March 2012

NCLIVE Brings You The Power of the LibraryOnline!

NCLIVE gives library users free access to eBooks, audio books, videos, online magazines, newspapers, journals, research tools, and more. This exciting online information goes far beyond anything readily available over the Internet and represents a rich and diverse information resource to help you in your work, school, and other aspects of your daily life. NC LIVE (North Carolina LIbraries for Virtual Education) is brought to you through a partnership of public, academic, and community college libraries and is funded by the North Carolina General Assembly and the state's independent colleges and universities. NC LIVE is available to anyone who uses an NC LIVE library. Best of all, library users can now take NC LIVE home, via NC LIVE @ home. A highlight of a few of NCLIVEs many resources: The Job & Career Accelerator helps you to search millions of job listings, both locally and nationally, and create resumes and cover letters with online tools targeted toward those jobs. The service also provides sample job interview questions and career information. In addition, the programs "Occupation Matcher," allows you to match your interests to career paths, and ultimately, job openings. LearningExpress Library-whatever your goal, LearningExpress Library's resources will help you succeed. This resource offers the practice tests, exercises, skill-building courses, eBooks, and information you need to achieve the results you want at school, at work, or in life. Exercises and practice tests include elementary, middle school, high school, college, occupational and military tests, and more. Looking to land a job? You'll find an entire Learning Center dedicated to helping you get the one that's right for you. There are even tutorials for popular software applications. The Health and Wellness Information Center provides a powerful mix of health resources in one place! One such resource, the Consumer Health Complete, provides information on aging, cancer, diabetes, drugs and alcohol, fitness, nutrition and dietetics, children's health, men and women's health, and more. Other resources in the set include information specific to populations such as children or womens health issues, or specific concerns including cancer, mental health, or alternative medicine. These are just a few of the many powerful resources available at NCLIVE. Other options include language learning tools, legal resources, genealogical tools, and hobbies, even car repair manuals! Be sure to check this valuable resource out online, or ask a staff member to take you for a tour! To access from home, youll need your library card number and pin number.

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Community Gears Up for The Hunger Games

In fall 2012, Rowan Public Library will join three other libraries in a community read of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. But you wont want to wait until then to start reading. The Hunger Games is set to be released as a movie March 23. Parts of the movie were filmed locally and you may even know someone who was an extra! The Hunger Games trilogy has swept the nation as a young adult bestseller, as well as captured the interest of many adults. They are like potato chips, you cant read just one, so have the second title checked out ready to go! Set in Panem, in the ruins of a place once known as North America, a capitol is surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol enforces its brutal rule by forcing residents of the other districts to participate in the Hunger Games, a fight-to-the death competition broadcast on live TV. One boy and one girl are chosen annually by lottery to play. The winner is showered with riches and food for his or her district, while the Capitol gains one more year of rule and power. This year, however, Katniss and Peeta from district 12 will challenge all the rules of the Hunger Games.

Rhythm Nights

Willa Brigham The final performance in the Rhythm Nights series will be held Tuesday March 13 at South Rowan Regional Library from 6:308:00 pm. Willa Brigham will be the featured storyteller and local musicians will also perform. Open mic readings from the community follow the performers. All are welcome to this free event presented by Rowan Public Library and the Rowan Arts Council.

Book Chats for Children

Boo k Ch a t s a r e b oo k discussion groups for young readers that meet at South Rowan Regional Library. Children are invited to read and discuss a chosen book, and participate in other related activities. Upcoming book chats : Grades 3-4 The Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene Catlin Thursday, March 8, 4:15 pm Grades 4-5 No Talking by Andrew Clements Thursday, March 22, 4:15 pm

Book Bites Book Club

Book Bites book Club meets the last Tuesday of each month at 6:30 pm at South Rowan Regional Library in China Grove. On March 27 the group will discuss Moon Women by Pamela Duncan. New members are always welcome. For information please call 704-216-8229.

Teen Tech Celebration

Teensuse Scratch to create your own computer games! Programs are all from 5:30 7:00 pm. Tuesday, March 20 South Rowan Regional Library China Grove Monday, March 26 East Branch, Rockwell Tuesday, March 27 Headquarters, Salisbury

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Childrens Book Awards Announced

The Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, has announced this years Newbery and Caldecott Medal winners for titles published in the previous year. Writer Jack Gantos won this years Newbery Medal for Dead End in Norvelt. In 2001, Gantos received the Newbery Honor Award for his book Joey Pigza Loses Control. This years Caldecott Medal has been awarded to Chris Raschka, illustrator and writer of A Ball for Daisy. Raschka also won the Caldecott Medal in 2006 for The Hello, Goodbye Window. The Newbery Award was established in 1922 and became the first childrens book award in the world. This prestigious award is named in honor of 18th-century English bookseller John Newbery. The intent of the award is to encourage original creative work in the field of books for children and is awarded to the author for most outstanding contribution to childrens literature. It became apparent to many people after the Newbery Award was established that the artists designing picture books for children were equally deserving of recognition and encouragement. As a result, the Caldecott Medal was established in 1938 and was named in honor of the 19th-century English illustrator Randolph J. Caldecott. This medal is to be given to the artist who had created the most distinguished picture book of the year. The Newbery Honor Books this year are Inside Out & Back Again, written by Thanhha Lai and Breaking Stalins Nose, written and illustrated by Eugene Yelchin. For the younger audience be sure to check out the Caldecott Honor Books awarded this year: Blackout, illustrated and written by John Rocco, Grandpa Green, illustrated and written by Lane Smith, and MeJane illustrated and written by Patrick McDonnell.
Rowan Public Library appreciates your gifts and will purchase materials for the library that can be enjoyed by our community for years to come.

March 2012 Computer Classes

Absolute Beginners
Monday, March 19, 7:00 p.m.8:30 p.m. South Rowan Regional Library China Grove Tuesday, March 20, 1:00 p.m.2:30 p.m. East Branch, Rockwell
Registration is required for East branch classes only. Please call 704-216-7731

Thursday, March 22, 9:30 a.m.11:00 a.m. Headquarters, Salisbury

All classes are free and open to the public. Dates and times correct at time of printing.

Gifts Rowan Committee Colonial Dames Memorials and Honorariums In Memory of Virginia Wallace given by Gertrude T. Ellis

Bill and Becky Burgin Joyce Grant Chloe and David Longacre Fred and Alice Stanback Tea and Topics Book Club Charles and Mitzi Williams

A Gift That Keeps on Giving @ RPL

We gratefully acknowledge these recent gifts: In Memory of Virginia Wallace given by John and Jane Riley to the Leo Wallace, Jr. Endowment
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Save the date: Scrabble Scramble:

A fundraiser for the Rowan County Literacy Council Tuesday, April 17 Holiday Inn Salisbury Call 704-216-8266 for information

Friends of Rowan Public Library Membership Application

Name: Address: Telephone: Please indicate your choice of membership: Individual ($10) Literary & Civic Organization ($25) Family ($15) Patron & Business ($100)

Please make your check payable to: Friends of Rowan Public Library and mail it with this application to: Friends of Rowan Public Library 201 W. Fisher St., Salisbury NC 28144 Library most used: Visit RPL on the Web! www.rowanpubliclibrary.org Headquarters (Salisbury) South Rowan Regional (China Grove)

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