Monday 1 - 5 PM
Tuesday 2 - 8 PM
Wednesday 10 AM - 1 PM
Thursday 2 - 8 PM
Friday 1 - 5 PM
Saturday 10 AM - 1 PM
Sunday closed
Saturday, May 11, 2013
New Hours for Bancroft Public Library, Effective June 1st
Beginning on June 1st, the library will have revised hours of operation:
Friday, May 3, 2013
The Latest News: May 3, 2013
Bancroft Public Library News:
Long time library director Peg Culver will be resigning from her position as director at the end of May. We will miss her greatly and appreciate her dedicated service to our public library! Filling position will be Susan Getty, a library employee for the past six years.
Effective June 1st, the library will have revised hours of operation: Monday 1 - 5 PM, Tuesday 2 - 8 PM; Wednesday 10 AM - 1 PM; Thursday 2 - 8 PM; Friday 1 - 5 PM; Saturday 10 AM - 1 PM; Sunday closed.
Some of the new library materials added to the catalog in the month of April include:
Adult Fiction:
Starting Now, Debbie Macomber; Garden of Stones, Sophie Littlefield; Don't Go, Lisa Scottoline; Dark Places, Gillian Flynn (paperback); The Harbinger, Jonathan Cahn (paperback); The Burgess Boys, Elizabeth Stout; The Next Time You See Me, Holly Goddard Jones; The Accursed, Joyce Carol Oates; The Sunshine When She's Gone, Thea Goodman; Tapestry of Fortunes, Elizabeth Berg; The Hit, David Baldacci; Slammed, Colleen Hoover; This Is What Happy Looks Like, Jennifer Smith; Life After Life, Kate Atkinson; Unintended Consequences, Stuart Woods; The Interestings, Meg Wolitzer; Tuesday's Gone, Nicci French; The Famous and the Dead, J. Jefferson Parker; Midnight at Marble Arch, Anne Perry; The Mystery Woman, Amanda Quick; Walking Disaster, Jamie McGuire
Adult Large Type Fiction:
The Wanderer, Robyn Carr; Miss Julia Stirs Up Trouble, Ann Ross; Six Years, Harlan Coben; Daddy's Gone a Hunting, Mary Higgins Clark; Whiskey Beach, Nora Roberts; Midnight at Marble Arch, Anne Perry; Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald, Therese Fowler; Let the Dead Sleep, Heather Graham
Adult Non-Fiction:
The Duck Commander Family, Willie & Korie Robertson; Voices of the Pacific, Adam Makos; Frankenstein's Cat, Emily Anthes; C.S. Lewis: A Life: Eccentric Genius, Reluctant Prophet, Alister McGrath; Trident K-9 Warriors, Mike Ritland
Adult Audio Books:
The Autistic Brain, Temple Grandin; Daddy's Gone a Hunting, Mary Higgins Clark
DVDs:
Long time library director Peg Culver will be resigning from her position as director at the end of May. We will miss her greatly and appreciate her dedicated service to our public library! Filling position will be Susan Getty, a library employee for the past six years.
Effective June 1st, the library will have revised hours of operation: Monday 1 - 5 PM, Tuesday 2 - 8 PM; Wednesday 10 AM - 1 PM; Thursday 2 - 8 PM; Friday 1 - 5 PM; Saturday 10 AM - 1 PM; Sunday closed.
Some of the new library materials added to the catalog in the month of April include:
Adult Fiction:
Starting Now, Debbie Macomber; Garden of Stones, Sophie Littlefield; Don't Go, Lisa Scottoline; Dark Places, Gillian Flynn (paperback); The Harbinger, Jonathan Cahn (paperback); The Burgess Boys, Elizabeth Stout; The Next Time You See Me, Holly Goddard Jones; The Accursed, Joyce Carol Oates; The Sunshine When She's Gone, Thea Goodman; Tapestry of Fortunes, Elizabeth Berg; The Hit, David Baldacci; Slammed, Colleen Hoover; This Is What Happy Looks Like, Jennifer Smith; Life After Life, Kate Atkinson; Unintended Consequences, Stuart Woods; The Interestings, Meg Wolitzer; Tuesday's Gone, Nicci French; The Famous and the Dead, J. Jefferson Parker; Midnight at Marble Arch, Anne Perry; The Mystery Woman, Amanda Quick; Walking Disaster, Jamie McGuire
Adult Large Type Fiction:
The Wanderer, Robyn Carr; Miss Julia Stirs Up Trouble, Ann Ross; Six Years, Harlan Coben; Daddy's Gone a Hunting, Mary Higgins Clark; Whiskey Beach, Nora Roberts; Midnight at Marble Arch, Anne Perry; Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald, Therese Fowler; Let the Dead Sleep, Heather Graham
Adult Non-Fiction:
The Duck Commander Family, Willie & Korie Robertson; Voices of the Pacific, Adam Makos; Frankenstein's Cat, Emily Anthes; C.S. Lewis: A Life: Eccentric Genius, Reluctant Prophet, Alister McGrath; Trident K-9 Warriors, Mike Ritland
Adult Audio Books:
The Autistic Brain, Temple Grandin; Daddy's Gone a Hunting, Mary Higgins Clark
DVDs:
Parental Guidance; The Impossible; Sid the Science Kid: The Movie (juvenile)
Juvenile Fiction:
Tea Rex, Molly Idle
Programs:
Story Hour is scheduled for Wednesdays at 10 AM. Story Hour includes stories read aloud, a simple craft, and time for caregivers to chat and kids to play together quietly. Please come in and join the fun!
Scrabblers meet weekly on Thursdays at 1 PM. Open to all. Boards are always available. Contact Anita Witten at 854-3238 for details.
Book Club meets the first Tuesday of every month at 11 AM. All are welcome. Attendees should enter through the Salem Village office, as the library is closed. Contact Margery Robertiello at 854-3166 for more information.
Chess Club meets on Saturdays from 10 AM - 1 PM. All skill levels are welcome, even beginners.
Meetings:
Library trustees meet on the first Thursday of the month at 1 PM.
Juvenile Fiction:
Tea Rex, Molly Idle
Programs:
Story Hour is scheduled for Wednesdays at 10 AM. Story Hour includes stories read aloud, a simple craft, and time for caregivers to chat and kids to play together quietly. Please come in and join the fun!
Scrabblers meet weekly on Thursdays at 1 PM. Open to all. Boards are always available. Contact Anita Witten at 854-3238 for details.
Book Club meets the first Tuesday of every month at 11 AM. All are welcome. Attendees should enter through the Salem Village office, as the library is closed. Contact Margery Robertiello at 854-3166 for more information.
Chess Club meets on Saturdays from 10 AM - 1 PM. All skill levels are welcome, even beginners.
Meetings:
Library trustees meet on the first Thursday of the month at 1 PM.
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
April 2013 Book Club Report
submitted by Margery Robertiello:
For our meeting on April 2 we all read "Cutting for Stone" by Abraham Verghese. Reactions were mixed! One member thought the author was a "terrific story teller". The book begins with the tale of a very devout nursing nun from India, who finds her way to a hospital in Ethiopia. There she becomes devoted to a brilliant but emotionally damaged surgeon. They become involved, she becomes pregnant, but conceals this until the day she gives birth to twin boys and dies in childbirth. The surgeon, traumatized, disappears. This is high drama, wonderfully told!
In the continuing story, narrated by one of the twins, the boys are raised in Ethiopia by two doctors from India. The contrasting characters of the two parents are fully portrayed, within the background of the culture of Ethiopia and the culture of the medical profession, which is an integral part of the novel.
One of our members found this book out of step with her values and views, and the story itself too drawn out. Another shared with us quotes which she--and we--found amusing. Especially in anecdotes about the twins adoptive father.
We had a good discussion!
For our May meeting we will be reading books by Jodi Picoult. Your choice. New members always welcome!
For our meeting on April 2 we all read "Cutting for Stone" by Abraham Verghese. Reactions were mixed! One member thought the author was a "terrific story teller". The book begins with the tale of a very devout nursing nun from India, who finds her way to a hospital in Ethiopia. There she becomes devoted to a brilliant but emotionally damaged surgeon. They become involved, she becomes pregnant, but conceals this until the day she gives birth to twin boys and dies in childbirth. The surgeon, traumatized, disappears. This is high drama, wonderfully told!
In the continuing story, narrated by one of the twins, the boys are raised in Ethiopia by two doctors from India. The contrasting characters of the two parents are fully portrayed, within the background of the culture of Ethiopia and the culture of the medical profession, which is an integral part of the novel.
One of our members found this book out of step with her values and views, and the story itself too drawn out. Another shared with us quotes which she--and we--found amusing. Especially in anecdotes about the twins adoptive father.
We had a good discussion!
For our May meeting we will be reading books by Jodi Picoult. Your choice. New members always welcome!
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
The Latest News: April 2, 2013
Bancroft Public Library News (submitted as a press release today)
Did you know?
We have free Wi-Fi at the library, seven computers available for public access, and we have a coin operated photocopy machine. We books and other materials to borrow, including DVDs and Blu-ray discs. If you can't find what you're looking for, we can most likely order it for you from another library in our system. You can even search our catalog online. Go to our website: http://www.slibrary.org and click on the link for "Library Catalog" to get started. You can place requests online using your library card's bar code number.
New Library Cards:
If you need a library card, please come in to the library and fill out our brief registration form. We do require a form of identification, such as a driver's license, and a proof of address.
Some of the new library materials added to the catalog in the month of March include:
Adult Fiction:
A Deeper Love Inside, Sister Souljah; The Dinner, Herman Koch; Power Trip, Jackie Collins; The Night Ranger, Alex Berenson; Deadly Stakes, J.A. Jance; Touch & Go, Lisa Gardner; Calling Me Home, Julie Kibler; Dreams and Shadows, C. Robert Gargill; Vampires in the Lemon Grove, Karen Russell; Schroder, Amity Gaige; Six Years, Harlan Coben; Breaking Point, C.J. Box; Bad Blood, Dana Stabenow; Red Velvet Cupcake Murder, Joanne Fluke; The Pretty One, Lucinda Rosenfeld; Witch & Wizard: The Kiss, James Patterson and Jill Dembowski; Frost Burned, Patricia Briggs; Looking for Alaska, John Green; Night Moves, Randy Wayne White; Lover At Last, J.R. Ward
Adult Large Type Fiction:
Did you know?
We have free Wi-Fi at the library, seven computers available for public access, and we have a coin operated photocopy machine. We books and other materials to borrow, including DVDs and Blu-ray discs. If you can't find what you're looking for, we can most likely order it for you from another library in our system. You can even search our catalog online. Go to our website: http://www.slibrary.org and click on the link for "Library Catalog" to get started. You can place requests online using your library card's bar code number.
New Library Cards:
If you need a library card, please come in to the library and fill out our brief registration form. We do require a form of identification, such as a driver's license, and a proof of address.
Some of the new library materials added to the catalog in the month of March include:
Adult Fiction:
A Deeper Love Inside, Sister Souljah; The Dinner, Herman Koch; Power Trip, Jackie Collins; The Night Ranger, Alex Berenson; Deadly Stakes, J.A. Jance; Touch & Go, Lisa Gardner; Calling Me Home, Julie Kibler; Dreams and Shadows, C. Robert Gargill; Vampires in the Lemon Grove, Karen Russell; Schroder, Amity Gaige; Six Years, Harlan Coben; Breaking Point, C.J. Box; Bad Blood, Dana Stabenow; Red Velvet Cupcake Murder, Joanne Fluke; The Pretty One, Lucinda Rosenfeld; Witch & Wizard: The Kiss, James Patterson and Jill Dembowski; Frost Burned, Patricia Briggs; Looking for Alaska, John Green; Night Moves, Randy Wayne White; Lover At Last, J.R. Ward
Adult Large Type Fiction:
The Power Trip, Jackie Collins; Calculated in Death, J.D. Robb; A Week in Winter, Maeve Binchy; The Striker, Clive Cussler; The Chance, Karen Kingsbury
Adult Non-Fiction:
Adult Non-Fiction:
Bored of the Rings, Henry Beard; Rachel's Irish Family Food, Rachel Allen; Whitey Bulger, Kevin Cullen; Salt, Sugar, Fat, Michael Moss; The Story of God and All of Us, Roma Downey and Mark Burnett; Getting Financial Aid; Sermons in Stone, Susan Allport; The Virgin Diet, J.J. Virgin; The Bridal Bible; Sum it Up, Pat Summitt
Adult Audio Books:
Adult Audio Books:
Night Moves, Randy Wayne White; The Wanderer, Robyn Carr
DVDs:
DVDs:
Breaking Dawn, Part 2; Life of Pi; Red Dawn; Les Miserables; Zero Dark Thirty; Wreck-It Ralph (juvenile); The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (juvenile); Rise of the Guardians (juvenile); Hotel Transylvania (juvenile)
Juvenile Fiction:
Juvenile Fiction:
Dragonbreath: Nightmare of the Iguana, Ursula Vernon; Knit Your Bit: A World War 1 Story, Deborah Hopkinson; Emeraldalicious, Victoria Kann; Nancy Clancy Super Sleuth, Jane O'Connor; Nancy Clancy Secret Admirer, Jane O'Connor
Juvenile Non-Fiction:
Juvenile Non-Fiction:
Lenore Finds a Friend, Jon Katz; The Price of Freedom; How One Town Stood Up to Slavery, Judith Fradin; A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin, Jen Bryant; My Brother's Book, Maurice Sendak
Programs:
Story Hour is scheduled for Wednesdays at 10 AM. Story Hour includes stories read aloud, a simple craft, and time for caregivers to chat and kids to play together quietly. Please come in and join the fun!
Scrabblers meet weekly on Thursdays at 1 PM. Open to all. Boards are always available. Contact Anita Witten at 854-3238 for details.
Book Club meets the first Tuesday of every month at 11 AM. All are welcome. Attendees should enter through the Salem Village office, as the library is closed. Contact Margery Robertiello at 854-3166 for more information.
Chess Club meets on Saturdays from 10 AM - 1 PM. All skill levels are welcome, even beginners.
Meetings:
Library trustees meet on the first Thursday of the month at 1 PM.
Programs:
Story Hour is scheduled for Wednesdays at 10 AM. Story Hour includes stories read aloud, a simple craft, and time for caregivers to chat and kids to play together quietly. Please come in and join the fun!
Scrabblers meet weekly on Thursdays at 1 PM. Open to all. Boards are always available. Contact Anita Witten at 854-3238 for details.
Book Club meets the first Tuesday of every month at 11 AM. All are welcome. Attendees should enter through the Salem Village office, as the library is closed. Contact Margery Robertiello at 854-3166 for more information.
Chess Club meets on Saturdays from 10 AM - 1 PM. All skill levels are welcome, even beginners.
Meetings:
Library trustees meet on the first Thursday of the month at 1 PM.
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
The Latest News: March 5, 2013
Bancroft Public Library News (submitted as a press release today):
Did you know?
We have free Wi-Fi at the library, seven computers available for public access, and we have a coin operated photocopy machine. We have lots of materials to borrow, including DVDs and Blu-ray discs, and if you can't find what you're looking for, we can most likely order it for you from another library in our system. We're the best deal in town! You can even search our catalog online. Go to our website: http://www.slibrary.org and click on the link for "Library Catalog" to get started...you can place requests online using your library card's bar code number.
New Library Cards:
If you need a library card, please come in to the library and fill out our brief registration form. We do require a form of identification, such as a driver's license, and a proof of address.
Some of the new library materials added to the catalog in the month of February include:
Adult Fiction:
Husband List, Janet Evanovich; Kinsey and Me, Sue Grafton; Fifth Assassin, Brad Meltzer; Daddy Love, Joyce Carol Oates; Tenth of December, George Saunders; Ratlines, Stuart Neville; A Week in Winter, Maeve Binchy; Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker, Jennifer Chiaverini; Guilt, Jonathan Kellerman; The Third Bullet, Stephen Hunter; Private Berlin, James Patterson; The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Stephen Chbosky; Alex Cross, Run, James Patterson; Calculated in Death, J. D. Robb; Aviator's Wife, Melanie Benjamin; The Storyteller, Jodi Picoult; Ever After, Kim Harrison; Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell; Silver Linings Playbook, Matthew Quick
Adult Large Type Fiction:
Suspect, Robert Crais; Me Before You, Jojo Moyes; Touch & Go, Lisa Gardner; Moonlight Masquerade, Jude Devereux
Adult Non-Fiction:
Ten Years Later, Hoda Kotb; Shred the Revolutionary Diet, Ian Smith, M.D.; Saturday Night Widows, Becky Aikman; Mafia Summit, Gil Reavill; Soldiers First, Joe Drape; The Great Charles Dickens Scandal, Michael Slater; Beating Obamacare, Betsy McCaughey, Ph.D.; Beyond Belief, Jenna Hill; Joy of Zentangle, Suzanne McNeill
Adult Audio Books:
The Storyteller, Jodi Picoult; Red Velvet Cupcake Murder, Joanne Fluke
DVDs:
Flight; Dinotasia, narrated by Werner Herzog; Argo; Anna Karenina; Bully; Monsters, Inc. (juvenile)
Juvenile Fiction:
Super-Sized Slugger, Cal Ripken, Jr.; Big Nate Flips Out, Lincoln Peirce; Captain Awesome vs. Nacho Cheese Man, Stan Kirby; Springtime in Bugland, David Carter; Dino School Meet Teddy Rex!, Bonnie Williams; The Candy Smash, Jacqueline Davies; Red Kite, Blue Kite, Ji-Li Jiang
Juvenile Non-Fiction:
Taylor Swift, The Story of Me, Riley Brooks; Etched in Clay: The Life of Dave, Enslaved Potter and Poet, Andrea Cheng; Ice! The Amazing History of the Ice Business, Laurence Pringle
Did you know?
We have free Wi-Fi at the library, seven computers available for public access, and we have a coin operated photocopy machine. We have lots of materials to borrow, including DVDs and Blu-ray discs, and if you can't find what you're looking for, we can most likely order it for you from another library in our system. We're the best deal in town! You can even search our catalog online. Go to our website: http://www.slibrary.org and click on the link for "Library Catalog" to get started...you can place requests online using your library card's bar code number.
New Library Cards:
If you need a library card, please come in to the library and fill out our brief registration form. We do require a form of identification, such as a driver's license, and a proof of address.
Some of the new library materials added to the catalog in the month of February include:
Adult Fiction:
Husband List, Janet Evanovich; Kinsey and Me, Sue Grafton; Fifth Assassin, Brad Meltzer; Daddy Love, Joyce Carol Oates; Tenth of December, George Saunders; Ratlines, Stuart Neville; A Week in Winter, Maeve Binchy; Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker, Jennifer Chiaverini; Guilt, Jonathan Kellerman; The Third Bullet, Stephen Hunter; Private Berlin, James Patterson; The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Stephen Chbosky; Alex Cross, Run, James Patterson; Calculated in Death, J. D. Robb; Aviator's Wife, Melanie Benjamin; The Storyteller, Jodi Picoult; Ever After, Kim Harrison; Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell; Silver Linings Playbook, Matthew Quick
Adult Large Type Fiction:
Suspect, Robert Crais; Me Before You, Jojo Moyes; Touch & Go, Lisa Gardner; Moonlight Masquerade, Jude Devereux
Adult Non-Fiction:
Ten Years Later, Hoda Kotb; Shred the Revolutionary Diet, Ian Smith, M.D.; Saturday Night Widows, Becky Aikman; Mafia Summit, Gil Reavill; Soldiers First, Joe Drape; The Great Charles Dickens Scandal, Michael Slater; Beating Obamacare, Betsy McCaughey, Ph.D.; Beyond Belief, Jenna Hill; Joy of Zentangle, Suzanne McNeill
Adult Audio Books:
The Storyteller, Jodi Picoult; Red Velvet Cupcake Murder, Joanne Fluke
DVDs:
Flight; Dinotasia, narrated by Werner Herzog; Argo; Anna Karenina; Bully; Monsters, Inc. (juvenile)
Juvenile Fiction:
Super-Sized Slugger, Cal Ripken, Jr.; Big Nate Flips Out, Lincoln Peirce; Captain Awesome vs. Nacho Cheese Man, Stan Kirby; Springtime in Bugland, David Carter; Dino School Meet Teddy Rex!, Bonnie Williams; The Candy Smash, Jacqueline Davies; Red Kite, Blue Kite, Ji-Li Jiang
Juvenile Non-Fiction:
Taylor Swift, The Story of Me, Riley Brooks; Etched in Clay: The Life of Dave, Enslaved Potter and Poet, Andrea Cheng; Ice! The Amazing History of the Ice Business, Laurence Pringle
Programs:
Story Hour is scheduled for Wednesdays at 10 AM. Story Hour includes stories read aloud, a simple craft, and time for caregivers to chat and kids to play together quietly. Please come in and join the fun!
Scrabblers meet weekly on Thursdays at 1 PM. Open to all. Boards are always available. Contact Anita Witten at 854-3238 for details.
Book Club meets the first Tuesday of every month at 11 AM. All are welcome. Attendees should enter through the Salem Village office, as the library is closed. Contact Margery Robertiello at 854-3166 for more information.
Chess Club meets on Saturdays from 10 AM - 1 PM. All skill levels are welcome, even beginners.Boards are always available during library hours.
Meetings:
Library trustees meet on the first Thursday of the month at 1 PM.
Library Hours:
Monday 12:30 - 4:30 PM; Tuesday 12:30 - 4:30 PM and 6:30 - 8:00 PM; Wednesday 10 AM - 1 PM; Thursday 12:30 - 4:30 PM and 6:30 - 8:00 PM; Friday 12:30 - 4:30 PM; Saturday 10 AM - 1 PM; Sunday closed.
The library is located at 181 Main Street in Salem. To reach us by phone, call 854-7463. Our web address is http://www.slibrary.org. We are on Facebook as "Bancroft Public Library".
Story Hour is scheduled for Wednesdays at 10 AM. Story Hour includes stories read aloud, a simple craft, and time for caregivers to chat and kids to play together quietly. Please come in and join the fun!
Scrabblers meet weekly on Thursdays at 1 PM. Open to all. Boards are always available. Contact Anita Witten at 854-3238 for details.
Book Club meets the first Tuesday of every month at 11 AM. All are welcome. Attendees should enter through the Salem Village office, as the library is closed. Contact Margery Robertiello at 854-3166 for more information.
Chess Club meets on Saturdays from 10 AM - 1 PM. All skill levels are welcome, even beginners.Boards are always available during library hours.
Meetings:
Library trustees meet on the first Thursday of the month at 1 PM.
Library Hours:
Monday 12:30 - 4:30 PM; Tuesday 12:30 - 4:30 PM and 6:30 - 8:00 PM; Wednesday 10 AM - 1 PM; Thursday 12:30 - 4:30 PM and 6:30 - 8:00 PM; Friday 12:30 - 4:30 PM; Saturday 10 AM - 1 PM; Sunday closed.
The library is located at 181 Main Street in Salem. To reach us by phone, call 854-7463. Our web address is http://www.slibrary.org. We are on Facebook as "Bancroft Public Library".
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