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What is Your Library Worth to You? |
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Ever wonder how much is the library worth to you? The following calculator shows you the value of the library and how much you would spend if you were purchasing the service or items yourself. Take a look below.
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Elizabeth Berg and Jane Hamilton Together, Live and in Person |
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  Wednesday September 8th
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Jane Hamilton and Elizabeth Berg will be coming to talk, read, answer your questions, and generally carry on. Please come if you can. If you can't, and you care about libraries, send a donation, no matter how small, to the library. Every dollar counts! The $30.00 ticket includes a buffet style dinner provided by Raven's Glenn. What a deal! TWO award winning, best selling, Oprah's Book Club authors AND dinner!! Event to be held at Raven's Glenn Banquet room. No tickets will be available at the door.
20 tickets left! Call the Library for availability of last minute tickets. Tickets $30.00 per person-- make checks payable to Friends of the Newcomerstown Library. Reserved tickets may be picked up at the door.
Walden Books will have books for sale at the event.
There will be give-aways of ten of Elizabeth's books on tape, including her latest novel, THE LAST TIME I SAW YOU. Also, Jane has promised at least one costume change.
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New Website Tracks American Library Crisis |
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Library Journal has launched a website to track the plight of libraries across America as they struggle with what the American Library Association calls a "perfect storm" of devastating losses in funding at a time Americans are turning to libraries for help more than ever. The Newcomerstown Public Library is among the libraries contributing to the website. Visit http://www.losinglibraries.org to see how libraries across the Country are trying to cope and learn how you can help. |
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Back on Track Committee Steps Up Capital Campaign |
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The Newcomerstown Public Library Back On Track Committee is stepping up efforts to raise funds through a capital campaign in light of new cuts to staff and library hours that will go into effect on May 17th.
The Committee is looking for 500 "Angels" to donate $500 to the effort to raise funds to retire the library's loan and provide operating funds to maintain core services. Watch the Newcomerstown News for an open letter to community asking area residents to join together to donate funds needed to keep the library going.
"This campaign will help relieve the worst of our budget crisis but will not solve the long-term reduction in library funding by the state legislature,"says Library Trustee, Sandalynn Henry. The Board plans to put a replacement levy on the November ballot to address longrange funding.
To date Fundraisng efforts have raised close to $9,000 of the $261,000 needed to retire the library's mortgage and assist with operations through 2011. |
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FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE UPDATE |
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The Fundraising Committee is hard at work raising funds to pay off the Library’s $277,000 loan and help the library thrive in spite of devastating cuts to library funding made in July of 2009. Inspired by “The Little Library That Could” theme that built our new library in 2001, the committee has named the current fundraising effort the “Back on Track” campaign.
Numerous events are planned in the coming months beginning with our First Annual Holiday Cooking Show that is sold out. ( Due to the popularity of this project, the Committee and the Friends of the Library are already planning another Cooking Show for the spring.)
Watch our website for our new page about upcoming events.
With your help, “The Little Library That Could” will get “ back on track”.
The Back on Track Committee will be taking December off from meetings with their next meeting scheduled for January 11 at 6:00pm. All are welcome to attend.
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