Sixteen Acres Branch Library

Go Green at Your Library!

2010 Summer Reading Club

June 21 - August 7 (August 14 for Adults)

It's time to sign up for Springfield City Library's Summer Reading Club and take advantage of all the library offers, for free. This year's theme, “Go Green at Your Library!” is timely indeed, since Springfield was recently named a “green community.” It's appropriate to borrow instead of buy, saving money and trees! Signing up is simple -- just stop in to any of our library branches and fill out a registration sheet. For more information on our three clubs, click here:

Summer Reading Club for Kids (Read-to-Me and Go Green Reading Club)

Summer Reading Club for Teens

Adult Summer Reading Club (June 21 - August 14)

Summer Reading Club Activities:

FOR KIDS:

Saturdays, 12-2 pm

Drop-in Craft. Children and families are invited to complete a craft project when they visit the library. All activities are free, and no registration is necessary. Special origami project on July 17.

FOR TEENS & TWEENS:

Thursday, July 29, 2-4 pm

Teens create altered T-shirts! (in Community Room) T-shirts will be provided.

Secret World of Bubbles!

Sixteen Acres, Thursday, August 5, 2 pm

Imagine the look on your child's face when they see bubbles “as big as a rainbow colored bathtub wobbling 10-feet off the ground with a liquid-skin thinner than the wavelength of light!” Bring them, and your camera, to see Keith Michael Johnson. The talented Mr. Johnson and his bubbles will have everyone in the room mesmerized and mystified! It's part great science and also awesome art. Funding for this program was provided through the generosity of the Friends of the Springfield Library. For additional information please call Jean Canosa Albano at 263-6828, x 291.

PROGRAMS AND EVENTS

Hi!Tech Help for Seniors

Half-hour sessions are available with trained volunteers who will help you get started with the wide world of computers! Please call the branch directly for an appointment. This service is intended for Beginners who need one-on-one help becoming more comfortable with the mouse, keyboard, and Windows desktop environment.

COLLECTIONS include:

• Children's and adult books
• Fiction and non-fiction materials
• Feature films, children's videos, and documentaries
• CD-ROMS and cassette/book kits
• CDS and cassettes

SERVICES include:

• Reference: assists patrons in finding answers and/or materials
• Reader's Advisory: helps patrons of all ages find the right book
• PACS to access local and regional library catalogs
• Interlibrary and intralibrary loan service
• Access to databases with general, health and business information for adults and children
• Computer access: sign up at reference desk
• Word processing: 30 minute slots
• Internet: 30 minute slots

FOR CHILDREN:

• Drop-In Crafts, Saturdays, 11 - 3 (Note: 12-2 pm only during Summer Reading Club, June 26-July 31.)
• Origami Workshop: Third Saturday of the month, 12 - 2
• Children's programming
• Storytimes for young children
• School Vacation Week activities
• Summer reading program

For Branch Advisory Committee information, contact:
Helen C Boyle
79 Patricia Circle
Springfield MA 01119
413-783-3828
Next meeting: TBA

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