Newsletter October-December 2014

The past few months have been very busy for the FRIENDS’ bookstores.

The “One Free Book” coupons from the Library’s Summer Reading Program

brought in many new customers, and over 1,000 books were given away.

The summer has also been the busiest time for donations, sparking half-off

sales at both stores.

Over 3,400 kids and adults participated in this year’s Summer Reading

Program, with hundreds coming to Rick Eugene’s Magic Show and the visit

from Serengeti Steve.

You can now help the FRIENDS when you shop on Amazon.com. Start your

order at smile.amazon.com and select FRIENDS of the Davenport Public

Library as your charity to support. Half of a percent of your sale will come

back to the FRIENDS.

If you shop at Schnuck’s, pick up a Community Card in the store and select

the FRIENDS as your partner. Up to 3 percent of your monthly purchases will

go to the FRIENDS.

The Fairmount bookstore will be closed November 27-29 for Thanksgiving

and December 15-January 1. Be sure to stop in for the pre-Christmas sale.

Welcome to new Special Collections Center Supervisor Jessica Marisol who

joined the Library in August. Jessica previously worked as the Librarian Ar-

chivist for Music Collections at the Old Dominion University in Virginia.

The Library is also welcoming Security Officer Joel Wilde, an employee of

PerMar Security who will be working at the Main Library. All three library

locations employ security guards/custodians.

We are happy to have several new Student Shelvers with us: Samantha Bral

and Daniel Johnson at the Eastern Branch, MerEdith Groharing, Zach Jansen,

and Rachel Garlock at the Fairmount Branch, and Zarah Hearn and Even

Henkel at the Main Library.

Happy Retirement to Pat Till who retired September 2 after 41 years at Dav-

enport Public Library.

Throughout October, November, and December, Library staff will participate

in Bomb Threat and Emergency Phone Use drills as well as mandatory har-

assment training. Employees will also undergo active shooter scenario train-

ing with Hank Jacobson from the Davenport Police Department. Emergency

staff training is year-round to keep staff and patrons of the library as safe as

possible.

Beginning in

November, Genesis will be

providing free help to citizens

interested in navigating the

Affordable Care Act. Genesis staff will be

available at the Fairmount Branch every

Monday between November 17 and

February 16, from 1:00-4:00pm. Assistance

is first come, first served. Sessions cannot be

reserved ahead of time.

IMAGINE 2

Did you notice? We have three new resources available to you. Each is available from our website’s Online Resources

page: www.davenportlibrary.com/research/online-databases/.

With Lynda.com you can access video lessons covering a

wide range of courses including computer applications,

website design, business, CAD, and photography.

Some courses provide Exercise Files that allow you to practice what you have just learned.

These quality-controlled tutorials will help you enhance your existing skills and develop

new ones.

Universal Class provides access to over 500 continuing education courses that can help support your personal interests

and professional needs. Universal Class is an authorized International Association for Continuing Education and

Training (IACET) provider. If you seek continuing education classes, check with your certification group to see if one of

these courses could fulfill your CEU needs. Typically, you have 6 months to complete the lessons for which you have

registered.

World Vital Records contains family history and

genealogy records including millions of family

trees, U.S. Federal Census images and indexes

from 1790-1940, military records, Social Security

Death Index records, and newspaper articles.

IMAGINE 3

IMAGINE 4

October 1 WEDNESDAY 10AM Baby Builders (F)

2PM Oscar in the Afternoon (E)

2:30PM Get Your Game On (F)

4PM Lego Club (E)

2 THURSDAY 10AM Story Hop (E)

4PM Readers’ Circle (F)

6:30PM Lapsit Storytime (F)

3 FRIDAY 10AM Storycrafters (E)

4PM Friday Free-for-All (E)

4 SATURDAY 10AM QC Ballet—Dracula (E)

1PM Munchkin Music Mania! (E)

5 SUNDAY 3PM Genealogy Night (M)

6 MONDAY 1PM Framed! (E)

1PM iTots (F)

4PM EcoCraft (E)

7 TUESDAY 10AM iTots (E)

4PM EcoCraft (F)

20 MONDAY 1PM iTots (F)

4PM EcoCraft (E)


4PM EcoCraft (F)

4PM Teen Volunteer Council (F)

7PM West End Book Club (F)

22 WEDNESDAY 10AM Baby Builders (F)


4PM Lego Club (E)



6:30PM Baby Sign (F)


2PM Pumpkin Party (F)


6PM TRC Party (X)


4PM Random Fandom (F)

4PM EcoCraft (E)


2PM Fresh Films (F)

4PM EcoCraft (F)



4PM Lego Club (E)




7PM Unexplained Research (F)



November 1 SATURDAY 2PM Holiday Rescue Squad (F)

3 MONDAY 10AM Short & Sweets (F)

1PM Framed! (E)

1PM iTots (F)

4PM EcoCraft (E)



4PM Lego Club (E)

7PM Between the Lines (E)



4PM Teen Volunteer Council (E)

6:30PM Lapsit Storytime (F)



11 SATURDAY 2PM Teen Lego Challenge (E)


1PM iTots (F)

4PM EcoCraft (E)

7PM See YA! (E)


4PM EcoCraft (F)

5PM Watch the Book (F)



4PM Lego Club (E)



4PM Read the Movie (E)




18 SATURDAY 2PM Freaky Food Challenge (F)

IMAGINE 5

KEY

(E) Eastern Avenue Branch

(F) Fairmount Branch

(M) Main Library

(X) Offsite



4PM Read the Movie (E)




22 SATURDAY 2PM Behind the Beat (F)

24 MONDAY 4PM Random Fandom (F)

25 TUESDAY 2PM Fresh Films (F)

26 WEDNESDAY 2:30PM Get Your Game On (F)

27 THURSDAY CLOSED

28 FRIDAY CLOSED

December 1 MONDAY 1PM Framed! (E)

2 TUESDAY 7PM QC Ballet—Nutcracker (F)

3 WEDNESDAY 2PM Oscar in the Afternoon (E)


6 SATURDAY 2PM Holiday Stress Oasis (F)


7PM See YA! (E)



11 THURSDAY 6PM Frozen Sing-Along (F)

13 SATURDAY 2PM Frozen Festival (E)

16 TUESDAY 5PM Watch the Book (F)



18 THURSDAY 4PM Read the Movie (E)

22 MONDAY 2PM Vacation Breakout (F)

2PM Super Smash Brothers Brawl

Tournament (F)

23 TUESDAY 10AM Winter Tales (E)

2PM Mario Kart Tournament (E)

2PM Fresh Films (F)

24 WEDNESDAY CLOSED

25 THURSDAY CLOSED

26 FRIDAY 2PM Vacation Breakout (E)

29 MONDAY 10AM Winter Tales (F)

4PM Random Fandom (F)

30 TUESDAY 2PM Vacation Breakout (E)

31 WEDNESDAY CLOSED

1 THURSDAY CLOSED

2 FRIDAY 2PM Vacation Breakout (F)


4PM EcoCraft (F)


2PM Oscar in the Afternoon (E)


4PM Lego Club (E)






8 SATURDAY 2PM Teen Lego Challenge (E)


4PM EcoCraft (E)

7PM See YA! (E)

11 TUESDAY CLOSED



4PM Lego Club (E)




4PM Teen Volunteer Council (E)




15 SATURDAY 3PM Year in Review (E)


4PM EcoCraft (E)


4PM EcoCraft (F)

4PM Teen Volunteer Council (F)

5PM Watch the Book (F)




4PM Lego Club (E)

IMAGINE 6

Fall Films

(See calendar for locations and times)

10/14—Ender’s Game

10/28—Saving Mr. Banks

11/5—Harvey

11/18—Divergent

11/25—Gravity

12/3—Roman Holiday

12/11—Frozen

12/16—The Hobbit

12/23—Muppets Most Wanted

IMAGINE 7

IMAGINE 8

IMAGINE 9

Are you up for a challenge? QC area libraries are

teaming together again this year to see which city’s

teens can read the most between September 29 and

October 18. Here’s what you need to know:

It’s super simple. Pick up a reading log at any of

the Davenport public libraries. The rules are on

the back.

Teens who read 250 minutes get a small prize and an invitation to the

Teen Reading Challenge Party.

Teens can enter into additional prize drawings by reading more than 250

minutes.

Turn in your reading log as

close to October 18 as

possible so you can rack up

the highest number of points!

Davenport Public Library will be hosting this year’s Teen Reading Challenge

Party! Snag an invitation by reading 250 minutes or more, then join us

afterhours at the Fairmount Branch Library.

We’re opening the joint after dark just for you from 6:00-7:30pm, Friday,

October 24th.

Call or email Lexie the Librarian at (563) 888-3393 or

[email protected].

If you don’t know what to read next or haven’t seen a good book in a

while, we can totally help.

YALSA, an organization of librarians around the world who specialize in working with and for teens keeps a yearly list

of their favorite books. You can find the list for 2014 here: www.ala.org/yalsa/2014-best-fiction-young-adults. If

you would rather have your recommendations from librarians closer to home, check out the tons of reviews on the

Library’s Tumblr page: http://davenportlib.tumblr.com/tagged/dpl-teens.

IMAGINE 10

Are the nuts in your family tree so

well hidden you suspect that squirrels

might be involved?

We in Special Collections understand, and we are once again opening our Center

to give you a little extra time to root out those difficult ancestors and graft them

on your tree.

For $10.00, you’ll have the run of the Special Collections Center on Sunday,

October 5 from 3-8pm. You’ll be able to use our resources, pick the brains of

your fellow genealogists, socialize with those who share your obsessions…and

what the heck, we’ll feed you, too!

Call us at (563) 326-7902 for more information, or drop off your registration fee

at the Special Collections Center at our Main Street location to secure your spot.

Congratulations to Amy Groskopf who was promoted to Assistant Director of Davenport Public Library. Amy’s vision

and contributions to the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center have made this facility arguably one of the fin-

est west of the Mississippi—a goal of Ted and Alice Richardson-Sloane.

Local history trading cards were introduced at the Bicentennial of the Battle of Credit Island on August 30. First in a

series, we hope the cards become popular with the younger set as they discover “Who Am I?” “Where Am I?” and

“What Happened” in Scott County, Iowa’s history.

New to the collection are the records of The Club of ‘89, a study club started in

1889 by Phebe Sudlow. As with all donations, the goal is to provide appropriate

preservation measures, archival storage and container lists / finding aids, so the

public can utilize records such as these. Local organizations are encouraged to

contact the Center to see if we might be of assistance with these unique and

important pieces of local history.

Special Collections also does public programs upon request. October finds us

hosting the Scott County Iowa Genealogical Society. November brings the Scott

County Historic Preservation Society to the Center. December 6 at the Daven-

port RiverCenter we will be presenting Beginning Genealogy Tips & Tricks as part

of Thru the Stones—Quad Cities, a convention spotlighting the Outlander book

series by Diana Gabaldon. Our programming covers topics such as genealogy,

family history, local parks, popular historical figures, and area neighborhoods, as

well as basic archival preservation measures you can take with your family’s

precious heirloom images and documents.

The Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center is open for research

the same hours as the Main Library, and we encourage you to use our

resources to help you Imagine the Possibilities!

Phebe Sudlow was the first female

superintendent of a public school in the

United States.

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Library Hours & Locations

Main Library

321 Main Street

Davenport, IA 52801

Monday 12:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Tuesday 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM

Wednesday 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM

Thursday 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM

Friday 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM

Saturday 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM

Sunday CLOSED

Fairmount Branch Library

3000 N. Fairmount Street

Davenport, IA 52804

Monday 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM

Tuesday 12:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Wednesday 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM

Thursday 12:00 PM - 8:00 PM



Sunday CLOSED

Eastern Avenue Branch Library

6000 Eastern Avenue

Davenport, IA 52807

Monday 12:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Tuesday 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM

Wednesday 12:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Thursday 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM



Sunday CLOSED

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