While Halloween can be lots of fun and Christmas can fill you with good cheer (or not, depending on your stress level), I find Thanksgiving to be one of my favorite holidays. I really resent the way it gets passed over in favor of Christmas shopping though. In the past, you could at least count on a nod, but commercially this year everyone seems so desperate even Halloween got buried in red-and-green merchandising. OK, enough grousing.
November at HPL was filled with great and fun activities. December is starting off the same way. Once again, our friend, Dave McKane, is coming to Hutchinson and HPL and leading digital photography workshops. The first is on December 3rd from 6:30-8:30 PM and the second is December 7th from 9:15-11:15am. Both workshops will be held in the Library's Auditorium on the second floor. Find more information here at his site.
If you are looking for a way to support the Children's Department AND get some shopping done, we will be holding a Scholastic Book Fair from December 6th through the 12th. Profits from this activity will go towards new materials for the Children's collection.
Time for a teaser - looking ahead to early next year, I can't wait for The 2010 Project. This program is "...a ten-week, self-directed technology exploration program starting in early February that you can work on from home or here at the library." The goal is to complete the ten-week, self-paced course and learn about new technology. There are some great incentives for completion as well. This program has been used in libraries across the country but rarely, if ever, for library patrons. HPL's version will have a program for staff AND a program for patrons. Read about it here and sign up for information as it becomes available here.
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