11-1-2024
Several books in the library’s collection are set up as
continuous resources through our primary book supplies. This means they
automatically send us the latest edition upon its release. This feature is used
for all our NOLO Press. They publish do-it-yourself legal guides on topics such
as divorce and child support/custody, selling your house and leases, wills and
estate planning, Social Security, Medicare and government pensions. Each of
these guides is updated on average every two years. On a lighter note, travel
guides may also be set up as continuous resources.
Chase’s Calendar of Events is a continuous resource I have
considered eliminating from our subscriptions. Previous directors would use it
on occasion for article ideas. This week is the first time I have done so. I
learned much November trivia appropriate for a library. The paper comes out on
National Authors’ Day. I’ll may be found wandering the library saying, “Thank
you,” to a list of authors too numerous to list here. Apparently on the top of
that list should be Allen Ginsberg as Chase mentions this is the 68th
anniversary of Howl and Other Poems publication. November is also
National Novel Writing Month and Picture Book Month. A little something for a
variety of ages/attention spans.
I did enjoy learning it is Banana Pudding Lovers Month and
that it is also the 65th anniversary of the invention of the hockey
mask. By and large, the information doesn’t appear to be as timely as the
travel and legal books.
By and large, reference books are a difficult choice as we
as a society rely more on the Internet than print. Most of the books listed
above are likely to provide more easily located current information that the
reader can use with confidence. Too often websites are less detailed or more
difficult to navigate than a table of contents.
Walworth County has provided us with reference materials for
the 2025 Budget. Their public hearing is On Monday, November 4th at
6:00pm. A copy of the preliminary budget and 2025-2034 Preliminary Capital
Improvement Plan is available for perusal at the library for anyone interested.
In the accompanying cover letter, County Administrator Mark Luberda indicates
distributing copies to public libraries will become a standard practice moving
forward.
Other government and nonprofit organizations send
information to the library as well. We have information for the Job Center of
Wisconsin, Wisconsin Wayfinder: Children’s Resource Network and NAMI: National
Alliance on Mental Illness, fliers and reference guides available. Then there
are the reference questions. Today a group of siblings stopped by looking for
information on the Lake Beulah family they summered with 50 years ago. Those
are fun questions to investigate.
On Monday, November 4th, we’ll learn more about
two local veterans at our Veterans Day program. Remember to come to the I Am
Not Invisible exhibit at the East Troy Intergenerational Community Center and
listen to Michelle Himsel, Commander of Loomis-Martin Post 188 and Navy
Hospital Corp. 3rd Class veteran Eleanor Montano. The program will
begin at 4:00 after which the exhibit will be moved to the library.
Reading Now: There Should Have Been Eight by Nalini Singh, Lady Tan's Circle of Women by Lisa See (November Adult Book Club Selection)
Listening to Now: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
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