Shake It Up with Shakespeare Week . . .

Penguin Pandemonium

It's storytime at Penguin Pandemonium. Let the fun begin ...

It's Quiz and Chips ...

Tickets are now available at Sandown Library for the very popular Quiz and Chips event, to take place on Tuesday 24th March. This event sells out fast, so we recommend booking your place as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

National Libraries Day ...

National Libraries Day at Sandown Library was a very busy day with over 600 visitors. The Town Crier announced it all the way down Sandown High Street ...

Children's author at Sandown Library ...

Magical Creatures ... Arty Half-Term Fun

Enter the world of deep sea monsters and mermaids at Sandown Library. This is a family drop-in event and is free, no need to book. All ages welcome.

Wear It Pink Tea Party

The Wear It Pink Tea Party in aid of Breast Cancer Care will be held on October 23rd from 10.00 am to 4.00 pm. Join us for tea, coffee and cake and help raise money for the charity. Donated cakes most welcome!

Minutes of meeting 31st January 2013...

PRESENT :

Wendy, Diane, Conrad, John, Susan, Robert, Donna, Laura, Heather, Deborah, Jenny.

IMPORTANT!

The next meeting will be the A.G.M.

The date is April 25^th at 6.30pm.

At this meeting all committee members will resign and be re-elected, so anyone interested in being on the committee must attend this event.

The committee members are Chairman, Deputy Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer and Press Officer.

Content: 

 

Jenny : The Christmas Craft Fayre raised £60 in stall fees and £55 in teas/ coffees and the raffle.

Many thanks to Donna, Wendy and Ian, who took it in turns to do teas/ coffees & raffle tickets, and to Diane for the lovely throw she made for a raffle prize.

We had a book sale on January 19^th. 

Thanks to Janet, Deborah and Susan, it raised an amazing £150. We are getting lots of donated books, and will be having more book sales in the future.

News on further library events are on our website, on posters in the library and Laura is adding them all to the blog & FB.

(We would like more events organised by the group, such as author visits or interesting talks etc. Jenny & Louise are happy to do the posters and stay behind in the evenings for any events, but we need action more than just ideas!)

The group agreed to purchase 2 hot water dispensers for tea/coffee as we currently have only 2 urns available in the library service. The group also agreed to purchase a Mary Berry cook book as a prize for our Comic Relief Bake Off event (15^th March).

Donna – The storyteller Eltjo de Vries could not hold a Christmas storytelling activity as he was in a panto, but Donna hopes to book him in the future for an evening event. He does adult storytelling, and has done two at Newport Library , both of which attracted lots of publicity.

The helium balloons idea proved to be too expensive.

Donna has all the things she needs to hold a pub-style quiz night. Jenny said this might be better later in the year when the evenings were lighter, but we would like to hold one.

Donna asked for ideas for future events. 

Deborah asked if the events have to be fund-raising & Jenny replied no. Events draw attention and publicity to the library, which is our aim. However, as we hold regular events ourselves, the library staff do not have time to organise FOSL events on top of their own, but we can do posters and stay behind in the evenings as required.

Deborah suggested themed events, where we get book collections to supplement a speaker on various subjects. Jenny or Louise can order books on particular subjects from other libraries if we have enough notice.(3-4 weeks)

Heather suggested a debating group.

Conrad would like another Historical Society display, date to be arranged.

Wendy is going to sell her plants again, which was very successful last summer.

Donna will again have ideas for an Easter children’s event, with help from Jenny (Deborah & Conrad?)

Provisionally set for Tuesday, April 2^nd 10.30 – 11.30.

EASTER CRAFT FAYRE – Saturday 23^rd March 10.00 – 3.00

Once again we would like prizes for a raffle, and a timetable of volunteers to spend an hour or so doing teas / coffee & cakes. Please let Jenny or Louise know if you are available.

All members agreed that we must organise a bank account before the next meeting.

IMPORTANT!

The next meeting will be the A.G.M.

The date is April 25^th at 6.30pm.

At this meeting all committee members will resign and be re-elected, so anyone interested in being on the committee must attend this event.

The committee members are Chairman, Deputy Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer and Press Officer.

Jenny :

I would like to thank all the members, including those who volunteered to be on the committee at our first meeting, for all they have done in the last year. 

May I suggest that at the AGM we discuss if we need more people on the committee and for future committee members to contact each other before meetings to arrange who is going to attend?

Read Dating!

Never mind speed dating, try read dating!

Are you single? 21 or over? Do you enjoy reading? Do you want to meet others who are interested in the same thing? Come and join us at our fun and casual dating event on Friday 15th February at 7.00pm. For more information or to register for this event telephone 402748 or pop into Sandown Library. All participants will receive a complimentary drink on arrival, a goody bag to take home and automatic entry into our brilliant raffle!

Forthcoming events at Sandown Library ...

Where's Wally?

Did you find him?  Where's Wally started today and will run until Saturday 3rd November. There will be 6 Wally’s hiding in the shops up and down Sandown High Street and we want you to find them! Come into Sandown Library to collect an entry form and find all 6 Wallys! The first correct entry wins a life size Wally cut out and a cool canvas bag, the second correct entry wins a Wally calendar and bag, and there’s a further 23 Wally bags to be won! There are no age restrictions but you do need a library card to enter. If you don’t have a library card come and join up – it’s completely free you just need i.d. Under 16’s will need an adult with them!

 Spooky Stories and Ghoulish Games!

Join us if you dare for a spook-tastic Halloween storytime on Wednesday 31st October at 5.00pm. Suitable for 4 to 8 year olds and under fives must be accompanied by an adult throughout. This is a free event but tickets are required.

 

Christmas Craft Fayre

Calling all crafters! Sandown Library is holding a Christmas Craft Fayre on Saturday 1st December from 10.00am to 3.00pm. If you would like to have a table to sell your crafts please telephone the library on 402748 or pop in and see us. Tables cost £5.

Where's Wally?

 

To celebrate 25 years of Where's Wally books, Sandown Library will be holding a competition to find Wally. 5 small Wally's and 1 large one, will be hidden in the shops along Sandown High Street between Saturday 27th October & Saturday 3rd November.

Find them all and write them down and be in with a chance to win your own Wally goodies! Forms to enter the competition are availalable now at Sandown Library, or you can print out the form below (Just click on the image and then right click and select "save image as", then you will be ready to print the document). You must have a library card to enter this competition. However if you do not have one, you can sign up at the library.

Plenty of prizes available: The first correct entry wins the large Wally and a Where's Wally canvas bag with activity pack. Second correct entry wins a 2013 Wheres Wally calendar & a canvas bag / activity pack. Plus there are 23 more canvas bags/ activity packs to be won from a draw of all correct entries!

The Latest minutes from Friends of Sandown Library . . .

Friends of Sandown Library    Minutes of meeting held:    27th September 2012 at 6pm

Members Present
Donna                                Chair
Eileen                                Secretary
Laura                                 Press Officer
Louise                               Staff
Heather   

Friends Present
Wendy
Deborah
Diane

Agenda – Any business arising
To discuss updates for the next events
Any other business

1.    It was agreed that meetings would now be held quarterly. Next in January 2013. Any extraordinary meeting can be called however, with details posted online and in the library.
2.    Events;   The next event will be the Christmas Craft Fair on Saturday 1st December. Bookings have been taken already and FoSL would be involved only with the refreshments offered. Volunteers are needed for this, so that a Rota for the afternoon can be arranged. Please contact the FoSL Chair, Donna in the first instance. Advertising for this event has been arranged by Laura, but posters still need to be done. Raffle prizes are still needed please.
3.    Donna has suggested a ‘Storytelling for Adults’ ticketed event also in December. Details will follow.
4.    A Balloon Release event was also suggested for Christmas Eve. Donna will obtain quotes and other details will follow.
5.     Funds raised stand at £368.85. Naming the Dog raised £71.00 – a great success.
6.    It was agreed that Eileen would chase up the opening of a Bank Account at Barclays Bank subject to informing the Treasurer.
7.    Update on Library renovation:  Scaffolding will soon be in place so that the roof may be fixed. The room has been inspected and further works agreed by the Council. A finish date is not yet available.
8.    Further works to the Library are taking place: The layout of the main library area will be changed, with an automated check in desk and new staff workspace constructed. There will be some pink highlights in areas such as the new carpet and desk to brighten up the room. There will be new shelving installed – some will use empty space by the windows, and there may be a new (pink) sofa.  The old oak check in counters will be removed, but it was suggested that FoSL ask that these counters be preserved in some way and perhaps used to raise funds for the library. Ideas for the ‘Preserve the Counter’ project are welcome!
9.    The group was pleased to note that new technology is being used successfully at the library now.  For instance ‘Penfriend technology’ has arrived to aid partially sighted customers, and there is access to magazine subscriptions and educational courses available online through the main Library Service site.  Staff are able to offer further information about these services to library users.

The library will be closed from Saturday 22nd December – Wednesday 2nd January, reopening Thursday 3rd January.

The next meeting will be held on Thursday 31st January 2013 at 6pm.

Any other business or notifications regarding these Minutes should be made to the Secretary, Eileen Schaff.

New room!

So far Sandown Library and The Friends (FoSL) have raised an amazing £370 through sales of books, plants, hand-made cards and Janet's Name The Dog. Funds are intended to renovate the upstairs room at the Library to allow for extra space for community activities and other fun stuff.

 

 

 

As you can see from the picture, Sandown Library staff have been busy bumble bees, clearing the upstairs room. It has taken a while as they had to get a van in from library headquarters ... three times! But it should be finished this week.

Floss has a home!!

Friends of Sandown library would like to say congratulations to a very pleased little girl called Keira, who won the FOSL competition "Name The Dog"!

It took a long time for the correct name to be chosen, and we were beginning to think the dog would be a permanent fixture! HER name has finally been guessed. It was FLOSS. (A small clue there - Friends Of Sandown Library FOSL -- FLOS)

 

 

 

 

We have raised an incredible £71 just from this, so well done Janet for having the idea and donating the dog! And a big thank you to everyone who joined in and had a go.

Volunteers at Sandown Library . . .

Visitors to Sandown Library may have noticed some extra staff members over the summer holidays. We have four young volunteers helping children to join the Summer Reading Challenge.

The girls, Chelsea, Rhiannon, Annie and Roxie, guide the children through the four parts of the Reading Challenge, awarding free gifts along the way.

The girls have given up their time and in return have achieved experience working with children, which will help them in their future careers.

The summer holidays is our busiest time of year, with higher visitor enquiries and demand for internet access, and it's been a great help to have these enthusiastic helpers stationed at their desk, ready to answer all the childrens' enquiries and provide encouragement with their reading.

They even happily agreed to wear the lime-green T-shirts!

FRIENDS OF SANDOWN LIBRARY

FRIENDS OF SANDOWN LIBRARY

MINUTES OF MEETING

THURSDAY, AUGUST 2^ND 2012

Present : Heather, Ian, Jenny, Susan, Wendy

Apologies : Everyone else

As Ian was the only committee member present no decisions could be made and therefore we just had a general discussion about recent events and the current use of the library.

Jenny :

Jenny wished to thank Donna and Deborah for their invaluable organisation and help in the Horrible Science children’s event. It was a great success.

Also, thanks to Conrad and Donna for providing scones and biscuits for the very successful author visit.

Since the last meeting another £90 has been raised from donated book sales, Wendy’s plants and Janet’s dog (the correct name has still not been guessed!)

The library has used some of the money raised to purchase the complete set of Richard & Judy Summer Reads books. This collection has its own display in the library, and has been made non-reservable and part of a collection; therefore it cannot be removed from Sandown Library stock. Jenny & Louise are both very pleased to be able to use funds raised by FOSL to purchase books they would not otherwise get, and this has shown the success of the Friends Group so far.

The upstairs room that we would like to make use of has been half cleared, and the job will be completed in the next two weeks. The next stage is getting Mansells in to remove old pipes etc, and then decorating. Carpet cannot be fitted until the hole in the roof is fixed.

Heather :

Asked about the current state of the library with regard to stock, usage etc. Jenny showed the group records of issue figures (the number of books taken out) from the first eight months since the re-organisation. These show that out of the four libraries that have had hours reduced (SA, VE, FW & CO), Sandown has the most issue figures, more than double Cowes figures. All these branches have the same opening hours and staff hours.

New books are arriving weekly, but fiction books no longer remain at one branch. If they are returned to another council run library, they stay there. If they are returned to a community library they get returned to us. This system has replaced the old book rotation system. Non-fiction is still exchanged by branches e-mailing each other.

The community room is very well used, as is the library itself on days when it is closed to the public, for instance on Mondays three separate groups from IOW College will be using the library facilities both upstairs and the computers downstairs.

Donations :

We need more good quality books. The ones we don’t add to stock will be sold for FOSL.

Val Lee is selling hand-made cards on the counter, proceeds go to FOSL.

General Discussion:

The group suggested FOSL meetings could be reduced to quarterly, as if any member wishes to organise a fund-raising event they can talk to Jenny or Louise directly.

Heather suggested that at the annual meeting we could decide dates for the meetings of the next year in advance. Those present thought this was a good idea.

The next meeting will be Thursday, September 27^th at 6.00pm.

Up and coming event at Sandown Library

Don't Miss Out on the following events at Sandown Library . . . 

Tuesday 14th August

Coming to Sandown Library soon -- Beaches, Books & Bottles: Stories and activities for children aged 4 to 8. Tuesday 14th August 10.30am to 11.30am. This is a free event but tickets are required and under 5’s must be accompanied by an adult throughout.

 

Tuesday 21st August

Going for Gold -- Stories and activities for 4 to 8 year olds. Tuesday 21 st August 2.30pm to 3.45pm. This is a free event and there is no need to book. Under 5’s must be accompanied by an adult throughout. 

Friday 7th September

Meet Adrian Searle, author of ‘The Spy Beside the Sea’ and find out the true story of Dorothy O’Grady, Sandown’s infamous second world war spy. Friday 7th September 6.30pm. This is a free event but tickets are required.

Memory Morning at Sandown Library

Thanks to all those who came along to the Memory Morning event. It was held by Independant Arts. where everyone was invited to come in for a tea or coffee, and have a chat about their memories of the Sandown area. A selection of old photographs that have recently been posted to the library were displayed, and many places were identified.

An archivist recorded all the facts, and these will be put together with other Memory Morning events across the Island to create a large display later in the year.

 

 

Name the dog...

Join in this Friends of Sandown Library fundraiser and try your luck at winning this super cute dog. Just £1 per entry, and all you have to do is guess what it's called. Whoever chooses the correct name, wins!

You can see the dog, or enter, by popping down to Sandown Library.


Thank you to Janet, for finding us this cute pup!

Blossoms and Books

The Friends of Sandown Library would like to say a massive thank you to everyone who came out and supported us this Saturday 26th May 2012.

  

As well as a huge thanks to all the Friends for their work behind the scenes, and the time they spent volunteering throughout the day, we would also like to add an additional thanks to ...

The library staff, Jenny and Louise, for their constant support.

Donna, the Friends Chairperson, for being the first to arrive and the last to leave, bringing with her an array of goodies. The spider plants were especially exciting!

Deborah, for that massive selection of gardening magazines and books, and for providing those posters to direct everyone.

Rita Oxford, for those yummy cakes.

Janet, for finding the prize sponsors and trapsing around town to help publicise this great event.

Wendy and Susan, for their generous contributions and for their time.

Eileen for the lovely posters and help with publicity, and for buying in refreshments!

Everyone's contribution has been greatly appreciated!! We managed to raise £60.00, our first step on the ladder, and not a bad one either.

If you would like to be added to the list for a special mention, please let us know at friendsofsandownlibrary@gmail.com.