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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.

LOOK FOR OUR NEW STAFF PICKS DISPLAY

 

Rather than only showing you the books that made an award list or some other measure of preeminence, staff decided it is beneficial to show you items they enjoy.  Since we represent community needs and interests and the common reader indeed, we want to present a space that collaborates and demonstrates the sheer variety of our library staff. 

In this area, we hope you will find items such as accessible poetry, cozy mysteries, comedy fiction and non-fiction, domestic excellence, absurdities of life, mystical realism, romance, historical fiction, self-help in areas of business and private matters and much more!  In order to help you locate your interests, first find the appeal you like, then make a mental note of the staff person who enjoys that type book.  Becoming familiar with the staff name will help you connect to books they have loved. 

Another way to connect with items staff enjoy is by searching their name and shelf on our Goodreads Account.  From the library homepage, just click on "Goodreads" link, you will then see each staff member has contributed a bookshelf of materials they deem pleasing.  You can then click on the link that relates back to our catalog and place an item hold on that book or simply find its location to check it out. 

We would love to hear what you think about our staff picks so please say hello and connect with us to talk books.  Afterall, that is the reason we are here; to help you discover in a fast-paced world a personal path to pleasurable reading.  For a better look at Goodreads, go to Goodreads Shelves. mln

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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Watch for the "We the People" Display and Win Your Reading Metal

 
 
  

We the People

A More Perfect Union 

Thomas Branigan Memorial Library is one of 4,000 libraries across the country selected by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the American Library Association (ALA) to receive free hardcover editions of 17 classic books as part of the We the People Bookshelf grant program. The theme of this year’s Bookshelf is “A More Perfect Union.” 

The award is part of the NEH’s We the People initiative, which supports projects that strengthen the teaching, study, and understanding of American history and culture. Selected public and school libraries in all fifty states each will receive a set of the seventeen books, bonus materials, including a DVD edition of “The Civil War,” the award-winning documentary by Ken Burns, posters, bookmarks, bookplates, and finally, access to online planning and promotional materials.  Since 2003, NEH and ALA have distributed 17,000 We the People Bookshelf grants to school and public libraries across the country.

The books are on display in the Children’s and Young Adult sections of the library. This summer, children grades K-12 who read all the books in their age category will receive a reading medal.

 

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Sharing the Love from Library Lover's Month Contest

Staff was overwhelmed at the number of entries we received for our contest and it became clear that patrons were less interested in winning a contest than expressing gratitude for our existence, staff and services. 

Choosing just a few quotations as best was a difficult process and, in the end, we chose based on the ability of the quotation to market our unique library. Consequently, we chose one adult and one child entree as most representing the values of the community as well as helping us verbalize our value.  While we earnestly desire our community to see us as a primary educational institution, we also honor the emotional connection that the library helps build between families while creating a successful path to a better future for all young people. 

WINNING ADULT ENTRY

"My love for the library began at a very early age when my mother would take me to the Branigan Library while my older brother and sister were in school.  Sometimes she would raise me up and let me walk on the wide solid wall that surrounded the library.  I remember listening to the librarian read stories while my mother picked out books for both of us to take home. 

As I grew older my mother continued taking me to the library.  She would check out so many books it was hard for us to carry them all.  I was a little more selective than her.  Every day after school, there she was reading a new book.  I would brag to my friends that my mother could read a book a day.  I had the privilege of living with my mother in California the last two years of her life.  There wasn’t a week that went by that we did not visit the library.  All the librarians knew her by first name and thanked her for the desserts she brought on special occasions.  My fondest memories of my mother are the times we spent together at the library."

Quotation released with permission of Merissa Castro

 

WINNING CHILD ENTRY

 

"What I love about the library is that it helps me with school.  I can come do research for a project or just read a book.  The library helps me keep my grades up and keeps me from doing bad things I shouldn’t be doing."

Quotation released with permission of Rebecca Pena

 

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APRIL IS NATIONAL POETRY MONTH!

PUT ONTO OUR POET TREE YOUR POETRY!

Crafty Knack for Utterance,  

If you want to apprise others of your competence

or of a prized writer"s rhythm and sentimental flair 

simply ask at the YA Desk

 for a poet tree leaf to share. 

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Young Adult Logo Design Winner Announced

The Young Adult Department at Thomas Branigan Memorial Library recently had a Logo Design Contest.  Students in Grades 6-12 were invited to design the logo for the Young Adult Department's Summer Reading Program.  The theme this year is -- "2010:  Summer of the Library".

 

The winner of the Logo Design Contest is Elena Valdez.  Elena won a $50 gift certificate to Barnes and Noble.  There were over 50 entries to the contest so several Honorable Mentions were selected as well -- Shayla Achen, Marissa Gomez, Jordan Zuniga, Valerie Devereaux, and Megan Gonzales.

 

All entries are currently on display in the Young Adult Department should you want to check them out.

 

This contest was generously sponsored by the Friends of Thomas Branigan Memorial Library.

 

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