Grandview Heights Public Library

December 2012 was the final month for Checkout Champion, where patrons won free Donatos pizza checking out the most Grandview Library items.

Congratulations to each month’s winners, and thank you all for making Checkout Champion a huge success.

Special thanks goes to Donatos for the terrific prizes!

Here are the December winners:

• In the Kids category, Nicole Clayton wins a large, single-item Donatos pizza and a $10 Donatos gift card. Nicole checked out 174 items in December.
• In the Adult category, Karin Pierson wins a medium signature Donatos pizza and a $5 Donatos gift card. Karin checked out 199 items in December.

New picture book themes mean easier browsing for everyone!

• Dinosaurs
• Things That Go
• Diversity
• Royal Reads
• Seasons

With 35 themes all together, kids, caregivers, and teachers can be sure to find everything they need and more.

The staff members in Youth Services are eager to show you around the new areas, so stop in and take a stack home today!

Listen to our Youth Services manager talk about these cool new changes in this mini-podcast!”

Learn American Sign Language with Signing Savvy!

Signing Savvy is a sign language dictionary containing several thousand high resolution videos of American Sign Language (ASL) signs, fingerspelled words, and other common signs used within the United States and Canada.

Plus, you can build custom wordlists and share them with others, create virtual flash cards & quizzes, print signs, build sign phrases, and much more!

It’s the ideal resource to use while learning sign language. Just create a free account and get started!

Get free Signing Savvy mobile apps: Apple/iOS, Android.

Find more great resources from our Research Databases and Digital Library.

December 6, 2012

Downloading books, movies, and music from the Grandview Library is getting a whole lot easier!

Honor someone special with a Remembrance Tree ornament.

• As the end of the year approaches, consider a “gift that keeps on giving” through a tax-deductible donation to the Library or its Endowment Fund.

• You might even choose to become a lifetime member of the Friends of the Library or to remember the Grandview Library in your estate plans.

• You can even give to the Library using PayPal!

Use www.ghpl.org/amazon when you buy anything on Amazon.com, and help the Library—at no cost to you!

The Library receives a percentage of the sales from your purchases whenever you use the link.

Bookmark it! It’s a free & easy way to earn extra money for the Library—especially during the holiday season!

NOTE: Outside of the special web address, the Amazon page will not indicate that you are on a special page that helps the Library.

Join us for fascinating talks, great workshops, live music, and fun for all ages at the Grandview Library!

Find out what’s happening December 2012—May 2013.

Highlights:
FILM

• Noir After Dark
• Poitier
• Tall, Dark, and Cary
• Tale of Two Hepburns

MUSIC IN THE ATRIUM

• The Grandview Singers
  Grandview Heights High School choral holiday show, directed by Andrew Grega.
• Central Ohio Harp Organization
  Seasonal favorites, Celtic music, and other great selections.
• Jack Wilce
  Masterful fingerstyle guitarist; part of late 1960s California music scene; recorded with David Crosby, Jackson Browne, Gram Parsons, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Elliott Randall, and others.
• Canned Goods
  Early American jazz & blues played on ukulele, banjo, musical saw, and other unique instruments.
• Ryan Skinner
  21-string West African harp (kora) with Toumani Diabaté student/OSU professor/children’s author-illustrator.
• Jim Lynch & Charlie Bleak
  Guitar duo featuring Lynch (The Conspiracy Band, Sam & Dave Revue, National Rock Opera Touring Company).
• Cowboy Bob & JoJo
  Acoustic country with Bob Hummel (formerly of The Rainbow Canyon Band) and his wife.

• The Great American Landscape
  With photographer Rick Braveheart, whose work is currently displayed at the Smithsonian.
• E-Reader Open House
  Try out different e-readers with our Reference staff & Technology Coordinator.
• Pamper Yourself
  Make-up tips, shopping, massages, and manicures for women.

• Historic Columbus Taverns
  Book talk with the Columbus Landmarks Foundation.
• Presidential Inauguration Trivia
  With GH/MC Historical Society Trustee Jeri Diehl Cusack.
• The Art of Paper Folding
  With the Capital Area Paper Shapers/Ohio Paper Folders.
• E-reader 1-on-1
  With our Tech Coordinator & Reference staff.

• For the Love of Chocolate
  With the Schakolad Chocolate Factory.
• Sorry, Downtown Columbus Is Closed
  With author I. David Cohen.
• An Evening with Mr. Puppet
  Comedy/ventriloquist puppet show for all ages.

• Planning Ahead For Elder Care
  With Home Instead Senior Care.
• Job Search Strategies
  With Career Center staff from Jewish Family Services
• Ancestry.com with Reference
  Genealogy with Reference staffer Karen Thomas.

• Ohio Jazz
  With author David Meyers.
• Fresh Fish to the Front
  95th Ohio Civil War regiment recollections with Reader’s Theater.
• Birding in Columbus
  With the Grange Insurance Audubon Center.

• Two Wandering Women: Ramblin’ Around Romania
  Travelogue with Nancy Staley & Carol Gray.
• Small Farm Animal Visit
  Chickens, turkeys, ducks, and rabbits on the Library Lawn, with Bring The Farm To You.
• Yappy Hour V
  Friendly doggie mingle on the Library Lawn.

• Santa Visit
• Glass Ornaments
• Holiday Origami
  With Yasue Sakaoka
• Gingerbread Day

JANUARY-MAY 2013

• Friday Movies
• After-School Art
  With the Grandview Heights/Marble Cliff Arts Council.
• Balloon Animals
  With children’s entertainer Erica Carlson.
• Mystery Night
  After-hours games at the Library.
• Just Dance
  Video gaming.
• Polymer Clay Monsters
  With art educator Megan Moriarty.
• Read-a-Thon
• Live Journals
  Redesign your notebook.
• Strings Concert
  With the young performers of Edison Intermediate Middle School’s string program.
• Superhero Saturday
  Games, stories, and more super fun.
• Garden Party
  Crafting with the Grandview Garden Club.
• Red Cross Babysitter Training Course

• Art Exhibits
• Story Times
• Career Coaching
• Book Discussion Group

• 28th Annual Music on the Lawn
  Free outdoor summer concerts Tuesdays in June & July.
• 20th Annual Lazy Daze of Summer Festival
  Juried crafts, food, music, and more on the lawn & streets surrounding the Library in late July.
• Summer Reading Clubs for all ages.

The Grandview Heights Public Library has been awarded a 2012 Architectural Design Award by the Grandview Area Chamber of Commerce.

Library Journal has recognized the Grandview Heights Public Library as the best public library in America in its category—for the second consecutive time.

This also marks the fifth consecutive time the Grandview Library has received five stars from the Library Journal Index of Public Library Service, a national rating of public libraries, since the ratings began. (Only 30 libraries have received five stars five times in all categories.)

The index identifies 262 “star” libraries (out of  7,570 public libraries) in its America’s Star Libraries 2012. It is based on 2010 data from the IMLS—circulation, visits, program attendance and Internet use, each per capita.

Your continued support has made the Grandview Library one of the best public libraries in the country! Thank you!

In addition to the Grandview Library, four other Franklin County library systems received star ratings:

• Columbus Metropolitan Library (#4 in its category)
• Upper Arlington Public Library (#12)
• Westerville Public Library (#11)
• Worthington Public Library (#2)

Learn about our Library Journal five-star ratings in: 2011, 2010, and 2009 (Round One and Two).

Learn about our Hennen’s American Public Library Ratings Top 10 rankings in: 2010 (#3), 2009 (#4), and 2008 (#9).
Questions? Call Administration at 614-486-2954.