Holiday Painting

Thanks to a grant by the Friends of the Macedon Public Library, our Thursday Art & Craft Classes are filling up. So please come in and sign up as soon as you can.

Next up:
"Snowman Shovel Decoration"
Thursday, October 7, from 6:00-7:45 p.m.
in the Community Room at the Macedon Public Library.

Temporary Changes at MPL

By now most of you are aware that the entire Pioneer Library System will be facing big changes next week. There will be a few temporary inconveniences, but we know that you'll be patient as we work through them together.

1. Our website will be unavailable from 5:00 p.m. Sunday, October 3rd, through Thursday, October 7th. At that time you will be unable to put any items on hold, pay fines, or access your account in any way.

2. The Macedon Public Library will be open for regular hours on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, October 4th - October 6th, and all scheduled programs will be held without a change. The computers will be available and you will be able to take items out, too. However, you MUST have your library card with you these days as we are unable to access your account any other way.

3. We will be unable to return items during this 3 day time period, so, if you want to hold on to your items for a few days longer, please do. Fines will be waived until we catch up!

4. The Macedon Public Library will be closed Thursday, October 7th, until noon. When we reopen everything should be back to normal for our patrons (the staff, however, may look a little frazzled..........)

Again, thank you for your anticipated patience, and let's embrace this change with the optimism the Macedon Public Library staff and patrons are noted for!!

Banned Books Week

Banned Books week is September 25 to October 4, 2010

Banned Books Week was launched in response to a sudden surge in the the number of challenges to books in schools, bookstores and libraries. More than a 1,000 books have been challenged since its inception in 1982.

People challenge books that they say are too sexual or too violent. They object to profanity and slang, offensive portrayals of racial or religious groups, or positive portrayals of homosexuals.

For some, a ban on a book just makes it more appealing. Here are some titles, you decide.

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien
The Call of the Wild by Jack London
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by JR Rowling

Changes Coming to OWWL

On October 7th the Pioneer Library System's catalog will now be powered by Evergreen, so you will notice some changes when you log on to the OWWL.org website. Once you navigate through the site you will notice that you now have more control over your account, such as choosing your own user name and password, suspending holds while you are on vacation, and creating bookbags to keep track of books you have read, those you want to read, and for any other reason you can think of.

The only temporary downside to this change-over is that the website will be unavailable from 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, October 3 until Thursday, October 7. At that time you will be unable to put books on hold, pay fines, or access your account in any way. However, the Macedon Public Library will be open regular hours and you will be able to check out items.

We are very excited about this change, and we hope you will be too. We only ask for a little patience as we learn the new system together.

The Pioneer Library System: Bringing 4 counties
and 42 Libraries together for you.

Display Case

As many of you may or not may know, the display case on the southwest side of the library is available to the public to display their collections or anything that may be of interest to the community. We have had collections of ladybugs, owls, and music boxes, as well as patriotic and historical displays. This month we are very fortunate to have sisters Anna Shearer and Theresa Truax return with one of their very intricate themed displays...school.

Please stop in and see their interpretation of the alphabet!

Friends Programming

Our Black Bear presentation last night was a huge success!! We were glad to see so many of our patrons were interested in these fascinating creatures, and we thank Greg Fuerst of the DEC for his informative talk.



Next up....the Friends of the Macedon Public Library will sponsor "Aging, Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease", presented by Eve Moses of the Education Coordinator for the Alzheimer Association. Ms. Moses will discuss what is normal aging, and what is not. She will also discuss the diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer's Disease, what are the risk factors and warning signs, and provide strategies to help people with dementia and their caregivers. This presentation will be in the Community Room of the Macedon Public Library on Wednesday, October 20th at 6:30 p.m.

Black Bears

To help us understand more about one of our summer visitors, the Friends of the Macedon Public Library is sponsoring "Black Bear", a presentation by the DEC's Wildlife Technician Greg Fuerst.

Come join us in the Community Room on Wednesday, September 15th at 6:30 p.m.

Fall Story Times

Well, it's September, and to keep your little ones busy while the big kids are in school, we are offering the following story times beginning the week of September 13:

A twenty minute story time for 2 year olds on Tuesday morning beginning at either 10:10 or 10:40

A thirty minutes story time for 3, 4 and 5 year olds on Monday morning beginning at 10:30 or Tuesday afternoon at 1:30.

An hour long program including reading and a craft project beginning at 4:00 on Wednesday afternoon for school agers looking for more fun after school.

For more information, or to register your child, please come into the library at 30 Main Street, or call us at 315-986-5932.

We'll see you in the fall!!