Newsletter...
Holiday Closing
We will be closed Monday, October 13 for Columbus Day. We will re-open Tuesday, October 14 with our regular hours. Halloween is just around the corner. We would greatly appreciate donations of bags of candy for the library to give out for the Town Halloween Parade.
Book Donations
We are no longer accepting book donations. When we are ready to accept donations again, we will begin posting requests for them.
Banned Books Night!
Coming, Wednesday, October 1st at 6:00 P.M., a very special community event. We will be holding our first Banned Book Night Read-A-Thon. Come join us for an evening of readings from 15 Banned and Challenged Books read by 15 readers from the community. This is an important and thought-provoking program so come early as we expect a full house. There will be refreshments after the readings. Please be aware that this is an adult program.
For more information, please see our Special Events Page
Explore Classes
Sign ups have begun for the new Explore programs. The Goodwin Library is taking sign-ups for Farmington based programs, see page 12 inside the Farmington Rec/Explore brochure. Stop by and pick one up. Please note that classes must be paid for at the time of sign-up.
Turning the Page Gates Conference
Director Deborah Christie and two staff members had the pleasure of attending the Turning The Page conference in S. Portland, Maine on the 9th, 10th and 11th of September. This was funded by the Bill Gates Foundation to teach librarians, trustees and Friends of the Library to advocate as fundraisers on behalf of their libraries, raising matching funds for the Gates computer grants, and fundraising in general. Everyone who attended came back with ideas and inspiration and can’t wait to get started implementing them.
One idea, you’ll start noticing this newsletter around town as an outreach to the community. Not everyone in town uses the library, but we hope by reading the newsletter, a lot more people will stop by and check out our services.
Another sidebar to the conference were two wonderful speakers. Kevin Carroll, author of Rules of the Red Rubber Ball and Julia Spencer Fleming, mystery author. We ordered all their books so you can get a taste of their work.
Farmington Women's Club News
Do you enjoy Project Runway and America’s Next Top Model? Here’s Farmington’s answer for fashion enthusiasts. The Farmington Women’s Club presents their First Annual Fashion Show on Sunday, October 5th at 2:00 P.M. at the Farmington Recreation Center. Admssion is $10.00. For more info contact Sylvia Arcouette at 755 2373.
Doll Display
Thanks to the Happy Hobby Doll Club from Alton for lending us the wonderful dolls and books you can see on display in our glass display case. Included in this display are a variety of character dolls from books such as Madeline, Harry Potter, Little Women and even a Nelson Mandela doll.
Parents of Bright and Gifted Children’s Workshop
The group met on Wednesday, September 17th. The guest was G & T specialist Sandy Bonin from N. Berwick, Maine. She was very inspiring and gave the group many great ideas. The group wishes to thank her for her time. The next meeting will be Wednesday, October 8th at 6:00 P.M. Please be aware that this is an adult program.
Colds and Flu
If you feel under the weather please be considerate and stay home. We try to keep our staff healthy so they are here to help our patrons with programs, services and book check-outs. Thank you!
Strafford County Prescription Cards
Need help with your prescriptions? We have the Strafford County prescription card. If you don’t have insurance or prescriptions are not covered, this card entitles you to an average of 20% off prescriptions at participating pharmacies. No restrictions and no limits. Ask at the Front Desk.
Food Donations
Even though it’s summer, high gas and food prices are continuing to strain local family budgets. Please help us help our community and bring canned goods and non-perishable food items to the library. These donations are sent directly over the Farmington Food Pantry. We also welcome donations of personal care items and supplies for pets!
Oops…time went too fast and you have late books? Here’s another reason to donate - Food for Fines! Pay off your fines with canned goods for fines up to $5.00. Two cans equal $1.00 off your fines.
Boxtops for Education
Want to help the Farmington Schools make a little extra money this year? Don’t know what to do with your leftover box-tops? Here’s an idea, pick up a copy of the Box Tops For Education list from us and then clip any tops from the list and bring them here. Each box top will be worth 10 cents to the schools. There will be a can set up to collect them all, which will then go to the schools.
Computer Use Forms
If you are under 18 of age, your current computer use permission slip may have expired on August 31, 2007. Please be sure to renew or your computer access at the library will be denied.
New Books for Everyone!
We are constantly refreshing our adult circulation with many diverse new titles which the staff have hand picked for our patrons!
Be sure to check out The New Book Section of our website!
New Patron Policies
New card holders can check out two items per visit for the first month. Then, after the first month, they may check out up to five items per visit. Items include books, magazines, videos, DVDs, audio CDs and cassettes.
Interlibrary Loan Patron Policy - New patrons must wait 3 months before using the library’s interlibrary loan service.
Unattended Children Policy - It is the policy of the Farmington Public Library Association, Goodwin Public Library, that no child or children age eight or younger may enter the library or remain in the library unless they are accompanied by a parent or other supervising adult who shall have responsibility for the supervision and control of the child or children. This requirement for adult supervision shall include both normal use of the library and all its services and attendance at Library functions including Story Hour and other projects. Library staff are not responsible for supervising children on the premises. If in the opinion of the librarian, a child is not being adequately supervised, the patron and child shall be requested to leave the library.
DVD Movies Needed
The Goodwin Library is trying to build our DVD collection. If you have any good movies you'd like to donate to the library, we would greatly appreciate your donations. We are especially looking for Anime DVDs to build a collection of movies for our teen patrons. Good quality, unscratched movies only, please. You can bring them to the Goodwin Library during open hours. Please call 755 2944 to make sure someone is here to accept them.
New - Book Reminder Slips!
If you’re in the habit of reading a book and forgetting that you’ve read it, we have new reminder slips starting with our newest books. They will be located next to the card pocket. Simply write your initials on the slip…and you’ll never be annoyed by checking out a book you’ve read, again!
Attention: Audio Book Patrons
Please do NOT leave the audio CD or Cassette cases in your car or other areas where they may be affected by extreme temperatures. They have been returned in various degrees of melt-down!!! Thank you.
Books on CD & New Movies
Goodwin Library wants to be sure you know we have recently put into circulation many books on CD, including instructional foreign language CDs. We have also received many new DVDs and Adult and Juvenile VHS tapes.
Visit Our Book Sale
We have lots of gently-read books for Adults and Children.
Some are brand-new titles, which retail for $20.00+
Hardcovers-$1.00
Paperbacks-$.50 or 3/$1.00
Children's titles-$.50
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!
Don't throw out those empty ink cartridges!!! Goodwin Public Library now accepts empty ink cartridges for recycling. Please, only EMPTY original cartridges. We are not accepting cartridges that have been re-filled. We only take HP, Dell and Lexmark cartridges.
Town Meetings on DVD
DVDs of Town Committee meetings are available for in-library viewing on our public computers. Call ahead to reserve computer time: 755-2944
Museum Passes
We have the following passes available to our patrons:
Christa McAuliffe Planetarium
New Hampshire Farm Museum
Museum of New Hampshire History
Wright World War II Museum
For more information call 755-2944 or Visit our Passes page.