Old Pictures

The library is trying to pictures of Old Downtown Coffeyville preferably from the 50's or any decade. If you have any picture you would like to share, please email or scan a copy for the library. We have people in all the time looking for old photos of Coffeyville and you picture just might be the one they are looking for. Thanks

Computer Classes

We have four computer classes and one drop in help session scheduled in February.

Mousing Around - Feb 1 at 2:00 - learn how to use a computer mouse
Yahoo! Email  - Feb 1 at 6:30 - find out about using Yahoo! Email
Facebook - Facebook is the largest social networking site. Linda and Cindy will show you how to get the most out of it.  Feb 22 at 6:30 and Feb 23 at 2:00

Drop-In Help Feb 17 at 10:00

Registration is required. Call 620-251-1370 or come by the circulation desk to register.

Free Resume Workshop

Looking for a job?  Don't miss this special Resume Workshop!

On Tuesday Jan 26 at 1:00 the Library is hosting a free resume workshop.

Resume expert Barbara Safani will teach you how to create a powerful, effective resume that gets attentions - and interviews.

Find out how to make your resume WOW!

 * Write a powerful profile and skills summary that show who valuable your experience is to hiring managers
 * Transform a list of job tasks into powerful success stories.
 * Leverage education and internships to prove you have "the right stuff" to do that job.
 * Use resume design templates to help you stand out from the crowd.

This resume workshop is hosted by Tutor.com

We hope to see you in the Community Room at the Library on Tuesday Jan. 26th at 1:00.

Automatically Yours

The Coffeyville Public Library is starting a new service called Automatically Yours. Tell us which fiction authors whose new books you want to read and we’ll automatically put you on reserve for each new book from those authors. We will then let you know when it’s ready to check out. No more having to be alert to when a new book is published or if you’ve reserved it yet or not.

You can add or drop authors from your automatic reserve list at any time by asking at the desk.

We have a list of 105 authors that we will reserve for you. Some of the authors are David Baldacci, Dan Brown, Janet Evanovich, W.E.B. Griffin, Dean Koontz, Karen Kingsbury, Terry Goodkind, James Patterson and Danielle Steel.

You can pick up the Automatically Yours form at the desk in the library

Library Foundation Silent Auction

The Library Foundation's holiday fund raiser this year is a silent auction of 3 baskets and an original painting by Sylvia Rutledge.

One basket was donated by the 1st United Methodist Church and contains chocolate, holiday mugs and lots of fun food for the holiday.

Two baskets were donated by the libray staff. One is a "Curl up and Read" basket. It has mugs, chocolate and some light reading in it. The other is for someone who would like to be up and doing. It has work gloves, batteries, duct tape as well as two action DVD's.

The centerpiece of the the auction is an awesome landscape by Svlvia Rutledge.

The auction will end at noon on Saturday Dec. 19th. Come in and bid often to support the library foundation.

Southeast Kansas Community Action Grant

We have received a grant from the Southeast Kansas Community Action Program for $5,969.95 to start our computer lab! We will purchase 5 laptop computers that we will use for free, public computer classes.

The classes will begin in January. They will range from the very beginning computer use such as 'Taming Your Mouse" to more advanced Internet topics such as "How to Ebay". If you would like to have a class on a particular subject, just let me know in the comments section below this blog.

Thanksgiving

With Thanksgiving just a couple of weeks away, we thought we would share a bit of Thanksgiving history.

Thanksgiving has been an American tradition for many years. In 1621 the pilgrims with the Wampanoags held a three day celebration. Only half of the people who came to America on the Mayflower had survived. These survivors, including 4 women and several children, gave thanks for the harvest that would help them live through the next winter.

George Washington proclaimed a Thanksgiving in December 1777 as a victory celebration honoring the defeat of the British at Saratoga. In October 1789, President Washington created the first Thanksgiving Day designated by the national government of the United States of America. Several Thanksgiving Days were proclaimed in the following years, not all of them in the autumn.

New York State adopted Thanksgiving Day as an annual custom in 1817. By the middle of the 19th century, 25 states and two territories celebrated a Thanksgiving Day.

President Lincoln, in 1863, was the first president to declare Thanksgiving a national holiday at the behest of Sarah Josepha Hale, who had spent 40 years writing to congressmen, lobbying five presidents, and writing countless editorials in her campaign to create an official day of thanks.

Every president since Lincoln has declared a Thanksgiving Day. For most years it has been the fourth Thursday in November. President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1939, 1940 and 1941 declared it to be the third Thursday in November so that the Christmas shopping season would be longer. This aroused such uproar that he changed it back to the fourth Thursday.

To find out more about Thanksgiving the library has many books about the holiday. You can check out books about Thanksgiving crafts, traditions, and stories of the pilgrims. We also have a great selection of cookbooks if you want to add something special to your feast. Many popular authors for adults and children, including Janet Evanovich, Eve Bunting, Jennifer Chiaverini and Dav Pilkey, have written books that include the Thanksgiving holiday.