January - March Newsletter

Davenport Public Library

IMAGINE the possibilities January-March 2015 Volume 3, Number 1

INSIDE GAME NIGHTS MOVIE NIGHTS BOOK CLUBS & MORE

IMAGINE Funding for IMAGINE is provided by:

LIBRARY DIRECTOR KennethWayne Thompson kwthompson@davenportlibrary.com

BOARD OF TRUSTEES Steve Imming President Tom Englemann Vice-President Syliva Roba Secretary Matt Casillas Craig Cooper Jimmy Holt Dr. Dave Iglehart Judie Lance Amand Motto

EDITOR Lexie Reiling Marketing & Programming Supervising Librarian lreiling@davenportlibrary.com

IMAGINE CONTRIBUTORS Cristina Amador-Perez Principal Clerk Sue Anderson Operations Manager Valerie Farrar Branch Manager Bill Fuhr Reference Librarian Jessica Mirasol Special Collections Supervising Librarian Karen O’Connor Special Collections Library Assistant Lynn Palmer Reference Librarian Kasey Shipley Administrative Assistant Carol Wagner FRIENDS’ Volunteer

FRIENDS FOCUS Happy New Year from the FRIENDS BOOK STORE We are happy to report the FRIENDS had a great year selling books.

Thank you to all the volunteers and patrons that made this possible.

Approximately $30,000 was raised from the combined sales at the Fairmount and Eastern Ave. Bookstores, Main Library and online sales for 2014. All proceeds will benefit the Library with much needed materials and provide free programming.

Thank you for all the wonderful donations this past year. As of January we will no longer be accepting cassettes, VHS tapes and records. We are always in need of Children’s books, please keep that in mind.

Look for special book features during January and February at both book stores.

We wish everyone a Happy and Healthy New Year.

Carol Wagner, Ann Franke & Terry Strader, FRIENDS Book Store

COMING SO ON

: Our renovated FRIENDS webs ite at www.friendsof davenpor tlibra ry.org Fundraiser at the Blackhaw k Bowl & Mar tin i Lounge, Saturday April 18th

The library would like to thank all of our current FRIENDS board members: Ian Russell (President), Bob Holliday (Vice President), Laura Hoss (Treasurer), Eric Long (Secretary) Jacob Clark, Kasi Harmsen, Patrick McElyea, Jessi Meyer, and Julie Schendel.

STAFF NEWS Welcome:

Congratulations:

KATRIANA STOLDT, part-time student shelver at the Main library. Katriana is a student at North High School.

MICHELLE RICHMOND, promoted from Sr Clerk to Cataloging & Reference Librarian.

CINDY CHEN, part-time student shelver at the Eastern Branch.

Cindy is a student at North High School.

LEXIE REILING, promoted from Marketing & Programming Librarian to Marketing & Programming Supervisor.

KIRA COPP, part-time student shelver at the Main library in Special Collections & Technical Services. Kira is a student at Central High School.

KATIE REINHARDT, part-time reference librarian.

STEPHANIE ARBET, part-time reference librarian.

ALLISON ZORDELL, part-time reference librarian.

CHRISTIE SEAGREN, promoted from part-time reference librarian to full-time Marketing & Programming librarian.

KAYLA ARNOLD, promoted from part-time student shelver to parttime Sr. Clerk in the Customer Services Department.

AFFORDABLE CARE TAX FORMS It’s that time of year again! As the faithful paper filers know, public libraries like DPL are pretty much the only place to find physical tax forms.

Genesis will be providing free help to citizens interested in navigating the Affordable Care Act. Genesis staff will be available every Monday until February 16, from 1:00-4:00 pm. Assistance is first come, first served.

Sessions cannot be reserved ahead of time.

Assistance will not be available on Monday, January 19th or Monday, February 16th, as the library will be closed for those days.

Tax forms do not come in all at once. We will put our stock on the public floor shortly after the New Year.

Additionally, the IRS has slashed its availability of paper forms and instructions to mostly only those beginning with 1040. Additional federal forms can be found at www.irs.gov

The State of Iowa no longer mails out forms to citizens by default. To obtain forms, you may choose to: • Leave message on forms order line at 1-800-532-1531 (EASIEST and FREE.) Limit of one of each form.

• Print forms yourself from www.iowa.gov/tax.

• Request a form by e-mail at IowaTaxForms@Iowa.gov

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• Make photocopies of the long or short form from the packets we will have laminated at every building.

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S E M I T Y EVENTS FOR KIDS R O Afternoon Storytime: Every Monday at 4:00pm at the Fairmount Street Branch.

Music, dancing, stories and fun for your favorite 0-5 yr. old!

Storytime: Every Tuesday at 10:00am at the Eastern Avenue Branch. We’ll be telling all the great stories and singing all the great songs! For children ages 0-5.

Dance Party Storytime: Every Wednesday

at 10:00 at the Fairmount Street Branch and every Thursday at 10:00 at Eastern Avenue Branch. Tales and songs are mixed with movement. Babies and children birth to age five are welcome!

PajamaTime Storytime: Every Thursday at 7:00pm at the Fairmount Branch. Bring your pillow and blanket for this after dinner storytime featuring all the fun of our daytime storytimes! Great for kids of all ages.

Pajamas are optional.

Preschool Storytime:Every Monday at 10:00am at the Fairmount Street Branch and every Friday at 10:00am at the Eastern Avenue Branch.

Make stories and songs come alive by creating your own crafts and works of art. Ages 2-5 welcome

Events For Gradeschoolers And Middle Schoolers: Lego Club

EcoCraft

Every Monday at 3:30pm at the Eastern Avenue Branch.

Mix science and art in this creative program for gradeschoolers. Find your artistic side using recycled, organic, or biodegradable materials.

Tween Gaming

Every Thursday at 3:30pm at the Fairmount Street Branch.

Try out popular video games on our big screen!

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Every Tuesday at 3:30 pm at the Fairmount Street Branch and every Thursday at 3:30pm at the Eastern Avenue Branch. We have the Legos. Do you have the imagination?

Join Lego Club to test your skills of building and design.

Tween & Teen Gaming

Every Friday at 4:00pm at the Eastern Avenue Branch. Try out popular video games on our big screen! Teens and tweens are invited to play games on the Wii U or Xbox 360.

EVENTS FOR TEENS Random Fandom LAST MONDAY OF EVERY MONTH AT 4:00PM AT THE FAIRMOUNT STREET BRANCH. Cool arts and crafts for fans of Doctor Who, Sherlock, Supernatural, The Hunger Games, and more. REGISTRATION REQUIRED.

Teen Volunteer Council THIRD TUESDAY OF THE MONTH 4:00PM AT THE FAIRMOUNT STREET BRANCH. Want to go behind-the-scenes for the library’s biggest events? Share YOUR ideas about what you’d like to see the library doing!

Teen Movie Night FIRST AND THIRD TUESDAY OF THE MONTH AT 5:00PM AT THE FAIRMOUNT STREET BRANCH. Popular teen movies on the big screen, plus snacks!

Teen Gaming Wednesdays at 2:30pm at the Fairmount Street Branch. Try out new games and gaming systems at Get Your Game On. We have PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, and Wii U for you to try, along with laptops for online gaming.

Tabletop gamers are invited to come take part in Dungeons & Dragons or Yu-Gi-Oh card games.

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2015 Calendar of EVENTS

3:30pm Tween Gaming (F) 7pm PajamaTime Storytime (F)

30 FRIDAY 10am Preschool Storytime (E) 4pm Teen & Tween Gaming (E)

FEBRUARY 2 MONDAY

1 THURSDAY CLOSED

3:30pm Lego Club (E) 3:30pm Tween Gaming (F) 7pm PajamaTime Storytime (F)

10am Preschool Storytime (F) 1pm Framed (E) 3:30 pm EcoCraft (E) 4pm Storytime (F)

2 FRIDAY

16 FRIDAY

3 TUESDAY

2pm Vacation Breakout (F)

10am Preschool Storytime (E) 4pm Teen & Tween Gaming (E)

JANUARY

5 MONDAY 10am Preschool Storytime (F) 1pm Framed (E) 3:30 pm EcoCraft (E) 4pm Storytime (F)

6 TUESDAY 10am Storytime (E) 3:30pm Lego Club (F) 5:00 pm Teen Movie Night (F)

7 WEDNESDAY

19 MONDAY CLOSED 20 TUESDAY 10am Storytime (E) 3:30pm Lego Club (F) 4pm Teen Volunteer Council (F) 5pm Teen Movie Night (F) 7pm West End Book Club (F)

21 WEDNESDAY

10am Dance Party Storytime (F) 2:30pm Teen Gaming (F)

10am Dance Party Storytime (F) 2pm Afternoon Classic Films (E) 2:30pm Teen Gaming (F)

8 THURSDAY

22 THURSDAY

10am Dance Party Storytime (E) 3:30pm Lego Club (E) 3:30pm Tween Gaming (F) 7pm PajamaTime Storytime (F)

10am Dance Party Storytime (E) 3:30pm Lego Club (E) 3:30pm Tween Gaming (F) 7pm PajamaTime Storytime (F)

9 FRIDAY

23 FRIDAY

10am Preschool Storytime (E) 4pm Teen & Tween Gaming (E)

10am Preschool Storytime (E) 4pm Teen & Tween Gaming (E)

12 MONDAY

26 MONDAY

10am Preschool Storytime (F) 10am Short & Sweets (F) 3:30pm EcoCraft (E) 4pm Storytime (F) 7pm See YA (E)

10am Preschool Storytime (F) 3:30 pm EcoCraft (E) 4pm Storytime (F) 4pm Random Fandom (F)

13 TUESDAY 10am Storytime (E) 3:30pm Lego Club (F)

10am Storytime (E) 2pm Recent Releases (F) 3:30pm Lego Club (F)

14 WEDNESDAY

28 WEDNESDAY

10am Dance Party Storytime (F) 2:30pm Teen Gaming (F) 7pm Between the Lines (E)

10am Dance Party Storytime (F) 2:30pm Teen Gaming (F)

15 THURSDAY

10am Dance Party Storytime (E) 3:30pm Lego Club (E)

10am Dance Party Storytime (E)

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27 TUESDAY

29 THURSDAY

10am Storytime (E) 3:30pm Lego Club (F) 5:00 pm Teen Movie Night (F)

4 WEDNESDAY 10am Dance Party Storytime (F) 2:30pm Teen Gaming (F)

5 THURSDAY 10am Dance Party Storytime (E) 3:30pm Lego Club (E) 3:30pm Tween Gaming (F) 7pm PajamaTime Storytime (F)

6 FRIDAY 10am Preschool Storytime (E) 4pm Teen & Tween Gaming (E)

9 MONDAY 10am Preschool Storytime (F) 10am Short & Sweets (F) 3:30 pm EcoCraft (E) 4pm Storytime (F) 7pm See YA (E)

10 TUESDAY 10am Storytime (E) 3:30pm Lego Club (F)

11 WEDNESDAY 10am Dance Party Storytime (F) 2:30pm Teen Gaming (F) 7pm Between the Lines (E)

12 THURSDAY 10am Dance Party Storytime (E) 3:30pm Lego Club (E) 3:30pm Tween Gaming (F) 7pm PajamaTime Storytime (F)

13 FRIDAY 10am Preschool Storytime (E) 4pm Teen & Tween Gaming (E)

14 SATURDAY 2pm Valentine’s Day Party (F)

16 MONDAY CLOSED

3 TUESDAY

19 THURSDAY

17 TUESDAY

10am Storytime (E) 3:30pm Lego Club (F) 5:00 pm Teen Movie Night (F)

10am Dance Party Storytime (E) 3:30pm Lego Club (E) 3:30pm Tween Gaming (F) 7pm PajamaTime Storytime (F)

4 WEDNESDAY 10am Dance Party Storytime (F) 2:30pm Teen Gaming (F)

18 WEDNESDAY

5 THURSDAY

10 am Dance Party Storytime (F) 2pm Afternoon Classic Films (E) 2:30pm Teen Gaming (F)

10am Dance Party Storytime (E) 3:30pm Lego Club (E) 3:30pm Tween Gaming (F) 7pm PajamaTime Storytime (F)

10am Dance Party Storytime (E) 3:30pm Lego Club (E) 3:30pm Tween Gaming (F) 7pm PajamaTime Storytime (F)

6 FRIDAY

20 FRIDAY

10am Preschool Storytime (F) 10am Short & Sweets (F) 3:30 pm EcoCraft (E) 4pm Storytime (F) 7pm See YA (E)

10am Preschool Storytime (E) 4pm Teen & Tween Gaming (E)

21 SATURDAY 1pm Ballet Quad Cities Dance Me a Story (E)

23 MONDAY 10am Preschool Storytime (F) 3:30 pm EcoCraft (E) 4pm Storytime (F) 4pm Random Fandom (F)

24 TUESDAY 10am Storytime (E) 2pm Recent Releases (F) 3:30pm Lego Club (F)

25 WEDNESDAY 10am Dance Party Storytime (F) 2:30pm Teen Gaming (F)

26 THURSDAY 10am Dance Party Storytime (E) 3:30pm Lego Club (E) 3:30pm Tween Gaming (F) 7pm PajamaTime Storytime (F)

27 FRIDAY 10am Preschool Storytime (E) 4pm Teen & Tween Gaming (E)

MARCH 2 MONDAY 10am Preschool Storytime (F) 1pm Framed (E) 3:30 pm EcoCraft (E) 4pm Storytime (F)

10am Preschool Storytime (E) 4pm Teen & Tween Gaming (E)

9 MONDAY

10 TUESDAY 10am Storytime (E) 3:30pm Lego Club (F) 5pm Bix Birthday Bash (F)

11 WEDNESDAY 10am Dance Party Storytime (F) 2:30pm Teen Gaming (F) 7pm Between the Lines (E)

12 THURSDAY 10am Dance Party Storytime (E) 3:30pm Lego Club (E) 3:30pm Tween Gaming (F) 7pm PajamaTime Storytime (F)

13 FRIDAY 10am Preschool Storytime (E) 4pm Teen & Tween Gaming (E)

16 MONDAY

10am Preschool Storytime (E) 4pm Teen & Tween Gaming (E)

21 SATURDAY 2pm Doctor Who Party (F)

23 MONDAY 10am Preschool Storytime (F) 3:30 pm EcoCraft (E) 4pm Storytime (F)

24 TUESDAY 10am Storytime (E) 2pm Recent Releases (F) 3:30pm Lego Club (F)

25 WEDNESDAY 10am Dance Party Storytime (F) 2:30pm Teen Gaming (F)

26 THURSDAY 10am Dance Party Storytime (E) 3:30pm Lego Club (E) 3:30pm Tween Gaming (F) 7pm PajamaTime Storytime (F)

27 FRIDAY 10am Preschool Storytime (E) 4pm Teen & Tween Gaming (E)

30 MONDAY 10am Preschool Storytime (F) 3:30 pm EcoCraft (E) 4pm Storytime (F) 4pm Random Fandom (F)

31 TUESDAY 10am Storytime (E) 3:30pm Lego Club (F)

10am Preschool Storytime (F) 3:30 pm EcoCraft (E) 4pm Storytime (F)

17 TUESDAY 10am Storytime (E) 3:30pm Lego Club (F) 4pm Teen Volunteer Council (F) 5pm Teen Movie Night (F) 7pm West End Book Club (F)

18 WEDNESDAY 10 am Dance Party Storytime (F) 2pm Afternoon Classic Films (E) 2:30pm Teen Gaming (F)

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10am Storytime (E) 3:30pm Lego Club (F) 4pm Teen Volunteer Council (F) 5pm Teen Movie Night (F) 7pm West End Book Club (F)

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EVENTS FOR ADULTS Short & Sweets

BOOK CLUBS

2ND MONDAY OF THE MONTH AT 10:00AM AT THE FAIRMOUNT STREET BRANCH. Discuss short

See YA

2ND MONDAY OF THE MONTH AT 7:00PM AT THE EASTERN AVENUE BRANCH. Join our brand-new adult book club with a teen book twist. Registration required.

West End Book Discussion Group

3RD TUESDAY OF THE MONTH AT 7:00PM AT THE FAIRMOUNT STREET BRANCH. This book club discusses contemporary literature, both fiction and non-fiction. Books are provided to all registered participants.

Between the Lines

2ND WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH AT 7:00PM AT THE EASTERN AVENUE BRANCH. Discuss contemporary fiction and non-fiction at this lively book discussion group. Books are provided to all registered participants.

FRAMED!

The monthly book club that discusses art instead of books!

First Monday of the month at 1:00 pm.

Eastern Avenue branch.

www.davenportlibrary.com

Davenport Public Library • 563-326-7832

1ST MONDAY OF THE MONTH AT 1:00PM AT THE EASTERN AVENUE BRANCH. A group that discusses art rather than books! REGISTRATION REQUIRED.

321 Main Street • 3000 N. Fairmount Street • 6000 Eastern Avenue

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Registration required. Pick up the month’s art at the front desk.

Framed!

stories while eating yummy sweets. Registration is required. All registrants will receive a complimentary copy of the story.

MOVIE NIGHTS

Recent Releases

4TH TUESDAY OF EVERY MONTH AT 2:00PM AT THE FAIRMOUNT STREET BRANCH. Tired of the same movies being shown over and over on TV? Looking for something new but you don’t want to pay high theater prices? Come to Recent Releases. We’ll show only films that have recently come out on DVD. Hear trivia about how the movie was made, and enjoy cookies and lemonade.

Afternoon Classic Films

3RD WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH AT 2:00PM AT THE EASTERN AVENUE BRANCH. Enjoy classic films as they return to the big screen!

SPECIAL EVENTS Valentine’s Day Party

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14 AT 2:00PM AT THE FAIRMOUNT STREET BRANCH. Bring back that loving feeling with crafts, games, food and fun!

Tuesday, December 2 7:00pm, Fairmount Street Branch Registration Required

Dance Mefroma Ballet Story: Bixand Birthday Join dancers Quad Cities for an hour of movement music to bringBash The TUESDAY, 10TH 5:00 AT Nutcracker,& the Juliet holiday’s most beloved ballet, to life. Reading has MARCH never been so AT much Romeo

THEsnowflakes, FAIRMOUNT STREET BRANCH. fun as everyone learns to AT “dance me a story” with swirling adorable mice SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21ST 1:00 PM and yummy sugar plums.. Celebrate the birthday of jazz AT THE EASTERN AVENUE BRANCH. great Bix Beiderbecke with music, Join dancers from Ballet Quad Cities This program is supported by Humanities Iowa and the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Illinois Humani‐ food, and fun! for an hour of movement and music ties Council, and the Illinois General Assembly and by the Riverboat Development Authority. as we bring Romeo & Juliet to life.

Doctor Who Party

SATURDAY, MARCH 21 AT 2:00 PM AT THE FAIRMOUNT STREET BRANCH. Whovians of all ages are invited to come celebrate everyone’s favorite Time Lord at the Doctor Who party!

Wear your favorite Whovian costume and enjoy food, Doctor Who trivia, and more!

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READING SUGGESTIONS

LIBGUIDES

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Have you read a book by Nikki Turner or Steig Larsson and now you’re looking for more authors like them? On the library’s website, you can not only see a list of suggested authors and titles, you can also link directly to the catalog to see if they’re in.

It’s a time saver and there are links to DVD and audiobook versions of your favorite titles, as well as links to articles and blogs about Urban Fiction and Nordic Noir.

On the DPL website, find these by going to Research Tools, then Reading Suggestions, or simply visit http://libguides. davenportlibrary.com/readingsuggestions.

NOVELIST Looking for even more read-alikes?

TRY NOVELIST! With NoveList you can find a wide range of recommendations for when you’re just not sure what to read next.

It provides author read-alikes, title read-alikes, award winners, book discussion guides, and more!

Access NoveList from the Research Tools, Online Resources page of our website.

You can also create a custom search to have NoveList create a list tailored to your interests.

NEWS FROM SPECIAL COLLECTIONS New to the Digital Image Archive We’ve added some new images to the Upper Mississippi Valley Digital Image Archive. There are now 34 new images from the National Corn Husking Competition Collection! These images showcase not only the contestants of the Corn Husking Competition but the grounds, crowds, and other activities.

The Corn Husking Competition was a major event in the late 1930’s and early 1940’s and still continues today.

Local winners would travel to state competitions and then state winners would travel to the national event. In 1940, Davenport was lucky enough to be selected to host this exciting event and now the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center is lucky enough to house the photographs from it!

Original Panoramic Print Donated A recent donation of an original panoramic print has Special Collections grinning. One hundred years ago, Feb. 16, 1915, a group portrait of students from Brown’s Business College was taken by the J.B. Hostetler Studio. What makes this so special is that in a donation from the Free Studio of Photography in 1998, the original panoramic negatives of the Hostetler Studio were included. We now have in our collection a new negative that was made from the fragile original, the original negative, copy panoramic prints and finally an original sepia toned print.

This particular original measures 10 x 30” and shows the class posed on the front steps of the old Post Office dressed in their warm coats and hats, holding pennants boasting allegiance to their school! The copy print made from the original negative measures a bit longer and includes what the photographer cropped out of the original…the children standing off to the side gawking at the process and parts of the Mason’s Carriage Works building nearby.

Thanks for considering the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center for disposition of unique local records and photographs. We are here to provide access to these local history materials to our patrons.

We might be the best kept secret of the library!

Black History Month & Women’s History Month February is Black History Month and March is Women’s History Month. We have in our collection scrapbooks from the Semper Fidelis Club, which is affiliated with the Iowa and National Association of Colored Women’s Club. The Semper Fidelis Club was organized on May 15, 1958 at the home of Ms. Cecile Cooper in Davenport. The club’s motto is “Lifting as we climb”.

This organization helps support and inspire women by offering scholarships, seminars and supporting community programs.

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