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Welcome to 2010 @ Your Library

Welcome to 2010 @ Your Library. We have many exciting changes and programs planned for this year. We’re currently working to upgrade our wireless Internet connection speed and replace network equipment that has finally kicked the bucket after being damaged by water last July. Thanks to a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation we will soon begin upgrading our public access computers as well. All this will enable us to better serve you, and to offer improved access to the wide collection of online resources now available at your library. Beginning January 27th and continuing every Wednesday from 2:00 – 2:30 thru the end of February, we will be offering a 30 minute “tour” of several of these resources. Upcoming tours include the Heritage Quest Online Genealogy research site, Consumer Health Complete, The Auto Repair Reference Center and Novelist Readers’ Advisory service for fiction lovers. Keep in mind that these websites can be accessed free of charge either at the library or from the comfort of your own home. All you need is a library card!

February also brings our 2010 Spring Storytime for young children. Beginning Feb 10th , with “Sweetheart Day!”we’ll meet with the kids every Wednesday morning from 10- 10:30 for a fun filled program of storytelling, make believe, sing-alongs, crafts and other educational activities designed to stimulate your child’s creativity and learning. Each week features a different theme and books related to that theme, which can be checked out. All families, caregivers and daycare are welcome to join us. For more information, contact our children’s program coordinator Gina or any staff member at the library or stop by to pick up a complete schedule.

Book Discussion Group meets the third Tuesday of every month. Next meeting, February 16th, 7:00 PM in the downstairs meeting room. The book for February is The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls. Copies of the book are available for checkout at the library. Everyone is welcome to join in the discussion or to just listen!.

The Boscobel High School student mural project at the library is now in living color and adding details every week. Mr. Johnson and all students grades 7-12 are invited to join in on Saturday mornings from 9:00 AM onward. Paint, brushes, instructions and treats are provided. Everyone is welcome to stop by and check on the mural's progress as it rolls down the wall in the rear entryway. To join in the fun or learn more about the project, check with Mr Johnson at BHS or ask at the library front desk.

For more information about any of these programs or other events and services, please stop by or call the library at 375-5723 or bookmark this blog. You can also text message “boscopl” to 41-411. We are on Facebook and Twitter too. On FB Search for the Boscobel Library Fan Page or friend “George Hildebrand”. TTFN.

2010 Upcoming Events

Among the events planned for 2010 we're including a "tour" of the many new online services offered by the library. Each week we'll explore a different service and the information it can offer- we'll be taking a look at the HeritageQuest genealogy research site for family history, Learning Express and Net Library and The Southwest Wisconsin Jobs Emporium, all valuable resources for students and job seekers of all ages. We'll also dig into Badgerlink , Wisconsin's own collection of information rich databases including The Auto Repair Reference Center- think 6000 Chilton's Manuals gathered into one convenient location-- , Consumer Health Complete- a trustworthy source for up to date health and medical information-- and Novelist, a reader's advisory service that helps readers find our more about their favorite authors, other writers like them and descriptions of books and book series. Complete schedule for these events will be available in the library beginning in January, and will be posted to this site as well. We hope to see you on the tour!

Just in time for the holidays: an art and craft blog with dozens of great ideas for inexpensive gifts, decorations and fun projects for the kids.
We'll be using some of these ideas here at the library. Take a look and enjoy: Art Projects for Kids

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Senator Dale Schultz @ Boscobel Library Monday Nov. 5th 10:30 AM

State Senator Dale Schultz will be at Boscobel Public Library on morning, 10/5 @ 10:30 am for a public listening session. Come share your point of view and bend the senator's ear. This is your opportunity to share your concerns and get answers to your questions about jobs, the economy, health-care, rural Internet access and other issues of that affect people here in Grant County and elsewhere in SW Wisconsin.

This event is free and open to everyone. For more information, visit the Senator Schultz's website

Teen's Top Ten: Vote Now

Teens : Vote for your favorite books of 2009

We'll have these on special display for teen read week October 18-24th and will pick a couple of your nominations to talk about at the book club. Come and join in talking about your favorite books. Click to go to the page to vote for your book.

Please vote for up to three titles. Graceling by Kristin Cashore Untamed by P.C. and Kristin Cast City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins Truancy by Isamu Fukui Truancy: Origins by Isamu Fukui The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman Paper Towns by John Green Runemarks by Joanne Harris Identical by Ellen Hopkins The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart Daughter of the Flames by Zoe Marriott Wake by Lisa McMann

Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer Bloodline by Katy Moran The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness Evermore by Alyson Noel Geek Charming by Robin Palmer Melting Stones by Tamora Pierce Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott Eternal by Cynthia Leitich Smith Flygirl by Sherri L. Smith Wherever Nina Lies by Lynn Weingarten Impossible by Nancy Werlin Absolutely Maybe by Lisa Yee