• 3-year-old Tommy comes to the library with his mother every
Thursday at 10 a.m. for toddler storytime. He enjoys listening to
stories, singing songs and making special crafts.
• 3-year-old Tommy comes to the library with his mother every Thursday at 10 a.m. for toddler storytime. He enjoys listening to stories, singing songs and making special crafts.
• Rob, a small business owner, recently visited the library because he wanted to expand his business. He wanted to get a list of companies in the Bay Area that he could target as potential partners. The reference librarian showed him how to use the library’s online databases. The Business and Company Resource Center database gave him exactly what he needed.
• Sue, a student at a local elementary school, needed information for a report on the state of Arizona. At the library, she found books and encyclopedia articles about her state. She was even able to check out the “A” volume of the World Book Encyclopedia so she could finish her report at home.
• Brian, a 5th grader, had to write a report on Captain Cook. The librarian showed him how to find Captain Cook in the biography section and how to access the Biography Resource Center database from his computer at home.
• John grew up in Morgan Hill and attends college out-of-state. When he comes home on college breaks, he stops in to check out DVD’s and CD’s. He says he still uses his library card from the computer in his dorm room to access our databases for research while he is at college.
• Jane’s daughter was just diagnosed with lupus. With a reference librarian’s help, she finds books, articles, and up-to-the-minute research in medical websites to help her and her family understand the disease.
• Antonio has been laid off and needs to update his résumé. He checks out a couple of books on résumé and cover letter writing. He also signs up to use an Internet computer and does some research on the online job searching process.
• Mrs. Thomas is 86. Her eyesight is going but otherwise she’s sharp as a tack. She dearly loves her mysteries. She comes into the library every few weeks to stock up on books on tape, chats with the reference librarians and they suggest authors and books she hasn’t listened to yet.
• Lucinda is researching her family history. Her great uncle died in Morgan Hill in 1958. She uses the library’s microfilm reader to look at microfilm of the Morgan Hill Times. She finds and prints a copy of his obituary.
• Mrs. Smith is a teacher at a local elementary school and likes to supplement her curriculum with public library books. She calls on a regular basis to have the librarians pull picture books and non-fiction titles to share with her class.
• Leslie Fitch is a mother of a teenage daughter Sarah who is not an avid reader. In order to help her daughter she often requests popular teen titles on tape. Now when they run errands both she and Sarah can listen in the car. Now they can both enjoy sharing books together. Leslie says she has listened and enjoyed books that she would not normally have chosen for herself.
• Maria needs to replace the alternator in her 1997 Nissan Maxima. She decides to do it herself. She checks out a Haynes Repair Manual for that model and, just to be on the safe side, she also prints out the step by step replacement instructions from the Alldata Online automobile repair database on a library computer.
The Morgan Hill Library is used by all ages, by your friends and your neighbors. It is a vital community resource that truly does have something for everyone. Isn’t it about time you stopped by to check us out?
Questions and suggested topics for At the Library, which appears in Tuesday editions, should be directed to Nancy Howe, community librarian, at nh***@**********************ca.us or by calling 779-3196. The Morgan Hill Library, located at the corner of Peak and West Main avenues next to City Hall, is open every day but Sunday.
