“A library's function is to give the public in the quickest and cheapest

way: information, inspiration, and recreation. If a better way than the

book can be found, we should use it.” ~ Melvil Dewey

�OUR MISSION STATEMENT: Carbondale Public Library provides resources and services to

support the educational, informational, cultural, and recreational needs of its community.

“Senior Coffee Club” Nov 4 @9:30a. Andrea Arview of the C’dale

Rehab & Nursing Ctr will be our guest.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Feel free to join our Wednesday Noon Book Club,

the second Wednesday of each month.

����NOVEMBER 12 ~ Mark Kurlansky: 1968: The

Year that Rocked the World

����DECEMBER 10 ~ Will Schwalbe: The End of

Your Life Book Club

See Librarians,

Mary Stoner or Lori Torbeck

for more details on any of

these programs.

Art in the

Library

Are you an artist in search of exhibit

space? If so, talk to Patrick King,

our Volunteer Coordinator. We want

to continue to exhibit artwork. Our previous

exhibits have been well received.�

THE B��KMARK

November/December 2014

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Holiday Trivia Question:Holiday Trivia Question:Holiday Trivia Question:Holiday Trivia Question:

Name the holiday classic where this verdict

was handed down: “Uh, since the United

States Government declares this man to be Santa

Claus, this court will not dispute it. Case dis-

missed.” (Answer on page 2)

� Nov 3 (Mon)

9-11:30a

� Nov 5 (Wed)

11:30a – 2p

The first half hour of

each workshop will be

devoted to instruction on searching the

above grant databases. After that, feel free

to stay as long or as little as your schedule

allows. There is no pre-registration and

walk-ins are welcome at any time. Attend

one or multiple workshops.

�Friends’ Friday Preview

Nov 7, 4-6p

�Big Saturday Sale

Nov 8, 8a-3p

�Half price Sunday

Nov 9, 1-4p

Veteran and author, Phil Klay will be

reading and signing his recent book

Redeployment, Nov 12, 6:30p. This

book is a collection of short stories

about war and its psychological impact.

This event is co-presented with the Carbondale Public

Library, the Illinois Humanities Council and the Illinois

Library Association. Registration is requested, but not

required at www.prairie.org or by phone (312) 422-5580.

DST ends Nov 2

NOV 4

10,000 New e-Books

We’ve joined the eRead Illi-

nois 3M Cloud Library, add-

ing 10,000 new titles to our e-

book collection. We still have thousands of e-

books through Southern Illinois Libraries-on-

the-Go as well. Our Technology Instructor

Wendy Schoof will be teaching people how to

use both of our e-book services on Nov 7, 1-

2pm, Nov 16, 1:30-2:30p, Dec 2, 1-2p, Dec

15, 9:30-10:30a, Dec 29, 3:30-4:30p. You

could also come to our Open Help technology

programs on Thursdays (except Nov 3) from

9a-2p, or on Friday, Nov 14 from 11a-2p.

Stop by anytime during Open Help for assis-

tance with any technology issue. Get help

with basic computer use, cell phones, tablets,

e-books, social media, or anything you’d like

to learn.

New Website! Check out our new website at

www.carbondalepubliclibrary.org

Click on Calendar, Children, Teen or Adult to

see all the programs that interest you! When

you’re in the library, click Research to use our

many research databases. You can research

your family history with Ancestry and our

other genealogy databases, find grants and

scholarships with our grant databases, and

find full text journal and magazine articles.

You’ll need to ask our staff to log you in to

some databases.

Check our website and in-house flyers

for Computer Help times and topics.

Call or email Wendy, our

technology consultant wschoof@carbondale.lib.il.us

with any questions you have.

FICTION

Mr Miracle

~ Debbie Macomber

(F MAC)

The Twelfth Night Murder

~ Ann Rutherford

(MYS RUT)

NON-

FICTION

How to Cook Everything Fast

~ Mark Bittman (641.55 BIT)

Crab Orchard Review:

Winter/Spring 2014

~ ed. Allison Joseph

(808.8 CRA)

CHILDREN

Heidi (Classic Starts)

~ retold by Lisa Church

from the Johanna Spyri

original (J SPY)

Pope Francis: Spiritual

Leader and Voice of the

Poor ~ Amanda Lanser

(J 921 Francis, Pope )

L i b r a r i e s i n

t h e N e w s …

����Taylor Swift makes her READ poster debut

(from American Library Assn) http://www.ala.org/

news/press-releases/2014/06/taylor-swift-makes-her-

read-poster-debut

����Popular items used to lure library patrons

(by Lauren Gibbons, The Columbus Dispatch) http://

www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2014/05/27/

popular-items-used-to-lure-patrons.html

����Estonian man returns library book 69 years late, blames WWII air raid (AP)

http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/estonian-man-returns-

library-book-69-years-late-blames-wwii-air-raid-

1.1192245

On the NEW Shelves

NOV 20, 6p

featuring Lucy

Cousins’

“Maisy Mouse”

Family Reading

Night is an an-

nual statewide

event held the

third Thursday in

November to encourage families to

spend quality time reading

together. It is sponsored

by the Illinois Secretary of

State and State Librarian,

Jesse White and Illinois

Center for the Book.

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Answer to Trivia Question:

1947’s “Miracle on 34th

Street”

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EVOLUTION OF A CRIMINAL

a film by Darius Clark Monroe

In this gripping blend of documentary, true-

crime, and personal essay, a filmmaker con-

fronts his past, dissecting the circumstances

that led him to commit a bank robbery as a

young man, and his journey since that act.

Executive Produced by Spike Lee. Discus-

sion follows with local experts.

Community Cinema films & community

discussions are presented in partnership with

WSIU on the 3rd Saturday of the month at

2:30 pm (October – April; no film in De-

cember).

CLOSINGS:

Nov 11:

VETERAN’S DAY

CLOSING @6P NOV 26

NOV 27-28:

THANKSGIVING

DEC 24-26

CHRISTMAS

CLOSING @3P DEC 31

NEW YEAR’S EVE

NOV 15, 2:30p in the

library meeting room