What’s New at the Library; Joan's Last Article

December 15, 2015 - This will be my last article reporting on the library news. It’s hard to believe that the first one was nearly 14 years ago. The best part of library work is, of course, the wonderful people you get to know. You would like to personally thank each and everyone for their support of the library and myself as director, but unfortunately that’s impossible. Having a good library is a community effort at its best. We’ve been fortunate at the Fannie Brown Booth with so many supporters over the years. My hope is that it will continue.

When I had to select a mission statement for some government grant I was writing, I read a ton of mission statements from other libraries. I saw the task as just another bureaucratic hurdle to get over. However, once I started reading them I began to think of what our mission as a library really was and found one that said exactly what I feel is our mission. I hope it remains so.

The Fannie Brown Booth Library’s mission is to maintain and improve the quality of life for all citizens of the community by providing resources that contribute to individual knowledge, enlightenment, and enjoyment in the most efficient and user friendly manner possible. We especially recognize our responsibility to serve as a place for children to discover the joy reading and the value of libraries.

New Arrivals

Study Guide for the U.S. Citizenship and Naturalization Test - Proctor, Robert
Stars of Fortune - Roberts, Nora (audio)
The End Game: a Brit in the FBI - Coulter, Catherine
The Guilty - Baldacci, David
Depraved Heart - Cornwell, Patricia Daniels
Tricky Twenty-two - Evanovich, Janet
Cross Justice - Patterson, James
Precious Gifts - Steel, Danielle
Wishes for Christmas - Michaels, Fern