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Inside this issue:

Centennial Celebration 1

News from the Staff 2

New Website 2

Funding Requests 2

Planning and Design Update 2

Foreign Language

Collection

3

Online databases: Ances-

try and Freegal Music

3

Children’s Summer

Reading Program

4

Harry Potter Act-a-long

movie, Sparkey’s

Puppets, Science tellers

and Storytime schedule.

4

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Upcoming Centennial Events:

Thursday, July 17th 6:00 p.m.

Location: Library CINDERELLA: A 1914 Silent Film

Thursday, August 7th 6:00 p.m. SQUAREJAM: Janet Hershman’s

School of Dance performs to a popular 1914 song.

Wednesday, Sep17th 5:30

Location: Library BUILDING REDEDICATION

Congressional Resolutions

Enjoy music and refreshments when the rededication of the library

takes place. June/July featured books: Biographies - influential

people of 100 years ago.

Funding Requests Approved for Library

Trustees and Library Staff

Board of Library Trustees: Chair -Alyssa Weiner Rosenbaum, Vice Chair Bob Levin,

Secretary Cheryl Weinstein-Garani, Jacqueline Modiste, Roberta Saphire, Carolyn Weeks

Library Staff: Lee Ann Amend, Director , Josephine Papineau, Administrative Assistant,

Danielle Margarida, Head of Youth Services , Lucy Anderson, Children’s Librarian, , Karen

Mafera, Circulation Supervisor, Karin Hagan, Technical Services Supervisor, Head of Adult

and Technology Services, vacant, Margret Branschofsky, Information Services Librarian, Mary

Davis, Information Services, Caitlyn Walsh, Technical Services Assistant. Library Assistants:

Sharon Biggie, Kristin Eardley, Melissa Chase, Susan Molloy, Megan Pedersen, Kathy Reyes,

Leslee Rotman, Cathy Ruvich. Pages: Susan Cohen and Millie Worthley. Custodian: Gary

Kamp.

The Library was approved for Capital Outlay funding

to renovate the patron and staff bathrooms. Work is

scheduled to begin sometime in July. We will leave one

bathroom available while the other is being repaired.

The Library was approved for Community Preservation funding to

repair and re-habilitate the Historic Palladian and Casement

Windows in the Carnegie part of the library. Once completed, all

Palladian windows will be operable, screened and grated so that they

can be left open safely. Work to begin either summer or fall.

The Library was approved for Capital Outlay funding to replace the

skylights that leak in the quiet study room, and most of the other

windows in the library which had not been replaced within the last

few years. This work will be scheduled within a few weeks.

Thank you very much for your support and for your patience

while we repair the facility .

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News from the Staff

Our dear friend and

colleague Ann Donovan

has decided to retire. We

wish her well, and will

welcome her with open

arms when she stops by

to visit. Thank you for

your many years of

hard work and

dedication to the

Sharon Community.

Melissa Chase has

accepted the position as

Library Assistant.

Please be sure

to stop by and

welcome

Melissa.

A small set back, but a big plan to move forward. We

were handed a blow as the MBLC did not vote to

approve our planning and design grant request.

However, with strong encouragement from the MBLC to

move forward with the feasibility study, and to apply for

library construction funding, we will request that our

matching funds approved at Town meeting, be re-appropriated for

this purpose.

Announcing the New

Sharon Public Library

Website

Sharon Public Library

launches a new website

in July. Find all the

same great information

you are used to in a new

format.

Planning and Design Update

Adult & Information Services

Our Foreign Language Collections Did you know we have books and other materials in some lan-

guages? Most of these have been acquired through donations from

generous individuals. Our holdings:

Russian - 25 shelves of books and a few DVDs

Chinese - 2 shelves of books and one subscription to the World

Journal

Hindi - 1 shelf of books

Spanish - 1 shelf of books

Yiddish - 1 shelf of books

Ancestry Database Now Available for Genealogy Research Ancestry Library Edition provides access to billions of historical

documents, millions of historical photos, plus local narratives, oral

histories, indexes and other resources in over 30,000 databases that

span from the 1500s to the 2000s. Access is limited to use from

library computers.

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Freegal Music

Veteran’s Club will

meet on July 21 at

10:00 am in the Library

to discuss the VA

Hospital Fiasco. Please

join us for a discussion

and refreshments.

Book Discussion Groups Two book discussion groups are currently meeting at the Sharon

Public Library at the following times:

First Monday of the month, 1:00pm - 2:15pm

Third Wednesday of the month, 6:30pm - 7:45pm

Contact Margret Branschofsky at Mbranschofsky@ocln.org if inter-

ested in joining the group. Reading Schedule:

Free Music

Downloads for Sharon

Public Library

Cardholders

Freegal is a

downloadable music

service that provides

access to a catalog of

artists from thousands

of labels without charge

to library cardholders.

Freegal works with any

MP3 device, including

iPods. Go to http://

www.sharonpubliclibrar

y.org/Freegal.html for

more details.

SPL Veteran’s Club

Meeting Schedule

Announcing: Ancestry Online Database

Book Discussion Group

The Library

will be

closed

Independence Day

July 4, 2014

Month Title Author

July This is the Story of a Happy Marriage Ann Patchett

August Astrid and Veronica Linda Olsson

September The Sixth Extinction Elizabeth Kolbert

October Angle of Repose Wallace Stegner

November An Unnecessary Woman Rabih Alameddine

December Five Days at Memorial Sheri Fink

January Shakespeare Saved My Life Laura Bates

Youth Services Page 4

7/23 Harry Potter Act-a-Long Movie Watch

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and be

part of the movie with props and activities. Rated

PG. Registration required. Ages 7

& up. 4pm-6:45pm.

7/25 Sparky’s Puppets Presents: Fizz!

Boom! Read! Presented at the Sharon Congre-

gational Church. Drop-in. Ages 3 & up. 11am-

11:45am. Funded by the Sharon Cultural

Council and the Massachusetts Cultural

Council.

8/14 Sciencetellers: Dragons and Dreams

Wouldn't dragon's breath be an amazing sight to

see? Get ready to see it, feel it, smell it, and may-

be taste it! Registration required. Ag-

es 4 & up. 11am-11:45am. We

have so much more in store this sum-

mer! Please

see our online calendar or visit the

Pajama Story Time Come dressed in your jammies

for stories and a craft. All ages. Tuesday July 29 &

Tuesday August 19 @ 6:30pm. Drop-in.

An Appy Story Time Join us as we incorporate the

iPad with stories, songs, fingerplays. Ages 2.5 - 5.

Fridays @ 10:30am. July 11-August 15. Drop-in.

Inventor’s Box After shar ing a story we’ll design

and build inventions with recyclable materials from our

“inventor’s box.” Each week will feature a

different invention challenge. Ages 4-6. Tuesdays @

11am. July 8-August 12. Drop-in.

Sensory Story Time For children with autism

spectrum disorders, sensory integration issues, other

developmental disabilities, and their typically

developing peers. Come read, sing, and play with us!

Ages 2-5. Saturday July 12 & Saturday August 9 @

10:30am. Drop-in.

Danielle Margarida

Head of Youth Services

Lucy Anderson

Children’s Librarian

The children’s summer reading program is online June 27 through August 17. Starting June 27 go to

www.sharonpubliclibrary.org and click on “Summer Reading Log” to register. Ages 7 & under will earn a

paperback book for every 5 hours they read, ages 8-13 will earn a paperback book for every 10 hours they

read. This year Dedham Savings has donated two Kindles to be raffled off. Want a chance to win? Stop by the

library or Dedham Savings to pick up an Incentive Game Sheet. Each time you complete an activity on the Incen-

tive Game Sheet, bring it to the library to be stamped. Complete 8 activities to earn a raffle ticket for the Kindle

drawing. Bonus! Bring your completed Incentive Game Sheet to Dedham Savings to receive a special prize!

*Fizz! Boom! Read! is sponsored by the Sharon Public Library, the Fr iends of the

Sharon Public Library, Dedham Savings, the Massachusetts Library System, the Boston

Bruins, and the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.*