Your Library Loves You.
Do You Love Your Library?
There are lots of reasons for loving your
library: personal enjoyment, intellectual stimulation, children's
books and activities, research materials for school, home or work,
access to computers and the Internet, and many more. The local
and national media have recently been reporting on how libraries
see a jump in usage during an economic recession. We encourage
you to think about how your library enriches your life.
Get a Jump
on Spring
Try a recipe from an international cookbook, choose a plan for
a new deck or home improvement project, decide which annuals and
perennials will look great during the summer and survive a Minnesota
winter. All these, and much, much more can be found in the nonfiction
collection. Are you tired of winter and just want to escape? Curl
up with an absorbing novel and spring will be here before you
know it!
One Book, One
Community Reading Project
2010 is the ninth year of the One Book, One Community area-wide
reading project! Look for a copy of Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
by Barbara Kingsolver or Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman at
your library or bookstore and discuss the book with your friends
and neighbors. Brochures with more information about the books,
discussion questions and special events are available at the Duluth
Public Library and local bookstores. This year's feature event
will be a celebration of local food suppliers, with live music
and hors d'oeuvres. Join us in the August Fitger Room at Fitgers
(600 E. Superior St.) on Thursday, April 15 from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
One Book, One Community is funded by the Duluth Library Foundation
and Whole Food Co-op, in partnership with the Duluth Public Library.
Arrowhead Library System, the Arrowhead Reading Council, Barnes
& Noble, the Bookstore at Fitgers, Cloquet Public Library,
Lake Superior College and Northern Lights Books and Gifts.
Open 24/7:
www.duluth.lib.mn.us
The Library's website is always open! You can find lists of all
the new arrivals at the Library: fiction, nonfiction, DVDs, children's
books and more - updated every month. Check on your own record
to see when books are due or place holds on ones you want to read.
Download audiobooks to play on your computer or MP3 player.
Electronic
Resources - not just anyone's Internet
Novelist will help you find books to read by matching favorite
authors or plots or by browsing lists of subjects and awards.
See actual business plans compiled by, and aimed at, entrepreneurs
seeking funding for small businesses in Gale Business Plans
Handbook. The Oxford English Dictionary traces the
meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words,
both present and past. These resources and many more are available
through the Library website with your library card number. You
can research authoritative health information, look up magazine
and newspaper articles and help your kids with their homework.
The Duluth Library Foundation is a private, non-profit organization that depends on the support of individuals, corporations and foundations to help ensure that the Duluth Public Library remains free to people who visit in person or via the web each year. While local government funding supports the basic operations, the Library depends on contributions from private sources in order to maintain services.
For more information on donating, including making bequests, to the Duluth Library Foundation, contact Wendy Wennberg by e-mail or phone: 218-730-4236.
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Duluth Public Library, 520 W. Superior St., Duluth, MN 55802
