September is National Library Card Month! Do you have a card? Your card is the key to all of the collections and services in the Milwaukee County Federated Library System.
Check out the South Milwaukee Library's web site
for the many databases. One that will be of interest to everyone is the Learn A Test. This database has practice tests for AP courses, civil service tests and many more. Check it out. It's free!
October will be a very busy month at the Library.
Monday, October 1 the Friends will have their Monday morning book sale in the book cellar from 9:30-11.
The South Milwaukee Public Library Foundation, Inc. is having it's annual wine tasting on Friday evening, October 19 from 7:00-9:30 pm at the library, 1907 10th Avenue, South Milwaukee. Tickets are on sale at the circulation desk and the M&I Bank in South Milwaukee. Tickets are $20 per person. The Garlic Mustard Pickers music group will provide the entertainment. All donations are tax deductible. If anyone would like to donate an item for the raffle, please contact the Library Director at 768-8195. Funds that the Foundation have raised paid for the installation of the wireless system in the library as well as the four laptop computers that people can use withint the building. Funds have also paid for the online book club. Your support is appreciated.
The Youth Room will be sponsoring their annual Halloween Family Story Time on Tuesday, October 23rd from 6:30 PM to 7:45 PM. There will be entertainment, crafts and refreshments served by the Library Board
While you are in the Library's home page, click on to the "new item" section. There you will find the new books that the library has added this month. If you wish to reserve a title, click onto the title, that will take you back to the card catalog. Scoll down to the "request item" , click on to that and follow the directions.
Have a good book that you read and would like to share it with everyone. Send me a brief review via e-mail and I will add it to our blog. Send it to bob.pfeiffer@mcfls.org.
