December 2012



Decorations have been put up!

Holiday Closings

Monday, December 10  - Close at 5:00 pm - Staff Christmas Party

Monday, December 24 - CLOSED - Christmas Eve

Tuesday, December 26 - CLOSED - Christmas Day

Monday, December 31 - Close at 12:00 noon - New Year's Eve

Tuesday, January 2 - CLOSED - New Year's Day

From all of us to all of you, Happy Holidays!

Book Discussion Christmas Parties to be held
Book Discussion Group members, don't forget to come celebrate the holidays with your fellow book lovers and friends. 

Based on the Book Discussion Group's Annual Soup and Sandwich Supper Christmas Party will be held on Thursday, December 6 beginning at 6:30 pm.  There will also be a Christmas Cookie Exchange, so be sure to bring 2 dozen of your favorite cookies. 
Click here for more information.

GOOD READS! Book Discussion Group will celebrate Christmas together at Bella's Itallian Grille beginning at 6:30 on Tuesday, December 18.  (Dinner is Dutch Treat) 

Click here for more information.

Holiday Story Time - December 7th @ 7 pm

While shopping locally, take a break and bring your children to the library for a special Holiday Story Time.  Do finger plays, nursery rhymes and stories.  No sign up required.

Family Movie Night - Friday, December 14 @ 5:30

Bring the entire family to the library on Friday, December 14th to watch Disney's Santa Buddies. 

Santa Buddies is Rated PG.  Sign up is required and begins one week prior to event.

Santa Visit

Santa is coming to the library on Thursday, December 20th @ 7:00 pm.  Bring your little ones so they can tell Santa what they want for Christmas.  Stories, songs and snacks will be enjoyed by all.

   

Christmas Story + Craft - December 22, 10-11 am

Christmas story and craft hour will be on Saturday, December 22 from 10:00 am to 11: . Kids ages 6 to 10 are invited to come and enjoy a special Christmas craft, play games and listen to  Christmas stories. If you are interested, please call 419-586-4442 or stop by the library to register.

    New Website Launch!

Your library continually strives to provide the best services for you, its patrons, and the library's NEW website is another example of those efforts.  

If you have any issues finding information on our new website please ask. We are always looking for suggestions.

  ONE to ONE Computer Tutoring  

· Computer Basics
 · Internet Basics
· Google
 · E-Mail
 · E-bay
 · Ebooks
 · Facebook
 · Microsoft Word Basics
 · Resumes
 · Microsoft Excel Basic
 · Digital Photography
 · Online Catalog

This December the Mercer County District Library is offering FREE one hour tutoring sessions to help patrons with today’s ever-changing world of computers and technology.  Choose from 12 topics or request an additional subject.  The sessions will be held during regular library hours.   Contact the library today to schedule your personalized tutoring session.

Wii Gaming Night - January 4, 2013

Start the new year out with a friendly competition of Wii Gaming night; to be held  January 4th, from 5:30 pm to 7:30.  Kids ages 8 to 13 are invited to come to the library and challenge their friends to a Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Pizza and pop will be served. Pre-registration is required. Space is limited.

Sign-up begins NOW!

For more information, visit our new website MercerLibrary.org

November 2012

HOLIDAY CLOSING

The library will be CLOSED Thursday, November 22 for Thanksgiving Day. We will reopen Friday, November 23th at 9am. We hope everyone has a happy and safe Thanksgiving!!

 

*NEW* Library Website to Launch in November

Your library continually strives to provide the best services for you, its patrons, and the library's NEW website is another example of those efforts.  Below is a picture of the new website, which will launch mid-November.  Access to the new website will be the same as always, www.mercer.lib.oh.us.

Wii Gaming Night

Back by popular demand, the library's monthy Wii Gaming night will be held Friday, November 2 from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm.  Kids ages 8 to 13 are invited to come to the library and challenge their friends in with a popular Wii game. Pizza and pop will be served. Pre-registration is required. Space is limited.

Sign-up begins NOW!

Bedtime Storytime

November 29

7:00pm

All preschool age children are invited to come in their pajamas and listen to nursery rhymes and bedtime stories.

Teddy bears and blankies are welcome.

Cookies and milk will be served.

 

Touch-a-Truck Success!!

On Saturday, October 20th, the Library hosted it's 1st Annual Touch-a-Truck event. With over 150 children in attendance, the kids were able to touch and climb on many trucks including a semi from Cheeseman Trucking, an ambulance and fire truck from Celina Fire Dept, a school bus from Celina City Schools, a police cruiser from Celina Police Dept, a cement truck from St. Henry Tile Co. and a payloader, mini-digger and a skid loader from John Dieringer Construction. We want to thank everyone for coming out and enjoying the chilly afternoon!! If you know of anyone who would want to bring a truck for next years event, please let us know!

 

Did you know that you can actually check out up to 20 library books on your eReader or MP3 player? That's right! You can check out 10 books on the SEO Library Consortium iDownloads Digital Catalog and 10 books from the Ohio eBook Project. It works the same as the iDownloads digital catalog with eBooks and audio eBooks for Kindle, NOOK, iPad, iPhone, iPod, and many more.  Click here for a current list of compatible devices.

 Book Discussions @ The Mercer County District Library

 Based on the Book Discussion Group - The discussion group centers around books that were made into movies.  Adult patrons are invited to read or listen to the book, or  watch the movie and join us for a lively discussion held the first Thursday of each month beginning at 7:00 pm. 

GOOD READS! Book Discussion -  Meetings are the 3rd Tuesday of the month at 7:00 pm.  Discuss popular books, both Fiction and Non-Ficiton.  Meet fellow book lovers and participate in lively discussions, and broaden your reading scope.

Please pre-register for book discussions by calling 419-586-4442 or email Connie Gray at grayco@oplin.org,  Liz Muether at muetheel@oplin.org or Janie Stammen at jstammen@oplin.org

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For more information, visit our website www.mercer.lib.oh.us

 

October 2012

                   Fall Art/Photo Contest

Young Adults ages 13 to 18 are invited to bring in Fall art or photo. Submissions can be turned in

October 1 through October 8 to the Library. ALL photos must be 5"x7" or 8"x10" with NO MATTING. All photo entries will be displayed in 8x10 clear plastic sleeves. These will be available at the Library Circulation Desk. The categories include: People, animals, landscape, photo effect/photo shop, black and white/sepia and Fall miscellaneous. Prizes will be awarded so stop by the library to drop off your entry!!

PLAYAWAY View

Playaway View For You - The All-In-One Video Player with Content for Everyone

Meet Playaway View, the first and only pre-loaded video player. Each View can hold multiple hours of digital video content while keeping with the Playaway promise of simple, portable and durable.  Check the library's catalog today!!

• Pre-loaded with multiple videos
• 3.5" full color LCD screen with shatter-resistant acrylic screen
• Built-in speaker and optional headphone jack
• Rechargeable internal lithium-polymer battery provides over 8 hours of continuous play
• Simple 7 button functionality
• Weighs only 5.4 ounces

Touch-a-Truck

Saturday, October 20th

11 am to 2 pm

Touch-A-Truck is a family-fun event to be enjoyed by people of all ages, where kids can rub elbows with their hometown heroes who own and operate their favorite construction trucks, fire engines, police cars, etc. Come join the fun!



Halloween Story & Craft Hour

Saturday, October 27

10am to 11am

Come join the Halloween fun as we make a craft, play games and listen to a spooky story. Come in your Halloween costume too! Kids ages 6 to 10 are invited. Pre-registration is required and space is limited. Sign-up begins Friday, October 19th.

NEW! Christian Fiction

Have you picked up your copy of the NEW! Christian Fiction book list? If not, we have them at the Circulation desk. Some of the titles include:

The Ghost of Christmas Present by Scott Abbott

Half-Stitched Amish Quilting Club by Wanda Brunstetter

Westward Hearts by Melody Carlson

Amish Bride by Mindy Starns Clark

The Christmas Star by Ace Collins

Harmless as Doves by P.L. Gaus

A Texan's Choice by Shelley Shepard Gray

A Wreath of Snow by Liz Curtis Higgs

Illusion by Frank Peretti

Illuminations by Mary Sharratt

....and many more!!!

 

Write-Away Productions Presents:  TWO FOR THE SHOW

Monday, October 22

7:00 pm @ The Richardson-Bretz Building

Mr. Stein and Mrs. Coons' "Two for the Show" program is unique and entertaining.  Mr. Rich Stein loves to write, especially for children, and he loves even more to share his work with them face to face.  Mr. Stein is a retired teacher/administrator who has visited hundreds of classrooms and read thousands of student-produced stories.  Mr. Stein loves sharing his work with students as well as hearing about their latest writing projects.

During his career in education, he taught English, speech, and theatre arts.  Thus, he brings a sense of drama to each visit.

Mrs. Coons draws key points made in Mr. Stein's presentation. These creative illustrations are presented to the attendees at the end of the show.

Sponsored by The Mercer County District Library - Friends of the Library.

For more information, visit our website www.mercer.lib.oh.us



September 2012

New Library Cards

We have new cards! Cards of the future! By that, we mean that they have a picture of our beautiful library and a key chain card as well. New users get them for free when they sign up for an account. If you already have a card and you want to replace your old one, it costs $1.00. It's not necessary, but it looks super awesome and all the cool kids have one. 

September is also library card sign up month. To register, all you have to do is bring in a form of photo id. Users under the age of eighteen need to bring a parent or guardian, and you need to be older than six. The first card is free, so stop by and sign up! 

Teen Summer Reading Program

This year was the first Teen Summer Reading Program at the Mercer County District Library. It's a great opportunity for recent graduates of the Children's Summer Reading Program to read slightly more challenging books and interact with other teen readers. This year the grand prize was a Kindle Fire and the winner was Lauren Duncan. Also, Natalie Lutz, Tara Abner, Karlee Huber, Katy Schindler, Haley Sudman, Megh Patel, and Turner Wendel won prizes along the way. Well done! 

This will be held every summer, so readers between the ages of 13-18 have a chance to win some really great prizes. The more you read (or listen, because audiobooks count), the more times your name gets entered in the lottery. But instead of being chosen to fight in an arena of twenty-four other kids, all you get is a Kindle. Not as thrilling, but probably more desirable. 

Winter Hours and Closings

Summer's over, and so are the library's days of closing at six. We will be closed on Labor Day, which falls on Monday, September 4th this year. After that we will be on our winter hours, which are as follows:

Monday	9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Tuesday	9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Wednesday	9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Thursday	9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Friday	9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Saturday	9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Sunday	CLOSED

Wii Gaming Night

 

 

Back by popular demand, the library's monthy Wii Gaming night will be held Friday, September 7 from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm.  Kids ages 8 to 13 are invited to come to the library and challenge their friends in with a popular Wii game. Pizza and pop will be served. Pre-registration is required. Space is limited.

Sign-up begins August 31.

Bedtime Storytime

September 27

7:00pm

All preschool age children are invited to come in their pajamas and listen to nursery rhymes and bedtime stories.

Teddy bears and blankies are welcome.

Cookies and milk will be served. 

End of Computer Class Season

As of the first of this month, there are no more one-on-one computer tutoring sessions available, as most of our tutors have gone back to college, where they ironically study in fields completely unrelated to computers. Still, we hope we were able to help answer all of your questions!

  

Between the Covers -

2012 Adult Summer Reading Program

Grand Prize Winners 

 



Mercer County District Public Library held its annual Adult Summer Reading Program Wrap-up luncheon and Grand Prize Drawing on Friday, August 31, 2012. Winners were: Jacqui Amstutz – a Nook Glowlight, Marilyn Nelson - $50 Gas card, and Janie Overley – an MP3 player. Guests enjoyed a light lunch before the drawing. This event was sponsored by the Mercer County Library Friends of the Library. The winners were drawn from over 450 entries collected throughout the summer. Each participant read 5 books for a chance to win bi-weekly drawings in addition to the grand prize drawing held at the close of the program. The library would like to thank The Friends of the Library and McDonalds of Celina for their generous donations to the program. (Pictured is Jacqui Amstutz of Celina, the grand prize winner)

                           For more information, visit our website www.mercer.lib.oh.us

August 2012

Children's Summer Reading

On July 20th, the Children's Summer Reading Program came to an end. Children, parents, and grandparents alike all gathered in the library to watch the Great Kaplan on that Friday morning. A good time was had by all. 


Even though the Children’s Summer Reading Program is over, don’t forget to visit the library for books and more throughout the year. The children’s department is always adding new items to its collection in many formats (books, audio, video). Preschool Story Hour is held every Tuesday and Thursday at 10:30 am, all year long. Outreach is available for schools, preschools and other groups. In addition, special events and Holiday story & craft hours are also planned. Stop in to learn more.

Also don't miss the Great Kaplan at the Mercer County Fair in the Kids Tent!!

The NEW Teen Summer Reading Program 

If you are 13 to 18 years old, you can still participate in the library's first ever Teen Summer Reading Program. It's not too late to read or listen to three books (or more). Prizes are still being given away in the bi-weekly drawings and the grand prize drawing at the wrap-up reception on Friday, August 10 at 2:00 pm.

Adult Summer Reading Program 

Don't forget about the Adult Summer Reading Program. Read or listen to 5 books and then fill out an entry form.  Once your entry slip is filled, turn it in for a prize (while supplies last). Bi-weekly prize drawings are still going on.  There will be a wrap-up reception and grand prize drawing, a Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight, on Friday, August 31 at 12:00 noon. Refreshments will be served at the reception!!


 One on One Computer Tutoring Sessions
***Don't wait! Classes Ending in Mid-August***
                  

· Computer Basics
· Internet Basics
· Google
 · E-Mail
 · E-bay
 · Ebooks
 · Facebook
 · Microsoft Word Basics
 · Resumes
 · Microsoft Excel Basic
 · Digital Photography
 · Online Catalog

This summer the Mercer County District Library is offering FREE one hour tutoring sessions to help patrons with today’s ever-changing world of computers and technology.  Choose from 12 topics or request an additional subject.  The sessions will be held during regular library hours.  Take advantage of this opportunity while you can. The summer is winding down and our tutors will be packing up and heading back to college in the following weeks.   Contact the library today to schedule your personalized tutoring session.

Do You Know the Muffin Man? (Dewey Edition)

Do you know the Muffin Man? The Muffin Man....(Don't worry, we won't break out into song. We'll save that for story time). But have you been visiting our facebook page? Did you know that we even had one? Well, GREAT NEWS! We are on facebook and you will want to find us, like us, and follow us. Also don't forget to share us with all your fellow facebookers. It's not that difficult, just type Mercer County District Library into the search bar. Not only does your staff keep you up to date on information and library events, but now on Wednesdays, we will be testing your dewey decimal number knowledge. If you can be the first to correctly identify the topic of the dewey decimal number listed, you can win some awesome prizes. What are you waiting for? Check the page often, and of course, don't forget to play 'Do You Know Dewey?' on Wednesdays!!!

Annual Lake Festival Book Sale

On July 27th and 28th, the Friends of the Library hosted their annual Lake Festival book sale. A aproximately $800.00 worth of books and book related items were sold.

If you missed the book sale, or maybe if you just want another chance to peruse through the gently used books and book-related items, the Friends of the Library bookstore is open the first Saturday of each month from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Go ahead, check out the bookstore located directly north of the library on North Main Street. 


Your clean gently used donations are always accepted and be dropped off at the library or the bookstore. 

For more information, visit our website www.mercer.lib.oh.us

July 2012

July 2012

THANK YOU!!!!                       

The library would like to thank everyone for being very patient and cooperating with us as we migrated to the new system.  And in case some of you are still having problems accessing our catalog, here is our new link!  http://www.mercer.lib.oh.us/catalog.htm

Tips for navigating the new catalog:                                             

• Log-in using the option in the top left corner before navigating the catalog.  This will prevent you from logging in every time you go to place a hold.
• You can use the "My Account" button to see your holds list, place or suspend holds, and renew items.

ONE to ONE Computer Tutoring

 

· Computer Basics
 · Internet Basics
· Google
 · E-Mail
 · E-bay
 · Ebooks
 · Facebook
 · Microsoft Word Basics
 · Resumes
 · Microsoft Excel Basic
 · Digital Photography
 · Online Catalog

This summer the Mercer County District Library is offering FREE one hour tutoring sessions to help patrons with today’s ever-changing world of computers and technology.  Choose from 12 topics or request an additional subject.  The sessions will be held during regular library hours.   Contact the library today to schedule your personalized tutoring session.

 

 

2012 Adult Summer Reading Program

Once again, the library will be have the Adult Summer Reading Program. Read or listen to 5 books and then fill out an entry form.  Once your entry slip is filled, turn it in for a prize (while supplies last). Bi-weekly prize drawings will begin on July 6. There will be a wrap-up reception and grand prize drawing on Friday, August 31 at 12:00 noon. Refreshments will be served at the reception!!

 

 

*NEW*  Summer Reading Program just for TEENS!!  If you are 13 to 18 years old then you can participate in the library's first ever Teen Summer Reading Program.   The programs begins on Monday, June 11 and ends with a wrap-up reception on Friday, August 10 at 2:00 pm. 

Read or listen to 3 books and then fill out an entry form.  Receive a small prize when you turn in the completed entry form.  Bi-weekly prize drawings will be held begininning on Monday, June 25th. 

Children's Summer Reading Program

Join us this summer as we explore dreams of all kinds at The Mercer County Library! We’ll kick off the program on Thursday, May 31^ST @ 10am with a visit from our friend Ronald McDonald. Call or stop in to register for this fun-filled program. 

 From the dreams you have at night to what you dream to become, our Summer Reading Program will cover them all this year! Don’t forget we’ll be giving away prizes each week and you can enter the raffle just by reading books! Each time you return your books, keep track of them in your dream log and for every 5 books, you get a chance in the weekly drawing and get a sticker for your very own star.

Stop by the library to participate in games & contests throughout the summer. Be sure to enter the 10th annual summer reading program coloring contest, where winners will receive super cool prizes!

The Reading Program party will be held on Friday, July 20^th @ 9:30am. Get ready to have some awesome fun with The Great Kaplan! His show will have you amazed and laughing and it’s fun for the whole family! There will be refreshments and balloons for all who attend. Certificates will be awarded to anyone who has read

at least 10 books.

Story and Craft Hours

From June 6^h to July 11^th, there will be special story and craft hours for children ages 6 to 10. On each Wednesday, from 10 to 11a.m., children will have fun as they learn about camping, dreaming, stars, outer space, and nighttime wildlife each week. Pre-registration is required for each session. Space for the story and craft hours is limited, so make sure to sign up one week in advance by stopping in or calling the library.

 

Sign-up for the final story and craft hour begins on June 27 and it occurs on July 11th.  The story and craft is our "Night Shivers" movie night!!! THERE IS NO STORY AND CRAFT ON JULY 4TH! 

 

July 11^th 5:30pm – 8:00p.m. - Movie Night! The movie will be Monsters Inc. (rated G). The sign-up for movie night will begin Tuesday, July 3^rd, with a limit of 40 adults and children. Pizza, popcorn and juice will be served. Feel free to bring pillows and blankets, as everyone will be sitting on the floor.

 

 

FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY LAKE FESTIVAL BOOK SALE

The book sale is back! It will be on July 27 and July 28.  The book sale will go from 9-6 on Friday and 9-5 on Saturday.  On Saturday you can get a whole back of books for $1!!!!!!!! WHAT A DEAL!!!!

 

 

 

 

WE WILL BE CLOSED WEDENSDAY, JULY 4TH!!!!!!

 

 

What Tree is it?

Have you ever come across a tree, or part of a tree, and wondered what kind of tree it is?  Well now you can find out! OPLIN (Ohio Public Library Information Network) has created a help website for identifying trees.  The website opens with a few options: "Identify by Leaf," "Identify by fruit," and "Identify by name."  Select the option you want to identify the tree by and follow the map selecting the picture that looks like the tree.  Eventually the website will come up with a result for you!  The website is even available on your mobile phone so you don't have to remember what the tree looks like when you go back to your house!

www.oplin.org/tree/  

For more information, visit our website http://www.mercer.lib.oh.us/