Library news & updates
Director's Note

This month's newsletter is a couple weeks late. In late July, I learned that you can get a concussion without actually hitting your head and that the older you get, the worse they are and the longer they last. I really have to be more careful on my walks to the coffee pot. Anyway, blame the noggin injury if none of the rest of this newsletter makes any sense.

We continue to plug along with Thursday home delivery, parking lot service, and collection browsing limited to 6 patrons at a time. It seems to be working. Physical circulation continues to steadily rise but is still nowhere near pre-pandemic levels. Digital circulation is still off-the-charts! If you haven't adopted Libby and continue to pay for your electronic books and audio-books, you really should do that...

Late summer and autumn are when the new book really roll in and start crowding the shelves, so please come take some of them off our hands!

Keep Reading,

Justin Snook
Friends of the Library Online Auction

The Friends are hosting an online auction running from October 3 through 14. You'll be able to log in and bid online for some really exciting items! The proceeds will go to the Library's Building Accessibility Renovation Campaign (our quest to raise $400,000 to put in an elevator, proper parking lot, handicap accessible restrooms, and accessible rear entrance).

Right now, the Friends are in seeking donations of great items, services, etc. to be presented in the online catalog. If you have a special service, talent, attic treasure, artsy item, antique, time-share, horde of hand sanitizer, or anything else you think would be a desirable auction item, contact Donna Kmetz at donnakmetz@charter.net. The deadline for submissions is September 11.

Just to tease some items they've already collected: we’ve got vintage quilts, farm baskets, scratch tickets, gift cards, a leg of lamb, yoga classes, golf rounds, a ride to school in a police cruiser, and a week in St. Marten!
SciFi Book Club

We’re finally done with Dune…and Dune Messiah…and Children of Dune. September 26th is your chance to jump into our Saturday morning SciFi book clubs! Interesting discussion, interesting books, and interesting people! 

September’s book is After Atlas by Emma Newman. Technically it is the second book in a series, but it has next-to-nothing in common with the first book and reads perfectly well as a stand-alone. The only thing you need to know is that a colony ship left Earth 40 years ago and it was a pretty big deal. That’s literally the only thing the two books have in common. Check the website for the Zoom details!
Ultimate Red Sox Presentation

Also on September 26, we're celebrating the legendary Red Sox vs. Yankees game in Soldier's Field with a lunch-time journey through Boston Red Sox history with Martin Gitlin, author of the Ultimate Boston Red Sox Time Machine Book.

This presentation features videos and photographs of the greatest and most fascinating players, teams, events and moments in franchise history, including the day the Sox hosted their arch-rival Yankees right here in Douglas.

The program also includes trivia questions for patrons to ponder and covers Sox history from the Royal Rooters, who launched Red Sox Nation, to the 2004 World Series championship that broke The Curse and all the way to today. It will conclude with a question-and-answer period.

Author Martin Gitlin will have autographed and personalized copies of his book available online following the program.

Sponsored by the Friends of the Library! Check the website for Zoom details!
Yoga Hiatus

We have tried to keep the weekly Library yoga clubs with Marise Nazarro going virtually since the pandemic began, but the sessions just haven't been well-attended enough to continue, so this Thursday will be the last virtual session.
Brought to you by the Friends of the Simon Fairfield Public Library.