October 2015 - Daniel Boone Regional Library

About Your Library
OCTOBER 2015
Daniel Boone Regional Library
One Read 2015: An acoustic performance of Rambler’s Club, a visit from “Station Eleven” author Emily St. John Mandel, author George Hodgman leads a book discussion
Freegal: A Music Giveaway
Where can you download five songs
each week and listen to five hours a day
of streaming music without commercial
interruption for free? Through the library’s
digital branch, www.dbrl.org.
Music has been a part of our collection
for decades; some of you may remember
checking out vinyl records. Our music CD
collection remains popular, but we know our
patrons want to borrow library materials with
computers, tablets and phones. (According
to our 2014 community survey, the digital
branch is our second most used location.)
Freegal is a natural extension of our services.
It complements the music available on
Hoopla. It’s easy, convenient and gives you
free music anywhere you are.
Freegal works much like other streaming
music services. Browse top hits, make
playlists and explore musical genres. The
Freegal collection has more than 9 million
songs from over 28,000 record labels
worldwide. Unlike commercial services,
you can listen to ad-free music without
paying for a premium service, AND you can
download five free songs a week that you can
add to your permanent personal collection.
Music videos are also available and count as
two downloads.
There are no digital rights management
restrictions on anything you download from
Freegal. You can transfer the music to any
computer or device or burn it to a CD for
“There is no shortage of genres
to explore, both popular and
obscure. Looking for some great
bolero or reggaeton music?
Or maybe a little touch of
schlager in the night?…
Freegal has dozens or more
artists in each of these genres.”
Get the Most Out of the Digital Branch
Get a library card online.
www.dbrl.org/librarycard
Download the free apps listed below or access
these services through www.dbrl.org.*
DBRL Catalog: Search for most
digital items
www.dbrl.org/catalog
STEVE KEMPLE
A music librarian at the Cincinnati Public
Library had this to say about the depth of
Freegal’s collection. He also applauded
other niche genres available such as noise,
lo-fi and surf.*
*Library Journal, 2014
your personal use. Copyright laws apply for all
music downloaded, of course.
Get started at www.dbrl.org/freegal.
All you need is your library card number
and birthdate (or alternate PIN). If you don’t
have an active account, you can apply for
one online (adult cards only). Freegal music
works on most devices and the apps are free
through Google Play or the App Store. That’s
it! Now you can start exploring all the options
available through Freegal.
music
Freegal: Weekly music downloads
and ad-free streaming music
www.dbrl.org/freegal
Hoopla: Streaming and downloadable
audiobooks, comics, eBooks, music,
movies and TV shows
www.dbrl.org/hoopla
OverDrive: Downloadable eBooks
and audiobooks
www.dbrl.org/overdrive
Zinio: Digital magazines
www.dbrl.org/magazines
*You must live in our service area to use Freegal, Hoopla, OverDrive & Zinio.
INSIDE: Revisiting High School | New Children’s Computers | Board Member Kate Markie | Teen Short Story Contest
Revisiting High School
A Note From
the Director
New Children’s Computers
One of Daniel Boone Regional
Library’s longstanding goals is to
promote early childhood learning
by offering books and interactive
opportunities for even the very
youngest children, including family
programs and age-appropriate
technology. As you know, technology
changes constantly. Last month, we
updated the children’s computers
to new touch-screen models loaded
with games for kids of different ages.
These Early Literacy Stations feature
over 4,000 learning activities that
engage kids in math, science, social
studies and geography, reading,
art, music, writing, computer skills
and reference. Game titles include
“Sesame Street Learn, Play & Grow,”
“Getting Ready for Kindergarten,”
“Volcanic Panic,” “ClueFinders
Adventures” and “Kid Pix 3D,” to
name a few. Bring your children in to
any of our libraries to explore this fun
new learning equipment.
What memories
old high school
yearbooks hold!
The dances,
ballgames, concerts,
and all those strange
hairdos and odd
clothes we used
to wear! Have you
ever found yourself
thinking about those
bygone days and wanting to take a trip down memory lane, but couldn’t
find that old yearbook of yours anywhere? Wouldn’t it be nice to sit in
front of your computer, key in an address and find that old volume online?
In 2013, one of our librarians found a vendor in Oklahoma offering
yearbook-scanning services to libraries at no cost. She later learned that
it was a work project for the Oklahoma State Correctional System. So, we
emptied our shelves of the local yearbooks we had, filling six boxes, and
sent them south. In return, we received 40 GB of scanned data on CD, along
with the original books back. We posted the files to a digital archive where
you can look through the books page by page at www.dbrl.org/yearbooks.
Since that first set was uploaded, our librarians have been contacting the
high schools in Boone and Callaway Counties seeking as many yearbooks
as we can find to flesh out the digital archive. We’ve even found some
individual alums who loaned us a personal copy for certain missing years.
To date we have
yearbooks for the
following:
Douglass High School
1954, 1960, 1988, 1990-1994,
1996-2001, 2003-2008
Fulton High School
1949-1965, 1968-1970,
1973-1974, 1976-1987,
1992-2002, 2004, 2009-2014
Harrisburg schools
1946-1949, 1951-2014
Hickman High School
1912-1918, 1920-2004,
2006-2009, 2011-2013
New Bloomfield High School
1946-2014
North Callaway schools
1969-1972, 1974-1976,
1980-1983, 2007-2011
Rock Bridge High School
1974-1976, 1978-2013
If you have a yearbook missing from our archive, please contact
Nina Sappington at (573) 443-3161 or nsappington@dbrl.org.
South Callaway schools
1968, 1970-2014
Enjoy a few laughs at the clothing and hairstyles of yesteryear, refresh
your memory on the names of your classmates before your next reunion
or share memories of your youth with the kids. A wealth of local history
rests in these yearbooks, and we feel it’s important to preserve. We plan
to expand our digitized archive beyond yearbooks and are working on a
web-based photo archive that we hope to unveil in the next year.
Southern Boone R-1 schools
1949-1950, 1952-1958, 1962,
1969-2014
Sturgeon schools
1981-1985
Teen Short Story Contest
Entry deadline: December 6
In celebration of Teen Read Week, we invite teens to submit
an original short story around the theme “Get Away” for a
chance to win a Barnes & Noble gift card. It can be about a
grand adventure, a secret hideaway, how folks escape their
day-to-day routines or whatever you imagine on this theme.
Winning stories will be published on the library’s teen
blog. This contest is open to all teens ages 12-18 in Boone
and Callaway counties. Find contest rules and submission
guidelines at teens.dbrl.org or at your library.
Get
Away
Kate Markie
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Columbia Library District Board Trustee
What makes DBRL special?
Libraries have become the glue that holds
communities together. They welcome
everyone, and they provide computer access
and training (even job applications have to
be made online these days!); free programs
for kids and the general public; warming
and cooling places; bookmobiles that go to
smaller towns, daycares and nursing homes;
and meeting rooms for all kinds of groups.
All this, in addition to lending books, DVDs,
music and electronic materials.
I’ve got to say the director, Melissa Carr,
and the staff. They make our library the
welcoming, creative institution that it is,
and are full of ideas for new ways to serve
the public.
What made you apply to be on the board?
When I started to think about retirement
I was looking for volunteer activities that I
could really believe in. A friend told me about
the opening on the board. I’ve known past
board members who were wonderfully giving
people. I had to apply!
What are you most proud of regarding the
district board?
The members of the district board are
thoughtful, generous and caring people who
listen well and study hard for our meetings.
In the few months I have been on the board
I have been so very impressed with how
much they know about the library, its needs
and how it works.
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We’re accepting your
suggestions during November
for which book our community should
read together next year. Submit your ideas at
www.oneread.org or at your library or bookmobile.
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Why do you think libraries are important?
What Should
We Read in 2016?
One Read is a community-wide reading program
coordinated by the Daniel Boone Regional Library.
Do you have a favorite memory or story
about libraries from your youth?
When I was in junior high and high school,
I would have a few free hours on Saturdays.
I was allowed to walk by myself to our local
branch of the Boston Public Library or take
the streetcar to the beautiful main building
in Copley Square. I discovered many of the
classics, and saw people from all over the
world studying or reading newspapers or
magazines in their native languages. It was
eye-opening and thrilling.
Is there anything else you’d like to add?
For six years, after moving to Columbia in
1976, we lived in a little apartment across
the street from the Columbia Public Library.
The library was our greatest source of
entertainment. We read all of the Travis
McGee novels by John D. MacDonald. And
we went to the summer family movies that
used to be shown on the back wall of the
library. What a wonderful place!
Each library board member serves on his or her own district board as well as on the regional library board, which is the
governing body responsible for policy-making and fiscal oversight.
Children’s Musician Dino O’Dell
It’s a party! Dino O’Dell, the musical alter ego of Kevin
Dolan, entertains children with his lively original tunes.
Come tap your toes and sing along with some of Dino’s
silly songs. Dino has two albums and, most recently, a
book based on one of his songs, “Zar and the Broken
Spaceship.” Families, ages 2-6.
Callaway County Public Library
Tuesday, November 3 • 10-10:30 a.m.
Columbia Public Library
Tuesday, November 3 • 6:30-7:15 p.m.
Wednesday, November 4 • 9:30-10 a.m.
Southern Boone County Public Library
Monday, November 2 • 10-10:30 a.m.
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Kate’s husband, Peter, is a philosophy professor at the University of Missouri. Their
daughter Liz is a Hickman grad and now a teacher at Crossroads Academy in Kansas City.
Their son Bob is a Rock Bridge grad and an ICU nurse at University Hospital. Kate and her
husband also have two golden retrievers, Rose and Gus.
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Kate Markie grew up in Boston and the surrounding
area, and, as the oldest of eight children, was her
mother’s helper. She earned her Ph.D. in philosophy
from the University of Rochester and her law degree
from the University of Missouri. Kate was a lawyer
for 32 years before retiring last year. In her free
time, Kate knits, is learning to weave, occasionally
embroiders, does needlepoint, and is a Master
Gardener intern. And she reads, of course!
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Callaway County Public Library
Established in 1959, DBRL provides public library services to three library districts:
Boone County Library District (outside the 1965 Columbia and Centralia city limits);
Callaway County Library District (all of Callaway County); and the City of Columbia
Library District (within the 1965 Columbia city limits).
710 Court Street, Fulton, MO 65251, (573) 642-7261, TTY 642-0662
Open: Monday – Thursday 9 a.m. – 9 p.m., Friday & Saturday 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Columbia Public Library
100 West Broadway, Columbia, MO 65203
(573) 443-3161, TTY 443-6027, 1-800-324-4806
Open: Monday – Thursday 9 a.m. – 9 p.m., Friday 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Saturday 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Sunday 1-5 p.m.
Daniel Boone Regional Library
P.O. Box 1267
Columbia, MO 65205-1267
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Southern Boone County Public Library
109 N. Main Street, Ashland, MO 65010, (573) 657-7378
Open: Monday – Thursday 9 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Friday 9 a.m. – 6 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
ECRWSS
Residential Customer
Bookmobile & Outreach Department P.O. Box 1267, Columbia, MO 65205, 1-800-324-4806, outreach@dbrl.org
See www.dbrl.org for a complete list of bookmobile stops.
Boone County Library District Board of Trustees:
Dorothy Carner, Angie Crumbliss, Susan Daly, Patricia Powell, Bill Young
Callaway County Library District Board of Trustees: Mary Fennel,
Tonya Hays-Martin, Terry K. Higgins, Jean Howard, Michael Luebbert
Columbia Library District Board of Trustees:
Julie Baka, John French, Lisa Groshong, Philip Harrison, Lynn Hostetler,
J. Hasbrouck Jacobs, Kathleen Markie, Gena Scott, Khaki Westerfield
SPECIAL PROGRAM SERIES
Latino Americans:
500 Years of History
Discover how the rich and varied
experiences of Latinos have
contributed to American culture
at the Columbia Public Library this fall.
Learn more about the programs at
www.dbrl.org/latino.
Olga Loya, Nov. 8
La Morena, Nov. 12
“Cesar Chavez,” Nov. 18
About Your Library
October 2015 | Daniel Boone Regional Library | Serving Boone & Callaway Counties and Columbia, Missouri­
INSIDE: Revisiting High School | New Children’s Computers | Board Member Kate Markie | Teen Short Story Contest