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JULY 22: LEGO DUPLO Day

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July 12, 2011

JUST ADDED: This special day of fun just for kids!
Play, build & have fun with LEGO DUPLO construction toys on Friday, July 22, from 10:30-11:30 am.
An official LEGO DUPLO vehicle will visit the Library for an hour of fun with these popular, large interlocking plastic bricks toys, with music by DUPLO JAMS!
For ages 1-5.
Questions? Call Youth Services at 614-481-3778.

AUG 2: GOP vs. Democrats softball game

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July 20, 2011

A third annual fundraiser softball game—featuring local GOP members versus area Democrats—will be held on Tuesday, August 2, at 6 pm, to benefit the Grandview Heights Public Library!

  • Teams will take the field at Buck Sports Park (Goodale Boulevard & Quay Avenue, next to the Grandview Pool) to defend their party’s honor.
  • The cost per player is $25. Everyone will get a chance to play. Spectators will be asked for a $1 donation.
  • The Honorable Alphonse Cincione, President of the Grandview Library’s Board of Trustees, will throw out the first pitch.
  • All proceeds go to the Grandview Library Endowment Fund.
  • Checks should be made payable to “GLEF”.

For more information, contact:
Jeri Diehl Cusack
Development Officer
Grandview Heights Public Library Foundation
jdcglef@gmail.com

NEW! Library Edition of Ancestry.com

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July 6, 2011

Ancestry Library Edition has been added to the Grandview Library’s great collection of Research Databases!

This popular online genealogy resource provides billions of records in census data, vital records, directories, photos, and more for individuals from North America, the UK, Europe, Australia, and more.

Give it a try and learn more about your family history!

Ancestry Library Edition, featuring extensive but limited options & collections fromAncestry.com, is available in-Library only, including through our Wi-Fi.

This database is provided by OPLIN. 

Bargain computer storage

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July 5, 2011

Need extra computer storage?

Save money while you save files with computer storage accessories from the Library!

Buy a 1GB or 2GB flash drive ($7), DVD-R disc ($1.10), and CD-ROM disc ($1) at the Circulation desk.

Questions? Call Circulation at 614-486-2951. 

Automated phone renewal

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June 29, 2011

Automated phone renewals are back & better than ever!

Call 1-877-77-BOOKS (1-877-772-6657) to:

  • Renew items*
  • Get reserve item alerts
  • Hear all items checked out
  • Have a list of checked-out items emailed (sent to email we have on file)
  • Transfer to talk to a staff member

All you need is your Grandview Library card account and PIN numbers!

* Three renewals are allowed on most items, if no holds are placed on them and there are no blocks on your account. Learn more about our Circulation Policies.

This service was developed by the Central Library Consortium (CLC) for its consortium members, which includes the Grandview Library. CLC was able to cuts costs & increase efficiency by having its staff implement technologies from CLC catalogprovider Polaris Library Systems and CallFire. After discontinuing a previous automated phone renewal service, The Grandview Library is excited to offer a new & improved service for our patrons.

Laptops available for in-Library use

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June 16, 2011

Check out a laptop at the Grandview Library!

Ten laptop computers—purchased with grant money for Connect Ohio’s free basic computer classes for adults at the Library—are available for patrons to use inside the Library.

Learn about policies regarding laptop checkout and enjoy this convenient service from your Library!

  • For ages 18 or older with a Grandview Library card in good standing and a valid state-issued ID.
  • Ten laptops are available on a first come, first served basis.
  • In-Library use only! Leaving the Library with the laptop or related equipment will be considered theft.
  • Must be returned 30 minutes before the Library closes.
  • Do not leave laptop unattended. You are responsible for the laptop and all related equipment checked out on your Library card until everything is checked in. Replacement cost for the laptop is almost $1,000.
  • Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint and PDF printing is available. See a Reference staff member. (Printing: 10¢ per black & white copy; 25¢ per color copy.)
  • State-issued ID kept at the Reference Desk during use. It will be returned when laptop and all related equipment are returned.
  • All information entered on the laptop will be removed from the laptop when shut down! Users should save all work on their own a disc, personal flash drive, or other device. The Library is not responsible for damaged or lost work due to virus or malfunction of equipment.
  • No changes to the laptop’s operating system or system files are allowed.
  • The Library’s Internet Policy must be followed. You may access a copy on the laptop’s screen or ask for a paper copy at the Reference Desk.

Fireworks program focuses on chemistry

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June 16, 2011

Join us for “Professional Fireworks: Behind the Scenes” on Thursday, June 23, at 7 pm, in the Library’s Meeting Room!

UPDATE:
Chemist Jordan Fantini will talk about the chemistry of fireworks, how colors are produced (see a small lab demonstration!), and how basic explosives work.

For adults and grades 6 & up.

Fireworks expert Tom Poulton, scheduled to co-present with Fantini, is unfortunately unable to attend.

ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION:
Learn how fireworks shows are created with Tom Poulton & Jordan Fantini!

See mortars, control panels, igniters, and more with these firework experts – Poulton works on Red, White & Boom; Fantini is a chemist with special interest in pyrotechnics.

Learn about the history & chemistry of fireworks, their use in historical Columbus celebrations, and how shows are choreographed to music.

For adults and grades 6 & up.

No explosive instruction or materials will be presented.

Questions? Call Circulation at 614-486-2951.

“The Basement” is open

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June 15, 2011

A new space for 7-12 graders called “The Basement” is now open downstairs by the Study Commons.

It features fun furnishings with books, graphic novels, audiobooks, magazines and computers, along with special events just for this age group!
Youth Services staff will supervise “The Basement” during peak hours, but the space is always open during Library hours.
Questions? Call “The Basement” at 614-481-3778.

Music (and Dinner) on the Lawn

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June 9, 2011

The Grandview Heights Public Library is teaming up with Marshall’s Mobile BBQ Shack and the Friends of the Grandview Library to provide food & drink at Music on the Lawn 2011!

The Friends will be selling juice & bottled water—generously donated by Rife’s Auto Body and Members First Credit Union—and a portion of the proceeds from food sold by Marshall’s Mobile BBQ Shack will benefit the summer concert series at the Library.

The Library is excited to be working with these community businesses and is grateful for their generous support of Music on the Lawn!

We hope concert goers will enjoy the opportunity to purchase food & drink at concerts while supporting Music on the Lawn, coordinated by the Library and the City of Grandview Heights.

Other community organizations who will be at Music on the Lawn 2011:

New books: June 2011

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June 7, 2011

Use your Grandview Library card to search & reserve the books below.

Just enter the titles into our catalog from your computer, or call Circulation at 614-486-2951 to have a staff member place a hold for you.

Want more? Find new books, movies & music.
Love digital materials? Download books, movies & music.

The titles below that are not at the Grandview Library may be borrowed for you from our consortium libraries.

NEW FICTION: June 2011

  • Jeff Abbot—Adrenaline
  • Megan E. Abbott—The End of Everything
  • Susan Wittig Albert—The Darling Dahlias and the Naked Ladies
  • Donna Andrews—The Real Macaw: A Meg Langslow Mystery
  • Kelley Armstrong—Spell Bound: The Otherworld Series
  • David Baldacci, Sandra Brown, et al.—No Rest for the Dead
  • Mary Balogh—The Secret Mistress
  • J.G. Ballard—Millennium People
  • Mark Billingham—Bloodline
  • Benjamin Black—Death in Summer
  • Robert Browne—The Paradise Prophecy: A Novel
  • Alafair Burke—Long Gone
  • Meg Cabot—Overbite
  • Bonnie Jo Campbell—Once Upon A River
  • Colin Cotterill—Killed at the Whim of a Hat
  • Catherine Coulter—Split Second: An FBI Thriller
  • John Dalton—The inverted Forest
  • MaryJanice Davidson—Undead and Undermined: Undead/Queen Betsy
  • Barbara Delinsky—Escape
  • William Dietrich—Blood of the Reich
  • Harry Dolan—Very Bad Men
  • Bruce Duffy—Disaster Was My God: A Novel of the Outlaw Life of Arthur Rimbaud
  • Clyde Edgerton—The Night Train
  • Loren D. Estleman—Infernal Angels: An Amos Walker Novel
  • Felix Francis—Dick Francis’s Gamble
  • Diana Gabaldon—Outlander: 20th Anniversary Edition
  • Neil Gaiman—American Gods: The Tenth Anniversary Edition
  • Meg Gardiner—The Nightmare Thief
  • Tess Gerritsen—The Silent Girl: A Rizzoli & Isles Novel
  • David L. Golemon—Legacy: An Event Group Thriller
  • Juan Gomez-Jurado—The Traitor’s Emblem
  • Steven Gould—7th Sigma
  • Andrew Gross—Eyes Wide Open
  • David Hagberg &  David Drake—Out of the Waters
  • Beth Harbison—Always Something There to Remind Me
  • Paul Harper—Pacific Heights
  • John Hart—Iron House
  • Reginald Hill—The Woodcutter
  • Tobe Hooper—Midnight Movie
  • Gregg Hurwitz—You’re Next
  • J.A. Jance—Betrayal of Trust: A J.P. Beaumont Novel
  • Iris Johansen— Quinn
  • Alex Kava—Hotwire: A Maggie O’Dell Novel
  • Stephen Kelman—Pigeon English
  • Alice LaPlante—Turn of Mind
  • Robert Ludlum & Eric Van Lustbader—Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Dominion
  • Paul Malmont—The Astounding, the Amazing, and the Unknown
  • Leslie Meier—English Tea Murder
  • Edie Meidav—Lola, California
  • Jojo Moyes—The Last Letter from Your Lover
  • Ann Napolitano—A Good Hard Look
  • Perri O’Shaughnessy—Dreams of the Dead
  • Kitty Pilgrim—The Explorer’s Code
  • Donald Ray Pollack—The Devil All the Time
  • Karen Robards—Justice
  • David Rosenfelt—One Dog Night
  • Alex Rutherford—A Kingdom Divided
  • Sapphire—The Kid
  • Esmeralda Santiago—Conquistadora
  • Anne Rivers Siddons—Burnt Mountain
  • Dan Simmons—Flashback
  • Daniel Silva—Portrait of a Spy
  • Peter Spiegelman—Thick as Thieves
  • Dana Spiotta—Stone Arabia
  • Danielle Steel—Happy Birthday
  • Chevy Stevens—Never Knowing
  • Amor Towles—Rules of Civility
  • Dawn Clifton Tripp—Game of Secrets
  • Margaret Truman—Monument to Murder
  • John Verdon—Shut Your Eyes Tight: A Novel
  • Binyavanga Wainaina—One Day I Will Write About This Place
  • Amanda Eyre Ward—Close Your Eyes
  • Jennifer Weiner—Then Came You
  • Jenny Wingfield—The Homecoming of Samuel Lake: A Novel

NEW NONFICTION: June 2011

  • Mustafa Akyol—Islam Without Extremes: A Muslim Case for Liberty  
  • Jennifer Arnold—In a Dog’s Heart: What Our Dogs Need, Want, and Deserve-And the Gifts We Can Expect in Return
  • Sandra Beasley—Don’t Kill the Birthday Girl: Tales from an Allergic Life
  • Jim Davidson & Kevin Vaughan—The Ledge: An Adventure Story of Friendship and Survival on Mt. Rainier
  • Kenneth C. Davis—Don’t Know Much about History, Anniversary Edition: Everything You Need to Know about American History But Never Learned
  • Geoff Dyer—The Missing of the Somme
  • Douglas Edwards—I’m Feeling Lucky: The Confessions of Google Employee Number 59
  • Linda Hogan—Wrestling the Hulk: My Life Against the Ropes
  • Margaret Hoover—American Individualism: How a New Generation of Conservatives Can Save the Republican Party
  • Chris Johnson—Microstyle: The Art of Writing Little
  • Georgette Jones & Patsi Bale Cox—The Three of Us: Growing Up with Tammy and George
  • Preston Lauterbach—The Chitlin’ Circuit: And the Road to Rock ‘n’ Roll
  • Peter Manso—Reasonable Doubt: The Fashion Writer, Cape Cod, and the Trial of Chris McCowen
  • David Matthews—Kicking Ass and Saving Souls: A True Story of a Life Over the Line
  • Ben Mezrich—Sex on the Moon: The Amazing Story Behind the Most Audacious Heist in History
  • Grant Morrison—Supergods: What Masked Vigilantes, Miraculous Mutants, and a Sun God from Smallville Can Teach Us about Being Human
  • Fool Motley & Louann Lofton—Warren Buffett Invests Like a Girl: And Why You Should Too
  • John Julius Norwich—Absolute Monarchs: A History of the Papacy
  • Tatum O’Neal—Found: A Daughter’s Journey Home
  • Janet Reitman—Inside Scientology: The Story of America’s Most Secretive Religion
  • David Roberts—Finding Everett Ruess: The Life and Unsolved Disappearance of a Legendary Wilderness Explorer
  • Craig Robinson—Flip Flop Fly Ball
  • Lauren Shockey—Four Kitchens: My Life Behind the Burner in New York, Hanoi, Tel Aviv, and Paris
  • Susan Gregory Thomas—In Spite of Everything: A Memoir
  • Alison Thompson—The Third Wave: A Volunteer Story
  • Paul Trynka—David Bowie: Starman
  • Joby Warrick—The Triple Agent: The Al-Qaeda Mole Who Infiltrated the CIA
  • Katharine Weber—The Memory of All That: George Gershwin, Kay Swift, and My Family’s Legacy of Infidelities
  • Robin Wright—Rock the Casbah: Rage and Revolution Across the Islamic World
  • Jason Zinoman—Shock Value: How a Few Eccentric Outsiders Gave Us Nightmares, Conquered Hollywood, and Invented Modern Horror