Phoenixville Library News & Job Openings

·        Read any book or eBook, or listen to any audiobook, from any Chester County library or the eMedia Catalog.  You must be at least 18 years old to qualify.

·        Check in your book or audiobook at the Circulation Desk in the Adult Library, or bring in the list of titles on your eBookshelf.

·        Request a book review card for each title you check in — or that are listed on your eBookshelf with an expiration date occurring during that particular week.

·        Complete both sides of the card.  We will post selected reviews on our bulletin boards throughout the summer.

·        Each book review card doubles as an entry form for a weekly raffle drawing for a gift card to a local restaurant or merchant.  So, the more books you read and check in, the more chances you have in each week’s drawing.  You may hold onto your card(s) and submit them at a later week if you wish to try for another week’s prize.

·        Place completed book review cards in the designated box at the Adult Services Desk.  Raffle winners will be contacted by phone and e-mail.

The program is free.  For more information, see Mark Pinto, Adult Services Librarian, call 610-933-3013, Ext. 32, or e-mail mpinto@ccls.org.

During our renovations, the Library has found it necessary to place portions of our book collection in storage.  Thus, the following collections are not available at this time:

Adult nonfiction

Adult biography

Adult oversize

Adult reference

Children biography

Children holiday books

While these collections are not available at Phoenixville Public Library, holds may be placed on the same titles if owned by other Chester County libraries.  Items not available at any other Chester County library may still be requested through Interlibrary Loan.  Please contact Kay Price, Circulation Manager, at 610-933-3013 x 22, for more information.  We apologize for any inconvenience.

Phoenixville Public Library Board of Trustees meeting location for the May 14^th 2012 meeting, beginning at 6:00PM, has been changed.  The new location for this meeting is:

Phoenixville Federal Bank & Trust
Conference Center
564 Nutt Rd
Phoenixville, PA 19460
 
The public is welcome to attend.

April 8-14 is National Library Week, and Phoenixville Public Library is celebrating by giving our customers 2-for-1 media rentals all week and waiving fines for overdue materials returned this week (unless your account is in Collection).  Stop in and pick up a free bookmark, too.

There will be a special meeting of the Phoenixville Public Library Board of Trustees on Thursday, March 1 at 6:00 PM in the Community Room.  The purpose of the meeting will be to discuss last week’s Phoenixville Area School District School Board Ad Hoc Committee meeting regarding strategic positioning of the Library, and to discuss applications for the Library Board vacancy.

The Friends of the Phoenixville Library are  selling Reading Phillies ticket books as a fundraiser for the Library.  The ticket books cost $27 (valued at $48) for six general admission tickets good for any home game in the 2012 season.  Sign up at the Circulation Desks in the Adult or Children’s Library.   Ticket sales will run through the month of February.  Call the Library for further information:  610-933-3013 x21.

January 23-27 — No limit, first come, first served.

Located behind Children’s Library.

Visit your local Chester County library and be one of the first to check out a NOOK preloaded with popular eBooks titles.  Each local library has seven different genre based NOOKs. You can choose from a NOOK with mystery, romance, science fiction, thrillers, non-fiction or biography titles.  You may search the library catalog and see the titles available on each themed NOOK. They can be checked out for three weeks.

The Chester County Library System received a $30,000 Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) Innovative Projects Grant to expand and enhance library service by adding eReaders to its collection. LSTA Grants provide libraries an opportunity to transform service for their customers. They play an important role in helping libraries embrace technology, establish new services and engage the public.  The Office of Commonwealth Libraries administers the Federal LSTA funds for Commonwealth Libraries.

 As part of the grant each of the 18 member libraries also received a Nook Simple Touch, Kindle and Sony e-reader for a “petting zoo” to encourage you to become familiar with the devices.

The purchase of eBook titles for the NOOKs was made possible through an $18,000 grant from the Chester County Library Trust.