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Seekonk Public Library News 4.09
September 2005
A monthly newsletter about the Seekonk Public Library
http://www.seekonkpl.org
news@seekonkpl.org

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Greetings from the Director, Sharon E. St. Hilaire:

Summer has ended and the library's hours have been restored. The
library hours are Mon - Thurs 10 - 8, Friday 10 - 5 and
Saturday 10 - 4. Programming has also been restored and the  
September programs are listed below. 

A sincere thank you to all who helped restore library services
to meet the minimum standards!!!


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Tired of having to juggle all the tapes and cd"s for unabridged
audiobooks?  Check out downloading audiobooks right from the
iBistro catalog. You can put them on a CD or right into your mp3
player. Ask the library staff about this exciting service. Now
you don't even need to leave home!     

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Our Newest Online Database

Xreferplus is now part of our library's online reference collection    
available both in the library and through our website.  
It features full-text content from a hundred reference books
covering a broad range of subjects.  It's a search engine 
like Google, but instead of searching the entire Internet,
your results come from a comprehensive library of trusted 
reference sources without advertisements, clutter, or 
irrelevant hits.
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                   FRIENDS OF THE SEEKONK LIBRARY

September 12, 7pm Open meeting to plan future activities. 
Now that the library hours have been restored, new programs
for children and adults will be planned. New ideas and people are
invited and encouraged to attend. 

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LIBRARY STATISTICS : July 2005

Items borrowed 21,968       Children's programs 16, attendance 335
Reference Questions: 686
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SEPTEMBER 2005	 Program Highlights

LIBRARY LAPSIT is  scheduled for Mondays
September 19th, October 17th, November 21st & December 12th or
September 26th, October 24th, November 28th & December 12th
 
December 12th *Special*   Time for You - Program with Joan Goodman


TODDLER STORYTIME(Ages 2 years 6 months to 3 1/2)
One six week session will be held on Tuesdays starting 
September 20th through October 25th at 10:30 am 
REGISTRATION STARTS WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 7TH           

PRESCHOOL STORYTIME (Ages 3 1/2 to 5 years)
One six week session will be held on Wednesdays starting
September 21st through October 26th at 10:30 am
REGISTRATION STARTS WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7TH 
 
KIDS ONLY READING CLUB is on Wednesday September 28th at 3:45pm

PARENT-CHILD BOOK CLUB will be meeting Monday night,
September 19th at 6:30pm

STAMP COLLECTING CLUB (All Ages) meets on  Saturday,
September 10th & 24th at 2:00pm .

FAMILY NIGHT is Monday, September 26th at 6:30pm
TURTLE TALK WITH ELLEN GAUTHIER - "THE TURTLE LADY"
A unique opportunity to learn about enchanting,
reptilian treasures in a shell: Turtles!

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Adult Program  
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THE GOLDEN DAYS OF TELEVISION  -  Wednesday October 5,6:30 - 8pm

Mel Simons returns to the library with his program 
The Golden Days of Television.

Join Mel as he shows clips from classic shows from the 1950's. 
He will share anecdotes about the performers and include some
trivia to bring back memories of the good old days. 
Everyone is guaranteed to have a fun filled evening! 


For more details, check out the calendar on our website at
www.seekonkpl.org.