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Things do come back

This week the Media Department received an official envelope from our local police department.  At first glance we thought it was a speeding ticket, which is impossible because Media doesn’t drive.

The letter turns out to be an invitation to come to the Police Station and pick up evidence that belongs to the Library.

While having DVDs stolen is not an odd occurrence, police involvement is.  In 2006 a history loving citizen decided to break in to the library in the wee hours of the morning to fulfill his need to view a documentary.  He broke into the Technical Services section of the library thru a Sky light dropped down to the area where those DVDs that need to be processed are stored and stole one title, only one, PBS’s Catherine the Great.   This raises a few questions, why only one DVD? Why Catherine the Great? If it was for resale wouldn’t a more commercial title be a better choice?

We never excepted to see the DVD again, but 7 years later is has been returned unopened in its original packaging and for some odd reason this has given us a little giggle.  EV

 

 

 

 

4th Sunday Movie

Thomas Branigan Memorial Library Presents

4th Sunday Movie

 

 

 Hospitalite

In Japanese with English Subtitles

When: January 27, 2013

Time: 2PM

Where: Roadrunner Room

Cost: FREE

 

Mikio Kobayashi lives quietly with his wife, daughter, and divorced sister in downtown Tokyo, where xenophobic neighbors insist on them participating in community meetings, and the most exciting thing to happen is the disappearance of a pet parrot. But one day Kagawa appears, claiming to be the son of a financier who once helped Kobayashi's company. In return for his family's past help,  Kagawa requests to move in, and Kobayashi's quiet lifestyle is quickly forgotten when Kagawa invites his Brazilian (or is she Bosnian?) wife and a myriad of  eclectic and foreign visitors to join him in the cramped apartment. The Kobayashis are comically tossed about in confusion as Kagawa and his associates run amuck in their home. Kagawa, with the help of his visitors, manages to reveal old secrets and stir up the monotony of Mikio's former life with affairs, blackmail, and rampant youthful partying.

  

For more information contact: Media at 528-4014 or email evidal@las-cruces.org 

Serendipity

We, here at Thomas Branigan Memorial Library, plan many displays, posts, and events to bring people into the building to get them to engage with us and our collection. We have placed suggestion boxes around the building hoping for some kind of meaningful feedback.  Sadly, many times these efforts attract little attention until something serendipitous happened.  An  empty  box marked “Free”  began  one smart aleck staff member commenting  to another smart aleck staff member, “What is free, Life Lessons?” and scribbled  the words “ life lessons “ on the top of the box.  Amazingly patrons began to place their life lessons in the box.  This plain cardboard box receives more comments than all of the suggestion boxes located in the library combined.   People will stand around the box writing their bits of wisdom on scraps of paper, others will pick through and read each scrap of paper and place them back into the box for the next person.  This box has been emptied three times in the last month and within a couple of days it was filled again. Yes, there are many clichés, quotes and song lyrics but people are stopping to take the time to impart these bits of wisdom.  What does it mean?  I cannot venture to guess, but below is a sample of some of the life lessons left by the patrons of Thomas Branigan Memorial Library.

• Every action has a Consequence.
• To thine own self be true.
• Las Moscas no entran en boca cerrada. (Flies do not enter a closed mouth).
• A grain of rice can be the difference between defeat and victory! Mulan
• Treat others the way you want to be treated.
• Shoot for the moon if you miss you’ll land amongst the stars.
• Why follow your dreams. When you can make it a reality.
• Obey your parents, and learn to spell.
• F@#$ what everybody says just be you and everything gonna be alright.
• Do something great with your life it will pay off in time.
• A cynic is a disappointed idealist.
• Live life like there is no tomorrow.
• Reading makes you smart.
• Never say never.
• Live long and prosper.
• It’s ok to cry. Just make sure that when you’re done you never cry for the same reason; you are stronger than you know.
• Can’t believe how strange it is to be anything at all.
• Shine at your house 1^st then shine outside.
• The essence and value of life is found in the small and great daily moments we all live.
• An elephant never forgets where she left her trunk.
• Never underestimate your enemy!
• Your children are your greatest gift cherish every moment.
• You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.
• Smile.

EV

 

 

National Library Week is April 10 thru April 16, 2011

 

Come to Thomas Branigan Memorial Library and help us Celebrate "National Library Week"....  Visit us @ the library for some great displays, and much, much more!

•  “Creating Your Story in Scrapbooking”. Participants will need to bring pictures to create their own scrapbook page. Monday, April 11th @ 2-4 PM in the Roadrunner Room.

•  Come listen to “Diary of a Worm” and make a bookworm. Tuesday, April 12 @ 3:30 pm/ Ages 4 and up.

• Come listen to “Bats at the Library” and make your own bat. Wednesday, April 13 @ 3:30 pm/ Ages 4 and up.

•  “Creating Your Story of Generations”  Our Genealogy Librarian will be teaching how to use genealogy databases. Thursday, April 14th @ 3-5 PM in the Roadrunner Room.

•  Since April is National Poetry Month, we will also be hosting a Twitter Poetry Contest “Creating your Poetry Story: Tweet about your Story Connection with the Library”.  Follow us on Twitter and we will follow you so that we can read your poetry tweets.  Tweets will be judged and the best Twenty Tweets will be added to our Library Blog. 

Money Smart Week® @ Your Library

 
Branigan Library will be celebrating Money Smart Week @ Your Library on April 2-9, 2011.  Money Smart Week is a public awareness campaign designed to help consumers learn to better manage their personal finances.  Money Smart Week began as a organized effort of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and the Money Smart Advisory Council – which is a diverse group of more than 40 Chicago-area organizations working together to promote personal financial literacy.  The library will have a display of information and resources.  Money Smart Week also has Programs & Resources that you can review for more ideas for your financial planning needs.

"Money Smart Week partnered with the American Library Association (ALA) in 2010 to launch Money Smart Week @ your library nationally. Throughout the ten year history of Money Smart Week libraries have been instrumental in facilitating and hosting quality Money Smart Week events." 

 

 

FRIENDS OF BRANIGAN LIBRARY ANNUAL BOOKSALE

The Friends of Thomas Branigan Memorial Library will sponsor a book sale on Saturday, April 16, 2011 from 10 AM –4 PM in the Branigan Library Roadrunner Room. This is a major fundraiser for Friends of the Library and all proceeds help to support the library. For great selections, come early!

For more information call Nancy Phillips at 575-649-5591. Thank you for your support of the Friends of the Library.

4th Sunday Movie entitled "Welcome"

 

Thomas Branigan Memorial Library Presents

4th Sunday Movie

Welcome

In French and Kurdish with English Subtitles

When: October 24, 2010

Time: 2PM

Where:  Roadrunner Room

Cost: FREE

Bilal, a 17-year-old Kurdish refugee, has struggled his way through Europe for the last three months, trying to reunite with his girlfriend, who recently emigrated to England. But his journey comes to an abrupt halt when he is stopped by authorities in Calais, on the French side of the Channel. Left with no other alternatives, he decides to swim across. Bilal goes to the local swimming pool to train, where he meets Simon, a middle-aged swimming instructor in turmoil over his imminent divorce. Simon agrees to help Bilal, hoping to win back the affection of his wife, who does volunteer work helping immigrants. But what begins as a relationship based on self-interest develops into something much bigger than Simon could ever have imagined, as he too will ultimately risk everything to reach happiness.

For more information contact:   Media at  528-4014 or email evidal@las-cruces.org 

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10012213-welcome/

YA Teen Read Week WrestleMania 27 Reading Challenge

 
  

BEGINS Monday, October 18 through Monday, October 25, 2010

DATE: Tuesday, October 19 Work on Your Competitive Project Work Night

TIME: 7-8 pm

PLACE:   Roadrunner Room  

GRADES:   Students in Grades 5-12

DESCRIPTION OF EVENT:   Students pledge to read 5 books or graphic novels between Teen Read Week and WrestleMania 27 on April 3, 2011.  Pick up a WrestleMania Reading Challenge Pledge Form at the Young Adult Department.  Complete the pledge form by writing in the titles of five books or graphic novels they pledge to read.  As students read each of their five books, they can pick up a TOPPS card at the Young Adult Department - one card for each book read.  When they've read the five pledged books they receive a WrestleMania Reading Challenge mini poster.

 

To be eligible to win a trip to WrestleMania, students must fill out the pledge form and compete in a competitive project during Teen Read Week.  Participating students will receive a project sheet to complete their competitive project:  Grades 5-6 will design a bookmark and Grades 7-12 will design a poster.  Students turn in their project and parent-signed competitive project form to Young Adult Department by October 25.  We will choose a winner for Grades 5-6, Grades 7-8 and Grades 9-12.  The winners will receive a certificate and a WWE Shop Gift Card.  YALSA will receive the winning entries to be judged as part of the national competition.  The students chosen as Grand Prize Winners will represent their libraries at the WrestleMania Reading Challenge World Finals in Atlanta on April 3, 2011 and win their library $2,000 in grants and other prizes. 

 

The Young Adult Department will have a Work on Your Competitive Project Work Night Tuesday, October 19 from 7-8 in the Roadrunner Room.  Students are welcome to bring their own materials or they can use materials we provide.

 

FRIENDS OF BRANIGAN LIBRARY FUNDS DOWNLOADABLE AUDIO AND MUCH MORE!

Sometimes community members believe that library support comes from either grants or tax-based funding alone.  We want people to know that a vital organism exists beyond tax funding. The staff wants to sincerely thank Friends of the Branigan Library for their ongoing commitment to the library.  Friends was started in 1976.  From the year 1998 through December 2009, a sum of $256,630. 00 has been raised through book sales, cookbook sales and various other fundraisers.  In thirty-four years they have been able to sponsor many library events directly through their own networking and financing as well as indirectly supporting the library’s many staff programs financially. 

 

Moreover, since the inception of the Summer Reading Program, Friends has generously supported many aspects of Summer Reading Club with children’s, young adult and adult funding.  The staff relies heavily on the Friends for contemporary equipment needs such as the display end panels on the shelving.  Friends has secured many kinds of equipment and materials over the years and most recently has paid for the prestigious Downloadable Audio through Netlibrary’s Database.  This new format medium has been a highly successful boon and moved us forward with severely needed contemporary technology, plentiful access and ease of use. 

 

Thanks for your considerate, fair, open-handed and thoughtful support of the library and its services.  Our staff looks forward to working with you in the future.

 

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Unraveler's Knitting Guild on World-Wide-Knit-in-Public Day

Left to Right:  Linda Kitchel, Karen Lace, Tina Skillen and Kym Hretz (picture courtesy of LeeAnn Meadows)

Unraveler's Knitting Guild appeared at Branigan on Saturday June 19th as part of World-Wide-Knit-in-Public Day.  The event resulted in two new members enlisting in the Guild and, while great fun really was had by all, the day is hosted in order to show people the camaradarie of knitting and of course the variety and complexity of the ancient art.  We look forward to hosting the group next year and enjoyed their jovial presence in the library! 

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