Summer Programming at Blair Elementary Beginning July 20th, the Traverse Area District Library will be offering Saturday morning summer library servi

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Summer Programming at Blair Elementary

Beginning July 20th, the Traverse Area District Library will be offering Saturday morning summer library services at the Blair Elementary School library. The library will be open to the public from 9:00am - 12:00pm every Saturday through August 24th. Scheduled programming will include Pre-School Storytime and Crafts and Summer Reading Club and Crafts for children in Grades 1-5.

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TADL Annual Report 2012 is Online

The 2012 Traverse Area District Library Annual Report to the community is now available online. Although revenues have dropped each year over the last three years, substantially due to dropping tax revenues, library operations have stayed within the operating budget and service has improved. One-time expenditures for major projects are supported from the Public Improvement Fund but operating expenditures are completely supported by the operating budget. Despite continual revenue reductions, TADL continues to provide excellent service with increasing collection expenditures and increasing overall use. Read More.

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You Asked - We Answered

Did you know that 67% of American households play video games? Due to popular demand, the Traverse Area District Library is now offering an all ages circulating video game collection. The collection is located in the Sight and Sound department at the Woodmere Branch.

We’ve done our homework and purchased a collection of the most critically acclaimed games for XBOX 360, Playstation 3 & Wii. We’re also in good company - over half of Michigan’s largest libraries provide their patrons with video games. Education and Psychology researchers have released countless studies that link positive learning behaviors with video game use, specifically in areas such as problem solving, multi-tasking, rapid decision making and collaboration, all skills essential to compete in the 21st century economy. Read More.

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2014 Friends of TADL Membership Drive

Friends of TADL will be launching their membership drive for 2014 in late August and early September. Your help is needed. The Friends are looking for members with computer skills and/or those willing to help with mailing membership notices. They will also be discussing ideas for attracting new members at upcoming meetings and would like your input.

If interested, please email glawrence 10@ charter.net or visit us at www.tadl.org/friends and complete the membership form.

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Nice to Meet You

Michele Rudd is a library assistant in the Youth Services Department at the Woodmere (Main) Branch of the Traverse Area District Library (and yes, she is Bob and Grace Rudd's daughter). She is a life long resident of Traverse City, is a proud graduate of Interlochen Arts Academy and earned a bachelor’s degree in elementary education at Michigan State University. Michele is happily married and has two sons away at college. In her free time, she likes to garden and do housework while wearing a tiara and listening to Harry Chapin. She also likes to read and sew.

Michele will also be part of the fantastic team that will be offering summer programming for kids at Blair Elementary this summer. Stop by and say "hi" to Michele!

Michele, what are you reading?

"Currently, I am reading the young adult novel Winger by Andrew Smith.

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This e-newsletter is made possible by the Friends of the Traverse Area District Library.

About TADL

The Traverse Area District Library (TADL) is a network of community libraries serving Grand Traverse County through the following locations: the Woodmere (Main) Branch in Traverse City including the Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, East Bay and Kingsley Branch Libraries; Member Libraries: Fife Lake Public Library, Interlochen Public Library, and Peninsula Community Library; and the Grand Traverse County Law Library.

TADL provides a wide variety of services, including the loan and inter-library loan of a broad collection of book titles (print, audiobooks, e-books, and e-audiobooks), periodicals, DVDs, CDs, subscription databases, publicly accessible computers, free WiFi, a variety of meeting spaces, blind and physically handicapped services, and free programming for all ages.

Please share your questions or concerns with the TADL e-newsletter editor at news@tadl.org.

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