Has it really been about 5 weeks since my last post?
Yes, indeed.
Thank you, Cindy for breaking the silence.
Good news: we will be hosting a book discussion AND a meet-the-author event this fall called Lorain County Reads.
Read An Open Book by Lorain-born author Michael Dirda and come to our book discussion on Tuesday, September 29. Not only is it a memoir, its about reading and libraries and how they change lives. Ask for a copy at the Reference Desk.
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An Open Book: Chapters from a Reader’s Life By Dirda, Michael This funny, wistful memoir by a Pulitzer Prize-winning critic recalls the charm of growing up and the tenderness of one writer’s beginnings. Publisher Comments “AN OPEN BOOK is the exuberant, beautifully written story of how comics and adventure stories, poetry and Proust can change your life. Hailed by Morris Dickstein as “a glowing tribute to the world of books and the life of the mind,” “An Open Book communicates–as Eudora Welty’s “One Writer’s Beginnings once did–the thrill of great reading to a new generation. In its pages, literary journalist Michael Dirda re-creates his boyhood in Ohio, recalling his colorful family, friends, and teachers as he celebrates the great writers and fictional characters who fueled his imagination. |
Meet the author here on Wednesday, October 28th at 6:30 pm.
Bad news: We will no longer be open on Sundays, starting this fall through all of 2010. We recognize that these were often the busiest four hours of the week. However, with state budget cuts here and all other options weighed, our Board of Trustees decided this would be the most fiscally responsible and least disruptive service cut. We are still open 64 hours a week.
We have been making difficult (but mostly invisible) cost cuts behind the scenes since last spring due to declining revenues. Its good we started early or we would be in a very bad spot today. However, we can’t cut our personnel, materials and technology budgets any more without short-changing our patrons, who expect and deserve quality service.
