Banner
July 2012 - Volume 11, Issue 7 Fort Vancouver Regional Library District
It's SUMMER READING time
Sign up for the fun and rewards of Summer Reading through August 15 at any FVRL location. Click on a bookmark below for more information.

For kids - ages 0-11 years clip art - link to Kids' Summer Reading page

For teens - ages 12-19 years clip art - link to Teen Summer Reading page

clip art
Online calendar makes library events easy to track
Our easy-to-use online events calendar allows you to search for events by location, date or type; get complete event descriptions; and view handy maps, too. Best of all, you can sign up for email reminders or an RSS feed.


clip art Friends' used book sales Great values for you, support for libraries! Check the online calendar for sale dates and additional Friends activities through the rest of the year.


clip art Stats amazing
FVRL cardholders, you checked out 339,726 items during the month of May 2012. That's more than 10 percent above the 306,768 you checked out in May 2011. For the first four months of 2012, circulation increased more than 9 percent over the same period in 2011. Happy reading!



link to Teen page
Check out the Teen eNewsletter

Facebook link
Handy Links
Catalog
Renew books
Library locations & hours
Bookmobile schedule
eBooks, music and video
Events calendar
Recursos en Espaņol
How to contact us
 
photo of Nancy TessmanFVRL Board selects Nancy Tessman to be the district's new executive director
The hiring process for FVRL's new executive director successfully concluded June 25 with a signed contract between the FVRL Board of Trustees and Nancy Tessman, former director of Salt Lake City Public Library. She will begin her position at FVRL on Monday, July 16.

Congratulations and welcome, Nancy!

June 25 FVRL news release

clip art - link to Muzzy Online A fun way to learn a new language
NEW! Check out Muzzy Online, a captivating and entertaining way for kids to learn a new language. Choose from Spanish, French, German, Russian, Italian, Mandarin Chinese, Portuguese and English.

FVRL's other online language-learning resources are: There's never a user fee for great library resources like Muzzy, TLO and Powerspeak -- just use your FVRL card.


clip art Get help with summer DIY projects Turn to Home Improvement Resource Center for help with thousands of household repairs and projects. Categories include electrical, remodeling, plumbing, woodworking, decorating, outdoor and maintenance.


Find that perfect vacation-time read clip art

Library events
View a printable July calendar  [.pdf]
See the online calendar for...
· Book discussions, writing groups, author events
· Classes
· Story times and kids'/tweens' programs
· Teen programs
· ...and much more!


About this newsletter
Library News, a monthly publication of Fort Vancouver Regional Library District, is sent only to subscribers. Please do not reply to this e-mail as responses sent to this account are not monitored.

Subscribe to this newsletter.

To UNSUBSCRIBE: Simply send a message to librarynews-unsubscribe@fvrl.org and leave the subject line and the body of the message blank.


Copyright 2012 - Fort Vancouver Regional Library District