March 22, 2008
· Filed under Uncategorized · Tagged "Allen County Public Library", ACPL, author, poet, Pontiac Branch, programs, Scott Smiley, writing workshop
Above is a photo from last Tuesday’s writing workshop with local poet, Scott Smiley. Scott did a great job talking about and answering questions about the writing process and publication. Our participants were eager to both share their own work and benefit from Mr. Smiley’s personal knowledge about being a writer. Our next writing workshop with Mr. Smiley will be on Tuesday, April 22 from 4 – 5:30 pm. All ages are welcome.
March 18, 2008
· Filed under Uncategorized · Tagged "Allen County Public Library", ACPL, author, poet, Pontiac Branch, program, workshop, writing
Writing Workshop
@ the Pontiac Branch
Featuring Poet
Scott Smiley
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
4:00-5:30
All Ages Welcome
March 12, 2008
· Filed under Uncategorized · Tagged librarians on vacation, libraries, library, Michigan, Rochester Hills Public Library
Why, visit other libraries, of course! While on my vacation last week, I had the good fortune to visit the Rochester Hills Public Library in Michigan. Rochester Hills is a little town near Troy, a suburb of Detroit. The librarians there were very nice and let me take photographs of their library. Here are a few shots of things that I saw and liked or thought interesting:
From left to right (click on the image for a larger view of the picture):
1. Lisa relaxes in cool seating in the teen area.
2. You can “check out” tickets for free admission to multiple Detroit museums. This one is for 4 free admissions to the Detroit Historical Museum. How cool is that?
3. The library has different return boxes for different types of material.
4. Lisa in the children’s department, which had pillars decorated like giant crayons and labeled with the subject headings that could be found in that area.
5. Their self checkout machines can be used in 4 different languages – English, Spanish, Russian, and Tamil.
