Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, April 25, 1990 TAG: 9004250025
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV6 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: CHRISTINA MOTLEY NEW RIVER VALLEY BUREAU
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
"National Library Week is to educate the public about their local libraries and the resources available," said part-time Radford librarian Judy Durham.
The Lamplighters, a fund-raising volunteer group in Radford, will hold a used book sale Friday through Sunday, Durham said. The sale will be at the library during regular hours; Friday 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; and Sunday 2-5 p.m.
To thank patrons for their patience during introduction of a new computerized circulation system and as part of the celebration of National Library Week, the Radford library is fine-free this month, Durham said.
The computerized bar-code system was necessary to keep up with changes and growth, she said.
The Blacksburg branch of the Montgomery-Floyd Regional Library has "expanded Library Week into National Library Month to get improved literacy," said librarian Steve Helm.
The largest reading program this month is one aimed toward child readers, he said. "For every book they read, they write the title on a green leaf and hang it on our reading tree."
To date, the Blacksburg tree has several hundred leaves, Helm said. The theme is "springing into spring, and we anticipate by the end of the month the tree will hold thousands of leaves."
The Christiansburg and Floyd branches of the Montgomery-Floyd Library will sponsor a children's mini-reading program, "spring into things at the library," said Administrative Assistant Sherry Burke. "Kids that participate will receive a National Library Week bookmark and sticker."
The Floyd Theater Group will present a one-act play based on a book by Maurice Sendack, "Where the Wild Things Are," on April 26 at 4 p.m. at Floyd's library branch, Burke said.
Until the end of April, all three Montgomery-Floyd branches - Blacksburg, Christiansburg and Floyd - will eliminate fines for overdue materials.
"We are concerned about the number of materials that are out and we want to encourage people to bring them back so other patrons can enjoy them," Burke said.
Also in observance of Library Week, which was started in 1958 by the American Library Association, the Friends of the Blacksburg Library will continue its book sale Saturday through Thursday.
There also will be a class tour for about 70 Blacksburg Methodist preschoolers, Helms said.
The Blacksburg library will sponsor a reading on May 1 by mystery writer Sharyn McCrumb, who received the Edgar Award for the best mystery paperback in 1988 for her book, "Bimbos of the Death Sun," Helms said. McCrumb's first hardback novel, "If I Ever Return, Pretty Peggy-O," has been released recently.
A new Dublin library had its ribbon-cutting dedication on Sunday.
by CNB