History Day Hulabaloo 2!

TAB Meeting change for January!

CALLING all teens! Are you interested in community service? Do you need volunteer hours for your classes or National Honor Society? Think about making a commitment of a couple of hours a month with the TEEN ADVISORY BOARD! TAB is a group of teens that want to improve and promote what the library has for teens. We meet the first Monday of the month at 6:30 in the meeting room. 

(Except when the gov closes school to due the COLD!)  
January's meeting is now TUESDAY, January 14th at 6:30
Everyone is invited! 

GED test and GED prep information!

News from Learning Express!

For all U.S. Institutions: The official GED^® test is changing on January 2, 2014. The GED^® Preparation Center will be removed on December 30, 2013.

New GED 2014^® products will be available on the new LearningExpress Library platform

in January 2014.

 

http://www.learnatest.com/LEL/index.cfm/?HR=http://www.ci.northfield.mn.us/library

TAB members are getting ready for WINTER WALK!

We're getting ready for

WINTER WALK on December 12th! Come and see all the model trains at the library from 3-8!

They you will see what TAB created this year!

FFOL's TRIVIA BEE!

 

Our team of TAB members and alumni finished right in the middle of the 17 teams!  They beat out the Carleton Knowlege Bowl members and MANY more!!  The contestants were: Jasper Egge, Rachel Meissler, Ian Iverson and Naomi Meissler!  THANKS for competing! 

Do you agree with this list?!

http://www.npr.org/2012/08/07/157795366/your-favorites-100-best-ever-teen-novels

November's TAB meeting in Monday, Nov. 4th!

We will meet at 6:30 in the meeting room.  We will be discussing, among other things, the TEEN summer reading theme for next summer and the prep for the Dec. 12th Winter Walk TAB train!

Remember- bring a friend and you will get a treat!

Try this for prizes!

Click word find to enlarge!  Print it out and try it!

Better yet- come to the teen area of the

library and pick one up! 

Here is what is going on at YOUR library in November.

BIG thanks to TAB members Emma & River!

Emma and River recently helped out with library programs and learned something too! Thank you!

Balloon animals created by the younger group.

More difficult balloon animals were created by the older kids with the help of Emma and River!

Magician Tim Freeland treated the crowd to some funny and amazing magic.  Fire included!

We learned about pioneering women pilots of World War II

Remember to twist it the same way every time- and do 4 twists!

Are you interested in Minnesota & Northfield history?

Click to enlarge.  All programs are free at the library.

Calling all poets!!

Check out our new FACEBOOK PAGE!

Go to face book and type in Northfield Public Library Tab  and "like us" and you will see great things! 

Go to facebook and type in

Northfield PUBLIC LIBRARY TAB

 and "like" us 

and you will see great things! www.facebook.com

 



This is the site to check out if you're working on homework!! No kidding! Really

Click here!

Back to school and more!

I hope you are all back in the groove of school!

 

The FRIENDS AND FOUNDATION of the LIBRARY are asking for volunteers to walk with BOOKER in the DJJD Parade on Sunday!  If you want to have a fun time waving at all the parade people and promote the library you are most welcome!!
 if you are interested please contact Leesa.Wisdorf@ci.northfield.mn.us or Bill North the FFOL president wnorth@carleton.edu  
Booker’s  spot is #118.   

They will have the details- I am busy with raid reenactments! So I may see you downtown.

We have a TAB meeting Monday, Sept. 9^th at 6:30!  I want to hear about the fun ULTIMATE GAME NIGHT and any more cool events we can do, plus we need to elect a new pres!!

Notes from the August meeting.

Hello Folks!  We got a lot accomplished last night! 

1.       Teen summer reading report: 128 people signed up (some took forms without signing up), a total of 328 slips were turned in for prizes.

2.       SRP costs- we started with @$800 from the TAB garage sale this spring.  We have $240 left after all the SRP prizes, coupons and 2 $50 gift certificate grand prizes purchases. 

3.       We talked about what programs/events we would like to do this fall and winter.  While the Fall Festival was a big hit last October, we didn’t think it was doable with our funds.  It was decided that since we help already at the Winter Walk with the model trains, we will focus more on that and make a really cool gingerbread house/library for the TAB train.  We may get cookies (some gluten free also) to sell.  We may also make pompom ball snowmen to sell.  Anyway- please set time aside for creating the gingerbread house and snowmen the 2 weeks before the Winter Walk on Dec. 12.

4.       We thought of purchasing a button maker to create buttons at events like the Winter Walk.  Kathy checked into the prices of the button making machines and had a price sticker shock!  The one like we have used is $299 plus $36 for the supplies.  She thinks it would be best to use the SELCO button maker, we may have to get our own supplies since we run out of the ones they send with the kit.  Is that ok with everyone??

5.       Voting for new president!  Our presidential candidate forum will be at our next meeting Sept. 9^th at 6:30.  We will vote that evening, the person with the second most votes will be VP. We will have to amend our bylaws and remove the treasure and secretary positions as discussed.

Here is the description of the positions from our bylaws.

B) The president of TAB will work closely with the TAB advisor to organize TAB meetings.  The TAB advisor will assist the president in creating the meeting agenda and will preside over TAB meetings.  The president will act as the contact person for other TAB members who want items added to the agenda.

C)  The vice-president will serve as the president in his or her absence.  The vice-president will serve as membership coordinator, keeping track of active and inactive members and new applications.  They will be in charge of promoting and recruitment of new membership.  The vice-president will inform and remind all members of upcoming meetings, programs and special events.

6.       Future plans- we thought about ways to make money.  We can decide to do the GOODS FOR GOODS sale again if we want, I think we have to decide in April.  We also thought of having a book fair- maybe Scholastic or something else.  The company gives the best deal by giving books to the hosts vs cash.  We could use the books we earn for 2014 summer reading program prizes!  Kathy will research this and report in Sept.

7.       We will work up some PR on the library e resources to pass around at the MS/HS plus some posters.  If you haven’t checked them out go to www.northfield.mn.us click on e-library and page down to LEARNING EXPRESS.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS for the following meetings!  They are always Mondays at 6:30 in the library’s meeting room.

Sept. 9

Oct. 7
Nov. 4
Dec. 2
And WINTER WALK Dec. 12!
THANKS TO ALL WHO CAME!  It will be a rebuilding year for TAB since we lost so many 2013 graduates!  So bring a friend or 2 to our next meeting.

Here are the TAB SRP winners!

Congrats!  Kate & Katie they each won a $50 gift certificate for Target- happy shopping and thanks for participating!

THE END IS NEAR!!!

It's the final days of the Teen Summer Reading Program!  All prizes and prize entries need to in by 4 pm on THURSDAY, July 25th!  The FINAL DRAWING will be @4:30 in the teen area of the library!  You don't need to be present to win the GRAND PRIZES but those attending will some special items!!

Here is the list of the Teen Readers who have won one of the weekly prizes!

This week's drawing winners are...

Laura Hauschildt

Cristin Terry

Kate Bornhauser

Cynthia Terry

Julianna Moth

Lucy Wagner

Cynthia Terry!

All names will be entered in for the FINAL DRAWING July 25th at 4 pm.  Keep on reading!!!

SRP reading logs to print.

Guess my try at Google Docs didn't work- if you click on these "photos" you can print them off.