Month: March 2013

As we prepare for the new library database which will go live April 9, we want to keep everyone informed of changes and important dates.

- FROM APRIL 1 THROUGH APRIL 8, YOU MUST HAVE YOUR LIBRARY CARD, OR AT LEAST KNOW YOUR CARD NUMBER, TO CHECK OUT ITEMS.  During that week only, as records are transferred from the old system to the new one, we cannot look up any patron without that number.

– The new library software will allow us to remind you by email before your items are due and before your card expires.  If you are interested in this, please let us know your email address.

The GHS has a wonderful display in our case during the months of March and April.  They’ve collected artifacts from Germantown families and businesses which you’ll find very interesting.  There are photos of Germantown doughboys who served during World War I.  Calendars, photographs and paintings from the church, hardware store, cigar factory and the Spassfest are all on display.

If you have a collection, handmade items or anything you think may be of interest to others, please consider loaning them to the library for a month or two.  We have a beautiful large glass-front, lighted and locked display case that we would love to use to showcase items from any of our patrons.  Please contact a librarian at 523-4820 to learn more.

Just a friendly reminder that we must stop taking requests to borrow items owned by other libraries (and you will not be able to place your own requests online) from March 15 through April 9.  This is so all patron and item records can be transferred to our new automated system.  Any requests not filled by March 15 will be noted by us and re-entered into the new system April 9.  Keep a list of any new items you wish to request from March 15 onward and either do it yourself on or after April 9, or give us your list and we can place the requests for you after that date.  Thanks for your patience as we move to this huge new automated system.