Preserving your photographs and documents

Kristina Blevins the Assistant Director will be presenting this month's genealogy program. On Saturday, February 28th at 10:30, she will discuss methods for preserving your documents and photos. Kristina graduated from Southern Illinois University Carbondale in 2003 with a B.A. in English specializing in pre-professional writing. She spent a semester as a post-graduate student studying museum practices and interned at the SIUC museum archives in the fall of 2006. She graduated from the University of Kentucky in the fall of 2007 with a Master's in Library and Information Science. During her tenure there she interned in the William T. Young Acquisitions Department, where she spent two days a week helping out in the conservation laboratory tipping-in pages, doing deacidification and humidification of documents, pamphlet sewing, constructing phase boxes, learning triage, and using the sonic welder to encapsulate.
Please make plans to join us and learn how to save your photos and documents for future generations to enjoy.

Chocolate & Whine

Don't forget to visit the library on Saturday February 7th between 3:00 and 5:00 for the Chocolate and Whine tasting. Assistant Director Kristina Blevins has planned a lovely afternoon of taste testing a variety of chocolates. The selection of chocolates are certainly out of the normal and should prove to be very interesting. Whining, moaning, whinging, and commiseration welcome from all ages.
On Wednesday February 11th 6:30-7:30 a RadioShack DTV expert will be at the library to answer your questions about the upcoming digital television transition. Though the transition has been postponed, you still need to make sure you and your equipment are ready for the transition.

Brown Bags and Books

The Brown Bags and Books program that was scheduled for Wednesday January 28th has been rescheduled for Wednesday February 4th at Noon. Dr. Roger Lyons will review Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult.
Brown Bags and Books is a monthly book review held January through October. For the past several years Dr. Lyons has ushered in the "New Year" of Brown Bags and Books.
Please visit the library's website to view a complete list of titles to be reviewed. The books are available for check out at the library, though it isn't required that you read the titles to attend the programs! The programs are free to the public and all are welcome.
Light refreshments are provided, but feel free to bring your "brown bag" lunch and join us for the Noon time review.