SAN ANTONIO
PUBLIC LIBRARY CENTENNIAL
1903-2003: 100 Years of Service to San Antonio
 In 1903, with an endowment from the Andrew Carnegie
Foundation, a group of public-spirited San Antonians founded the San Antonio
Public Library.
In 2003, the Library will celebrate its 100th year
of providing books, storytimes, movies, newspapers, magazines, tapes, CDs,
computer access, and answers to questions to the citizens of San Antonio and
Bexar County. The San Antonio Public Library Foundation, the
Friends of the San
Antonio Public Library, and the Library staff have a big year planned.
The Library’s birthday celebration will actually kick off this month, with the unveiling of the Centennial poster. The poster,
sponsored by the Friends of the San Antonio Public Library and created by San
Antonio artist Clif Tinker, captures the spirit of San Antonio along with the
essence of the Library. Tuesday, November 12, the poster will premiere at a
reception in the Central Library Auditorium. The event will be open to the
public, and at that time posters will go on sale, $10.00 for an unsigned poster
and $50.00 for one signed by the artist. This limited-edition work will be on
sale only during 2003, so be sure to get yours early. The Friends of the San
Antonio Public Library centennial poster is a great holiday gift idea – and
don’t forget that proceeds from sales will go to support the Library!
In January 2003, the Mayor and City Council will proclaim
2003 the Year of the Library and the celebration will swing into full gear.
The Library Foundation has a full slate of events planned. In
January, the Foundation will kick off "Born to Read," a project to make sure
that every baby born in Bexar County throughout 2003 receives a kit containing
reading tips for the new parents, a Library card application, a book and a
certificate proclaiming, "I was born to read in the Year of the Library." Other
projects planned by the Foundation include "Discover the Library – Explore Your
World," a series of presentations by famous explorers including chimpanzee
researcher Jane Goodall, astronaut Storey Musgrave, and underwater explorer
Sylvia Earle. The explorers’ appearances will be open to the public and
admission will be free with a San Antonio Public Library card. In June, the
Foundation will present its "birthday gift" to the Library – an original
sculpture by glass artist Dale Chihuly.
Look for exciting events all year long at your Library: a
San Antonio movie festival, art exhibits, a celebration of Library Champions, a
bike race and more. And on Sunday, June 15, at the Central Library, the whole
city is invited to the Library’s birthday party, with entertainment and, of
course, birthday cake!
Check the Library’s web page
or the newspaper for details and exact event dates. Come help us celebrate our
first century and kick off our second!
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eBOOKS
 Have you ever used our catalog and come across the term
"e-book" or "netLibrary?" This is because San Antonio Public Library has access
to over 20,000 electronic books! They were purchased for us by the Texas State
Library and are provided through the web-based service, netLibrary. Included in
these 20,000 are many literary classics such as The Scarlet Letter and
Huckleberry Finn, as well as Cliffs and Bloom’s Notes for these books. There
are also thousands of non-fiction books on subjects such as computers, business,
health, careers and more. Last month alone, San Antonio Public Library patrons
checked out 17 business, economics and management titles a total of 72 times.
Other popular items available for checkout are the computer books published by
O’Reilly. These titles include Perl in a Nutshell, HTML: the
Definitive Guide, Java in a Nutshell, Palm Pilot: the Ultimate
Guide, and MP3: the Definitive Guide. Legal guides are also popular.
Titles by Nolo Press, for example, include 101 Law Forms for Personal Use,
How To Win Your Personal Injury Claim, Nolo’s Simple Will Book,
and The Small Business Start-Up Kit.
There are three main ways to access netLibrary and the book
you want.
- To access netLibrary for the first time, start at
our homepage. Click on "E-Library," click on "E-Books," and the instructions to sign
up are there (you’ll need a valid library card.) It is similar to signing up
for a free e-mail account and takes only about 3 minutes. Once you have a
logon ID, you can access netLibrary and search by title, author, subject,
keyword, publisher and/or ISBN.
- If you begin in the San Antonio Public Library catalog and
find an e-book record, all you have to do is click the hyperlink in the URL
field. You will be taken straight to netLibrary and to the book you want.
- If you would like to search the San Antonio Public Library
catalog for an e-book specifically, just enter the term "netLibrary," along
with your subject, into the keyword space. When the titles come up, go into
the record, click on the hyperlink in the URL field and you will be taken
straight to the book you want. You can then either browse through the book or
check it out for a 24-hour period.
Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, e-books are
free and a great way to do book research either from the library or from home. They are
full text searchable and when you find the information you need, you can cut and
paste right into your own document. There’s also a dictionary and a place for
notes. Whether you go into your local library to use netLibrary, or access it
though the web, you will be glad you did!
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BOOK LIST
Fall is full of sports and sports-talk. If you’d like to
spout a few more statistics or astound others with obscure facts, come in and pick up some of these titles:
 At the Buzzer: The Greatest Moments in NBA History; Havlicek
Steals, Ewing Soars, Magic Deals, Michael Scores
Bryan Burwell, 2001
796.32309 BURWELL
Backyard Brawl: Inside the Blood Feud Between Texas and Texas
A&M
W. K. Stratton, 2002
796.33263 STRATTON
College Football: History, Spectacle, Controversy
John Sayle Watterson, 2000
796.33263 WATTERSON
The Gloves: A Boxing Chronicle
Robert Anasi, 2002
796.83 ANASI
Ice Time: A Tale of Fathers, Sons, and Hometown Heroes
Jay Atkinson, 2001
796.96262 ATKINSON
John Madden’s Ultimate Tailgating
John Madden, 1998
641.578 MADDEN
Rites of Autumn: The Story of College Football
Richard Whittingham, 2001
796.33263 WHITTINGHAM
Tiptoeing Through Hell: Playing the U.S. Open on Golf’s Most
Treacherous Courses
John Stege, 2002
796.35266 STREGE
When the Clock Runs Out: 20 NFL Greats Share their Stories of
Hardship and Triumph
Bill Lyon, 1999
796.33209 LYON
Check the
online
catalog for availability or call 207-2500. With a valid library
card, you can even place a hold online! |
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THE
KOMEN COLLECTION
 Thanks to the Susan G. Komen
Foundation, Central Library now has an increased collection of books and
videos on breast cancer and breast cancer awareness. Available on the 5th
floor, the books are in a special display shelf and have a pink ribbon
sticker identifying them as part of
The Komen Collection. The videos are
kept in the media collection and are also identified with a pink ribbon
sticker. For a complete list of titles, click on the
Komen link on our
homepage. |
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FEATURED ITEM
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We now have
DVDs!
You’ve noticed the DVD section in the
video store getting larger and now ours is too. We just received hundreds
of titles like Blade Runner, Hannibal, The Hunt for Red October,
Rear
Window, The Princess Bride, Singin’ in the Rain, Tortilla Soup, and
Young
Frankenstein. To find out what other titles are available, go to the
library’s
homepage and click on "Catalog" on the left-hand side. Once
there, type "DVD" into the search box and limit search type to "Call
Number Browse." Click "Search." An alphabetical list of titles will come up
so you can
see if a title is checked out or not.
If you’d like to look for a
particular title, go the catalog again, and click "More Search
Options" on the left-hand side. Type the title in the Keywords space and
limit media type to DVD. Click "Search." You can even enter a director's or actor’s name in
the Author or Name space.
They’re checking out extremely fast so if your title is not available, simply place a hold on it (in
person, on the phone or online.) When the DVD comes into your library you will
receive a notice in the mail that it is ready to be picked up. And as
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EVENTS
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November 18 - 24 is
Children's
Book Week. Check out
our calendar
online or
call your
branch library
for fun and exciting programs.
OTHER LIBRARY
EVENTS
YOUNG ADULT
Circle
of Nations.
The American Indian Resource Center presents a
drumming circle, a storyteller, and sessions about Native American
culture.
Saturday, November 16, 2:00 p.m.
McCreless Library.
ADULT
Small Business Resources. Details on programs & services to
start or expand your business.
Monday, November 4, 7:00 p.m.
Central Library
Auditorium, 1st Floor.
San
Antonio Public Library Centennial Poster Unveiling.
Posters will be available for purchase. Tuesday, November 12, 6:00 p.m.
Central Library
Auditorium, 1st Floor.
SA
Writers Guild.
Writers and would-be writers welcome! Saturday,
November 16, 10:00 a.m. - noon.
Westfall Library.
Tea
with the Forsytes.
Special preview showing of the final episode of the Forsyte Saga. Sunday,
November 17, 2:30 p.m.
Central Library
Auditorium, 1st Floor.
FAMILY
El Dia
de los Muertos.
Day of the Dead altar created by artist Aida Meza with the help of
neighborhood children, to honor those who died in the 9/11 attacks.
Saturday, November 2.
Collins Garden Library.
Tamalada!
Join us and make tamales of your own. Saturday, November 23,
9-11am & 11am-1pm.
Central Library
Auditorium, 1st Floor.
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