Pimp My Bookcart

Every year the creative minds at Unshelved present "Pimp My Bookcart." Now, librarians know what a bookcart is. It is simply the cart we use to reshelve materials.
Pimp My Bookcart shows the artistic side of a profession largely believed to stick to the uniform order of Dewey. Check out some of these carts and let us know if they don't make you smile.
Perhaps next year, our very own Beatties Ford Road will throw in our hat to compete against these fine bookcart designers.
Pimp My Bookcart

Displays

Check out these displays we have up right now for the season change.

Early Voting Rocked!

Early voters came out November 1 for an amazing 4 hour wait to cast the ballot. We are proud of all of our voters! The line wrapped around the building. Between the band in the front lawn and the impromptu kids' football game in back, we had a community event.

Early Voting

Ok, so you hate stressing on Voting Day. Why not try Early Voting. Our library is just one of many in Charlotte that offers early voting for Mecklenburg residents. Bring an ID and get ready to make a difference in our futures!

Weekdays 11:00am-7:00pm

Sat. 10/22 10:00am-5:00pm

Sun. 10/26 1:00pm-4:00pm

Nov. 11/1 10:00am-1:00pm

Fall Fashion Show Pics!

Fashion Show Pics! If you missed it, here is your chance to see our wonderful models and awesome Ms. Minter!

Komen Race for the Cure

It is not too late to be a part of the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure! The Komen organization raises funds to support local breast cancer education, screening and treatment programs for women in our local area. In addition to local interaction, Komen contributes a minimum of 25% of their funds to cancer research.
For more information on this organization go to the Komen Charlotte website.

The Race for the Cure will be held October 4, 2008

Word of the Week

Usufruct (n.)- the legal right of using and enjoying the fruits or profits of something belonging to another.
-http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/usufruct

The weekend, my friend asked me if I knew this word. Now we can all learn a new word!

Calling authors

Are you a local author? Have you been published locally or had the library purchase your work? Lastly, would like like to speak at our library? We are seeking authors who would like to share his or her story about writing. Please contact Sally @ 704-416-3000.

Ant Attack!

Malcolm, creator of the giant cut-out ant, poses with his friend at the library. As a part of the Summer Reading Program, Malcolm formed this giant ant to promote reading. Though the program is over, we have no desire to take down our giant friend yet.

And we are back with Storytellers

The summer is winding down, but we still have a little time to enjoy summer programming at its finest. Join us for Frontline Storytellers Summer Tent Telling! Storyteller Obakunle Akinlana and other guests are featured for an evening of family fun under this tent!
August 7, 2008
7:00 pm
Beatties Ford Road
Public Library
For registration call 704-336-2882

Summer Reading Kick-off Success!!

Yes, for those of you who could not attend the Summer Reading Kick-off at our library you missed a wonderful time. With Ray from Splash Planet, Seemore Goodstuff, and some awesome special guests. In the course of 2 hours, we had several hundred great kids sign up for summer reading, listen to storytelling and create unique crafts all about bugs!! Even if you missed the kick-off, come and join the Catch the Reading Bug readers!!

Catch that Bug!!! For young readers 4 years-old to 5th graders the Catch the Reading Bug Summer Program was designed to encourge reading through programs and small prizes.

Our library wants to invite YOU to start reading this summer.
You can come by at any time starting 6-11-2008 to get your summer reading log.
After 10 hours of reading you receive a prize.
After 20 hours of reading you receive a different prize!

For your Summer Reading Log, please come to the Beatties Ford Road Library, or your closest branch of the Public Library of Mecklenburg County.

Also look for information on:
the Wee Read Program, babies to pre-schoolers
the Metamorphosis Program for teens and
Relax and Read for adults

Summer Reading Kickoff

Come one, come all for the Summer Reading Kick-off at the Beatties Ford Road Library. Festivities will include face painting, storytelling, music, and crafts. Special guests Seemore Goodstuff, Ray from Splash Planet, Clifford the Big Red Dog, amongst others.

Most importantly you can register for the Library's Summer Reading Programs!

Here!
June 17th
11:00 am

Daycares and groups please call to register

704-336-2882.

Jazz Festival

A Sign of the Times played some cool songs for us on a hot day!

Jazz Festival

Join us for the Jazz Festival at the Beatties Ford Road Public Library. This Saturday at 3pm we will listen to some cool Jazz music. A Sign of the Times will be playing the tunes while our staff assist with your library needs.

Saturday, June 7th

3:00 pm

At the Beatties Ford Road Library

For info call 704-336-2882

Showing off the Goods

So we are doing our best here to persuade our patrons to read as much as possible. Reading can help your memory abilities, your vocabulary and your all around knowledge. To promote our books, the staff has done an excellent job at drawing attention to particular titles.

The Children's Section receives this attention as well. With so many great books to choose from, this helps parents narrow down the search at least a little.

Everywhere you look, there is a great book you can take home and read!

Mother Daughter Tea Success

Under the direction of our own Ms. Minter, the BFR Mother Daughter Tea of 2008 was a success! More than 50 patrons came to share some special time with the ones they love. With gorgeous decorations and smiles all around, the tea created an atmosphere of kindness and joy.

New Favorite! LibraryThing

LibraryThing can help you organize your list of books! For those of us who choose to use the public library on a regular basis, we can have a difficult time remembering which books we already read. This can be especially helpful when requesting titles without seeing the cover.

All you have to do is create a username and account and start loading in titles that you have read. My favorite part is that I can note which books in a series I still need to read. It is all right there added in by people in LibraryThing.
Check it out!

Early Voting

Early voting is in full swing at BFR. Come by from 11am-7pm to cast your vote in Mecklenburg County. For more information check out www.meckboe.org.

Earth Day!

Learn the origin of Earth Day and its importance to the world through the eyes of young people. We will make crafts and learn to appreciate our world.

April 22, 2008

5:00pm

For elementary school aged children.

National Library Week!

Happy National Library Week everyone! We celebrate this week the facilities and the staff that provide information to 3rd graders, parents, young professionals and retirees. From the academic library to the business library to the public library, we should all enjoy the fact that we have a way to gain knowledge.

Please join our circle of knowledge!

Teapots!

In preparation for our Mother Daughter Tea in May, we are organizing a display at our library featuring different types of teapots.

If you live in the Beatties Ford Road area, or the Charlotte/Mecklenburg area and would like to share your tea accessories with us, please contact us at 704-336-2882 and ask for Sally. All shapes and sizes are welcome!

Word of the Day

Cacophony- noun 1. harsh discordant mixture of sound. 2. dissonance; discord.

-Oxford American Desk Dictionary and Thesaurus 2nd. ed.

The great cacophony of arguments over the future of libraries made many book lovers anxious of the technological advancements.

Word of the Day

Antediluvian-1. of the time before the Biblical Flood 2. very old or out of date.

-Oxford American Desk Dictionary and Thesaurus 2nd. ed.

How very antediluvian a person would have to be to not know who Bill Gates is!

Check back tomorrow for another word of the day!

Spring Break

As many librarians know, Summer and Winter Break pale in comparison to Spring Break for the students of CMS. Some venture in to research colleges, others starting to apply for summer jobs. MySpace.com and Facebook will be the other crazy popular reasons to come to the library. As mature individuals with the ability to go unchaperoned, they will make their decisions accordingly as to how they spend their time.

For parents who are unfamiliar with MySpace, we invite you to MySpace for Parents. This class will examine just what MySpace is and what dangers your young adult may face.

MySpace for Parents

April 24th @ 10:00 AM

Call 704-336-2882 to register

Upcoming Mother Daughter Tea!

Want to do something special for Mother's Day? BFR is holding its annual Mother Daughter Tea on May 10th at 3pm. Shown here are some of the pics from last year's Tea.

For more information call 704-336-2882. Ms. Minter will be hosting the event and wearing her afternoon best!

Second Posting

Second posting, for you book people, our sequel. So we are seeing the sun for the first time in a few days this afternoon. During that dry spell you should come check us out! For those of you willing and able to visit us, here are some of the new non-fiction titles we have on our shelf today:

Chris Freytag- Prevention's Shortcuts to Big Weightloss (excellent by the way)
Paul Owens- The Puppy Whisperer
Steve Dobbs- The North Carolina Lawn Guide (perhaps after this rain, we will have living grass? jk)

Just remember a checked out book, is a happy book!!

Why hello there!!

Welcome to the first posting on the BFR Blog!!! Today is rather calm at our branch, and thus we are going to take a little time to bring you up to date on the goings-on at our library.

One of my very favorite events we had at our library was last Nov. (Nov. 2007) with the Marian Anderson String Quartet. This very talented group of women came to our humble library as a part of the musician series presented by the Friends of Music at Queens University here in Charlotte.