Guess the Academy Award Winners Contest

Glenside patrons can enter our Academy Awards contest for the chance to win a $20 gift card to Cinemark Theaters. One entry will be selected from the all the correct entries received. Ballots are available in the Adult Services area of the library.

Contest ends at 5:00 PM on Oscar Sunday, February 24.

For a complete list of nominees check out http://www.oscar.com/nominees/

Also to learn more about the Academy Awards try these books:

65 years of the Oscar : the official history of the Academy Awards

75 years of the Oscar : the official history of the Academy Awards

Variety's 75 Years Of Glamour On The Red Carpet

- NB

Remembering Margaret Truman

Margaret Truman Daniel died yesterday. Margaret wrote wonderful mystery novels set in Washington DC. These books were filled with insider details of our capital that only the daughter of a President could know. Celebrate her life by reading one of her book in the Capital Crimes Series. Murder on K Street was her last book.

- LP

Friday Night Knitting Club Book Discussion

Last night, Book Club discussed The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs. Because this book describes the lives of the members of a knitting circle, we combined our book discussion with a knitting demonstration. One member, Kat D., led our group through the various knitting techniques, from the slip knot to the knit stitch. In addition to Kat, those members who had knitted before shared their skills with those new to the craft. If you couldn't make our discussion last night, Kat made this instructional video on knitting.



Next Month: When Madeline was Young by Jane Hamilton

-LP

Rebecca Caudill Award 2009 Nominees

The Rebecca Caudill Award is an award given every year to the book voted the best by students in grades four through eight in participating Illinois schools. The master list of the 2009 nominees has been announced.
http://www.rcyrba.org/pdf/2009MasterList.pdf

Most of the titles are available for immediate checkout at the Glenside Public Library District.

- NB

Not Just for Young Adults - Part 2

Airman by Eoin Colfer is one of the best books that the Young Adult Librarian has read recently. After being falsely accused of treason, Conor Broekart serves a harsh sentence at a diamond mine. He plots a daring escape using his knowledge of flying machines.

The book reminded me of The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas. Both books have a strong main character who escapes from a prison and must decide how much he will let the experience change him.

- NB

Reference Databases Accessible from Home

If you've found it difficult to access GPLD's selection of databases at home, times have changed.

Patrons can now access the databases from a tab on the online catalog's main screen. Once into the database page, patrons can browse GPLD's offerings via an alphabetical listing. If accessing the databases at home, GPLD cardholders will be prompted to enter in their library card number and PIN.

Michael L. Printz Award Announced

The Michael L. Printz Award is for excellence in literature for young adults. The 2008 winner is The White Darkness : a Novel by Geraldine McCaughrean.

Four honor books were named as well: Dreamquake : Book Two of the Dreamhunter Duet by Elizabeth Knox, One Whole and Perfect Day by Judith Clarke, Repossessed by A.M. Jenkins, and Your Own, Sylvia : a Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath by Stephanie Hemphill.

You can read the American Library Association's press release about these and other award winners at http://www.ala.org/ala/pressreleases2008/january2008/announce08.htm

- NB

Fearless Fourteen- Release Date Announced!

Attention all you Stephanie Plum fans: The Release Date for the next book in the series, Fearless Fourteen, is June 17, 2008!

Sign up for GPLD's Automatically Yours service and the library will place your name on hold for this book when it is published, so you won't have to worry.

Since June is 5 months away, get your Stephanie Plum fix now by reading Plum Lucky, the newest "between the numbers" book by Janet Evanovich. In this St. Patrick's Day tale, Diesel is back to help Stephanie rescue Grandma Mazur. Grandma Mazur took some money from a "leprechaun" with ties to the mob and, as always, Stephanie finds herself up to her teased hair in trouble.

-LP

Not Just for Young Adults - Part 1

Welcome to the first in an on-going series of entries from the Young Adult Librarian focussing on young adult books that adults might also enjoy.

The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray is the final book in the Gemma Doyle Trilogy, but you will want to start with the first book A Great and Terrible Beauty . Gemma, a school girl in Victorian England, can travel between this world and another called the Realms. She has a great deal of magic within her, and she does not know whom she should trust as several groups also want her powers. This popular series will appeal to adults who like fantasy with complex female characters.

- NB

Adult Winter Reading Starts Today!

Snow is Falling, Books are Calling: Adult Winter Reading starts today and runs until February 24Th! So, sign up today at the Adult Reference Desk for a chance to earn prizes just for reading!!!

- LP

Our space on MySpace

GPLD is now on MySpace.
Check out our page at
http://www.myspace.com/glensidepld

Also check out these MySpace safety tips

http://www1.myspace.com/misc/safetyTips.html

LS

Tax Forms Now Available

Federal and State Tax Forms are now available at the library. The following can be found in the Adult Reference area:

Federal
1040 and Instructions
1040A and Instructions
1040EZ and Instructions
1040X and Instructions
Schedules A, B, C, C-EZ, D, E, EIC, SE
Schedule 3
2106 Instructions
Form 3903
Form 4562 and Instructions
Form 8283 and Instructions
Form 8606 and Instructions

Other federal forms are available via the IRS.

State

1040 and Instructions
1040ES
505-I
1040x and Instructions
2210 and Instructions

Schedules CR, ED, M, NR

Other state tax forms are accessible via the Illinois Department of Revenue.

Please call or stop by the Adult Services desk if you need any further assistance locating the necessary forms.

--KEL