Library News Archive: August 2009
Arts & Entertainment Top GRRL Library Use Survey
People use Great River Regional Library (GRRL) services primarily for leisure reading and entertainment purposes, according to a recent survey of GRRL users. In contrast to what their actual use is, when asked what the purpose of libraries should be, users and non-users placed learning support first, with art and entertainment a close second.
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Get a Library Card
The smartest card you can get is a library card.
It’s the most important school supply of all. Studies show children who are read to in the home and who use the library perform better in school and are more likely to continue to use the library as a source of lifetime learning.
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Give Us Your Input on Arts. Culture, History Programs
Great River Regional Library (GRRL) is organizing a series of public meetings and is accepting public input via email to learn what kinds of arts, culture and history programming to provide over the next two years.
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Give Us Your Input on Arts. Culture, History Programs
Great River Regional Library (GRRL) is organizing a series of public meetings and is accepting public input via email to learn what kinds of arts, culture and history programming to provide over the next two years.
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Library Study Room Offers Private, Quiet Work Space For Library Customers
The Paynesville Public Library offers a study room for patron use during open hours. The study room has a spacious desk area, with room to spread out a scrapbooking project, set up a laptop computer to take advantage of the wireless Internet, or even conduct a meeting for two.
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Library Study Room Offers Private, Quiet Work Space For Library Customers
The Paynesville Public Library offers a study room for patron use during open hours. The study room has a spacious desk area, with room to spread out a scrapbooking project, set up a laptop computer to take advantage of the wireless Internet, or even conduct a meeting for two.
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Why Is GRRL Great?
Great River Regional Library has been coordinating and providing library services across Central Minnesota since 1969. We are celebrating the 40th anniversary of our founding on September 25. We'd like to know what aspect of our services you have enjoyed most or what has had the most impact on your life.
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Arts Culture History
Arts, culture and history programming at the library is getting a boost. The Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment approved by Minnesota voters in 2008 is providing libraries across the state with funding for programming about arts, culture and history.
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Explore your library, then explore Minnesota!
If you're planning a shorter, closer-to-home vacation this fall and winter, make sure you check out the library's collection of guidebooks. You'll find Minnesota trips detailed for you, whether you favor camping, bike trips, hikes, bed-and-breakfasts, bird-watching, fishing, golfing, State Parks, RV parks, roughing it or luxuriating at the best resorts the state has to offer.
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Explore your library, then explore Minnesota!
If you're planning a shorter, closer-to-home vacation this fall and winter, make sure you check out the library's collection of guidebooks. You'll find Minnesota trips detailed for you, whether you favor camping, bike trips, hikes, bed-and-breakfasts, bird-watching, fishing, golfing, State Parks, RV parks, roughing it or luxuriating at the best resorts the state has to offer.
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