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In Print
Newsletter of The Friends of the Venice Public Library, Inc.
April - May 2014
Lives change @ your library
National Library Week 2014
This month, The Venice Public Library joins libraries in communities nationwide to celebrate National
Library Week. The theme for National Library Week 2014 is Lives change @ your library. Libraries today
are more than repositories for books and other collections. Venice Public Library is a trusted place where
everyone can connect, engage, improve, and enrich their lives. For many, it is the heart of our community.
National Library Week is a time to recognize the importance of libraries in our communities and the
contributions of library workers and volunteers. Please join the library staff, volunteers, and the Friends for
special National Library Week events from April 13–19.
Share Your Library Story on Twitter
Do you have a story about how the library has impacted your life?
Please share what your library means to you.
Tweet about how the library has changed your life using the hashtag #liveschangeAYL.
Visit www.atyourlibrary.org for more information
I ♥ my library!
In our last issue, we asked you to tell us why you love Venice Public Library.
Here’s what a few of you had to say...
The library provides a home away
from home where information can
be found, e-mail and the internet
can be accessed, great readings
and great books can be discussed,
chess can be played, popular songs
can be remembered, movies can be
reviewed, new concepts can be
learned, and the world can be
traveled!
P.s. Plus I can also buy books and
the Venice Friends book store!
- Rebecca
It’s not so big you get lost in it and
the volunteers are all so friendly
and helpful. They have a wonderful
schedule of events for their size
and the book store is terrific.
VPL is a very special and unique
library. One feel the aura of its
traditions begun by its founders
and strengthened by its followers.
There is always some one with
expertise to help me find answers
- Joy
to my questions and make me feel
that doing so is their goal in life at
It is the best library ever! Ann Hall, VPL. VPL is welcoming, friendly,
and comfortable. Going there is
library manager, along with her
like going home to family. I ♥ it.
staff is the best ever! Always
smiling and helpful. The programs
are unsurpassed. Les Paul
We appreciate the borrowing
program costs $18 general and
admission...ours is free! How about privileges for the winter. The IPad
a donation to keep these wonderful class and especially French class
are wonderful services.
programs going.
- Jane & Paul
- Norma
A Word from our Library Manager
The glorious Florida spring is here. I hope everyone enjoys it and takes a book along
wherever you go, whether in paper-form or as a download! Reading is reading. For
those of you who like to read Large Print books, we recently received a large shipment of
titles. The purchase was made possible by an estate left to the Venice Library for the
express purpose of buying Large Print books for the Venice Library. If you wish to
contribute to the Venice Library in this way, it would be greatly appreciated by both the
Venice Library and all our patrons.
Ann Hall
Library Manager
Our “season” is winding down and soon it will be Easter. I hope you have enjoyed all
the programs presented here at the Venice Library over the last few months. All of those programs are made
possible by the generous donations from the Friends of the Venice Library.
I would like to introduce our newest addition to the Venice Library staff – Todd Tyrna. He is a reference
librarian who got his degree from Florida State University last year. Todd will be offering technology help to
the public. You can make an appointment with him to get help with your electronic device Tuesdays and
Thursday. The times available are between 2 and 4 PM. Each patron can reserve 30 minutes at a time. We
hope that you will take advantage of his knowledge and make the most of those electronic devices. To make
a reservation, please call 941-861-1347.
Enjoy our beautiful state and please be sure to stop by your friendly local library!
National Library Week
Book Sale
April 14 - 19
Everything in the Friends of the Venice Library Book Store
50% off all week!
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Adult Programs
Hello Friends,
Well, thanks to your support and to some individual memorial donations, we’ve had
another great season of Adult events. I hope you enjoyed the live music performances,
lectures and travelogues and Alan Kitty’s portrayal of Mark Twain. It’s not over quite yet
Roland Marcotte
though. The Venice Musicale will present performances by their competition winners on
April 17. Baila Miller has one more Opera lecture on April 25 and Jim Orville’s Thursday
movies and monthly International film screenings continue all year. And look for many
of our performers from this year to return next season. In fact we’ve already booked two
music performances for next October: violist David Pedraza on October 2 and saxophonist Jim Wellen and
his group on October 28. Dick Smolens will return with more versions of his Salute to Popular Song and
we’re just starting. Below is a quick rundown of Jim Orville’s movies for the next two months. Thanks again
for a great season everybody.
Thursday Films
April films will all be shown at 5:30PM
April: Hitchcock’s Four Last Films
April 3: Marnie (1964) with Tippi Hedren and Sean Connery
April 10: Topaz (1969) with John Forsythe and Frederick Stafford
April 17: Frenzy (1972) with Jon Finch and Barry Foster
April 24: Family Plot (1976) with Karen Black and Bruce Dern
May films will all be shown at 6:00PM
May: Offbeat Films
May 1: Goya’s Ghost (2007) with Natalie Portman and Javier Bardem
May 8: The Family Man (2000) with Nicholas cage and Tea Leoni
May 15: Night Watch (1973) with Elizabeth Taylor and Laurence Harvey
May 22: The Third Miracle (1999) with Anne Heche and Ed Harris
May 29: Heaven Can Wait (1943) with Gene Tierney and Don Ameche
The World of International Cinema
April 21: Shakespeare in Love (1998)
May 19: Romeo and Juliet (2000)
Genealogically Speaking
The library and the genealogy area have been humming with activity and visitors this
winter. We are expecting to have a number of new books in the collection in the next few
months so stay tuned for those titles as they arrive.
Melanie Odom This round we will focus on the world of some online sources that some may know and
others may not.
One is HeritageQuest, an online database the library system subscribes to which has many resources
on it including U.S. Census listings (taken from the original cards the census takers filled out—much easier
to read in many cases than other sources), the full text of over 28,000 family and local history books, and
selected Revolutionary War Pension applications and Bounty- Land Grant application files. It also has PERSI
(Periodicals Source Index) which is an index to articles in genealogy magazines. Copies of the articles may
be ordered directly from the Allen County Public Library Foundation by following the directions on the
screen after you find your articles and click your mouse on ‘request form’ at the bottom of each entry. This
database can be accessed on any library internet computer, the genealogy computer when a volunteer is
present, and from home by going to www.scgov.net/library and choosing Databases on the right hand side,
then going down to the letter ‘H’ section and click on HeritageQuest. You will need your library card to
access it from outside the library.
For those of you searching for your long lost New England Ancestors, go no farther than American
Ancestors. This database, brought to us by the Friends of the Venice Library, has numerous resources for
New England genealogy. They include sources such as the Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records
for many years, New York Biographical Record magazines for many years, Massachusetts Vital Records and
New York wills. There is not room to mention much else except all the issues of the New England Historical
and Genealogical Register and much more. It can be used on the genealogy computer when a volunteer is
there, or on any library public internet terminal (ask staff to log you in).
So, happy hunting!
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Youth & Young Adult News
Big League Readers
A big THANK YOU to the Friends for purchasing our Big League Reader T-Shirts and
pompoms. Over 400 kids completed a scorecard by checking out and reading at
least three books from a Sarasota County Library during the month of February.
That enabled the reader to one free ticket to a Baltimore Orioles Spring Training
Game. This year, participants in Sarasota County read more than 1,000 books.
Youth Librarians, Pam and Pat gave t-shirts out to the first 200 readers at the
Sunday, March 9th game at Ed Smith Stadium.
Special Youth Summer Programs
We are finalizing our youth summer programs. The theme of the summer reading
programs are: Fizz, Boom, Read! for the young kids and Spark a Reaction! for tweens
and teens. Pick up a monthly schedule or check our online calendar for specific dates
and times.
Here’s a quick peek at some of our large programs. We will also be offering more
workshops with a scientific interest: Papermaking, Shrinky Dinks, Crystal Sun
Catchers, Movies, Open Computer Lab and more!
June: Turtle Talk/Walk/Craft with John Baranowski and
Mote Aquarium, John Storms World of Reptiles, and Magic
with Gerard Tricarico.
July: Shark Talk with Keith Wilson, and Drum Circle with the Giving Tree.
August: By the Sea Shore with Katie Adams, and Safety -- Police and Firemen at
VPL.
Wednesdays in June & July:
Forty Carrots & Pre-School Storytime
Storytime 10:15-11:00 Babies to age 5 explore language, sound, movement, picture books and art.
Forty Carrots 12:30-1:15 Mobile babies to age 5. Limited to the first 12 families. Pick up a number at the Youth
Desk at noon.
Thank you Friends for sponsoring all of our summer programs!
Friends of the Venice Library Annual Meeting
Join us for the 2014 Annual Meeting of the Friends of the Venice Public Library, Inc.
Wednesday, April 9, at 9:00 a.m. in the Venice Public Library Meeting Room.
All CURRENT Friends members are invited to attend.
Listed below are proposed bylaw changes that will be voted on at the meeting:
Article IV
Sec. 3: [[Add]] “…Corporation’s newsletter, website, and/or the local Venice newspaper, setting forth the
name…” with a strike-through from “the newspaper…” to “Florida”.
Sec. 4: [[Insert at end of section]] “, except for Special Meetings as set forth in Sec. 2.
Sec. 5 (A): [[Transpose]] “Registration, which may be accompanied by Roll Call.”
Article V
Sec. 1: [[Insert]] “…than two (2) consecutive full terms, but may be…”
[[Add]] “Appointment for the remainder of an unfilled term shall not constitute a term.”
Sec. 2: “Prior to the annual meeting…of three (3) members.” [[insert]] “One such member may or may not
be a member of the board.”
Sec. 4: “The Board may fill…”
“A director failing to attend three (3) board meetings in any calendar year shall be deemed to have resigned,
unless such absence shall be deemed excused by a vote by the majority of the board.”
Add Article VII: Conflict of Interest
We, the Directors of the Friends of the Venice Public Library, resolve that no member of the Board of
Directors shall serve on the Board or participate in any discussion or vote on any matter in which he or she
or a member of his or her immediate family has a potential conflict of interest. We define a conflict of
interest as any set of circumstances which creates a risk that professional judgment or actions regarding the
best interests of the FOVL may be unduly influenced by financial gain, desire for personal or professional
advancement, the wish to do favors for family, friends or business associates, or for any other secondary
interest.
When such a situation presents itself, the director must announce his or her potential conflict, disqualify
himself or herself, and be excused from the meeting until discussion is over on the matter involved, and/or
take such other action as may be appropriate. Any board member is expected to make inquiry if such
conflict appears to exist and the board member has not made it known.
Non-compliance of this policy and procedures and the by-law pertaining to conflict of interest on the part of
the board member shall constitute cause for removal from the board.
Article VIII
[[Change all mentions of $5,000 to $1,500.]]
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Thank You for Being a Friend
As a small thank-you for being a Friend of the Venice Public Library, we’d like to give you a Book Store Buck. If
you regularly shop in our Book Store, you know a dollar can go a long way, especially during one of our big
half-price sales (next one is April 14 - 19).
All Book Store purchases support the Friends in providing quality programming for youth and adults, in addition
to supplementing the budget for books, DVDs, CDs, and Internet access.
Friends of the Venice Public Library, Inc.
Book Store Buck
Good for one dollar off any purchase at the Friends of the Venice Library Book Store.
Limit one per customer.
Thank you for being a friend!