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The newsletter of the Friends of the Rowley Public Library
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4th ANNUAL HOLIDAY BASKET RAFFLE A SUCCESS
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The Friends of the Rowley Public Library want to thank everyone who participated in the 4th Annual Holiday Basket Raffle. 21 baskets were donated by generous community businesses, organizations, families, and individuals. Countless visitors and patrons purchased chances to win the lovely baskets, featuring Legos, Baby Dolls, Cookies for Santa, American BBQ, Yoga, the Gift Card Tree, Local Honey, and many more. Over $1,200 was raised to support the Friends and the Library.
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The Rowley Public Library will be closed on January 18 for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
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Genealogy club to meet January 11
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Interested in researching your family history? Start with yourself! Feel free to join us from 6-8 PM on January 11 in the Local History Room for Genealogy Club, where like-minded researchers can make use of the Library's resources, share ideas, and make progress on family stories. No experience necessary. No expert on hand, but those who have been working on this for a while will help you get started.
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New genealogy resources now offered
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The Rowley Public Library has recently subscribed to genealogy databases Ancestry.com and Heritage Quest. Ancestry® Library Edition, distributed exclusively by ProQuest and powered by Ancestry.com, delivers billions of records in census data, vital records, directories, photos, and more from countries all over the world. Ancestry is for use in library only. HeritageQuest Online combines digital, searchable images of U.S. federal census records with the digitized version of the popular ProQuest Genealogy & Local History collection and other valuable content. Heritage Quest can be remotely accessed with a valid Library card.
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Adult yoga classes continue Wednesday evenings 5:30-7 pm
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New students are welcome at any time
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Hatha Yoga classes are offered weekly at the Rowley Public Library.
Students are led through a series of stretches, strengthening and balancing postures, twists and inversions by certified yoga instructor Maura Mastrogiovanni. No registration is required, and all fitness levels are welcome. Bring a mat if you have one and wear comfortable clothes. Class meets every Wednesday evening from 5:30-7 pm. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library, cost for students is $12 or $10 for Friends members. Call 978-948-2850 for more information.
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Rowley Book Club to meet Thursday, February 4, 6:30 pm
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The Rowley Book Club is currently reading An Untamed State by Roxane Gay. Mireille lives a fairy tale life as the daughter of a wealthy Haitian until she is kidnapped. When her father refuses to pay the ransom, she is tormented by her captor, a man called The Commander, who resents her privileged world, far from the crushing poverty of the rest of the country. Pick up a copy of the book at the library, or reserve one here, then join us for a discussion on Thursday, February 4 at 6:30 p.m.
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January's Book Club discussion is postponed to Thursday January 14 at 6:30 pm
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The Rowley Book Club is currently reading Redeployment by Phil Klay, a book of short stories about life on the frontlines of Iraq and Afghanistan and after.The 12 stories cover themes of faith, guilt, and survival as soldiers deal with the realities of war and readjustment. Pick up a copy of the book at the library, or reserve one here, then join us for a discussion on Thursday, January 14 at 6:30 p.m.
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Commonwealth Catalog is now live!
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Statewide Library Resources now available
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If you can't find what you need in the Merrimack Valley Library Consortium, try searching the Commonwealth Catalog. It allows you to search nine Massachusetts Library Networks and two Academic Library Catalogs at one time, with more members scheduled to come online soon. The Commonweath Catolog replaces the previous Virtul Catalog to link Massachusetts library resources.
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Rowley Reads 2016 title is The Time Machine by HG Wells
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As the Rowley Public Library celebrates the quasquicentennial (125th) anniversary of its founding in 1891, we'll be looking both forwards and backwards in time. Wells' classic, (he coined the term "time-travel!") first published in 1895, will be our Rowley Reads selection. It is available as a free audiobook or ebook download from Project Gutenberg. If you'd like to help the Rowley Reads team start planning for this exciting project call Library Director Pam Jacobson at 978-948-2850 or email [email protected].
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Featured artist at Rowley Public Library
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Our featured artist this month is
Tamara Gonda, a local painter. Tamara currently works with watercolors and acrylics to create what she calls "American abstract." She will be displaying her latest collection through January at the Rowley Public Library
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Weekly notifications of new Library materials now available
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The Rowley Public Library buys many thousands of new books, movies, and CDs each year. We are now offering weekly email alerts showing you the newest books, DVDs, CDs, and audio books that we purchase each week. We hope you'll enjoy hearing about the many exciting bestsellers, movies, music, and recorded books almost the very moment they arrive at the library. Whenever you spot something of interest, you'll be able to click instantly, reserve it, and check it out at your convenience. And of course, like everything else in the library, this service is free, with sponsorship from the Friends of the Rowley Public Library.
To get started and see what the emails look like, just visit www.wowbrary.org. You can quit the weekly emails any time you wish.
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Free music downloads & streaming with Freegal
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5 downloads per week ; three hours of streaming per day
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Freegal® Music is a free music service from your library. All you need is your library card number. Freegal offers access to about 8 million songs, including Sony Music's catalog of legendary artists. In total the collection is comprised of music from over 28,000+ labels with music that originates in over 80 countries. There is no software to download, and there are no digital rights management (DRM) restrictions. Access to Freegal is limited to patrons of subscribing libraries. Rowley patrons may download 5 songs per week (to keep!) and stream 3 hours per day. Visit
www.rowleylibrary.org to get started.
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Reserve a museum pass for discounted admission
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Passes are sponsored by the Friends of the Rowley Public Library and the Rowley Cultural Council
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Commonwealth eBook Collections available
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The Rowley Public Library is participating in the Commonwealth eBook Collections. Click here to get started, or call 978-948-2850 for more information. This is a new statewide program in addition to our OverDrive ebook subscription through the Merrimack Valley Library Consortium. There are currently over 177,000 titles in the collections.
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From the Children's Room:
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New programs start the week of January 11
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Mondays:
4:00 - 5:00 PM Drop in Lego Club for all ages
Ongoing Story Times on Tuesdays and Wednesdays
Story Times and activities are most appropriate for children birth to age 7 except otherwise indicated. Caregivers must be in the program room or close by during the story time.
Tuesdays:
Stories and Songs (ages 18 mos. - 3yrs.) 10:30 -11:00 AM
Wednesdays:
Babies and Toddlers (ages 0 - 3 yrs.) 10:30 - 11:00 AM
Family Story Time with craft (Preschool ages) 12:00 - 12:45 PM
Yoga for kids (all ages) 1:00 - 1:30 PM
Regular story times will not meet the weeks of February 15 and April 18 - Drop in
Crafts will be available
Monthly Cooking Club on Tuesdays: 4:00 to 5:30 PM for boys and girls in grades 3 and up.
Group 1 will meet 1/12; 2/16; 3/8; 4/14; 5/10 (subject to change)
Group 2 will meet 1/26; 2/23; 3/22; 4/26; 5/24 (subject to change)
Please note: If you were a part of this program in the fall and want to continue, you have to sign up again. Please call the library or stop by.
Thursdays:
4:00 - 5:00 PM Afterschool Club for elementary ages Weekly activities will vary and include stories, arts & crafts, and board games. Other ideas are welcome.
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Check out one of our exciting discovery kits to complete at home as a family or to dig deeper into a topic or to explore a new topic. We have 22 kits covering a range of topics. Check the online catalog for details, give us a call at the library or pick up a brochure in the Children's Room the next time you visit the library. Ongoing in-depth learning all year long!
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Learn a new language with Mango Languages
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 The Rowley Public Library is excited to announce the launch of Mango Languages.
Learning a new language with Mango Languages is free for all library patrons, and offers a fast and convenient solution for our community's increasing language-learning needs. Each lesson combines real life situations and audio from native speakers with simple, clear instructions.
There are more than 40 foreign language courses available and 16 English as a Second Language (ESL) courses.Visit
rowleylibrary.org to get started.
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