Signs of fall showing at local library
Fall weather always seems to be as erratic as spring weather, but we won’t complain because we know what is coming after it.
We’re seeing signs of fall inside the library. Miss Dianne in the Children’s Center has decorated with colorful fall leaves to welcome the season, and I brought in a vase of petite sunflowers with marigolds mixed in with them.
Wireless? Yes, we’ve had a wireless Internet option here in the library for a while, but up until recently, it only worked on the first floor of our building. This past week, we expanded the service, and it now covers the entire building. You can bring your laptop to the library and use our wireless connection in the Pennsylvania Room, Children’s Center and all over the first floor.
Uniontown Public Library was one of the libraries in the state selected to receive an electronic desktop magnifier to assist those with vision handicaps to read material easily. We will be hosting a kick-off when the staff is fully comfortable using the machine and able to teach our patrons its proper use.
Did you know that we have quite a selection of recorded music CDs? Just across from the circulation desk is a replica of an apothecary cabinet with multiple drawers in it containing our CD collection.
The CDs cover a wide range of music styles from country to classical, rock and roll to blues and jazz. With your library card, you may borrow them and enjoy listening to new tunes. With any of our music, book or DVDs, we ask that you handle them carefully and keep them clean and scratch-free.
We are still accepting donations of gently-used CD books and DVDs that you are no longer using that we can add to our collection. Our budget for adding new ones has been exhausted.
Our schedule for Fall Story times has not been finalized as yet, so watch this column for the announcement when we’re ready. Generally, it’s October when we run the first one.
For all the students back to school, remember that the Uniontown Public Library is here to assist you with your studies and homework. In addition to our reference material, we have 15 patron-use computers available for use with four of them located in the Gismondi computer lab for students 15 and younger. You will need a library card to use the computers, but none is needed to come and use the reference materials in-house.
Come see us in the library, bring your laptop for wireless Internet connectivity, and do your homework in the library.
“A Book is a Forest. Open it. Step inside. Get Lost.” — Anonymous
Lynne E. Tharan is director of Uniontown Public Library, 24 Jefferson St., telephone 724-437-1165.