Announcing the POWER Library 2010
A selection of the POWER Library resources you are accustomed to accessing are again available along with several new, exciting databases. Included in the new resources are:
Readers' Guide Select: A Periodical Resource
InfoTrac Newstand: A Newspaper Resources
ABI/Inform: Business Resources(available soon)
For a complete listing and individual direct links click here.
Artist of the Month
Every month the Lower Macungie Library displays original framed artwork by a different member of the Parkland Art League. Art exhibited is available for purchase.
Throughout the month of March, the library is featuring paintings by Maur Levan. Mr. Levan has studied drawing and oil painting at Cedar Crest College and Baum Art School. He has also studied at Verrocchio Art Centre in Casole de Elsa, Italy. In addition to being a member of the Parkland Art League, he is also a member of the Bethlehem Palette Club. He has participated in the annual PA Senior Arts Festival at the Capitol Building in Harrisburg. His oil paintings range in subject from Monument Valley to Italy’s Tuscan fields to local pastoral scenes. For more information about the library or any of its “services beyond expectation,” please feel free to call (610) 966-6864 or visit us in person (3450 Brookside Rd.).
Playaways - Now Available at Lower Macungie Library
The Lower Macungie Library is now offering its patrons Playaway, the first pre-loaded, self-playing, digital audiobook. You can now listen to your favorite narrators, reading best-selling, award-winning title on Playaway. An all-in-one product, Playaway, from Recorded Books, is a lightweight, compact, easy-to-use player that comes with one audiobook already downloaded.
So why should you listen?
Playaway is simple and easy to use. Just plug your earphones into the universal jack and press the Playaway button.
Playaway is pre-loaded. Every Playaway comes already loaded with your favorite titles.
Playaway is digital technology. Like Recorded Books’ CDs and cassettes, the Playaway digital audiobook delivers sound that is crisp and flawless. Plus, using a simple keypad, listeners have the ability to adjust voice speed. Bookmarking is automatic. Finally— technology in its simplest, smartest form!
Best of all, Playaway is portable. In fact, Playaway redefines portable. It is just six ounces of palm-sized, durable plastic. Compact and light, you can fit a whole book in your pocket! And you can listen anywhere, including on earphones or on car or home speakers.
Lower Macungie Library Receives We the People “Created Equal” Bookshelf
The Lower Macungie Library is among the 3,000 nationally selected libraries to receive the 2008 We the People “Created Equal” Bookshelf, a collection of 17 classic books on the “Created Equal” theme. This program, presented by the National Endowment for the Humanities, in cooperation with the American Library Association, encourages young people to read and understand great literature while exploring themes in American history.
Every generation of Americans has had the task of understanding the full meaning of the proposition that “All men are created equal” since it was first put forth as a “self-evident truth” by the Founding Fathers. Through stories told in this year’s We the People Bookshelf students will have the opportunity to examine the central tenet of our American identity: that all human beings are “created equal.” Each book chosen will engage young readers as well as their parents and teachers, and help young people learn more about events, people, places, and ideas in American history.
Of the 17 books the Lower Macungie Library has received, four are in Spanish translation and four are about Abraham Lincoln. The Lincoln books are included in celebration of the approaching Lincoln Bicentennial in 2009 and it is the hope of the library that they will stimulate discussion and reflection among students on the contributions Lincoln made to our understanding of human equality. All books received are currently on display within the library and are available for circulation.
