CCRLD News Blog

Just a quick shout-out to Bywater Solutions (who helped us migrate to our new catalog system a couple years ago!) for putting this together:

If you're having issues using our online catalog, please check out their tutorial playlist on YouTube. It covers everything from using the Cart function, renewing items, and placing holds, to setting your privacy options in your account, and making purchase suggestions. An excellent resource!

New Books for the month of May 2013

492 titles added last month! Some highlights:

Time Bandit: Two Brothers, the Bering Sea, and One of the World's Deadliest Jobs (by Andy Hillstrand, Johnathan Hillstrand, and Malcom MacPherson)

Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls (by David Sedaris)

Widow of Gettysburg (by Jocelyn Green)

Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late! (by Mo Willems)

Moonbird (by Phillip Hoose)

The Ophelia Cut (by John Lescroart)

The Bee-Man of Orn (by Frank R. Stockton)

Iron Crowned (by Richelle Mead)

Ashfall (by Mike Mullin

It's almost time for our annual Summer Reading program! Sign-ups begin on June 11th, but we're kicking things off early with a special performance by the Walla Walla Walla Chamber Music Festival musicians this Friday at 3:30pm.

The Walla Walla Chamber Music Festival musicians will be presenting a performance called "Harp," of Beethoven's String Quartet in E-flat, op. 74. The nickname 'harp' comes from the way the musicians pluck the strings during the first movement.

Refreshments to follow the performance.

That's right! The library just received our shipment of Libri Foundation books!

These lovely books brought to you by the Friends of the Dayton Memorial Library and the Libri Foundation. Thank you! :-)

"The Libri Foundation is a nationwide non-profit organization which donates new, quality, hardcover children's books to small, rural public libraries in the United States through its BOOKS FOR CHILDREN program."

To learn more, see http://www.librifoundation.org/

Did you know we are part of a co-op offering 24/7 online reference (question answering)?

The Columbia County Rural Library District is a member of an international co-op of librarians, who work together to make sure your questions get answered, whenever you ask them! Have a term paper due and can't find that last primary resource? Having trouble getting that ebook downloaded properly and we're closed for the weekend? Need to know where to go for credible medical information? No problem! Inquiring minds want to know, and we are there for YOU.

You can access this FREE library service via our Ask a Librarian page (simply type your question and information into the chat box on the right of the page), or via the official Ask-WA website:

http://ask.wa.gov/

We just got in a TON of brand-new craft books on a variety of topics including:

Embroidery, knitting, crochet, doll and puppet-making, furniture-crafting, painting, sewing, and much, much more!

If you have an itch to begin a new project, look no further. :)

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New Library Books for the month of April!

514 Titles added. Some highlights:

The western horse's pain-free back and saddle-fit book by Joyce Harman

Hillbilly heart by Billy Ray Cyrus

Les Miserables (DVD & Blu-Ray)

Starting now by Debbie Macomber (audio CD)

The winnowing season by Cindy Woodsmall

The testament by John Grisham

Period 8 by Chris Crutcher

Did you know we have a HUGE selection of "Dummies" books? Topics ranging from computer help to animals, speaking a foreign language to coaching a football team. :)

(top shelf) iPod & iTunes for Dummies, Grant Writing for Dummies, QuickBooks 2011 for Dummies, Laptops for Seniors for Dummies, Kindle Fire for Dummies, Laptops for Dummies

(bottom shelf) Basic Math & Pre-Algebra for Dummies, Organic Chemistry I for Dummies, Weather for Dummies, Glycemic Index Cookbook for Dummies, Windows 8 for Dummies, Art History for Dummies

New books for March! 

371 titles added between March 1st and March 31st, including Westerns, Teen books, North West titles, and Audiobooks on CD.

Did you know we have an entire graphic novel collection? Comics, manga, illustrated versions of classics, and more for all ages and reading levels! Just ask at the front desk and we'll show you where. :)

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Featuring:

(Top shelf) A Game of Thrones, Superman Grounded, The Outfit, The Carter Family: Don't Forget This Song, Embroideries, and The Walking Dead Compendium 1.

(Bottom Shelf) Frankenstein, Gulliver's Travels, 20000 Leagues Under the Sea, Around the World in 80 Days,  Journey to the Center of the Earth, The Mysterious Island, Tom Sawyer, The Invisible Man, The Time Machine, War of the Worlds, Wonder Woman: Odyssey, Redmoon, and New Spring