http://sonomalibrary.org/news Sonoma County Library news Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:38:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Now added to our event lineup for National Novel Writing Month, two author panels at the Central Library: Wednesday, November 4 at 7 p.m.: Mystery Writers Wednesday, November 18 at 7 p.m.:  Fiction Writers Come hear published authors discuss their books and their craft.  Join us for these lively and informative conversations! See all ... http://sonomalibrary.org/news/blog/2009/11/04/author-panels-added-for-nanowrimo/ Over the next two months we are planning two holiday closures and a special budget reduction furlough/holiday closure. The Library will be closed Wednesday, November 11 for Veterans' Day, and closed Thursday through Friday, November 26 and 27, for Thanksgiving. The Library will also be closed from 2:00 p.m. on Christmas Eve ... http://sonomalibrary.org/news/blog/2009/11/04/upcoming-library-closures/ Got the urge to write? Join the Write-Ins for National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) in which aspiring writers attempt to complete a 50,000 word novel in thirty days.   Write-Ins will be held at the Central, Healdsburg, Rincon Valley, Petaluma, and Sebastopol branches. Details are in the library-wide ... http://sonomalibrary.org/news/blog/2009/10/19/national-novel-writing-month/ Bilingual auditions in Healdsburg Do you speak English and Spanish? Adults and children 8 and up, audition for a bilingual production of “Too Many Tamales!” / “¡Qué Montón de Tamales!” based on the children's book by Gary Soto. Actors of all ages and hand puppeteers are needed. Performances will take place in ... http://sonomalibrary.org/news/blog/2009/10/15/auditions-saturday-october-17/ All Library websites, catalog, My Account, and phone renewals will be unavailable Saturday night and Sunday morning the weekends of October 10-11 and October 17-18.  We anticipate shutting down service at 8 p.m. each Saturday and starting it back up by noon each Sunday.  The systems must be shut down due to a ... http://sonomalibrary.org/news/blog/2009/10/08/no-saturday-night-web-or-phone-service/ The 9th annual Sonoma County Library Poetry Slam series is on now through next July.  Upcoming slam date is October 16 at the Northwest (Coddingtown) branch.  Teens and adults can participate. More info on the annual Poetry Slam This year, in honor of Teen Read Week 2009, we are also hosting Teen ... http://sonomalibrary.org/news/blog/2009/09/28/poetry-slam-2/ The new Testing & Education Reference Center has dozens of exam prep books and practice tests for you.  Whether you're taking a high school, college entrance, grad school, or civil service exam, use Testing & Education Reference Center to help you prepare. Also includes college and scholarship search, US citizenship information, ... http://sonomalibrary.org/news/blog/2009/09/08/taking-a-test-prepare-for-exams/ Back to school!  Children can now use our website to reach new tools for homework projects -- online versions of classic printed references.  CultureGrams for state and country reports New: Social Studies Fact Cards covering California missions, Native tribes and more New: Wildlife Encyclopedia with animal photos and maps World Book Encyclopedia online We will be keeping our print ... http://sonomalibrary.org/news/blog/2009/08/24/new-for-your-homework/ Looking for a good book?  Try NoveList, your guide to fiction.  The Library subscribes to this service to provide recommended reading lists for all age groups and genres -- from Animal Stories for younger kids and Mysteries for older kids, to Fantasy for teens and Westerns for adults. Click here to ... http://sonomalibrary.org/news/blog/2009/08/10/your-guide-to-fiction/ Did we lose your hold request? For budget reasons, the Library had to suspend our orders for the following books at the close of the last fiscal year, inadvertently losing the hold requests on them. We regret the inconvenience! If we lost your request for one of these bestsellers, please submit ... http://sonomalibrary.org/news/blog/2009/07/28/disappearing-titles/