Hansen Community Library

GRANT AWARDED

The Hansen and Kimberly Libraries began a project during our centennial year of 2005 to have the Kimberly Advertiser and East End Chronicle converted and put on CD's in order to have them available to all.  The original papers are old and brittle and some are missing.  To date we have had two grants toward this project, leaving us with about 35 years of newspapers to go. 

The libraries were recently awarded $3,500 from the Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation to further or complete this project.  The CD's will be available at both libraries for computer use in the library or to check out.   

LET'S TALK ABOUT IT

The Hansen Library and Kimberly Library have once again received a grant for the next series of Let's Talk About It, an adult reading discussion program.  The theme of the next series will be "Our Earth, Our Ethics", and the books chosen are:

• Desert Solitaire, by Edward Abbey
• Indian Creek Chronicles, by Pete Fromm
• Who Owns the West?, by William Kittredge
• Pilgrims at Tinker Creek, by Annie Dillard
• Prodigal Summer, by Barbara Kingsolver

The chosen dates for the programs are:  January 28, 2010; February 11, 2010; February 25, 2010; March 11, 2010; and March 25, 2010. 

AUTOMATION

We are excited to announce that the Hansen Library has accepted a bid to begin the process that will enable the library to eventually become automated.  The program should be ready by sometime this fall, and, barring any complications, we will begin testing by mid-October.