Week 3 of Starship Adventure @ Your Library

We are close to registering our 500th person in this summer’s reading program and are only halfway through!  So far, 5,000 books have been read and 900 prizes have been given away.

You have to read to win, so head to your library and register today!

Wednesdays @ Your Library

Three hundred children and parents enjoyed the antics, stories and puppets at this Wednesday’s program.  Micki and Becky from the Highland Rim Regional Library entertained the enthusiastic crowd.

Next week’s program will be brought to you by the Hands on Science Center.  See you at the library!

Loco for Cocoa

Love chocolate?  If you are ages 10 – 18, “Loco for Cocoa” is just for you!  Saturday, June 28 at 10:00 a.m., the library will sponsor contests, games and taste tests, all involving chocolate.

Poetry Contest

Don’t forget the poetry contest for grades 6 – 12!  Prizes include being Coffee County Mayor for a Day, Wal-Mart gift cards, having your poems published in the Manchester Times, and reading your poem on WMSR Thunder radio.  Stop by the library for more details.

Upcoming Summer Programs:

Wednesdays @ 10:00
July 2 – Hands On Science Center’s Spaced Out
July 9 – The Mad Scientist, Keith Trehy

Saturdays @ 10:00 for ages 10 – 18
June 28 – Loco for Cocoa (Everything Chocolate!)
July 12 – Games and Watermelon on the back lawn

Kevin Kidd and Imaginary Larry always draw a huge crowd and this year was no exception with over 250 kids and parents singing and clapping.  Silly songs about underwear and stinky feet highlighted this Wednesday morning program.

Next week’s guests are Micki and Becky with their Moonlight : Sunbeam puppet show.  See you at the library!

Upcoming Summer Programs:

Wednesdays @ 10:00
June 25 – Micki & Becky and their Moonlight : Sunbeam puppet show
July 2 – Hands On Science Center’s Spaced Out
July 9 – The Mad Scientist, Keith Trehy

Saturdays @ 10:00 for ages 10 – 18
June 21 – Dream Workshop with author & story-teller Dee Kimbrell
June 28 – Loco for Cocoa (Everything Chocolate!)
July 12 – Games and Watermelon on the back lawn

Summer Reading 2008 blasted off with Bill Hailey and his “Out of This World Creatures”.

250 children plus adults enjoyed Mr. Hailey who was from the Tennessee Aquarium as he taught the kids about different animals and showed the crowd spiders, roaches, lizards, and snakes.

All VHS tapes can now be checked out for two weeks.

(Checkout period for DVDs will remain one week)

Tennessee Electronic Library (TEL) is pleased to announce the addition of LearningExpress Library to the TEL collection of online resources.  LearningExpress Library is a comprehensive, interactive online learning platform of practice tests and tutorial course series designed to help patrons--students and adult learners--succeed on academic or licensing tests.  Students and patrons get immediate scoring, complete answer explanations, and an individualized analysis of test results.

Just use the link on the left side of the home page to register and use this wonderful resource.

Go directly to all Tennessee newspapers

As a Tennessee resident you now have full text access to the four metropolitan Tennessee newspapers.

The Tennessee Electronic Library (TEL) now provides full-text content of Chattanooga Times-Free Press, The Commercial Appeal (Memphis), Knoxville News-Sentinel, and The Tennessean (Nashville).

If you are trying to use this new feature from home you must come in the library to obtain the username and password. It will not be given out over the telephone.

The problem is that AOL does its caching in a way that is not in keeping with the industry standards for iBistro; the AOL caching does not handle the session identifiers correctly.

Unfortunately, there is nothing that we can do since iBistro is standards compliant, but AOL has decided not to use these standards.

We recommend that you try using Internet Explorer or Firefox with your AOL acct.

We are pleased to add wireless Internet access for patrons who would like to bring their laptop computers to the library.

This service is free to our patrons and is only available during library hours. To use the service, just stop at the circulation desk to obtain a login. This login is good for one day.

Please review any information pertaining to your computer wireless network settings before coming to the library so that you will be able to configure your laptop correctly.