MICHIGAN READS
The Michigan Education Association is proud to be partnering with three of Michigan’s top pro sports teams—the Detroit Pistons, Detroit Red Wings, and Detroit Tigers—to encourage kids to read this summer.

The “Michigan Reads” program lets students throughout the state earn incentives for reading 10 books by August 22, 2010. Students who read 10 books get to choose a great reward from their favorite team, including free or discounted tickets, stadium parties and other cool prizes.

All they have to do is read 10 books. Then, with their parents (or guardians), visit www.michiganreads.com to pick their favorite team and fill in the form. They’ll get a return email with instructions about how to get their free tickets and more. It’s easy.

JOB SKILLS FOR TOMORROW
ThumbWorks will be hosting workshops at the Pigeon District Library every Friday at 1:00 PM from August 6, 2010 to August 27, 2010. There will be hands on computer training to help you succeed in your job search. For more information contact Amy Weaver at 989-269-2311 ext. 14.

LAP-SIT AND PRE-SCHOOL STORY HOUR
“Graduation” will be held on Tuesday, August 24, 2010, at 10:30 AM. Officer Tom and Charlie will present a program for story hour children and families. For more information, please call the library and ask for Jane Himmel.

LIBRARY BOARD MEETING
The Pigeon District Library Board of Trustees will meet Thursday, August 26 at 4:30 PM in the library’s Community Room. The meeting is open to the public.

HURON AREA WRITERS GROUP (HAWG)
The Huron Area Writers Group will hold their monthly meeting on August 26, 2010 in the Community Room of the library at 6:30 PM. All writers, no matter what skill level, are invited to the HAWG meeting.

BOOKPAGE
The August 2010 issue of BookPage has arrived and can be found in the library’s Information Center. A monthly general interest review, BookPage covers the best in new releases. BookPage typically reviews up to 100 of each month’s new fiction, nonfiction, business, children’s, spoken word audio and how-to books. The tone is upbeat and literate, focusing on bestsellers as well as new discoveries.

BOOK CLUB
The book for discussion at the September meeting will be “Olive Kitteridge” by Elizabeth Stout. The next scheduled meeting is Tuesday, August 31 at 6:30 PM. If you or someone you know would like to join us for a discussion on this book, please call the library and ask for Jane Himmel.

MICHIGAN ELECTRONIC LIBRARY (MeL)
The Michigan eLibrary (http://mel.org) provides all Michigan residents with free access to online full-text articles, full-text books, digital images, and other valuable research information at any time via the Internet; and provides an easy-to-use interlibrary loan system to allow Michigan residents to borrow books and other library materials for free from participating Michigan libraries.

You can access the MeL databases, through our library website at www.pigeondistrictlibrary.com. Click on the MeL (Michigan eLibrary) link which is located in the middle of our homepage. From the next screen click on “MeL Databases” to view the list of 50+ databases which are listed in alphabetical order.

Each week the Pigeon District Library will introduce one of the databases in the Michigan eLibrary. The database chosen for this week is “Academic OneFile”. This database is recommended for Colleges and Universities. It is the premiere source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world’s leading journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects, “Academic OneFile” is both authoritative and comprehensive. With millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text with no restrictions, researchers are able to find accurate information quickly. This database includes full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1995. Patrons are able to access this database if they are a Michigan resident or have access to a Michigan library.

CIRCULATION
Circulation for the month of July 2010 was 4,241 items including 2,564 Books, 6 Toys, 1 Discovery Pack, 285 DVD Rentals, 111 Audio and CDs, 71 Magazines, 302 Internet Users, 1 Puzzle, 46 NF Videos and NF DVDs, 1 Reference 7 Day Check-Out, and 577 577 New Materials. Income received included $170.00 from Copier, $150.00 from Fines, and $93.00 from Faxes. Interlibrary Loan included 348 items borrowed, and 466 items loaned to other libraries. Four Story Hours were held with 49 in attendance. Twenty-nine registrations for the month included: Caseville 9, Chandler 1, Fairhaven 2, Oliver 9, and Winsor 8.