Upcoming Library Events

The staff at Bancroft Public Library in Salem are very pleased to announce that we have many upcoming events scheduled. For the kids, every Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 a kid-friendly movie will be shown; and every Wednesday morning at 10:00 Story Time happens. Both are excellent opportunities to have fun with friends and enjoy the Library!

Plus, we haven't forgotten the adults! On Tuesday, October 1st, from 6 - 7 PM, we will be offering a Zentangle workshop for adults. Heidi Hammell, CZT, will be leading this FREE introductory class. The class and materials to complete one tangle are free. Additional materials, to be used at home, may be purchased at the end of the class.

On Saturday, October 5th, from 1 - 4 PM, we will be offering an adult basic computer skills workshop. The primary focus of this class will be to help adults learn how to use the library catalog, which can be an intimidating prospect to those with little to no computer experience. Beyond that, our instructor is willing to help participants with using Facebook, email, and other basic computer techniques as requested. Please bring your library card to the class!

Space is limited for both the Zentangle and computer workshops, so please contact the Library (by stopping in or calling 854-7463) ASAP to sign up.

Finally, we are planning to hold monthly adult/older teen movie nights, beginning on October 15th at 7:00 PM. More details on this will be forthcoming.

Stay tuned for more information about all we have planned at the Bancroft Library!

September Book Club Meeting

In September, the Bancroft Book Club read and enjoyed 'THE MAN WHO LOVED BOOKS TOO MUCH" by Allison Hoover Bartlett

A prize winning journalist (the Crime Journalism award 2008) she has recreated the scenes when she interviewed Gekley a known and much-arrested book thief. She also makes vivid his passion for rare volumes, for putting it over on the owners,or the elite, or those who have what he desires. He has grown up with this bibliophilia in a family that cheered his enterprise when he shoplifted at age 6.
Psyching out the rare booksellers countrywide he stole in city after city, on-line and in person. He was knowledgeable, clever, and did thorough research on the dealers as well as the availability and condition of titles he craved. He was addicted. But was he crazy? He often accepted his two or three month jail terms as a time for reading and being interviewed at length by Bartlett. who has a clear probing style and obviously sensitive to his imbalanced perspective as he became more and more confidential. Her patience matched his.
He may have met his match when a dealer Sanderson in Salt Lake City got on his trail as the "detective' named by the American booksellers Ass'n to look into these expensive heists. In San Francisco he stashed books by the thousands with his father, on a deserted terrain called appropriately Treasure Island. With credit cards receipts stolen at Sak's men's department, he ordered by mail but also arrived in person: presentable, well-spoken and just the reliable gentleman to be hired by a top end store or to be handed a package with a $10,000 first edition!
This was an exciting and tantalizing read and insight into the intelligent mind of a brazen crook who never stole; in his view he "got" a book or he succeeded in" finding" the 17th Cty manuscript...etc. He deserved to have his mania satisfied. Such suavity is unsettling. Could one of us understand desiring objects enough to constantly steal??
In discussion we puzzled over the role of the journalist. At what point, and she does raise the question, should she alert Sanderson (she does) or the police (she doesn't. ) Values are not always definable as right or wrong, we debated.

THE NEXT MEETING IS TUES. OCT 1ST

September is Library Card Sign-Up Month!!

Did you know that the month of September is Library Card Sign-Up Month?  

There are so many wonderful opportunities, for all ages, that come with being part of our library!  

Below you'll see a slideshow of 60 Ways to Use Your Library Card...not all of these options are necessarily available at this time through our library, but MANY are. Plus, we are very willing to discuss options for expanding what we have available...the possibilities are endless!

Tell your friends...pass on the word...and stop in to sign up for your FREE library card!!

*We're open Mondays and Fridays from 1 - 5 PM; Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2 - 8 PM; and Wednesdays and Saturdays from 10 AM - 1 PM. Come in and see what's happening @ YOUR library!

The Latest News: September 3, 2013

Bancroft Public Library News:

Our summer programming has ended, but we have a few announcements regarding programs beginning this fall. Story Hour will be resuming on Wednesday, September 11th, at 10 AM. We are pleased that we are able to continue offering a Story Hour with the help of several volunteers. Those volunteers will be taking turns reading stories and offering a simple craft for children and their caregivers each Wednesday morning.

A new offering this fall will be an after school movie for kids, each Tuesday at 3:30 PM, beginning on September 10th. This afternoon movie will also be run by a volunteer, and we are so grateful!


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.

Our library website is a wealth of information! You can not only explore the library catalog, but there are also pages dedicated to online resources for kids and teens, plus you can access local historical information through our website, as well as the library system's databases for research, job searches, and more!


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.


We added many new library materials added to the catalog in the month of August! Titles added include:

Adult Fiction
The Cuckoo’s Calling, Robert Galbraith
Bomb Shell, Catherine Coulter
Hunting Eve, Iris Johansen
The English Girl, Daniel Silva
Death Angel, Linda Fairstein
Light of the World, James Lee Burke
The White Princess, Philippa Gregory
Mistress, James Patterson & David Ellis
Hotshot, Julie Garwood
The Husband’s Secret, Liane Moriarty
The Last Witness, W.E.B. Griffin
Rose Harbor in Bloom, Debbie Macomber
The Highway, C. J. Box
The Beast, Faye Kellerman
The Companion, R. A. Salvatore

Young Adult (YA) Fiction
Burn For Burn, Jenny Han & Siobhan Vivian
Fire With Fire, Jenny Han & Siobhan Vivian

Adult Non-Fiction
Totally Tangled, Sandy Steen Bartholomew
Zentangle Basics, Suzanne McNeill
Taunton’s Wiring Complete, Second Edition, Michael Litchfield and Michael McAlister
500+ All-American Family Adventures, Debbie K. Hardin
The Home Apothecary, Stacey Dugliss-Wesselman
This Town, Mark Leibovich
An Explorer’s Guide: Hudson Valley & Catskills, 8th edition, Joanne Michaels
Yoga For Your Brain: A Zentangle Workout, Sandy Steen Bartholomew
Best Jobs for the 21st Century, Laurence Shatkin, Ph.D.
Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth, Reza Aslan
The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Making Metal Jewelry, Nancy Lee
The Big Disconnect: Protecting Childhood and Family Relationships in the Digital Age, Catherine Steiner-Adair, Ed.D. with Teresa H. Barker
2014 College Handbook, College Board Publications
2014 College Scholarship Handbook, College Board Publications
The Butler, Wil Haygood
The Liberty Amendments, Mark R. Levin
Shirley Jones: A Memoir, Shirley Jones
Small Business for Dummies, Eric Tyson & Jim Schell
Starting an Online Business: All-in-One For Dummies, Shannon Belew & Joel Elad

Adult Large Type
Light of the World, James Lee Burke
The White Princess, Philippa Gregory
The Highway, C.J. Box
Hotshot, Julie Garwood
Hunting Eve, Iris Johansen
Death Angel, Linda Fairstein

Adult Audio Books
Sweet Salt Air, Barbara Delinsky
Beautiful Day, Elin Hilderbrand
Inferno, Dan Brown
The Heist, Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg
Second Honeymoon, James Patterson and Howard Roughan
Joyland, Stephen King
The Astronaut Wives Club, Lily Koppel

DVDs/Blu-rays
Gangster Squad
Promised Land
Brooklyn Castle
What Maisie Knew
Emperor
Oblivion
Olympus Has Fallen
Mud
The Great Gatsby (both DVD and Blu-ray)
The Smurfs (both DVD and Blu-ray)
Muppet Treasure Island

Children’s Fiction
Pete The Cat: The Wheels On The Bus, based on the creation of James Dean (picture book)
Olivia and Grandma’s Visit, Cordelia Evans (picture book)
Fancy Nancy Puppy Party, Jane O’Connor (picture book)
Llama Llama and the Bully Goat, Anna Dewdney (picture book)
Pet Fairies to the Rescue, Daisy Meadows (easy reader)
Pet Parade, Daisy Meadows (easy reader)
LEGO City: Detective Chase McCain: Stop That Heist, Trey King (easy reader)
LEGO City: Space Escape!, Rafail Katsul (easy reader)
LEGO: Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out, Ace Landers (easy reader)
Hot Wheels: Double Duel, Ace Landers (easy reader)
The Land of Stories: The Enchantress Returns, Chris Colfer
Cavemice: Watch Your Tail!, Geronimo Stilton
Thea Stilton and the Dancing Shadows, Geronimo Stilton
Thea Stilton and the Legend of the Fire Flowers, Geronimo Stilton
Rumble in the Jungle, Geronimo Stilton
The Waffler, Gail Donovan
Escape From Mr. Lemoncello’s Library, Chris Grabenstein
Out of My Mind, Sharon M. Draper

Children’s Non Fiction
I Scream, Ice Cream, Amy Krouse Rosenthal (picture book)
Daredevil: The Daring Life of Betty Skeleton, Meghan McCarthy (picture book)
Bedtime Math, Laura Overdeck
Martin & Mahalia: His Words, Her Song, Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney
History Year By Year: The History of the World, From the Stone Age to the Digital Age, Peter Chrisp, Joe Fullman, and Susan Kennedy

Children’s Audio Books
The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp, Kathi Appelt
The One and Only Ivan, Katherine Applegate
Listening for Lucca, Suzanne Lafleur


Programs:
Scrabblers meet weekly on Wednesdays at 10 AM. 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 1 PM. 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. Their next meeting will be on September 5.


Library Hours:
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.


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. Do you LIKE our library? We are on Facebook as "Bancroft Public Library".