                          Photographs

Case               Frank Paine                            Aviation HistoryMonth, collection with history of Eglin AFB   

December                  Brigita Neben                          Acrylics and watercolors

            Case               Frank Paine                            Hand blown Ornaments

January                      Carol Prellberg                        Acrylics and watercolors

            Case               Joni Barnett                             Watercolor note cards and mini artwork

 

FRIENDS SPONSORED ACTIVITIES

LORE, LEGENDS AND LEARNING PROGRAM

WEAPONS OF THE EXPLORERS

 

Mercedes Harrold compares the weapons found on Emanuel Point I and II wrecks in Pensacola Bay, Luna’s colonization venture, with the weapons from the Molasses Reef wreck in the Turks and Caicos, an exploration venture, and to the Padre Island Fleet wrecks, a shipping venture October 26 at 5:30 p.m. at the Navarre Library, 8484 Harvell Road.  Harrold is a historical maritime archaeology graduate student at the University of West Florida. She specializes in the Spanish Colonial period with emphasis on the Manila Galleon aspect of the trading relationships among Philippines, New Spain and La Florida.

 

A special Lores and Legends will held in November. Phil Parsons of Navarre has spent several years building authentic historical ship replicas created from plans, not model kits.. Some of them are currently on display in the library.  He will discuss the history of these ships at the Navarre Library, Tuesday, November 16 at 5:30 p.m.

 

These programs are part of the free Lore, Legends and Learning series at the Library sponsored by the Friends of the Navarre Library. Programs are held on the last Tuesday of each month from January through October, presenting a variety of topics to the public. Reservations are not required.  Lore, Legends and Learning will resume January 25, 2011.

 

FALL PRESCHOOL STORY TIME

 

Preschool story time has begun for children ages 3-5, who can attend without a caregiver.

Tuesdays, except November 23^rd, at the Navarre Library, 11:00 a.m.   Story time will end December 7.

 

CHILDREN’S CHRISTMAS PARTY

 

The annual Children’s Christmas Party will be held Saturday, December 4, 2010 at 11:00 a.m.  Special guest - Santa Claus.  There will be Elf Story Time, gifts and refreshments.  Mark your calendar.

 

 

ANNUAL HOLIDAY LUNCH

 

Bring a covered dish and join members, library staff and volunteers for the Friends annual holiday lunch.  Friday, December 3, 2010, 11:00.  Beverages will be provided.  Hope to see you there.  Kick off the holiday season with friends.

 

 

BROWN BAG LUNCH SERIES

 

The Friends are starting a new series of programs next year called the Brown Bag Lunch.  A variety of speakers or discussions on designated Wednesdays will be presented.  The first meeting is Wednesday, January 19, 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.  Bring your lunch and enjoy an informative noontime. Topics will be announced later.  Recommended subjects may be sent to friendsofnavarrelibrary@gmail.com

 

 

MEMBERSHIP DUES

 

It’s that time of year again.  The Friends year is January to December.  Renewals are due in January.  Still a non-profit organization, dues and fundraising events provide a means of enriching the quality of library services and resources. In these soft economic times funds help purchase books, materials and equipment that otherwise would not be available to the library.  Use the form on the next page to update our records.  Thank you for your continued support.  Feel free to make a copy of the membership form and give to a friend.

 

Individual	$15
Family	$25
Business	$50
Life	$150 (per person)

 

 

WEBSITES

 

A website has been created by FONL to keep members up to date with programs, meetings, book sales and Library events.

 

FONL Site:      www.friendsofnavarrelibrary.org, and also on Facebook.

Santa Rosa County Library Site:        www.santarosa.fl.gov/libraries/

 

 

  

Membership

 

Friends of Navarre Library is a non-profit organization. Dues and fundraising events provide a means of enriching the quality of library services and resources. In these soft economic times funds help purchase books, materials and equipment that otherwise would not be available to the library. The Friends also promote community education through its monthly Lore, Legends and Learning program and support children’s programs throughout the year, including the popular “Summer Reading Program”.

 

Members may serve as volunteers to operate the Fran Roesch Bookstore, which sells donated books, magazines, audio and video tapes and disks.  Additionally, the Friends  have several public book sales during the year. Members also are encouraged to participate in business meetings of the board of directors.

 

 

 

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Please return this form with your TAX DEDUCTIBLE check made out to Friends of Navarre Library or FONL and mail to FONL, P.O. Box 5268, Navarre FL 32566.

 

Family Name: _________________________________ Number: _________

 

First Name(s): ________________________________________________

 

Business Name: ________________________________________________

 

Address: _____________________________________________________

 

Telephone: _____________ Email: __________________________________

                                                                    

New    Renewal        (circle one)

 

Check level of membership:

 

___Individual	$15
___Family	$25
___Business	$50
___Life	$150 (per person)

 

Please check the activities of interest you:

 

____Book Sales        ____Book store       ____Fund-raising      ____Board of Directors

 

Navarre Library

8484 James M. Harvell Road

936-6120

 

Hours:

Monday–Thursday 10 am – 6 pm

 

Friday-Saturday 10 am – 2 pm

 

Bookstore Hours
Monday-Thursday 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Friday, Saturday 10 a.m.-2 p.m. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Friends of Navarre Library
P.O. Box 5268, Navarre, FL  32566
  www.friendsofnavarrelibrary.org

 

 

Spring 2010

 

 

FROM THE PRESIDENT....Patt Stewart 

 

I have two messages I hope to convey with this newsletter.

 

The first is to applaud and thank each volunteer with FONL.  The second is to remind everyone of how FONL volunteers benefit the community.

 

The definition of volunteering "is the practice of people working on behalf of others or a particular cause without payment for their time and services".

 

Each day volunteers work in the bookstore from 10 thru 4 offering the community a selection of popular hard back books, paper backs, and magazines.  The children books are offered at 25 cents plus giving little ones the opportunity to "own" their books.

 

Book Sales are held during the year offering the community low prices for quality reading material.  Volumes are donated by a wonderful reading community and sorted for use in the library or to be sold at a nominal fee.  To get that book on the shelf at the bookstore or for storage for the book sale takes volunteers working each day. 

 

100% of the funds raised by book sales returns to the Library for books and supplies. 

 

Next time you are at the bookstore or a book sale.....please consider this a benefit to YOU and the community and thank the person volunteering.  Additionally, the price of the book includes Florida sales tax that is submitted quarterly from book sales.

 

FONL also presents a Lore, Legends and Learning  program with local  speakers volunteering their time.  Please take advantage of this volunteer program open to the public on the last Tuesday of each month.  5:30 - 7 pm. 

 

Again, thank you to our wonderful members, supporters, and volunteers.  Everyone enjoy the beautiful reading days ahead.

 

Patt Stewart
President of FONL

  

TRADE BOOK SALE…APRIL

Friends of Navarre Library held a successful Trade Book Sale in the lobby of the Navarre Library.  All selections were large, soft-cover books on a variety of topics.  Proceeds from book sales generate funds that provide books and additional supplies and materials to the library, which is part of the Santa Rosa County Library System.

LORE, LEGENDS AND LEARNING PROGRAM

MAY IS MARGO STRINGFIELD on ST. MICHAEL’S CEMETERY

Margo Stringfield, principal archaeologist for historic St. Michael's Cemetery in Pensacola and current president of the cemetery foundation’s board of directors, will be the speaker  at Lore, Legends and Learning Tuesday, May 25, 2010, at 5:30 p.m. at the Navarre Library, 8484 James M. Harvell Road, Navarre.

Stringfield holds a M.A. degree in Historical Archaeology from the University of West Florida and is a public archaeologist with the UWF Archaeology Institute. Along with an ongoing interest in the history and archaeology of Colonial West Florida, Stringfield also works extensively in the field of historic cemetery preservation and conservation and with municipal and private cemetery groups around the state to preserve the funerary landscapes of their communities.

The program is part of the free Lore, Legends and Learning series at the Library sponsored by the Friends of the Navarre Library. The program is held on the last Tuesday of each month from January through October, presenting a variety of topics to the public.

Upcoming Programs are:

• June 29.  Kenny Wilder, Photographer.
• July 27.  Navarre Beach Marine Sanctuary with Nancy and Mike Sandler
• August 31.  The Center for Lifelong Learning in Fort Walton Beach.
• September 28.  Elizabeth Crowe, Internet Genealogy.
  
  

SANTA ROSA LIBRARY SYSTEM POLICY CHANGES

 

The System will now charge non-residents and there will be a rental charge for the use of the community room by any organization or business that is not a registered non profit.  For more information, contact your local Santa Rosa System Library.