Happy Holidays!

Hope everyone out there has a great holiday! A reminder-the library closes today at 12 noon and reopens on Tuesday, 12/26 at 10 AM. And if you go to the movies this weekend, stay away from Eragon, especially if you liked the book. Come visit next week!

Less than a week till ERAGON: the movie!

ERAGONopens nationwide this Friday, December 15! We're having a book chat on the title on Thursday at 3:30 and then seeing the movie as a group on Friday!

Magic and D&D at the Library

So we're thinking of getting the groups back together again. Magic will tentativly meet on Tuesdays at 2:30 in the LOFT.

D&D will meet on Sundays at 1 in the LOFT.

These are great programs for beginners as well as experienced players. For students in grades 5-12.

Another Contest!

This one is cool!

Baker and Taylor is sponsoring a Teen Readers Sweepstakes.
All you have to do is vote for your favorite title from a list of YA books! Click here for the website. For more info and to get your ballots, see the display in the YA room at the library. We could win an author visit! Ballots must be mailed in together, so return them to me aftet you've filled them out. Also, you can only enter once. The contest ends on February 28, 2007.

New contest!

The library is holding a contest to design a graphic for our new "Kids Only" library cards! It can be hand drawn or computer generated, but it must fit into a space no larger than 3 1/4" x2 1/4", and use no more than 2 colors. Entries are due by 5 PM on November 30 . They can be submitted at the library or by emailing Linda Johnson at ljohnson@cwmars.org. Your design could be featured on Shrewsbury kids' first library cards!

Trick or Treat!!!

So we always do this thing for kids on Halloween called the Big Boo! They come in costume for a storytime. But, I've never done anything for teens on Halloween. So this year, I am. If you come into the library on Halloween--for books, homework, hang out--whatever, you'll get a nice little treat from me. Now, here's the catch. I'm not posting this anywhere else besides here and on MySpace. I want to see how many of you actually read this thing. Special thanks to whoever put this great suggestion in the YA suggestion box in the YA room (see, I do read them!)

Picture taken from Photo Creations by Jim Watters.

Arrggh!

Is there anything more annoying than homework? Yes, there is--homework that you can't figure out! We've just subscribed to a very cool service, Live Homework Help! It's an online real time chat with a licensed tutor! Every day, from 4 PM-10 PM, you can log on with your library card and received expert help for all your homework needs! Plus, it's FREE!!! Give and a try and let me know what you think.

Teens Rock the Common!

Our first concert on the common was a success! Over 150 people of all ages rocked out to SHS's own Midway and Intermission! Special thanks to the bands, Dan McGuire, the Shrewsbury Board of Selectman, and the First Congregational Church of Shrewsbury for being a part of this great program. For those of you who missed it, too bad! What a great show. Don't worry...we'll do it again next year!

LAST WEEK!!!!!

This is it!!! The last week to get your entries for the teen summer reading program Get Your Game On! The raffle closes at 5 PM tomorrow,August 17!
Winners will be drawn on Friday at the concert on the common! Don't worry if you can't make it; I'll call you if you're a winner.

Hello from Cleveland!

2 of your friendly neighborhood librarians here at Digipalooza 2006! We're learning about all the cool new digital downloads that will soon be available at SPL. We've already got ebooks, downloadable audiobooks, so what's next? Movies, of course! Starting this fall, fingers crossed, you'll be able to download movies from home with your library card! Click here for more info.

PS2 in the LOFT!

I know, I've been talking about it for what seems like forever. But it's finally here! A PS2 in the LOFT! Come by this summer, or after school, kick back and relax in the LOFT, upstairs in the library. New furniture and a PS2-- and set up just for you guys. Of course there are a couple of rules: You can only play library owned games (yes, we do have a circulating game collection), you have to share the PS2 with others, and there's no memory card avaiable. I also am in desperate need of title suggestions. Post them here or email me. I'm also grateful for any donations of games.

WOWeee!!!!

80 Friends on MySpace! Did you ever think the library would have so many cyber-friends? You should join our friends list too!

A bit busy

Have you been to the library lately? If so, you know how busy it's been. Sorry I haven't posted in a bit. I'm already hard at work on some GREAT programs for this fall. How about an visit from a famous author? Working on that. Or a very cool spin on a book club? That's in the works too! And of course, Spirit of Shrewsbury is coming up! We'll be hold ing a basket raffle to raise money for teens again. Last year, we bought furniture and a PS2 for the library. What should we by this time? P.S. I promise, the PS2 is on it's way. And how could I forget about DDR?!? We'll be hosting some of those too!

Concert on the Common!

Mark your calendars! Our end of summer program this year is a concert on Shrewsbury Common, featuring Shrewsbury High's own Dan McGuire, with special guest Calvin Betancourt. We'll also be drawing our teen summer reading program raffle winners!

Friday, August 18 at 2 PM (rain date August 22)

Check out Dan and Calvin on MySpace.

Another great new Mag!

We now have a subscription to Sci Fic Magazine. This very cool mag can be found the in the YA room. Have a great 4th!!!

3rd Annual Baseball Cookout

This Friday, July 7 at 12 noon. Our annual celebration of one of our favorite sports, baseball, and our favorite teams, the Boston Red Sox and the Worcester Tornadoes!!!! Stop by for free hot dogs, raffles, and a surprise guest!!! Wear your favorite team's gear.

Summer Reading Program!!

Did you sign up yet? What are you waiting for????

New Magazine Subscription

Just wanted to let you all know of a new magazine subscriptions we have! Shonen JUMP, a fav of many, has finally made it to the library, thanks to the generosity of That's Entertainment!You can find them in the YA room and they can be checked out for a week. Be sure to send an email to That's Entertainment to say "Thanks!"

Summer Events!

2 exciting summer events to tell you about! Every Thursday this summer d20 will continue their meetings at the library. So if you're a skilled Dungeons and Dragons player or just starting out, stop by and play! Thursdays at 2. Also coming every week, Magic: the Gathering. Our tournament was so successful, we're making the group a weekly event. Wednesdays at 1. Email Sarah for more info.

New Furniture

The trip to IKEA is tomorrow! Here's some pics of what I hope to get. With any luck, they'll be in stock, purchased, and set up sometime next week. Stop by and let me know what you think!