10.14.09
Little Shop sneak peek this Thursday
Little Shop sneak peek flyer
Go to Art Walk at the Modesto Library and see the work of featured artist Suzanne Staud. While you’re there, check out the interior of the Little Shop–and help us celebrate the evening by being one of our first customers!
10.07.08
Cornelia Read to speak at Modesto Library October 22
Cornelia Read
In honor of National Friends of Libraries Week (October 19-25), the Friends of the Modesto Library is proud to present A Novel Open House & Book Exchange, featuring mystery author Cornelia Read at the Modesto Library . Doors open at 6:30 pm, with Ms. Read taking the stage at about 7:00. Please come to share dessert, coffee, and Friendship (haha–get it?) downstairs in the library auditorium.
Read is sure to be a hoot, and her books will be available for signing following the talk. Also, don’t forget to bring a novel to share at the book exchange table–it’s bring one, take one. Sponsored by Friends of the Modesto Library.
07.09.08
Online social networking for FOL groups
Doorway to little amphitheater
So what if you offer a workshop on online social networking for Friends groups, and no one signs up?
I wonder if it’s a demographics thing. You know. The age thing. I’m under 50, and most people on library foundation boards or FOL boards seem to skew to a different generation.
However, when I mentioned using MySpace, Facebooks, and blogs at a recent area Friends meeting which involved FOL groups from all 12 of our library branches, I had many folks ooohing and ahhhing at the prospect of marketing our organization online to millennials and Gen-X. So I offered to do a workshop this Saturday to introduce the tools that our own group, the Modesto Friends, has started using.
So far, no takers.
And how did we publicize this meeting, you ask?
I say, “Via email, which isn’t used by most FOL board members in the first place.” D’oh!!
05.12.08
Letter to the editor
My letter to the editor about the upcoming library budget cuts was published yesterday. My initial draft was all outrage and dismay, however in the interest of being optimistic and forward-looking (under the advisement of a more savvy person) I decided to begin and end on a more positive note and ask people to support the library by joining their local FOL group, or to look at the Library Foundation web site for more ideas.
Sure, this is not the time for protest. I mean, what are we going to do? Cut some other essential human service so the library can stay open on Sundays? We’re lucky that our cuts are so minimal, actually. This is not the Board of Supervisors’ fault–it’s the economy’s fault.
I hope that concerned individuals understand that this is the prime time to get involved–by joining their Friends group.
05.02.08
Major cuts to SCFL system announced
Stanislaus County Librarian Vanessa Czopek issued recommendations yesterday to deal with the SCFL’s projected budget shortfall for FY 2008/2008. The recommendations include closing the Modesto Library on Sunday, letting all P/T employees go, and closing all branches an additional two days per week. The book budget will also decrease by one-third. WHAT??? It’s all bad news, folks…read about it here in the Modesto Bee piece Stanislaus County Library cuts 94 part-time jobs.
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03.12.08
Used book nirvana
If you enjoy shopping for books as much as I do, make it a point to visit the Friends of the Salida Library used book sale this weekend, at the Salida Library, a branch of our beloved SCFL. In addition to thousands of books, they’ll also be selling magazines, videos and CDs. Sale hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 14 and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 15. Call 209-543-7315 for more information.
