@ the Westfield Washington Public Library

A publication of Friends of the Westfield Library

Volume 7, Issue 5

WWPL Ranks Seventh in State for Second Year in a Row!

Westfield
Washington The Westfield Washington Public Library is ranked seventh in the State of Indiana in the
Public Library 2010 Hennen’s American Public Library Ratings (HAPLR). The results of the annual
ranking of over 9,000 libraries nationwide were just published and included 239 libraries
Board of Trustees: throughout the state.

Additionally, Westfield Washington Public Library again ranked first out of a total of 53 in
Carolyn Wheeler, a breakdown of state libraries in the same population category. Service area populations
President from the Institute of Museums and Library Services (IMLS) are used by HAPLR to
determine the appropriate population designations for each library. Full results for all
Mike Thomas,
libraries in the nation, as well as a breakdown by state, may be viewed at www.haplr-
Vice President index.com.
Paul Catlin,
The index is compiled annually by Thomas J. Hennen Jr., director of the Waukesha
Treasurer County Federated Library System in Wisconsin, and rates libraries using 15 input and
output measures. The focus is on circulation, staffing, materials, reference service, and
Bob Richardson, funding levels. This data is gathered by the Federal-State Cooperative System and
Secretary published by the National Center for Education Statistics. Nationwide public library
statistics are collected and disseminated annually through the Institute of Museums and
Nedra Hoard Library Services (IMLS).
Mic Mead
David Weiss WWPL Receives Two Grants
The Westfield Washington Public Library was most fortunate to be the recipient of two
The Library Board grants in the past month: a 2010 LSTA Technology grant, and a We the People
meets on the Bookshelf grant.
second Wednesday The Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) provides federal funds that are
of each month at distributed to states from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to promote the
use of technology in libraries. Indiana’s portion was increased to $225,000 this year. The
7:00 p.m. Indiana State Library manages distribution of these funds and awarded grants to 26
public libraries throughout the state. This money is intended to aid public libraries in
meeting upcoming Public Library Standards for technology that take effect in 2011. This
grant will enable WWPL to meet these standards.
Library Hours
Monday-Thursday WWPL received $6,000, which will be used to purchase additional public access
computers for patron use, and to replace wireless network access points that are no
10:00 AM-8:00 PM longer functioning. Planning has already begun, but the greatest challenge will be to find
Friday space for additional computers, as well as furniture on which to place them.
10:00 AM-6:00 PM The We the People Bookshelf grant will bring 17 classic hardcover books to the Westfield
Saturday Washington Public Library’s collection. The theme of this year’s Bookshelf is “A More
Perfect Union,” and the grant is funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities
10:00 AM-5:00 PM (NEH) and the American Library Association (ALA). Since 2003, NEH and ALA have
Closed Sunday distributed 17,000 We the People Bookshelf grants to school and public libraries across
the country.

This award is part of the NEH’s We the People initiative, which supports projects that
strengthen the teaching, study, and understanding of American history and culture. New
to the award this year are several bonus materials including a DVD edition of “The Civil
War,” the award-winning documentary by Ken Burns, posters, bookmarks, bookplates
from the NEH and the ALA, and access to online planning and promotional materials.
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From The Westfield Washington Public Library Board

The board meeting minutes and
packets are posted on the library’s
website at www.wwpl.lib.in.us.
April 14, 2010 Board Meeting
The Library Board received approval
from the Department of Local
Government Finance for the
additional appropriation to use Rainy
Day funds to purchase a portion of
materials in 2010.
The Library was also notified that we
will receive $6,000.00 from a Library
Services and Technology Grant to
purchase 6 new public access
computers.
Circulation for March 2010 was
42,039, and of that number, 1019
were from Hamilton County
Reciprocal borrowers. 353 items were
circulated by patrons from other
Evergreen Libraries, and a total of
541 items from WWPL were sent to
other Evergreen Libraries. We issued
200 new library cards, and of those
35 were issued to Hamilton County
Reciprocal Borrowers.
The Library Board of
Trustees meets on the
second Wednesday of each
month at 7:00 p.m.

Snapshot Day at WWPL

Held in concurrence with National Library Week, Snapshot Day was Monday, April 12, and we collected lots of
statistics, patron comments and photos to take a “Snapshot” of the services provided by the Westfield Washington
Public Library. Libraries all over Indiana participated in collecting information to show their communities a typical day
of programs and services. Results and pictures will be posted online at www.snapshot.library.in.gov after May 1st.
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Westfield
Washington
Public Library
Wild Ride
by Jennifer Crusie
Mary Alice Brannigan doesn’t believe in the
supernatural. Nor does she expect to find that
Dreamland, the decaying amusement park she’s
been hired to restore, is a prison for the five
Untouchables, the most powerful demons in the
history of the world. Plus, there’s a guy she’s
falling hard for, and there’s something about him
that’s not quite right.
Ad Hoc at Home
by Thomas Keller
In Ad Hoc at Home, the award-winning chef
presents a collection of recipes destined for the
center of the table at casual family gatherings.
Here is food meant to be served from big bowls
and platters passed hand to hand at the table with
dishes like Buttermilk Fried Chicken and
Pineapple Upside-Down Cake.
Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter
by Seth Grahame-Smith
While Abraham Lincoln is widely lauded for
saving a Union and freeing millions of slaves,
his valiant fight against the forces of the undead
has remained in the shadows for hundreds of
years. That is, until Seth Grahame-Smith
stumbled upon The Secret Journal of Abraham
Lincoln, and became the first living person to
lay eyes on it in more than 140 years.
Pearl of China
by Anchee Min
A lifelong friendship begins in Chin-kiang when
Willow meets Pearl, whose missionary father
converts Willow's educated but impoverished
father. Under threat from hostilities toward
foreigners, Pearl departs for the safety of
Shanghai, and, later, to America for college, but
she returns for her wedding to find that Willow
is the satisfied founder of a newspaper and a
very unhappy wife. While a changing China
swirls around them, their friendship is tested as
they both fall in love with the same poet.
May 2010
This Body of Death
by Elizabeth George
While DI Thomas Lynley is still on compassionate
leave after the murder of his wife, Isabelle Ardery
is brought into the Met as his temporary
replacement. The discovery of a body in a Stoke
Newington cemetery offers Isabelle the chance to
make her mark with a high profile murder
investigation. Persuading Lynley back to work
seems the best way to guarantee a result.
Hoosiers All, Indiana High School Basketball
Teams
by Emerson Houck
This is the most comprehensive book on Indiana's
high school basketball history ever written with
1,200 schools included. It moves from the
beginnings of basketball in the Hoosier state to
recent nationally recognized class basketball
winners.
The Lake Shore Limited
by Sue Miller
The Lake Shore Limited is a post-9/11 novel about
a playwright, Billy, who writes a play entitled "The
Lake Shore Limited" about a terrorist bombing of
that train and the hours when a man waits to hear
from his wife who was traveling on it. Through the
writing and production of the play, Billy's own
feelings about her boyfriend, who was killed on
9/11, are revealed.
Irreplaceable
by Stephen Lovely
When 30-year-old archaeologist Alex Voormann’s
bright, ambitious wife, Isabel, is killed in a bicycle
accident, he is faced with a momentous decision.
She had filled out a donor card, and the hospital
staff are requesting his permission to take her heart
for a woman who would die without a transplant.
Even a full year after he signed off on the
procedure, Alex is still conflicted about the
decision, so when Janet Corcoran, the mother of
two whose life Isabel saved, contacts him, he
becomes angry. Her gratefulness reminds him all
over again of his grievous loss.
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Baby Love Birth to 18 months

CLUBS
Fridays, May 7, 14, and 21 at 10:15 School Age Tuesday, May 4
Freebuild 3:00 to 5:00
Toddler & Preschool Storytimes
Monday, May 3rd All ages Thursday, May 6
Toddlers 18 mo to 3.5years at 10:30 4:30 to 5:30
Preschoolers 3.5years to K at 1:00
Tuesday, May 4th All ages Wednesday, May 12
Preschoolers 3.5years to K at 10:15
10:15 6:30 to 8:00
Toddlers 18 mo to 3.5years at 11:15
Thursday, May 13
School Age Stuff Grades K-to 4
All ages
5:30 to 6:30
Wednesdays at 4:30
May 5 Mom and Me
May 12 Racing to the Finish POTTERY by Jeremy South
Little Learners in Clay Ages 9 mo to 3 years
SPECIAL PROGRAMS See the Wheel! - Friday, May 14 10:15 to 10:45
*Pre-registration required Cost: $8.00
Homeschool Days All ages
Thursday, May 6 11:00 to 1:00 Preschool Pottery Ages 3 to 6
Bowls - Friday, May 14 11:00 or 2:00
Paws and Read All ages *Pre-registration required Cost: $9.00

Saturday, May 8 at 10:30 Pottery Class/After School Pottery Ages 5 to adult

Clay City-
City- Friday, April 16 12:00 to 1:30
Chess and Strategy Games Ages 7-11 or 4:00 to 5:30
Wednesdays, April 21—
21—to May 26 12:45 to 1:45 *Pre-registration required Cost: $16.00
*Pre-registration required Cost: $45.00
Instructor: Aaron Dean’s Learning Through Games Group

ASL Classes Ages 7+

Wednesdays, April 21 to May 26 11:15 to 12:15 Mother’s Day Gifts
*Pre-registration required Cost: $45.00 Make it and Take it Ages 3+
Instructor: Adreine Fenicle ASL Professor for 14 years
Saturday, May 8 10:00 to 4:00
Drop in and make special gifts for the beloved moms,
grandmas, aunts, and special women in your life.
Children will leave with wrapped, ready-to-give gifts.
*No registration required Cost:$1 per gift
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THANKS TO THE FRIENDS OF WESTFIELD LIBRARY FOR PROVIDING SNACKS!

May 3, 10, 17 & 24

at 3:00
Watch anime & eat
snacks!
Ages 13 and up
Tuesday, May 11 from 2:30 to 4:30
or parent signed Hang out, play the Wii, eat, talk
permission slip. or do whatever.

Tuesday, May 18 at 3:00

Thursday, May 13 from 3 to 5
Help us choose and plan teen Video Games, Cards, Board Games
library activities. & Snacks.
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Selling on Ebay?
Figuring out Fitness?
Understanding Medicare?
Learning about Social Security?
Communicating with Sign Language?
This summer, the library would like to offer
the programs that YOU want to attend!
Please complete the form below, clip it out and drop it off at the
Information/ Reference Services Desk.

Name
Telephone Number
I would attend a program on (check all that apply):
□ Selling on Ebay
□ Figuring out Fitness
□ Learning about Social Security
□ Communicating with Sign Language
□ Understanding Medicare
Other
The best time for me to attend a program is (check all that apply):
□ Monday □ Tuesday □ Wednesday □ Thursday □ Friday □ Saturday
□ Morning □ Afternoon □ Evening
Thank You!
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Audio/Visual
As the warmer weather arrives so NEW BOOKS ON CD NEW DVDs
does the outdoor concert series. Letter to My Daughter Alvin & the Chipmunks the
Jimmy Buffett has been a popular by Maya Angelou Squeakquel
artist with his concerts selling out in a When the Game Was Ours Cove
matter of a few hours. He has also by Larry Bird Crazy Heart
written a few books – A Portrait of an American Marriage Lovely Bones
Pirate Looks at Fifty, and Biography of Barack & Michelle Sherlock Holmes
Tales From Margaritaville. Obama Young Victoria
Check out our concert Shadow of Your Smile by Mary
series display in the AV Higgins Clark
department for your The Walk by Richard Paul Evans
listening pleasure! Think Twice by Lisa Scottoline

Coming Next Month . . .

Summer Reading Program 2010

June 7 - August 7

WWPL Open House

WWPL held an Open House on
Thursday, April 15, during National
Library Week, Many from the
community joined us to meet the staff,
ask questions and learn more about
what the library has to offer.

The Friends of the Westfield Library

also held their book sale during that
week, and many of our patrons got
some real bargains. We also offered
treats that were donated by the library
staff and samples from the Frugal
Chef program.
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Phone: 317-896-9391
FAX: 317-896-3702
www.wwpl.lib.in.us
Westfield Washington Public Library
333 W. Hoover Street
Westfield, IN 46074

Director, Sheryl Sollars

Asst. Director, Sandy
Rowland

The Westfield Washington

Public Library will strive, in
partnership with local
organizations, to provide
quality services, materials
and facilities that fulfill the
educational, informational,
technological, cultural and
recreational needs of the
entire community.

Friends of the Westfield Library

Friends Board:
Virginia Fiscus, President
Carly Schull, Vice President
Jeanette Wachtel, Treasurer
Marie Albertson, Secretary
The Friends meeting will be held
on Thursday, May 13
at 6:00 p.m.
Everyone is invited to attend.
Book Sales in 2010:
June 4: Preview 6-7:30 pm
June 5-12: Regular sale
Aug. 6: Preview 6-7:30 pm
Aug. 7-14: Regular sale
Oct. 1: Preview 6-7:30 pm
Oct. 2-9: Regular sale
Nearly New Sale:
Dec. 3: Preview 6-7:30 pm
Dec. 4-11: Regular sale
The Friends of the Westfield
Library is an organization
designed to promote and support
the mission of the Westfield
Washington Public Library.
Through its fundraising efforts,
primarily book sales held every
other month, and our Annual Craft
Bazaar and Silent Auction, the
group raises money used to fund
library programs and to purchase
items that are not in the library's

operating budget.