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SELF-SERVE SHELVES OPEN IN LIBRARY SHOP!
Please visit the self-serve shelves in the Library Shop just to the left of the entrance and acrossfrom the Library Cafe. Doors to the shop are open all of the library's open hours and browsers are welcome. Shelves are restocked frequently and include a wide variety of materials for children, hardcover bestsellers for adults, all kinds of non-fiction, gift books, and paperback fiction.
SUPER SECOND SATURDAY SALES START MAY 10, 2008!
Miss the BIG Used Book Sales? May 10, 2008, the Friends open the new SUPER Second Saturday Sales in the lower level Friends' new sale space. Over 200' feet of shelves, five or more shelves high, hold treasures galore for the serious used book and media shopper. It may only be one room, but it is full of thousands of items for you to browse and purchase from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (First hour for Friends members only--memberships available at the door.)
Super Second Saturday Sale Dates:
June 14, 2008
July 12, 2008
August 9, 2008
September 13, 2008
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| Join
the Friends, and be a Friend of the Library |
|  At
BTPL, opportunities to be a Friend await you when you walk
in the door-or visit the library's virtual door, BTPL's web
site, www.btpl.org. Get friendly and become a friend . Pick
up a membership form at any library public service
desk, print
it out from here, or have a form mailed to you by calling
642-5800 and asking for the Friends' voice mail box.
Volunteer
with the Friends for an even Friendlier experience. Volunteers
are needed year-round to help sort materials on Wednesday
mornings, and regularly to help with sales.
Cashiering, neatening, bagging, and more volunteer opportunities
are open for your participation. Friends' activities
are designed to get you involved with friendly people. Membership
fees are nominal (see below) and, along with book sale profits,
increase the Friends' contribution to the library to over
$50,000 per year.
Friends' gifts have been used to acquire countless reference
books and other materials in the Adult, Youth, and AV collections;
to start up the DVD collection and the art rental collection;
to supply BTPL with furnishings, equipment, puppets, educational
games, and computers; and, this year, to provide Adult and
Youth Services programs-including magicians, musical performances,
speakers, and much more.
In addition to the opportunity to get friendly with a lot
of great Friends, membership in the Friends of the Library
allows you to attend the annual meeting/dinner with speakers such as Dr. Sonya
Friedman, Elmore Leonard, Devin Scillian, William Kienzle,
and Susan Ager.
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GET
FRIENDLY AND BECOME A FRIEND:
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| Junior
(ages under 18).......... ..$ 5 per year
Individual memberships..........$15 per year
Family memberships................$20 per year
Supporting membership..........$30 per year |
Benefactor
membership.......................$50 per year
Business/corporate membership.......$50 per year
Patron membership...............................$100 per year
Life membership....................................$500 one
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Memberships, donations
to book sales, and volunteer efforts help the Friends
make the library's wish list a reality. To learn more about
becoming a Friend or about any of their activities, call the
library at 248-642-5800, ext. 150 and leave your name and
address for the Friends' Membership Chair. You may also
email to the Friends at folbtpl@btpl.org.
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| The 2007-2008 FRIENDS Board Roster |
- Sandy Lada, President
- Glenda Bard, Vice President & Program Chair
- Ben Ewing, Secretary
- Larry Sabbath, Treasurer
- Robert Pullar, Assistant Treasurer
- Cathy Ranke, Membership Co-Chair
- Susan Filbin, Membership Co-Chair
- Isabelle Charnov, Trustee Liaison
- Germaine Mack
- William Mack
- Ruth McNair
- Pat Miotke
- Warren Nielsen
- Sally Pullar
- Virginia Smith
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| Recent
Gifts from the Friends |
| Thank
You, Friends!
The Friends of BTPL are a most generous group! They have
donated countless new DVDs, research materials for students,
a rotation of live plants in the lobby, funds for programming,
wall hangings for the Youth Room, and much more. All of these
gifts are funded through the Friends' monthly and semiannual
used book sales and through membership in the organization.
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2007 Gifts
- Puppet Stage for completed Youth Room
- Welcome Brochures introducing the newly opened areas
- "The Book Place" series of programs through 2008
- Opera DVD and CD collections
- Hanging Blueprint File Cabinet
- Large-capacity Shredder
- Portable, Adjustable, Enclosed Directory Board
- Annual Staff Holiday Event
- Department Office Supplies
- 2007 National Library Week program supplies
- 2007 Children's Book Week (November)
- 2008 First Grade Reader's Rally
- 2008 National Library Week program supplies
2005
Gifts
- Replacement
of Classic Movies Using DVD
- Update
Foreign Language Learning Collection
- Update
In-House Book Club Collection
- Encyclopedia
of Science & Technology
- December
2004: Encyclopedia of Religion
- 11 volume
set: Rain Forests of the World
- Laptop
computer for Adult Services classes
- 30"
floor sweeper to replace improperly working equipment
- Laptop
computer for Facility Services
- Color
Printer for FRIENDS office
- DiscChek
Machine to scan CDs and DVDs for damage
- EcoSenior
Disc Repair Machine to repair CDs and DVDs
- Youth
Book Club Collection items
- Software
and headphones for two educational game computers
- Rhythm
instruments for baby/toddler times
- Kid's
Guide to Drawing the Presidents of the USA
- 8 volume
set for grades 6-12: Sports in America:
- Decade
by Decade
- 51 volume
set: Encyclopedia Brittanica’s Discover America
- 6 volume
set of DVDs for grades K-4 to improve reading skills: Reading
for Children
- 8 volume
set for grades 6-12: History of Invention
- 16 volume
video set which reinforces math for grades 4-6: Math Challenge
Video Set
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