|
|
Special
Programs and Events
Library Director Position Open
Our Library Director of
eight years will be leaving the Towanda District Library on June 30.
A search for a new director has begun by the library board's search
committee. Applications are due by April 30. For more information on this position, go to:
http://www.alliancelibrarysystem.com/jobs.cfm?id=12.
Wednesday
Morning Story Time for
3-5 year olds
If your
preschool child will be 3 on or after the following dates, we invite you
to sign him or her up for a 1/2 hour story and snack time. This is an excellent opportunity to expose your
child to library books and to introduce them to socializing in a small
group setting. Story time runs from 11:15-11:45am. Parents are encouraged
to accompany their child until the child is comfortable sitting on their
own. Please register.
Spring Session: Mar. 5—May 19
Towanda Reads,
Wednesday, June 4, at 7:00pm
The next meeting of the
Towanda Reads book club will be Wednesday, June 4, at 7:00pm at the library. The
book to be discussed will be
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, by Lisa See.
Friends of the Library
Our Friends
group is growing! If you would like to join us at this exciting time,
please contact Mary Williams at the library at 728-2176 and she will put
you in touch with the Friends’ group president. We usually meet a
few times a year and are involved in many library support projects.
The next meeting of the Friends of the Library will be
Wed.
June 4 at 6:00 at the library.
Towanda History
The Towanda
District Library has partnered with the Towanda Area Historical Society to
document and display Towanda Area History on the web at
towandahistory.org.
A new feature of the Towanda District
Library is a History Corner, with books, displays, and archives
of Towanda area history.
Library delivery service
If you
have difficulties getting to the library due to age or health issues,
please call us and we can bring library materials to you. We have two
very dedicated volunteers ready to deliver books and other library
materials to your home monthly. Right now they only have one customer and
they want more! A staff member at the library will select items
based on your requests. Please call the library at 728-2176 and ask for
Mary or Dawn
Book Sales
The ‘Friends of the Library’ runs a book sale at
the 4th of July flea market. There are also donated used
books for sale at the library year round.
Please donate
your no longer needed books, videos, CDs, DVDs and audio books in
condition appropriate for resale.
Books appropriate for resale include:
-
Hardcover
fiction books published since the early 80’s
-
Up-to-date non-fiction items (ex., travel, medical and
science items less than five years old) or non-fiction items that will
never be out-of-date (ex., how-to’s, biographies, history, etc.)
-
Paperbacks in good condition (clean, bright
pages, sturdy spines only)
WE DO NOT ACCEPT
textbooks, magazines, Reader’s Digest Condensed Books, “book club edition”
books, encyclopedia sets of any kind, musty books, yellowed books or books
in poor condition because these items can’t be put in our collection nor
do they sell at our book sales and we do not have the resources to pass
them on or recycle them.
|
On-line Catalogs
RSA Cat:
catalogs of 190 libraries in the Alliance Library system, including the
Towanda District Library
Bloomington:
Bloomington library web site with Bloomington Library catalog (not on
RSAcat)
Illinet Online:
catalogs of 44
academic libraries in Illinois
SILC:
Statewide Illinois Library Catalog;
Search
all libraries in Illinois using World Cat.
World
Cat First Search:
Catalog of
books and other materials in libraries worldwide. Contact your library for
an authorization and password
Other Libraries
The Internet Public
Library (IPL)
IPL - Ask a Question
Mid-Illinois Talking Book Center
Illinois State
Library
Ill. State Univ. Milner Library
Ill. Wesleyan Univ. Ames Library
Heartland College
Library
Unit 5 IMC centers
Normal Public Library
Bloomington Public Library
The Library of Congress
New York Public Library
State Government
Find it
Illinois
Associations
Alliance Library System
American Library Association
Illinois Library Association
|
