Posted in Books, Uncategorized on Tuesday, July 8, 2008 | No Comments »
The other day a woman told me that the first stop after she picked up her grandson from the airport for a two week visit was the Albany Library. She had a shopping bag that they were both filling with DVDs, CDs, and even some books. The grandson then used the Library’s Internet for a while (we [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Declaration of Independence, Independence Day on Thursday, July 3, 2008 | No Comments »
How many countries’ founders used language as colorful as this in their formative documents? If you haven’t read the Declaration of Independence lately, this holiday weekend is the perfect time to do so. The USA.gov Website offers links to the text of the document, a quiz for kids, and tips for everything from barbecuing safety [...]
Posted in News, The Albany Community, Uncategorized, tagged albany rotary; albany centennial; albany historical soc on Saturday, March 8, 2008 | No Comments »
Sometimes the library is a casino, and sometimes a local educator is a blackjack dealer. Congrats to the Albany Rotary for transforming the Library/Community Center into a disco and casino on Saturday night March 1, in celebration of Albany’s 100th birthday. Funds were raised for the Albany Education Foundation and other good causes. The Albany Historical Society mounted [...]
Posted in Children, News, The Albany Community, Uncategorized, tagged growing up asian in america; asian pacific fund; albany on Thursday, January 31, 2008 | No Comments »
The Albany Library currently has an exhibit of the winners in the Growing Up Asian in America contest sponsored by the Asian Pacific Fund for Bay Area Youth. The exhibit will be at the Library through February 19. Students in K-12 submit art and essays for cash prizes. One of the winners this year is Lingxuan [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged election, politics on Saturday, January 12, 2008 | No Comments »
The Albany Library has information from the League of Women Voters, the State of California, and the Easy Voter Guide project (English, Spanish, Chinese and Korean) http://www.easyvoter.org/site/evguide/ - all to help you make informed decisions on February 5. You have up until January 22 to register for that election, and the Library has Voter Registration forms [...]
Posted in Children, Library Programs, Reading, Uncategorized, tagged new yearsn resolutions; knitting; book groups, storytimes on Monday, January 7, 2008 | No Comments »
The Library offers many opportunities to keep those New Year’s Resolutions - especially the ones that involve doing something.
Consider joining a book group - The next book for the Albany Library Evening Book Group, meeting on January 16, is A Very Long Engagement by Sebastien Japrisot. The group meets monthly, at 7 at the Library and is [...]
Posted in Booksale, Library Programs, The Albany Community, Uncategorized, tagged book sales; tutoring, volunteer on Wednesday, December 26, 2007 | No Comments »
The library is a great place to get books and other materials to fulfill some of those New Year’s Resolutions. A resolution we often make is to give back more to our community. The Friends of the Albany Library need people to help year round with the sorting and pricing of books donated in preparation [...]
Posted in Albany Book Reviews, Books, Library Programs, Reading, Uncategorized, tagged Alice Sebold, Almost Moon, Ian McEwan, Reading, Saturday on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 | No Comments »
“When all is said and done, killing my mother came easily.” Alice Sebold follows the success of Lovely Bones, a story told from the point of view of a girl who was murdered with Almost Moon, a story told by a woman who commits a murder.
Saturday by Ian McEwan is the next book that will be discussed by the Albany Library Evening [...]
Posted in Reading, Uncategorized, tagged Amazon, ebooks, Kindle, Reading, technology on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 | 1 Comment »
In the ongoing questioning that librarians have about their relevance to the future, comes the issue of the Kindle - the new electronic book reader offered by Amazon for holiday gift giving. One library customer asked if the library was planning to buy these and lend them out (not at $399 per device) and another friend confided to me [...]
Posted in Libraries, Library Programs, News, Uncategorized, tagged numbers; library statistics on Monday, November 19, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Last week was a busy week at the Albany Library. During the afternoon, it seemed like every table was filled with people. Carts were full of books waiting to be checked in and shelved. Some staff were on vacation and some were ill - the first wave of the winter colds that people who work [...]
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