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Teen Movie Night - Iron Man - October 25
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Planning future direction of the library
Lou Pray, Library Director
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Director and head librarian, Lou Pray, tells all about the library, Lopez, and beyond...
October winds are blowing many of us indoors and what better time to curl up with a good book? The week of Oct 14-20 is Teen Read Week and the theme is "Books with Bite." As the world has become more crowded with entertainment options, parents, librarians and educators should encourage our youth to spend time reading for pleasure from the vast selection available at your community and school libraries. It's free, fun, and can be done anywhere! Research shows that teens who read for fun have better test scores and are more likely to succeed in the workforce. Check out Karen Roger's literary picks from vampires to cooking with a young adult focus, just to name a few:
How to tell if a book is written for a particular age group? o a search in our online catalog and click new search/advance search. There is limit to "Target Audience" which allows you pick from Juvenile, Preschool, etc. You can also tell if a book is intended for youth if the call number has a shelf location of Children's or Young Adult. 
Thanks to input from our teen advisors, the teen movie we'll be showing on October 25 is "Iron Man" with Robert Downey Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow (PG-13). The big screen showing is free and munchies are provided. The films starts at 5:30.
As October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the library is partnering with Suzi Marean, Lopez Island's community advocate at Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Services of the San Juan Islands (DVSAS) on a selected display of books to educate people on this topic. Ms. Marean will be a guest on the library's radio show on October 29th, at 1pm. Tune in on the internet to hear this and other library new & reviews at:http://kloi.org/ on Wednesdays from 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.
At the Lopez Island Library's annual retreat in October, the Board of Trustees, led by Bill Evans, began work on the library's Long Range Plan for 2009-2014. The library is looking for a diverse mix of Lopezians willing to help determine our community's needs and how the library can best address them in the next five years. The planning meetings will start January 22nd. If you are interested in taking part your library's future direction, please contact Library Director Lou Pray at 468-2265 or lpray@lopezlibrary.org.