Alpine Public Library News

POSTER CONTEST AT MARATHON PUBLIC LIBRARY Area children are invited to design a poster for the Marathon Public Library’s Spring Break poster contest. The poster will be used to promote the Summer Reading Program, with a “Western/Rodeo” theme this year. This is part of the “Texas Reading Club Jubilee, 1958 to 2008.” Participants ranging in age from toddlers through the 12th grade are invited to come to the library to draw a poster or pick up poster board to bring home. There will be art supplies at the library. The Spring Break poster contest will be held March 17th to 20th. Poster boards will be available at the library beginning March 1st. The Marathon Public Library is a branch of Alpine Public Library in Brewster County, Texas. It is located at 106 N. 3rd Street East in Marathon . The telephone number is 432-386-4136.

Our computer lab is back up and running!

Our Computer lab will be

Closed all day for maintenance on

Wednesday February 27^th

^{We are sorry for any inconvenience.}

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The 2008 Texas Cowboy Poetry Gathering kicks off on
February 29th - March 2nd.

This years Gathering is dedicated to
cowboy poet Ray Owens

For more information on events, accommodation details, poets and more go to the cowboy-poetry website at:

http://www.cowboy-poetry.org/news.html

The Grow Your Own Librarians (GOAL) program has been established to build awareness of Library Science as a potential career.

Individuals who have a bachelors degree (of any type) and who would like to receive a masters degree in Library Science can receive on the job training and be paid for their time.

However, you need not have a bachelors degree to test out the field of Library Science.  Individuals may also volunteer at the library and be paid for their time, under this program.

If this sounds appealing to you, please attend the GOAL information session.  The details are as follows:

Date:  Monday, February 25, 2008

Time:  5:30PM - 6:30PM

Location:  Alpine High School Library

All mentors and trainees can take training on line www.your-epal.org. Click on IMLS Grant Tab, IMLS Articles, read articles, anwser questions and submit on line. Can count towards training hours for your program. Also mentors can submit their time on line now. http://your-epal.org/MentorRegister.htm . There are many articles to choose from.

Alpine Public Library seeks Part-Time Circulation Assistant.  Assistant will cover Tuesday through Friday mornings and one to two Saturdays per month for a total of 16 to 20 hours per week. Duties include: assisting patrons, shelving, operating machines such as a copier and fax machine and answering the phone. Qualities needed:  Reliability, good customer service skills and teamwork.  Apply at Alpine Public Library,

, in Alpine.

Marathon Public Library a branch of Alpine Public Library will be closed for Presidents’ Day February 18, 2008.

We will reopen regular hours 11am-5pm on February 19, 2008.

Have a great day.