2015-2016 Board Members - Rosenberg Library

Texas Film Round-Up a Huge SuccessThe Texas Archive of the Moving Image (TAMI) hosted a Film Round-Up at the library inJune. Through a partnership with the Texas Film Commission, the Texas Film Round-Up providesfree digitization for Texas films and videos to fulfill their mission of rescuing and showcasing theState’s cultural history. To qualify for free digitization, films must be Texas-related andparticipants must be willing to donate a digital copy to TAMI’s archive, a digital collectionavailable at www.texasarchive.org. These films help educate the public about Texas’ filmheritage.During the last weekend in June, TAMI staff set up their tables and exhibit on the second floorof the library and waited. The response was phenomenal. Over the course of three days theycollected over 1,300 films for the Archive. According to Managing Director Madeline Moya, thiswas the best response to a film round-up TAMI has ever experienced. The event ended with a filmscreening that featured many films from the Rosenberg Library’s own film collection that includedtourism films, an interview with filmmaker King Vidor about the 1900 storm, and footage of the1925 Galveston Bathing Girl Revue.If you were unable to participate in the Film Round-Up or if you have found additional films inthe closet or attic, you can still have them digitized for free by contacting Madeline Moya atmmoya@texasarchive.org or 512.485.3073. Questions about the library’s film collection can bedirected to Peggy Dillard at pdillard@rosenberg-library.org.Holiday CheerThe second annual Holiday Open Househosted by Special Collections will be heldThursday, December 1, from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.in the Fox Room on the fourth floor of thelibrary. Come and enjoy live piano music,refreshments, traditional ornament-making, kidfriendly crafts, and a display of antique toys,vintage Christmas cards, and photographs fromthe archives and museum collections. Themuseum exhibits will remain open for thisspecial evening. Fun for the entire family!Membership MusingsEveryone is welcome to join Friends of Rosenberg Library, serving the community in its 75thyear. Currently we have 269 members, who have donated over 13,000 dollars in 2016.Many of the beautiful furnishings and appointments of the library have been provided by Friends’membership donations. Join for as little as 15 per year, and the benefits are many, includingpreview of the book sale, newsletters, online book sale opportunities, and the satisfaction ofhelping the library. Join at the circulation desk or from 5-7 p.m. on October 6. You can pay bycash, check, or credit card. Like our Facebook page to receive important notices, too.

Children’s Department Fan Mail: BestLibrary Ever!Summer Fun Activities for Kids*Reading, course!2034 registered for the Children’sSummer Reading Club11,716 books logged AND 146,219minutes read logged*Bluebonnet Book Parties*Get in the Game programs for school-age*Drop-In Activities*Paws to ReadOpportunity to practice reading skills byreading to real live dogs*Educational programsSnakes, Galveston Bay Foundation,Chemistry Road Show, Life in ClassicalGreece, Wild Things Zoofari, BookSmarts*Dance, Theater, Painting*Storytimes for all ages*Freedom School Harambe*Drop-in Olympics*Special programs with Special CollectionsTake Me Out to the Ballgame, TexasMoney, Create Your Own Still-LifePainting*Computers: Over 4,000 computer users (manyrepeat customers)*Gift certificates to the Book Sale awarded to 450Left, Summer Reading Club Kick-off at Moody GardensPalm Beach. There were 1155 people “Diving into a GoodBook!”.Left and right,Patron volunteer,Yuko Ito leadsession onorigami fun.

Chemistry WorkshopLeft, Dr. Jim Pennington ofTexas A&M, College Station, ledthis workshop for children.Above, Parents and childrenimprove technological skillsusing computers.Coming AttractionsWednesday Storytimes 10 a.m. & 2 p.m.September 21- December 7Family Fun Nights 7 p.m.September 29October 27November 17December 29January 5Saturday Stories 10 a.m.September 10October 8November 19January 7Paws to Read 6pmThursdays, September 22-November 17Lego Brickyard 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m.Tuesday, November 22Stories with Santa 10 a.m.Saturday, December 10 *PreRegistration requiredChristmas Countdown with Stories 4:30 p.m.Daily November 21-December23Above, Everyone had a ball when Cinderella made aspecial guest appearance.

The library is proud to host US Citizenship classes at the library, in collaboration with the Serand Hacer program from the Children’s Center. This 12-week program provides preparation incivics, government, US History and English as a second language for legal residents who want totake the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services naturalization exam.Ser and Hacer, a program developed by The Children’s Center in Galveston, is the only remotesite for the naturalization test in the area, and one of the few to provide free citizenship classes inGalveston County. Founded by educators Magdalena Alvarado and Mary Longoria, the programhas taught nearly 400 students so far since 2011, with an 80% success rate. The efforts, however,had been limited to a single class and location a week each semester. The Rosenberg Library’sAdult Services Department reached out to the instructors to assist in hosting a much neededmorning session, in efforts to expand services for Galveston residents who are English languagelearners.Courses are on Mondays this fall (except for bank Holidays) through December 5, from 10a.m. to 12 p.m. in the Wortham Auditorium (1st floor). To register, contact Magdalena Alvarado at409-792-7338. For additional information, you can also contact Idalia Avezuela, Adult Services &Acquisitions Manager, at 409-763-8854 or email iavezuela@rosenberg-library.orgIn celebration of National Library Workers Day and National Library Week, April 9-15, Friends hosted a luncheonfor Rosenberg’s fabulous library workers in the Fox Room.

Teen Summer Reading ClubTeens throughout Galveston County participatedin a variety of fun, engaging programs, combiningpast favorites with brand new ideas. For the secondyear running the most popular program was theYoung Audiences of Houston’s T-Shirt ScreenPrinting workshop led by artist Danny Russo (left).This workshop allowed the teens to make custom tshirt designs using screen printing techniques anddrew the biggest crowd of the summer.New this year was the first Teen Iron Chef competition, pitting teens against each other to create dishes from ordinary snack items. Otherprograms included an afternoon watching an anime film, a crocheting class, and a buttonmaking workshop. Overall attendance for the events was up 14% from the previous summer.In addition to the programs, teens were able to sign up on the library’s website to track thenumbers of minutes they read during the summer for a chance to win a brand new Kindle Fire.Congratulations to Caleb Smith, this year’s grand prize winner!Currently, the Teen Advisory Group, known as YALL, or Young Adult Library Leaders, ismaking plans for fall and winter events which will include the annual Halloween Party, theHoliday Party, movie night, and a host of other fun activities, crafts, and games. All teens arewelcome.Poster Printing Made EasyThe library has a Canon iPF 8400 color printer to produce posters for library programmingand on a limited basis for public use for ready-to-print content. (The library does not offerdesign services for posters.) Patrons may bring their ready-to-print poster on a flash drive inpdf format to the library’s 3rd floor computer lab. Posters are available in a wide range ofsizes and prices to fit most project needs and budgets. Full size posters measuring 33”x 42”cost 12.00, which is the largest size currently available. Posters that fit tri-fold science boardsstart at 12”x 36” and cost 5.00; taxes are included with pricing. To make a poster printingappointment, please call the Adult Computer Lab at (409)763 – 8854 extension 130.

From the Executive DirectorDear Friends:It has been a summer of both big and small improvements at the Rosenberg Library. In thelast two months, your library has greatly expanded its selection of on-line magazines. In all,there are now more than 90 general interest magazines that can be downloaded from theRosenberg Library’s website to your home computer or mobile device utilizing two differentplatforms (Zinio and Flipster). Zinio and Flipster both offer the current and recent back issuesof magazine selections. For faster downloads to your mobile device, it is recommended thatyou acquire the free Zinio and Flipster apps. If you enjoy reading magazines, these platformsare a great resource. We have also recently added a new document management station to ourcomputer services department on the 3rd floor of the building. The Envisionware workstationprovides an easy way to quickly scan and email documents. Documents with sensitiveinformation can be encrypted with a password before emailing the item out. There is no chargeto scan and email documents from the workstation. Staff is also working with our serviceprovider to double the Internet speeds in the building. This process has taken longer thanoriginally anticipated, but we are guardedly optimistic that the higher speeds should finally rollout in September.There is also a new video about the Rosenberg Library that can be viewed either atwww.rosenberg-library.org or in the building on a new monitor adjacent to the historicalstaircase on the second floor of the Rosenberg Wing. Houston Arts & Media worked with ourstaff to produce a history of our library and our esteemed founder, Henry Rosenberg. Thismedia company has produced a variety of award winning historical documentaries forHouston’s KUHT PBS Channel 8 including Birth of Texas, Postcards from Texas and WithRespect: Preserving Historic Cemeteries.If you have been by the library in the evening, you may have noticed the new perimeterLED lighting under the eaves of the Moody Wing roof. The new lights cast a beautiful glowacross the travertine marble façade of the west wing. We have also started the process ofreplacing the old 175-watt metal halide lighting fixtures in the parking lots with high efficiency38-watt LED fixtures. In June we also finished the renovation work on the fo

of the Best from Texas Cookbook has selected recipes from Texas' favorite cookbooks. We have product cookbooks too. Pace Picante printed A Treasury of Tex-Mex Cooking for its 40th anniversary, full of ideas and zesty recipes. A loyal customer of Trader Joe’s compiled a cookbook using products found there.