Programs are planned at area libraries to celebrate National Library Week. National Library week will be held from April 10 through 16.

LINKEDINCOMMENTMORE

National Library Week (April 10 through 16) is coming soon, and that means some extra-special programs at your library.

Teens will create “Blackout Poetry” with Sharpie markers and old books at 4 p.m. April 7 at the Northside Branch Library. Snacks will be available. To register for this event, visit www.crcpl.org.

The Northside Branch Library will hold technology demonstrations to give a close-up view of what’s new at the library. Participants can walk in and learn about the down loadable and streaming content available at the library from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., April 11. Those in attendance will see Freegal, Hoopla, Ohio Digital Library, Flipster and more. Lean about Google Cardboard from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on April 13. Experience virtual reality using a smartphone and a cardboard viewfinder. Learn about the library’s new Roku lending program from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 15. Learn how to use it, what you can watch on it, and how to put one on hold to try at home. All these demonstrations will be presented through the Guiding Ohio Online program, and are led by an AmeriCorps service member.

Meet author Tim Callahan at 6 p.m. on April 11 at the South Salem Branch Library. Mr. Callahan will share some of his adventures and discuss what it’s like to be an author. He has written a collection of eight books, called the Kentucky Summers series. Registration is not required.

The Paxton Branch Library will have a National Library Week author visit at 6:30 p.m. April 11. Those in attendance will meet author Steve Anderson from Bainbridge. He will discuss his book, 1979 and the joys of writing. Registration is not required.

The Frankfort Branch Library will host a “D.E.A.R.” (Drop Everything and Read) day celebration at 4 p.m. April 12 in honor of author Beverly Cleary’s birthday. Registration is not required.

The Richmond Dale Branch Library will have an after school craft at 4 p.m. April 12. Children will make a clay pot animal. To register for this event, visit www.crcpl.org.

Tye the listening dog will listen to children read at 4 p.m. April 12 at the Kingston Branch Library. To schedule a time slot, call 740-702-4180.

The Quilters’ Circle meets at 4 p.m. every Wednesday at the Huntington Branch Library. Participants will learn to quilt, teach others and work on their own project. Participants will learn a new pattern every month. Registration is not required.

Coming soon: The annual Friends of the Library Book Sale begins April 20 and goes through April 23. More details will be provided in the next column. For more information, call 740-702-4145, or visit the website, www.crcpl.org.

Debbie Nunziato is community relations director for the Chillicothe and Ross County Public Library.

LINKEDINCOMMENTMORE
Read or Share this story: http://ohne.ws/1MBlejc
https://www.chillicothegazette.com/story/life/2016/03/30/ross-county-libraries-celebrate-national-library-week/82421484/?from=new-cookie
www.chillicothegazette.com
crawl=CC-MAIN-2018-43
137917
application/http; msgtype=response
sha1:G7BEMJHIUNNNKRGH2GOPSLAXSN427PKQ
<urn:uuid:fe92f70f-1d9f-4cfc-87fa-8592f939001b>
2018-10-19T01:16:09Z
151.101.202.62
text/html
sha1:XJGTJ6H6YFHBA4OGLDPGCIRJUW7ZQN74
<urn:uuid:234a101d-d4bb-45ec-841c-e75a3e57b79f>
https://www.chillicothegazette.com/story/life/2016/03/30/ross-county-libraries-celebrate-national-library-week/82421484/?from=new-cookie
response
<urn:uuid:8f812e03-c0cc-4ac9-b60e-6a0f72ec7218>
isPartOf: CC-MAIN-2018-43
publisher: Common Crawl
description: Wide crawl of the web for October 2018
operator: Common Crawl Admin (info@commoncrawl.org)
hostname: ip-10-102-177-5.ec2.internal
software: Apache Nutch 1.15 (modified, https://github.com/commoncrawl/nutch/)
robots: checked via crawler-commons 0.11-SNAPSHOT (https://github.com/crawler-commons/crawler-commons)
format: WARC File Format 1.1
conformsTo: http://iipc.github.io/warc-specifications/specifications/warc-format/warc-1.1/