Summer Reading Information!!!
Summer Wrap up Party
What: Summer Celebration
When: 11am – 5pm
Where: Valdosta-Lowndes County Library on Woodrow Wilson Dr., next to the hospital.
Parking: Additional parking is available at Mathis Auditorium.
Looking for something fun and free to do this weekend? The South Georgia Regional Library System is throwing a party this Saturday to share the Summer Reading Program’s success with the community. With over 2,000 participants and thousands of reading hours logged; there is definitely a reason to party!
Join us at the Valdosta-Lowndes County Library for our Summer Celebration. The party starts at 11:00am and run until 5:00pm. Stop by for free fun including: face painting, music, entertainment, door prizes and a bounce house for the kids! We will be giving away snow cones all day to help you stay cool.
For more information about the library or Summer Celebration call 333-0086.
Summer Celebration Highlights:
- Grand-Prize Drawing for the Summer Reading Program
- Snow Cones
- Free Bounce House for the Kids
- Face Painting
- Story Times
- Special Guests
- Music
- Entertainment
- Door Prizes
Schedule:
11:00am – Summer Celebration Begins
12:00am – Storytime
1:00pm – Storytime
1:50pm – Summer Reading Program Recap
2:00pm – Grand Prize Drawing
3:00pm – Poetic Magic
4:00pm – Storytime with Kim Carapucci
5:00pm – End of the Summer Celebration
Special Guests:
Shaun Hopper – Amazing acoustic and classical guitarist will be playing Saturday. morning.
Joyce Oglesby – Acclaimed Christian author of Keeping His Pants On Until He Gets Home will be signing books all day Saturday.
Poetic Magic - This spoken word poetry group reveals poetry as living art and hope to inspire young people to read, write, think, and listen.
Kim Carapucci – WCTV reporter, Kim Carapucci, will be reading children stories Saturday afternoon
Event Information:
Poetic Magic @ 3:00pm
Relevant, powerful, spoken word poetry will be preformed by Poetic Magic at 3:00pm on Saturday during Summer Celebration at the Valdosta-Lowndes County Library. Poetic Magic hopes to inspire young people to read, write, think, and listen.
Joyce Oglesby Book Signing
Want to know how to “affair-proof” your marriage? Christian author, Joyce Oglesby, wrote Keeping His Pants On Until He Gets Home to help women preserve their marriages and rediscover the art of romance. Drawing from her life as a pastor’s wife, Joyce espouses down-to-earth techniques on a woman-to-woman level. Her empowering insight opens the door to sexual pleasure many women fail to enjoy due to societal stigmas about sex. Meet the author on Saturday at the Valdosta-Lowndes County Library during Summer Celebration.
Shaun Hopper @ TBA
Enjoy the classical and acoustic styling of Shaun Hopper on Saturday at the Valdosta-Lowndes County Library during Summer Celebration. See the man who has become a YouTube hit live! Check him out online at Shaunhopper.com
New Service for SGRL patrons - Overdrive
SGRL is proud to be a participating library system in a state project promoting the downloading and use of audio books. This new service is in it's introductory period and it is very important that you read the information we have posted on the service in it's entirety here.
Are you work ready?
Get Certified Assessment
To be announced
VLC Computer Lab
300 Woodrow Wilson Drive
Valdosta GA 31602
Are you looking for work? Do you want to show employers that you have the skills needed to do the job? Then get Work Ready Certified at the Valdosta-Lowndes County Library on July 17th.
This free evaluation measures work related skills including literacy and applied mathematics. Those who finish the evaluation will be given a score; participants who receive a three or higher will be given a Work Ready Certificate. Not only does this certificate look good on your resume, but it also grants guaranteed job interviews with a few area businesses.
The evaluation has four parts, each which will take approximately 45 minutes. Since the evaluation is self paced, once a person has finished a section they are free to move to the next.
If you are interested in getting certified you must complete a registration form at least a week prior to the test date.
If you would like to know more visit: www.gaworkready.org
On Saturday 1/5/08, SGRL put on a production of Babes in Toyland, watched a movie and the library made it snow. A good time was had by the nearly 300 participants and the library would like to thank the actors who came out and the parents who were targets of snowballs. SGRL would also like to extend a thank you to Southern Gardens for the loan of the gorgeous trees and to the Valdosta Daily Times for covering the event.
SGRL is proud to announce a new service available to patrons via our website. The Tumblebooks site has story books, read along books, life learning information, puzzles and games, language learning activities and audio books. Please check out the site by clicking on the Tumblebook reader icon.
Tumblebooks requires Adobe's Flash Player which is a free download.
SGRL also has a wiki website maintained by our reference librarian Eric Mathis. The wiki contains information and links for interesting subjects and may feature pictures, maps, and event information. The wiki is accessed via http://sgrl.pbwiki.com/ Enjoy!!!
Like all big dreams, a public library in Lowndes County began as a small hope in the hearts of a handful of individuals. According to history, this group of visionaries, calling themselves a library association, formed in 1876. Early champions were the Columbine Club, a local ladies group, who purchased $40 worth of books, housing the collection in a room in City Hall. Lovingly staffed by volunteers, this first library would soon relocate to a room at the Wymodausis Club, then on to the Corbett Building on Central Avenue, before its return to City Hall. This winding journey would last nearly forty years. Finally, in 1912, the same year the R.M.S. Titanic’s maiden journey across the Atlantic would make headlines, the journey toward a permanent public library location would also end, though its demise would be anything but tragic. A corner piece of property at Central Avenue and Briggs Street in Valdosta was the reward, purchased for $3,750, upon which would be erected the Carnegie Library, named for the Carnegie Foundation, a contributor. Librarian Margaret Jemison opened the newly finished $18,000 library for the first time in 1914.
Today, our system includes six libraries based in Lowndes, Echols and Lanier counties and offers a collection of more than 200,000 books and other media, high-speed internet access and other computer services, weekly children's programs, special classes and events.
We invite you to apply for a library card and enjoy all the privileges, services and programs we offer.
Membership is free to Georgia residents and open to all ages.
Chuck Gibson
SGRL Director
The South Georgia Regional Libraries are now part of the PINES Library System. One of the major benefits of PINES is the dramatically increased access to combined library collections, statewide. PINES enables its users to enjoy the benefits of a shared collection of 8 million books and materials from over 250 libraries, that can be delivered to their home libraries at no charge.
PINES customers have the flexibility to use any or all of the participating libraries as if their home library. Customers can return materials to any PINES library, from the mountains of Georgia to the coast, but customers don't have to travel to other libraries to get access to materials in those collections. Customers can simply use the online system to request that materials be delivered to their local library, at no cost to the customer. PINES ships many materials between libraries.
To get a library card visit any of our libraries or print the online application.
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Website Information
Editting and content by system administrator - Sean Strickland.
Historical information provided by library manager - Janet Register.
Event information provided by public relations - Halley Little.
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