June 2009 Gettysburg Times Column

The following article appeared in the Gettysburg Times on Friday, June 19, 2009:

Summer Fun at the Littlestown Library

Keith Greenawalt, Librarian

Hello from the Littlestown Library! Perhaps I should rephrase that: Hello from the Littlestown Library at its new home at 3 W King St in Littlestown. That’s right, we moved! Our hours and our phone number are the same, but we are now located just off of the square in Littlestown!

One of the most frequently asked questions I get regarding the move is “do you like your new home?” The answer, from this librarian’s seat, is a resounding and emphatic “YES!” Never under estimate the importance of windows in ones workplace. The old library space did not have windows, but the new one has two giant storefront display windows looking out onto King St. I can now see out onto the world and its happenings and hopefully you can see back into the world of the Littlestown Library. I hope you can see our Internet accessible computers, magazines, DVDs, CDs, books on CD, and of course books. We may have moved, but we are the same great library that has been serving the Littlestown community since 1997!

In other news, we are gearing up for our Summer Reading Program that is taking place at all of the branches of the Adams County Library System. Registration for the Summer Reading Program has entered the digital age and is being done entirely online now. Visit www.adamslibrary.org and follow the link to register and record your minutes for this year’s “Be Creative” Summer Reading Program! If you do not have Internet access from home this may be done at any branch of the Adams County Library System. Children registering for the Littlestown Library who read their 2 hours per week will be entered into a weekly prize drawing to for a t-shirt! Children finishing all 8 weeks of the program will have their name put in the front of a book and receive a certificate!

We are also doing a series of events at the Library as part of the “Be Creative” theme. Our programs cover all of the bases of art, music, and acting! Remaining programs are Wednesdays from June 24^th through July 29^th at 11:30 AM. These programs will require registration due to space constraints and will be limited to about 15 children per program. You may register for each program beginning one week in advance of that program and may register either in person or by calling the Library at 717 359 0446. For information on specific programs you may visit www.adamslibrary.org or the Littlestown Library blog at http://littlestownlibrary.blogspot.com.

There is one more caveat to our 2009 Summer Reading Program! We are having a friendly competition with the New Oxford Area Library to see which can accrue the most minutes read during the Program. If New Oxford wins, I will end up wearing a dress! If Littlestown wins, Miss Wilma, the New Oxford librarian, will have to wear a pink wig! So have a safe and happy summer and keep on reading with the Littlestown Library!