Friends of the Library
(now in a long-distance relationship)
This Saturday, the Friends of the Library will hold their 2020 annual meeting. I'd like to invite everyone who wants to join us on the conference call (details below). The Friends are always an invaluable asset to the Library. The membership drive and annual book sales support events, performers, and summer reading programs. They also fund our website, newsletter, and many other miscellaneous expenses.

If you would like to join the Friends, details can be found on their annual mailer here . If you prefer paypal over mail in these days of social distancing, there is a membership option if you click on the donate button on the Friends webpage .

Friends of the SFPL Annual Meeting
Date and Time: 04/25/2020 10:00 AM
Dial-in number (US): (978) 990-5000
Access code: 632495#

Agenda:

1. Election of Officers
  • Carolyn Dorval, President
  • Russ Haplock, Vice-President
  • Bettina Simpson, Secretary
  • Ellie Chesebrough, Treasurer

2. 2019 Expenditures

3. 2020 Budget
  • Donations to the Interest Bearing Building Account including one from the Friends
  • Requests from Library Director Snook
  • Other

4. Library Director Report

5. Other Business
  • Plant and book sale Saturday, May 23, 30, or other?
  • Second signatory on Unibank accounts
  • Talent auction fundraiser
  • Other

6. Adjourn



Thanks for Reading,

Justin Snook
After announcing book delivery last week, I received a tsunami of emails asking how to browse our collection online. It is easy for me to assume that everyone knows how to use the online catalog, but that's because the first search engines I learned how to use were Altavista and Ask Jeeves in 1996. Anyone who plugged into the online world in the late '90s ought to find our library catalog (powered by Evergreen) at least a little familiar.

Anyone who adopted the internet after around 2005, however, did so after the major search engines had perfected their art. An entire generation is used to a google search bar that just works! You don't have to tease and squeeze your search terms and then dive headfirst into a labyrinth of data to find what you are looking for anymore.

Unfortunately, C/W MARS does not have the budget of google, so it can be clunkier and take a bit more work. That makes it retro and cool, though. I made a tutorial video on how to use our online catalog to browse the collection here . Hopefully that'll make it a little easier for you to find what you are after.
The Town of Douglas, through the Emergency Operations Center, has implemented a program to provide Food to Vulnerable Families in need, during this Emergency COVID-19 Pandemic. The Town is making available a food preparation and distribution program.

If you would like to participate in this program, we ask that you Register at http://www.Tinyurl.com/DouglasFood or call Patrice Rousseau at 508-476-2283. This program is anonymous, although we do ask that you provide an email address so we can send out periodic email updates.
Brought to you by the Friends of the Simon Fairfield Public Library.