Village Life March/April 2022

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TheBarkerCenterLibrary ByLouiseCaccamise

OnMarch23,01theJohnKnoxLibrary locatedintheLakeFountainVistaRoo wasmovedtotheBarkerCenter.Welook intheBayApartmentBuilding.Thereis outonabeautifullakesceneandare separatelistingofthebooksinthew inawell-lightedroom.Sincethemove, VolusiaCountyLibrarySystemaswell. manychangeshavetakenplace.Our entirelibraryisnowclassifiedwith Bythe labels library'scirculationdesk,weha oneachbookspine.Thishasmadetheestablishedakioskwherepatronsan locationofbooksontheshelveseasier volunteers to canquicklyusethatelec findforbothpatronsandvolunteers. cardcatalogtofindthesameinformati Becauseofthechangeinlocation,we onourlibrarythatisontheportalan havedevelopeda“BooksonWheels” individualcomputers.MilesHardywas program,initiatedbyFlorenceFalter, instrumentalinbringingthistofrui whichmakesbookseasilyavailablealongwithhislong-timeworkonthe toresidentsintheapartments.Plans developmentoftheportal. arenowunderwayforinclusionofOak ViewSuitesintheprogram.Agroupof Inadditiontoalmost4,0books,our dedicatedvolunteersworksatthis library eachalsocontainsaudio-booksand week. CDs,puzzles,newspapers,magazines andasmallassortmentofpaperback Wehaveaddedallbookstotheportal, books. an Thereisacomputerwithintern easilyaccessiblewaytoobtaininformation availabilityandaprinter.Newbooksa oneverybookinthelibraryviacellphone constantlyfeatured. orcomputer.Authors,titlesandsubjects canbesearched.Includedontheportal Afocalpointinourlibraryisthewall isthelibrarycatalogforboththebehind Barkerthecirculationdeskwhere CenterLibraryandtheGenealogyLibrary photographstakenbyresident BobDunhamdepictthebeautyofthe LibraryCommittee Frontrowfrom lefttoright: PamGregg, LouiseCaccamise-Chair, BettySuber, ClaudiaGraham, Florence Falter Backrow: MilesHardy, CarolMarshall

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