Monday, November 23, 2009

Thanksgiving Hours

Hours for Thanksgiving week at the Upton Branch Library will be:
Monday, November 23; 12:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Tuesday, November 24; 12:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Wednesday, November 25; 12:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Thursday, November 26; Closed
Friday, November 27; Closed

The Upton Branch staff hopes that all of our patrons have a Happy Thanksgiving holiday.

Saturday, October 17, 2009

USED BOOK SALE AND BAKE SALE

The Upton Branch Library will be holding a used book sale Monday, October 19 - Friday, October 23. The sale will be in the meeting room and will be open during our normal library hours.

All items are .25 cents each. We have a wide variety of items, from paperbacks, hardcovers, record albums, misc. holiday decorations, and movies. Please stop by and browse these wonderful items.

We will also be holding a bake sale on Wednesday, October 21. We are gratefully accepting donated baked goods also. We will have a assortment of breads, cakes and cookies and I know they will all be delicious.

We are trying to raise the matching funds for the Libri Foundation Books for Children grant we recently received. For more information about the Libri Grant please view the previous blog post.

Monday, September 21, 2009

Upton Branch Library Has Been Awarded A Libri Foundation Grant

The Upton Branch Library as been awarded a "Books For Children" grant from the Libri Foundation. The grant is a 3-to-1 grant. The Weston County Library Foundation will raise $350.00 for this grant and then the Upton Branch Library will receive $1,050.00 worth of children's books. We are also eligible for a bonus of an additional $350.00 worth of math and science books. In total the Upton Branch Library will receive $1,400.00 worth of children's books.

The Libri Foundation provides booklists for grant recipients to choose book titles from. All of the book title choices are award and honor winners and have been reviewed by the Libri Foundation review panel.

The Libri Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to donating quality children's book to rural public libraries.

The Upton Branch Library was also awarded Libri Foundation grants in 2000 and 2006. Qualifing libraries may apply for Libri Foundation grants every three years.

The Upton Branch Library and Weston County Library Foundation will be holding a used book sale October 19 - 23 and a bake sale on October 21 to assist in raising the $350.00 needed for this "Books For Children" Libri Foundation grant.

October Book Discussion Date Changed

The date for the October 15th Wyoming Council for the Humanities book discussion held at the Upton Branch Library has been changed.

The book discussion meeting will take place on October 29 at 7:00 p.m. in the library meeting room.

Please note this change on your calendars.

The book up for discussion is "Plainsong" by Kent Haruf. If you have not picked up your copy yet, there are still copies available at the Upton Branch Library.