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SHPL - NEWS HEADLINES
Park and Read at state parks this
summer
We've got an app for that! Put the library on your iPhone!
Don't
wait on hold: Check out a Bestseller
Book Club
Kits are a book group in a bag!
Museum Adventure Pass Program extended
News Briefs:
Keep up to date on the latest news @ the library. |
Park and Read this summer!
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 The
Sterling Heights Public Library will save you green while you are being
green this summer if you plan to attend any Michigan state park. Through a
partnership between the Library of Michigan and the Michigan Department of
Natural Resources and Evnvironment, library card holders are eligible to
“borrow” a one-day park pass to any one of Michigan’s 98 state parks, at a
cost savings of $6. Park & Read allows library-card holders the ability to
“check-out” a one-day pass into any Michigan state park or recreation area
in lieu of the resident daily motor vehicle permit. This is a $6 savings and
free access to the more than 500 events taking place in local parks this
summer.
To borrow the pass, patrons must have a library card. The
patron selects the pass and presents it to the circulation desk. In turn the
patron will be presented with a park pass good for seven days. The pass is
good for one day during that week and covers the motor vehicle fee. Plus, 71
of the parks will have a hammock available in their contact station for Park
& Read participants to borrow while on-site for the day so they can fully
enjoy a great book in Michigan’s great outdoors. Hammocks are subject to
availability. The hammock will only be available to Park & Read Program
users.
This program runs through Oct. 1, 2010.
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Our catalog is now mobile! Download BookMyne
from the Apple iTunes Store FREE today so you can: Search our catalog
Find available materials and place them on hold
Log into your account and renew items you have checked out
Check your account information
Check it out! |
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Bestsellers is a new collection that features
the newest and most popular selections. Don't wait on hold! Just drop into
the library and check one of the books out. This collection checks out for
seven days and is non-holdable. |
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Book Club Kits are a great way for you to help
out your own private book group. Our book group kits consist of 10 copies of
a title and special discussion questions, all in a tote bag. They check out
for a six-week time period and are holdable. Those interested in checking
out one of the kits should visit the library's circulation desk and request
the desired kits by title.
The following titles are available for check out:
1. Peony in Love by Lisa See
2. My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
3. The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Fowler
4. The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb
5. Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
6. The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
7. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann
Shaffer and Annie Barrows
8. The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls
9. The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman
10. The Wednesday Sisters by Meg Waite Clayton
12. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
13. Stealing Buddha's Dinner by Bich Minh Nguyen
More will be added every month, so watch for new titles. For more
information, call (586) 446-2640.
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The Sterling Heights Public Library has opened
its Children's Art Garden! Thanks to the support of our sponsors, including
Title Sponsor The O'Reilly Family, in memory of Paul J. O'Reilly. The garden
is located behind the Youth Services Department and is open to everyone.
Check out the plantings, special statues and garden stones, which were
created by children as a fundraiser. Different levels of giving are still
available. Click
HERE for an
informational brochure about the project. Call (586) 446-2640 with
questions. |
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 Visit
the Sterling Heights Public Library and Check Out a Museum! In a
first-of-its-kind partnership in the Greater Detroit Region, Macy's, Detroit
metro area libraries (through the Library of Michigan Foundation) and the
Cultural Alliance of Southeastern Michigan have launched The Museum
Adventure Pass, presented by Macy's.The third part of this series
launched in October and will run through October 2010. This program - a
partnership between 162 metro area libraries and more than 20 local arts and
cultural organizations - provides area library card holders free passes to
participating local museums, cultural centers, and historical sites. The
program is designed to enhance the learning experience for people of all
ages through books and other library materials, and to provide access to
arts and cultural organizations.
Library users can check out a Museum Adventure Pass at the Sterling
Heights Public Library. Users will then receive a museum admission pass for
the organization they plan to visit. The museum admission pass is handed in
at the box office of the participating organization for free admission for
two or four people. Each museum adventure pass expires within one week of
the checkout date.
For continuing updates on the Museum Adventure Pass Program, sign up for
the eNewsletter by clicking
HERE!
Locations that admit 4:
Anton Art Center
Arts and Scraps
Automotive Hall of Fame
Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center
Detroit Artists Market
Detroit Children’s Museum
Dossin Great Lakes Museum
Grosse Pointe Historical Society
Howell Nature Center
Lorenzo Cultural Center
Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit
Pewabic Pottery
University of Michigan Exhibit Museum of Natural History
Wyandotte Historical Museum
Ypsilanti Historical Museum |
Locations that admit 2:
Arab American National Museum
Birmingham Historical Museum and Park
Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
Cranbrook Art Museum
Cranbrook House & Gardens
Cranbrook Institute of Science
Detroit Historical Museum
Detroit Institute of Arts
Edsel & Eleanor Ford House
Ford Rouge Factory Tour
Henry Ford Estate, Fair Lane
Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm |
Important! Please visit the Museum Adventure Pass website at
www.detroitadventurepass.org
before you begin your adventure. Enjoy a family outing or have a cheap date!
REMINDERS
1. Check out a Museum Adventure Pass using your valid library card. We have
a limited number of passes for each participating organization. Passes are
available on a first-come, first-served basis and cannot be reserved,
renewed or requested through interlibrary loan.
2. One Museum Adventure Pass may be checked out per person, per loan period.
The loan period is SEVEN DAYS. Up to two or four people may be admitted on
each pass. (See the list above for which organizations admit 2 and which
admit 4.)
3. Choose the museum you would like to visit and bring the card for that
museum to the circulation desk. We will give you a date-due slip that admits
you into the museum through the date printed on the slip. After this date,
the pass expires. You do not need to return the slip to the library.
4. Visit the Museum Pass website for more details on each organization. You
can also find out the most current hours and exhibition information.
5. Passes may be limited to general admission only. Special exhibitions may
not be covered, and other restrictions may apply. |
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The Sterling Heights Public Library is proud to provide downloadable digital
audio books in our collection. Browse or search for
your favorite titles in OverDrive Audio Book format. Without leaving the
comfort of your home, you can choose, checkout, download, and enjoy audio
books on your computer. For listening-on-the-go, you can transfer the audio
book to your portable MP3 device. To use the new service, simply click on
the link on the library’s homepage. You will
then use the MLC’s digital library. You will need your library card number.
For more information, pick up a flyer at any library service desk.
Every day millions of old cell
phones are thrown away and end up in landfills. Good News from the
Friends! We are now accepting used cell phones and cell phone batteries for
recycling. Just leave them in the box across from the Circulation Desk. We
no longer can accept used ink cartridges.
All proceeds from the recycling program will be used by the Friends to
support library programs.
Public computers at the Sterling Heights Public Library are equipped with
EnvisionWare, a computer software management system. Nonresidents or users
who do not have their library card with them will be logged in by staff with
a guest card. For more details on the system, click
here.
The library no longer mails notices for holds, overdues, and bills due to
the high cost of postage. The library is now using an automated telephone
calling system that leaves a courtesy message. This system will leave a
message on an answering machine or with any person (including a child) that
answers the phone. If the person answering hangs up, the system will still
log the call as successful. The quickest, most efficient means for the
library to send notices is via e-mail. If you have e-mail that you check
regularly, please inform the library by giving your address to the
circulation staff.
Do you need tax forms? Go online for
federal,
state, and
Detroit
forms. You can also check the
Michigan
Library tax page for other city tax forms as they become available. |
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Library Board of Trustees
meets the third Monday of the month, from September to June, at 5:30 p.m. in
the Library Conference Room. |
Library Cards
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 The
Smartest Card. Get it. Use it. @ your library! Did you know that:
Libraries have more card holders than VISA? Libraries have more outlets than
McDonalds? Libraries move more items than FedEx?
Click here to see 52 Ways to Use Your Library Card. Don't
have a library card? Click here
or on the library card to get an online application form. You can also get
one from the Circulation Desk, signup is quick and simple. |
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Revised:
June 10, 2010
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