Spring 2015

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Davenport Public Library

the possibilitiesIMAGINEApril-June 2015Volume 3, Number 2

LIBRARY HOURS & LOCATIONS

Main Library321 Main StretDavenport, IA 52801

Monday 12:00 PM - 8:00 PMTuesday 9:00 AM - 5:30 PMWednesday 9:00 AM - 5:30 PMThursday 9:00 AM - 5:30 PMFriday 9:00 AM - 5:30 PMSaturday 9:00 AM - 5:30 PMSunday CLOSED

Fairmount Branch Library3000 N. Fairmount StreetDavenport, IA 52804

Monday 9:00 AM - 5:30 PMTuesday 12:00 PM - 8:00 PMWednesday 9:00 AM - 5:30 PMThursday 12:00 PM - 8:00 PMFriday 9:00 AM - 5:30 PMSaturday 9:00 AM - 5:30 PMSunday CLOSED

Eastern Avenue Branch Library6000 Eastern AvenueDavenport, IA 52807

Monday 12:00 PM - 8:00 PMTuesday 9:00 AM - 5:30 PMWednesday 12:00 PM - 8:00 PMThursday 9:00 AM - 5:30 PMFriday 9:00 AM - 5:30 PMSaturday 9:00 AM - 5:30 PMSunday CLOSED

Phone Number:(563) 326-7832

OPEN 24/7 at:www.davenportlibrary.com

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24 hour renewal number:

(563) 823-5565 (local)(888) 534-6130 (long distance)

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MAILED TO YOU BY THE FRIENDS OFTHE DAVENPORT PUBLIC LIBRARY321 Main StreetDavenport, IA 52801

Major funding provided by the

FRIENDS of the Davenport Public LibraryReturn Service Requested

Friday April 3, 2015Monday May 25, 2015

INSIDESUPERHEROES

GOING GREEN

STORYTIMES

& MORE

IMAGINE

INTERIM LIBRARY DIRECTORAmy Groskopf

BOARD OF TRUSTEESSteve Imming PresidentTom Englemann Vice-PresidentSyliva Roba SecretaryMatt CasillasCraig CooperJimmy HoltDr. Dave IglehartJudie LanceAmanda Motto

EDITORLexie ReilingMarketing & Programming Supervising Librarian [email protected]

IMAGINE CONTRIBUTORSSue AndersonOperations Manager

Amber CarlsonMarketing & Programming Librarian

Valerie FarrarBranch Supervisor

Jessica MirasolSpecial Collections Supervising Librarian

Kasey ShipleyFacilities Maintenance/ Business Office Manager

Carol WagnerFRIENDS’ Volunteer

Joe WatkinsStudent Clerk Aide

Funding for IMAGINE is provided by:

FRIENDS FOCUSIt is always fun to see the donations that come in each week. We never know what we will be featuring at each bookstore. In January the Eastern Bookstore featured Astrology and Spirituality and we had a wonderful dona-tion of sports books. This spring the Fairmount Bookstore will feature items on Gardening, Pets, Nature and Travel. Watch for Fairmount’s special sale April 18th thru the 25th. All items $0.50 and up will be half off.

Keep those donations coming as you do your spring cleaning, and remem-ber we no longer accept VHS tapes, cassettes or records.

Carol Wagner & Ann Franke FRIENDS Book Store

ANNUAL MEETING OF THE MEMBERSHIPThe FRIENDS of the Davenport Public Library Annual Meeting of the Mem-bership will be held on Thursday, April 30 at the Fairmount Branch Library in the SCRA Room at 6 p.m. All current members are welcome to attend. Please RSVP to Kasey Shipley at [email protected] or by phone, 563-326-7841.

THE BOWLING BALLSaturday, April 18 from 6:30-9:30 at Blackhawk BowlJoin the FRIENDS for an evening of bowling, fun and socializing. We’ll have a signature martini for sale to benefit the library, Creative Arts Academy stu-dent artwork for auction, raffle prizes and more. For ticket information, visit our website, www.friendsofdavenportlibrary.org, or contact Tracy Moore at [email protected], 563-328-6845.

The library would like to thank all of our current FRIENDS board members: Ian Russell (President), Bob Holliday (Vice President), Laura Hoss (Treasurer), Eric

Long (Secretary) Jacob Clark, Kasi Harmsen, Patrick McElyea, Jessi Meyer, and Julie Schendel.

Welcome:

NANCY BARTON, part-time Sr Clerk

BRANDI SWANSON, part-time Sr Clerk

ELLIE ANDORF, part-time student shelver

Resignation:

EVAN HENKEL, part-time student shelver at Main

KENNETHWAYNE THOMPSON, Library Director

Congratulations:AMBER CARLSON, promoted from full-time Reference Librarian to full-time M&P Librarian.

KASEY SHIPLEY, promoted from part-time Administrative Assistant to full-time Facilities Maintenance/Business Office Manager

Retirement:KAREN NEAL, Facilities Mainte-nance/Business Office Manager.

STAFF NEWS

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NEWS FROM SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

We’ve got a new profile on Historypin! Historypin is a website that allows users to connect past images and sounds with current ones. It’s associat-ed with Google Earth so Special Collections has been able to pin pic-tures to a Google map. This means you can compare our old photos right alongside the images provided by Google Earth; it’s like watch-ing a particular address grow and change before your eyes! Plus you can help us identify people and places by adding tags- it really is a group project. Hop on over and check out this amazing site! https://www.historypin.org/channels/view/60190/#!photos/list/v

Digital Conversion StationWe are excited to announce that you can convert your cas-sette tapes, LPs, and VHS tapes to digital files at our new Dig- i-tal Conversion Station in Special Collections! You can reserve the station for up to six hours at a time, but you must check in with the Special Collections Staff to be sure you get your full time allotment. You can set up reservations through email, by phone, or in person. We currently do NOT have CD or DVD burners so be sure to bring a flash drive along with you- or purchase one at the customer service desk. Staff is always happy to help you with the process so come on down and get those things converted!

“If you find yourself alone in the library, I guess you could say that you’re all by your-shelf.”

–Joe Watkins, Student Clerk Aide

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SPECIAL EVENTSUSPTO Presentation MONDAY APRIL 6TH AT 6:00PM AT THE EASTERN AVENUE BRANCH. A representative from the Unit-ed States Patent and Trademark Office will be here to give a presentation on trademarks, including information about the following topics: how trade-marks, copyrights, patents, domain names, and business name registrations all differ; why it is important for any new business to select a trademark that will be both federally registrable and legally protectable, high-lighting factors critical when choosing a mark; information on what the USPTO does in the federal registration process and how to avoid “scams”, and more.

Community Shred Day

THURSDAY APRIL 23RD AT 10:00AM AT THE EASTERN AVENUE BRANCH. As part of Money Smart Week, the library is partnering with ARC of the Quad Cities to present Community Shred Day. Bring up to two boxes of docu-ments to the Eastern Avenue Branch and it will be taken away to be confidentially shredded.

Royal Tea Party SATURDAY MAY 2ND AT 10:00AM AND 2:00PM AT THE EASTERN AVENUE BRANCH. All young princes and princesses are invited to our Royal Tea Party, where everyone is royalty! Light snacks and bev-erages will be served, and wear your regal finery. Registration is required.

Superhero SchoolSATURDAY JUNE 20TH AT 2:00PM AT THE EAST-ERN AVENUE BRANCH. It’s time to put those superhero skills you learned at Summer Reading Kickoff to the test! Bring your own stuffed animal and teach it how to be a hero and save the city. Registration is required.

Rick Eugene Magic Show

MONDAY JUNE 8TH AT 2:00PM AT THE EASTERN AVENUE BRANCH. First there was Hou-dini. Then there was Copper-field. Now, there is Rick Eugene, magician extraordinaire and magical hometown hero. Rick Eugene will perform jaw-drop-ping tricks that will amaze and entertain.

Animal Heroes EVERY TUESDAY IN JUNE AT 2:00PM AT THE EASTERN AVENUE BRANCH. Join us in welcoming local he-roes from the animal world!

Nature Craft

EVERY THURSDAY IN JUNE AT 2:00PM AT THE EASTERN AVENUE BRANCH. This all-ages program allows you to make amazing crafts using natural materials. Sculpt with living moss, make a terrarium, design your own vertical planter and more! All materials provided. Registration is required.

QC CAN Reading Assistance Dogs3RD THURSDAY OF APRIL AND JUNE AT 7:00PM AT THE FAIRMOUNT STREET BRANCH. Join us for a very special PajamaTime Storytime with our guests, the Reading Assistance Dogs from QC CAN! Kids can read to dogs to work on their reading skills and build confidence.

Summer Reading Program Kickoff Party

SATURDAY MAY 30TH AT 1:00PM AT THE FAIRMOUNT STREET BRANCH. Celebrate the beginning of our

annual Summer Reading Program, “Every Hero Has a Story”!

Stop by our Kickoff Party from 1:00-4:00 to get signed up for the

program and learn how to be a superhero!

We’ve added over two dozen titles to our Zinio magazine collection!

Here’s a sampling of some of the new items now available. These subscriptions

began in February 2015.

National Geographic Traveler Interactive

ShapeSmithsonian Magazine

Soap Opera Digest

The Atlantic

True West

TV Guide Magazine

These titles join the dozens of others with which we continue. We currently

have subscriptions to over 90 magazine titles. What you download is page-for-

page the same as issues you’d purchase at the store: all the pictures, all the text,

all the advertisements.

You’ll find current and back issues in Zinio. More specifically, back issue

availability is based upon when we began our subscription. You’ll also find

older issues for titles to which we no longer subscribe.

Download via your computer or a smartphone app. These whole-issue files

are often quite large, so remember the tip : save your monthly phone data by

downloading via Wi-Fi.

Better Homes and Gardens

Bon Appetit

ElleFamily Circle

FamilyFun

HGTV Magazine

Midwest Living

GOING GREENDid you know that instead of receiving a printed receipt showing the date your items are due back, you can have your receipt emailed to you, or even get notifications via text message? Be proactive about Earth Day and switch over from paper receipts to email receipts today!

To make the switch, stop by the Customer Services desk and your account will be updated!

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EVENTS FOR KIDS

Afternoon Storytime: Every Monday from April 6th-20th at 4:00pm at the Fairmount Street Branch. Music, dancing, stories and fun for your favorite 0-5 yr. old!

Storytime: Every Tuesday from April 7th-21st at 10:00am and every Tuesday in June at the Eastern Avenue Branch. We’ll be telling all the great stories and singing all the great songs! For children ages 0-5.

Dance Party Storytime: Every Wednesday from April 1st-22nd and every Wednesday in June at 10:00 at the Fairmount Street Branch and every Thursday at 10:00 at Eastern Avenue Branch. Tales and songs are mixed with move-ment. Babies and children birth to age five are welcome!

PajamaTime Storytime: Every Thursday from April 2nd-23rd at 7:00pm at the Fairmount Branch. Bring your pillow and blanket for this af-ter dinner storytime featuring all the fun of our daytime storytimes! Great for kids of all ages.

Preschool Storytime: Every Monday from April 6th-20th and every Monday in June at 10:00am at the Fairmount Street Branch, and every Friday in April and June at 10:00am at the Eastern Avenue Branch. Make stories and songs come alive by creating your own crafts and works of art. Ages 2-5 welcome

Stories in the Park: Every Tuesday in June at 11:00 am at Vanderveer Botanical Park. Grab your picnic blanket and snacks and enjoy stories in the park! We meet under the trees near the duck pond and conservatory.

Night Owl Storytime: Every Thursday in June at 7:00pm at the Fairmount Street Branch. Come in and enjoy fun stories and activities to wind down from your long summer days! All ages welcome.

Events For Gradeschoolers And Middle Schoolers:

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SOCIAL MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS

EcoCraft – Every Monday from April 6th-20th at 3:30pm at the Eastern Avenue Branch. Mix science and art in this creative program for gradeschoolers. Find your artistic side using recycled, organic, or biodegradable materials.

Lego Club – Every Tuesday from April 7th-21st at 3:30 pm at the Fairmount Street Branch, and every Thursday from April 2nd-23rd at 3:30pm at the Eastern Avenue Branch. We have the Legos. Do you have the imagination? Join Lego Club to test your skills of building and design.

Tween Gaming – Every Thursday from April 2nd-23rd, and every Thursday in June at 3:30pm at the Fairmount Street Branch. Try out popular video games on our big screen!

Tween and Teen Gaming – Every Friday in April at 4:00pm at the Eastern Avenue Branch. Try out popular video games on our big screen! Teens and tweens are invited to play games on the Wii U or Xbox 360.

Lego Lab – Every Monday in June (except June 8th) at 2:00pm at the Eastern Avenue Branch. Come enjoy an hour of open-build with the library’s Lego collection!

Friday Movie Matinee – Every Friday in June at 2:00pm at the Fairmount Street Branch. Every Hero has a story....or a movie! Popcorn, air conditioning, and tales of heroic proportions every Friday at the Fairmount Branch Library.

SHARE YOUR MEMORIES Share your memories of the Davenport Public Libraries during National Library Week (April 12-18, 2015) using the hashtags #DavenportReads #YesPlease and our two favorite posts will win autographed copies of “Yes Please” by Amy Poehler!

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Stay Connected

Visit www.davenportlibrary.com and follow DPL social media to find out about library events,

buzzworthy book news, and all sorts of nerdy fun!

· Facebook: facebook.com/davenportlibrary

· Tumblr: davenportlib.tumblr.com

· Instagram: instagram.com/davpublib

· Twitter: twitter.com/DavenportLib

· Pinterest: pinterest.com/davenportlib/

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EVENTS FOR TEENSEVENTS FOR ADULTS

Teen Movie NightFIRST AND THIRD TUESDAY OF THE MONTH IN APRIL AND JUNE AT 5:00PM AT THE FAIRMOUNT STREET BRANCH. Popular teen movies on the big screen, plus snacks!

Teen Volunteer Council THIRD TUESDAY OF THE MONTH IN APRIL AND JUNE 4:00PM AT THE FAIRMOUNT STREET BRANCH. Want to go behind-the-scenes for the library’s biggest events? Share YOUR ideas about what you’d like to see the library doing!

Teen GamingEVERY WEDNESDAY AT 2:30PM AT THE FAIRMOUNT STREET BRANCH. Try out new games and gaming systems at Get Your Game On. We have PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, and Wii U for you to try, along with laptops for online gaming. Tabletop gamers are invited to come take part in Dungeons & Drag-ons or Yu-Gi-Oh card games.

Random FandomMONDAY APRIL 27TH AT 4PM, AND EVERY MONDAY IN JUNE AT 3PM AT THE FAIRMOUNT STREET BRANCH. Cool arts and crafts for fans of Doctor Who, Minecraft, the Avengers, Harry Potter, and more. Registration required.

Between the Lines2ND WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH AT 7:00PM AT THE EASTERN AVE-NUE BRANCH. Discuss contemporary fiction and non-fiction at this lively book discussion group. Books are provided to all registered participants.

See YA2ND MONDAY OF THE MONTH AT 7:00PM AT THE EASTERN AVENUE BRANCH. Join our brand-new adult book club with a teen book twist. Registration required.

West End Book Discussion Group3RD TUESDAY OF THE MONTH AT 7:00PM AT THE FAIRMOUNT STREET BRANCH. This book club discusses contemporary literature, both fic-tion and non-fiction. Books are provided to all registered participants.

Short & Sweets 2ND MONDAY OF THE MONTH AT 10:00AM AT THE FAIRMOUNT STREET BRANCH. Discuss short stories while eating yummy sweets. Registra-tion is required. All registrants will receive a complimentary copy of the story.

Afternoon Classic Films

3RD WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH AT 2:00PM AT THE EASTERN AVENUE BRANCH. Enjoy classic films as they return to the big screen!

Paper Crafts EVERY TUESDAY IN JUNE AT 2:30PM AT THE FAIRMOUNT STREET BRANCH. For those adults who love to craft, each week we will make a dif-ferent paper craft to take home. Come discover new ways to use paper! Registration is required.

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Davenport Public Library • 563-326-7832

321 Main Street • 3000 N

. Fairmount Street • 6000 Eastern Avenue

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instead of books!

First Monday

of the month

at 1:00 pm.

Eastern Avenue branch.

Registration

required. Pick up the m

onth’s art at the front desk.

Framed!1ST MONDAY OF THE MONTH AT 1:00PM AT THE EASTERN AVENUE BRANCH. A group that discusses art rather than books! REGISTRATION REQUIRED.

BOOKCLUBS

...ANDMORE

2015

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APRIL1 WEDNESDAY10am Dance Party Storytime (F)

2:30pm Teen Gaming (F)

2 THURSDAY10am Dance Party Storytime (E)

3:30pm Lego Club (E)

3:30pm Tween Gaming (F)

7pm PajamaTime Storytime (F)

3 FRIDAY CLOSED

6 MONDAY10am Preschool Storytime (F)

1pm Framed (E)

3:30pm EcoCraft (E)

4pm Storytime (F)

6pm USPTO Presentation (E)

7 TUESDAY10am Storytime (E)

3:30pm Lego Club (F)

5:00 pm Teen Movie Night (F)

7pm Dance Me a Story (F)

8 WEDNESDAY10am Dance Party Storytime (F)


7pm Between the Lines (E)





10 FRIDAY10am Preschool Storytime (E)

4pm Teen & Tween Gaming (E)


10am Short & Sweets (F)

3:30pm EcoCraft (E)

4pm Storytime (F)

7pm See YA (E)




2pm Afternoon Classic Films (E)









3:30 pm EcoCraft (E)

4pm Storytime (F)



4pm Teen Volunteer Council (F)

5pm Teen Movie Night (F)

7pm West End Book Club (F)




10am Community Shred Day (E)






27 MONDAY4pm Random Fandom (F)

28 TUESDAY2pm Recent Releases (F)

29 WEDNESDAY2:30pm Teen Gaming (F)

30 THURSDAY6pm FRIENDS Annual Meeting of the Membership (F)

MAY2 SATURDAY10 am Royal Tea Party (E)

2pm Royal Tea Party (E)

4 MONDAY1pm Framed (E)

6:30 pm Art Pitz Jewish Federa-tion Lecture Series (E)


11 MONDAY10am Short & Sweets (F)

7pm See YA (E)



18 MONDAY 6:30 pm Art Pitz Jewish Federa-tion Lecture Series (E)

19 TUESDAY7pm West End Book Club (F)

20 WEDNESDAY2pm Afternoon Classic Films (E)


25 MONDAY CLOSED27 Wednesday


30 SATURDAY1pm Summer Reading Program Kickoff Party (F)

JUNE1 MONDAY 10am Preschool Storytime (F)

1pm Framed (E)

2pm Lego Lab (E)

3pm Random Fandom (F)


11am Stories in the Park (X)

2pm Animal Heroes (E)

2:30pm Paper Crafts (F)

5:00 pm Teen Movie Night (F)




2pm Nature Craft (E)


7pm Night Owl Storytime (F)


2pm Friday Movie Matinee (F)


10am Short & Sweets (F)

2pm Rick Eugene Magic Show (E)


7pm See YA (E)















2pm Lego Lab (E)






4pm Teen Volunteer Council (F)

5pm Teen Movie Night (F)

7pm West End Book Club (F)

17 WEDNESDAY10 am Dance Party Storytime (F)

2pm Afternoon Classic Films (E)








20 Saturday2pm Superhero School (E)

22 MONDAY 10am Preschool Storytime (F)

2pm Lego Lab (E)













2pm Friday

Movie Matinee (F)


2pm Lego Lab (E)






Calendar of EVENTS

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DAR KEY

(E) Eastern Ave. Branch

(F) Fairmount Branch

(M) Main Library

(X) Offsite

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EVENTS FOR TEENSEVENTS FOR ADULTS

Teen Movie NightFIRST AND THIRD TUESDAY OF THE MONTH IN APRIL AND JUNE AT 5:00PM AT THE FAIRMOUNT STREET BRANCH. Popular teen movies on the big screen, plus snacks!

Teen Volunteer Council THIRD TUESDAY OF THE MONTH IN APRIL AND JUNE 4:00PM AT THE FAIRMOUNT STREET BRANCH. Want to go behind-the-scenes for the library’s biggest events? Share YOUR ideas about what you’d like to see the library doing!

Teen GamingEVERY WEDNESDAY AT 2:30PM AT THE FAIRMOUNT STREET BRANCH. Try out new games and gaming systems at Get Your Game On. We have PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, and Wii U for you to try, along with laptops for online gaming. Tabletop gamers are invited to come take part in Dungeons & Drag-ons or Yu-Gi-Oh card games.

Random FandomMONDAY APRIL 27TH AT 4PM, AND EVERY MONDAY IN JUNE AT 3PM AT THE FAIRMOUNT STREET BRANCH. Cool arts and crafts for fans of Doctor Who, Minecraft, the Avengers, Harry Potter, and more. Registration required.

Between the Lines2ND WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH AT 7:00PM AT THE EASTERN AVE-NUE BRANCH. Discuss contemporary fiction and non-fiction at this lively book discussion group. Books are provided to all registered participants.

See YA2ND MONDAY OF THE MONTH AT 7:00PM AT THE EASTERN AVENUE BRANCH. Join our brand-new adult book club with a teen book twist. Registration required.

West End Book Discussion Group3RD TUESDAY OF THE MONTH AT 7:00PM AT THE FAIRMOUNT STREET BRANCH. This book club discusses contemporary literature, both fic-tion and non-fiction. Books are provided to all registered participants.

Short & Sweets 2ND MONDAY OF THE MONTH AT 10:00AM AT THE FAIRMOUNT STREET BRANCH. Discuss short stories while eating yummy sweets. Registra-tion is required. All registrants will receive a complimentary copy of the story.

Afternoon Classic Films

3RD WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH AT 2:00PM AT THE EASTERN AVENUE BRANCH. Enjoy classic films as they return to the big screen!

Paper Crafts EVERY TUESDAY IN JUNE AT 2:30PM AT THE FAIRMOUNT STREET BRANCH. For those adults who love to craft, each week we will make a dif-ferent paper craft to take home. Come discover new ways to use paper! Registration is required.

FR

AM

ED

!

Davenport Public Library • 563-326-7832

321 Main Street • 3000 N

. Fairmount Street • 6000 Eastern Avenue

ww

w.davenportlibrary.com

The m

onthly book club

that discusses art

instead of books!

First Monday

of the month

at 1:00 pm.

Eastern Avenue branch.

Registration

required. Pick up the m

onth’s art at the front desk.

Framed!1ST MONDAY OF THE MONTH AT 1:00PM AT THE EASTERN AVENUE BRANCH. A group that discusses art rather than books! REGISTRATION REQUIRED.

BOOKCLUBS

...ANDMORE

EVENTS FOR KIDS

Afternoon Storytime: Every Monday from April 6th-20th at 4:00pm at the Fairmount Street Branch. Music, dancing, stories and fun for your favorite 0-5 yr. old!

Storytime: Every Tuesday from April 7th-21st at 10:00am and every Tuesday in June at the Eastern Avenue Branch. We’ll be telling all the great stories and singing all the great songs! For children ages 0-5.

Dance Party Storytime: Every Wednesday from April 1st-22nd and every Wednesday in June at 10:00 at the Fairmount Street Branch and every Thursday at 10:00 at Eastern Avenue Branch. Tales and songs are mixed with move-ment. Babies and children birth to age five are welcome!

PajamaTime Storytime: Every Thursday from April 2nd-23rd at 7:00pm at the Fairmount Branch. Bring your pillow and blanket for this af-ter dinner storytime featuring all the fun of our daytime storytimes! Great for kids of all ages.

Preschool Storytime: Every Monday from April 6th-20th and every Monday in June at 10:00am at the Fairmount Street Branch, and every Friday in April and June at 10:00am at the Eastern Avenue Branch. Make stories and songs come alive by creating your own crafts and works of art. Ages 2-5 welcome

Stories in the Park: Every Tuesday in June at 11:00 am at Vanderveer Botanical Park. Grab your picnic blanket and snacks and enjoy stories in the park! We meet under the trees near the duck pond and conservatory.

Night Owl Storytime: Every Thursday in June at 7:00pm at the Fairmount Street Branch. Come in and enjoy fun stories and activities to wind down from your long summer days! All ages welcome.

Events For Gradeschoolers And Middle Schoolers:

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ORYTIMES

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SOCIAL MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS

EcoCraft – Every Monday from April 6th-20th at 3:30pm at the Eastern Avenue Branch. Mix science and art in this creative program for gradeschoolers. Find your artistic side using recycled, organic, or biodegradable materials.

Lego Club – Every Tuesday from April 7th-21st at 3:30 pm at the Fairmount Street Branch, and every Thursday from April 2nd-23rd at 3:30pm at the Eastern Avenue Branch. We have the Legos. Do you have the imagination? Join Lego Club to test your skills of building and design.

Tween Gaming – Every Thursday from April 2nd-23rd, and every Thursday in June at 3:30pm at the Fairmount Street Branch. Try out popular video games on our big screen!

Tween and Teen Gaming – Every Friday in April at 4:00pm at the Eastern Avenue Branch. Try out popular video games on our big screen! Teens and tweens are invited to play games on the Wii U or Xbox 360.

Lego Lab – Every Monday in June (except June 8th) at 2:00pm at the Eastern Avenue Branch. Come enjoy an hour of open-build with the library’s Lego collection!

Friday Movie Matinee – Every Friday in June at 2:00pm at the Fairmount Street Branch. Every Hero has a story....or a movie! Popcorn, air conditioning, and tales of heroic proportions every Friday at the Fairmount Branch Library.

SHARE YOUR MEMORIES Share your memories of the Davenport Public Libraries during National Library Week (April 12-18, 2015) using the hashtags #DavenportReads #YesPlease and our two favorite posts will win autographed copies of “Yes Please” by Amy Poehler!

t.

Stay Connected

Visit www.davenportlibrary.com and follow DPL social media to find out about library events,

buzzworthy book news, and all sorts of nerdy fun!

· Facebook: facebook.com/davenportlibrary

· Tumblr: davenportlib.tumblr.com

· Instagram: instagram.com/davpublib

· Twitter: twitter.com/DavenportLib

· Pinterest: pinterest.com/davenportlib/

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SPECIAL EVENTSUSPTO Presentation MONDAY APRIL 6TH AT 6:00PM AT THE EASTERN AVENUE BRANCH. A representative from the Unit-ed States Patent and Trademark Office will be here to give a presentation on trademarks, including information about the following topics: how trade-marks, copyrights, patents, domain names, and business name registrations all differ; why it is important for any new business to select a trademark that will be both federally registrable and legally protectable, high-lighting factors critical when choosing a mark; information on what the USPTO does in the federal registration process and how to avoid “scams”, and more.

Community Shred Day

THURSDAY APRIL 23RD AT 10:00AM AT THE EASTERN AVENUE BRANCH. As part of Money Smart Week, the library is partnering with ARC of the Quad Cities to present Community Shred Day. Bring up to two boxes of docu-ments to the Eastern Avenue Branch and it will be taken away to be confidentially shredded.

Royal Tea Party SATURDAY MAY 2ND AT 10:00AM AND 2:00PM AT THE EASTERN AVENUE BRANCH. All young princes and princesses are invited to our Royal Tea Party, where everyone is royalty! Light snacks and bev-erages will be served, and wear your regal finery. Registration is required.

Superhero SchoolSATURDAY JUNE 20TH AT 2:00PM AT THE EAST-ERN AVENUE BRANCH. It’s time to put those superhero skills you learned at Summer Reading Kickoff to the test! Bring your own stuffed animal and teach it how to be a hero and save the city. Registration is required.

Rick Eugene Magic Show

MONDAY JUNE 8TH AT 2:00PM AT THE EASTERN AVENUE BRANCH. First there was Hou-dini. Then there was Copper-field. Now, there is Rick Eugene, magician extraordinaire and magical hometown hero. Rick Eugene will perform jaw-drop-ping tricks that will amaze and entertain.

Animal Heroes EVERY TUESDAY IN JUNE AT 2:00PM AT THE EASTERN AVENUE BRANCH. Join us in welcoming local he-roes from the animal world!

Nature Craft

EVERY THURSDAY IN JUNE AT 2:00PM AT THE EASTERN AVENUE BRANCH. This all-ages program allows you to make amazing crafts using natural materials. Sculpt with living moss, make a terrarium, design your own vertical planter and more! All materials provided. Registration is required.

QC CAN Reading Assistance Dogs3RD THURSDAY OF APRIL AND JUNE AT 7:00PM AT THE FAIRMOUNT STREET BRANCH. Join us for a very special PajamaTime Storytime with our guests, the Reading Assistance Dogs from QC CAN! Kids can read to dogs to work on their reading skills and build confidence.

Summer Reading Program Kickoff Party

SATURDAY MAY 30TH AT 1:00PM AT THE FAIRMOUNT STREET BRANCH. Celebrate the beginning of our

annual Summer Reading Program, “Every Hero Has a Story”!

Stop by our Kickoff Party from 1:00-4:00 to get signed up for the

program and learn how to be a superhero!

We’ve added over two dozen titles to our Zinio magazine collection!

Here’s a sampling of some of the new items now available. These subscriptions

began in February 2015.

National Geographic Traveler Interactive

ShapeSmithsonian Magazine

Soap Opera Digest

The Atlantic

True West

TV Guide Magazine

These titles join the dozens of others with which we continue. We currently

have subscriptions to over 90 magazine titles. What you download is page-for-

page the same as issues you’d purchase at the store: all the pictures, all the text,

all the advertisements.

You’ll find current and back issues in Zinio. More specifically, back issue

availability is based upon when we began our subscription. You’ll also find

older issues for titles to which we no longer subscribe.

Download via your computer or a smartphone app. These whole-issue files

are often quite large, so remember the tip : save your monthly phone data by

downloading via Wi-Fi.

Better Homes and Gardens

Bon Appetit

ElleFamily Circle

FamilyFun

HGTV Magazine

Midwest Living

GOING GREENDid you know that instead of receiving a printed receipt showing the date your items are due back, you can have your receipt emailed to you, or even get notifications via text message? Be proactive about Earth Day and switch over from paper receipts to email receipts today!

To make the switch, stop by the Customer Services desk and your account will be updated!

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IMAGINE

INTERIM LIBRARY DIRECTORAmy Groskopf

BOARD OF TRUSTEESSteve Imming PresidentTom Englemann Vice-PresidentSyliva Roba SecretaryMatt CasillasCraig CooperJimmy HoltDr. Dave IglehartJudie LanceAmanda Motto

EDITORLexie ReilingMarketing & Programming Supervising Librarian [email protected]

IMAGINE CONTRIBUTORSSue AndersonOperations Manager

Amber CarlsonMarketing & Programming Librarian

Valerie FarrarBranch Supervisor

Jessica MirasolSpecial Collections Supervising Librarian

Kasey ShipleyFacilities Maintenance/ Business Office Manager

Carol WagnerFRIENDS’ Volunteer

Joe WatkinsStudent Clerk Aide

Funding for IMAGINE is provided by:

FRIENDS FOCUSIt is always fun to see the donations that come in each week. We never know what we will be featuring at each bookstore. In January the Eastern Bookstore featured Astrology and Spirituality and we had a wonderful dona-tion of sports books. This spring the Fairmount Bookstore will feature items on Gardening, Pets, Nature and Travel. Watch for Fairmount’s special sale April 18th thru the 25th. All items $0.50 and up will be half off.

Keep those donations coming as you do your spring cleaning, and remem-ber we no longer accept VHS tapes, cassettes or records.

Carol Wagner & Ann Franke FRIENDS Book Store

ANNUAL MEETING OF THE MEMBERSHIPThe FRIENDS of the Davenport Public Library Annual Meeting of the Mem-bership will be held on Thursday, April 30 at the Fairmount Branch Library in the SCRA Room at 6 p.m. All current members are welcome to attend. Please RSVP to Kasey Shipley at [email protected] or by phone, 563-326-7841.

THE BOWLING BALLSaturday, April 18 from 6:30-9:30 at Blackhawk BowlJoin the FRIENDS for an evening of bowling, fun and socializing. We’ll have a signature martini for sale to benefit the library, Creative Arts Academy stu-dent artwork for auction, raffle prizes and more. For ticket information, visit our website, www.friendsofdavenportlibrary.org, or contact Tracy Moore at [email protected], 563-328-6845.

The library would like to thank all of our current FRIENDS board members: Ian Russell (President), Bob Holliday (Vice President), Laura Hoss (Treasurer), Eric

Long (Secretary) Jacob Clark, Kasi Harmsen, Patrick McElyea, Jessi Meyer, and Julie Schendel.

Welcome:

NANCY BARTON, part-time Sr Clerk

BRANDI SWANSON, part-time Sr Clerk

ELLIE ANDORF, part-time student shelver

Resignation:

EVAN HENKEL, part-time student shelver at Main

KENNETHWAYNE THOMPSON, Library Director

Congratulations:AMBER CARLSON, promoted from full-time Reference Librarian to full-time M&P Librarian.

KASEY SHIPLEY, promoted from part-time Administrative Assistant to full-time Facilities Maintenance/Business Office Manager

Retirement:KAREN NEAL, Facilities Mainte-nance/Business Office Manager.

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NEWS FROM SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

We’ve got a new profile on Historypin! Historypin is a website that allows users to connect past images and sounds with current ones. It’s associat-ed with Google Earth so Special Collections has been able to pin pic-tures to a Google map. This means you can compare our old photos right alongside the images provided by Google Earth; it’s like watch-ing a particular address grow and change before your eyes! Plus you can help us identify people and places by adding tags- it really is a group project. Hop on over and check out this amazing site! https://www.historypin.org/channels/view/60190/#!photos/list/v

Digital Conversion StationWe are excited to announce that you can convert your cas-sette tapes, LPs, and VHS tapes to digital files at our new Dig- i-tal Conversion Station in Special Collections! You can reserve the station for up to six hours at a time, but you must check in with the Special Collections Staff to be sure you get your full time allotment. You can set up reservations through email, by phone, or in person. We currently do NOT have CD or DVD burners so be sure to bring a flash drive along with you- or purchase one at the customer service desk. Staff is always happy to help you with the process so come on down and get those things converted!

“If you find yourself alone in the library, I guess you could say that you’re all by your-shelf.”

–Joe Watkins, Student Clerk Aide

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Davenport Public Library

the possibilitiesIMAGINEApril-June 2015Volume 3, Number 2

LIBRARY HOURS & LOCATIONS

Main Library321 Main StretDavenport, IA 52801

Monday 12:00 PM - 8:00 PMTuesday 9:00 AM - 5:30 PMWednesday 9:00 AM - 5:30 PMThursday 9:00 AM - 5:30 PMFriday 9:00 AM - 5:30 PMSaturday 9:00 AM - 5:30 PMSunday CLOSED

Fairmount Branch Library3000 N. Fairmount StreetDavenport, IA 52804

Monday 9:00 AM - 5:30 PMTuesday 12:00 PM - 8:00 PMWednesday 9:00 AM - 5:30 PMThursday 12:00 PM - 8:00 PMFriday 9:00 AM - 5:30 PMSaturday 9:00 AM - 5:30 PMSunday CLOSED

Eastern Avenue Branch Library6000 Eastern AvenueDavenport, IA 52807

Monday 12:00 PM - 8:00 PMTuesday 9:00 AM - 5:30 PMWednesday 12:00 PM - 8:00 PMThursday 9:00 AM - 5:30 PMFriday 9:00 AM - 5:30 PMSaturday 9:00 AM - 5:30 PMSunday CLOSED

Phone Number:(563) 326-7832

OPEN 24/7 at:www.davenportlibrary.com

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24 hour renewal number:

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