Find out what’s happening at the library this fall, including information about the upcoming library levy, services for job seekers, homework help, Ken Burns and more.

1. Between the Pages
Fall 2011 Vol. 22 No. 2
November 8 replacement levy is urgently needed
Now more than ever, residents rely on the Westerville Public Library Cost comparison of replacement levy
for books, research, Internet access, job searches, homework
assistance and other critical services. In ten years, the library has Worthington $163 4.8 mills
not increased its 0.8-mill operating levy, the library’s only local Grandview Heights $144 4.7 mills
tax support. Currently, Westerville is the lowest funded library in Columbus $86 2.8 mills
Franklin County. Average $85 2.6 mills
Upper Arlington $62 2.0 mills
Library Funding Westerville $61 2.0 mills
Bexley $46 1.5 mills
All local Grove City $31 1.0 mill
funding
If the levy passes this November, the library would still be the third lowest
will be
42.18% funded library in Franklin County.
lost if the
local 51.25%
replacement current levy; 1 mill to offset the state funding cuts; and 0.2 mill
property tax state
levy does to address building maintenance needs. Working with the stable
funding
not pass. funding from the levy, the library can plan with certainty and not
have to return to the voters for at least ten years.
What will the replacement levy cost? The new levy will cost
6.57% $61.25 per $100,000 of assessed valuation, an additional $3.06 per
Fees, fines, gifts, etc. month. Currently, your library receives the least local funding of
Franklin County’s seven libraries.
State funding for your library has been cut by $1.6 million since
our last levy was passed in 2007. We are now funded at 1996 levels. The library levy request will be listed as Issue 19 on the ballot.
State funding will be reduced by an additional $300,000 through For more information, please visit the levy website at
2013. In the past five years, your library has frozen salaries, cut over protectourlibrary.net.
14 staff positions, reduced library hours by closing on Sundays,
curtailed the library materials budget by over 40% and deferred
critical building maintenance.
Benefits from investing in our library
To offset the continuing funding cuts, the Library Board
determined that 2.0 mills is needed to restore Sunday hours and Access to 40 million items such as books,
maintain the level of programs and services our community movies, audiobooks, art prints and eBooks
needs. The breakdown of the millage is: 0.8 mill to replace our Studies
Daily delivery of library items to students show...
and teachers at Westerville schools $1 invested
Inside in the library
Delivery of library items to homebound returns $7 of
residents, senior centers and preschools value to the
• Directions community.
How to protect our library
Wi-Fi access and use of valuable online
• Local History
databases including Consumer Reports
Vintage photos and Westerville treasures
• Events for Adults and Kids One-on-one help with research and
From eBook classes to origami fun reference questions

2. Directions
Notes from Library Director Don Barlow
Look
online
Protect Our Library for our
coupon
On Tuesday, November 8, our citizens will be asked to help protect the hub of information,
learning and activity for our community--the Westerville Public Library. A replacement levy The Friends hosted their 18th Annual
is needed to ensure that hours, materials and services are brought back to normal levels, Ice Cream Social in July and scooped
after suffering reductions due to continuing cuts in state funding. over 500 servings. Thanks to all those
who attended and all the volunteers
Our article on the front page of this newsletter points out the dire circumstances. The library who made the event a success.
has endured reductions in state funding since 2007 that total a mindboggling $1.6 million.
Cuts of at least $300,000 are coming over the next two years. Without the levy, the library Visit the link to the Friends’ website
will lose over 42% of our present operating budget. and find a coupon for 20% off gift
items in the Friends Shoppe. Lots of
We’ve put cost saving measures into place. Making a critical move to conserve costs, the new gift items have been added to
library had to close on Sundays. The library has suffered cuts to staffing, purchase of library our shelves.
materials, maintenance, programs for all ages and more. How have our patrons responded?
Since 2007, circulation has increased by more than 16%. The number of library users has Volunteers needed! If you have a few
risen by 19%, climbing to over 100,000 registered cardholders. hours of free time, please consider
helping in the Friends Shoppe.
How have we managed our spending? The library Stat Contact me at 882-7590. Remember,
106,000
remains one of the most cost efficient libraries in e Fun 106,000
ds our shop is run entirely by volunteers
Ohio. Our cost per circulated item is $2.34 – lower $3.8m and all earnings benefit the library.
than any other Central Ohio library.
– Arlene Roeder, President
To restore Sunday hours and protect the library ase
from further cuts, this levy is essential. It replaces Customer B $2.2m
$2.2m
the 0.8-mill levy first passed in 2002 and adds 1.2 94,000
mills to help balance the budget to meet your
needs. This 2-mill levy will cost an additional $3.06 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
per month, per $100,000 of assessed home value.
The wording Protect Our Library has been selected to request support on November 8. It is
perfect. Without the replacement levy, the library will lose critical services in desperate need
of your protection. Children now have
The library levy request will be listed as Issue 19. Please visit the levy website at help with access
protectourlibrary.net for details.
In answer to a request from the Youth
Services department, the Foundation
provided funding for an Adaptive
Serving the needs of jobseekers Technology station.
Thankful individuals are coming to the library with wide smiles, complimentary notes At the station is a height-adjustable
and batches of homemade cookies. These grateful library users have improved their table making wheelchair access easier
resumes, prepared for job interviews, refreshed their computer skills, and found jobs and, to assist with fine motor skills,
thanks to the library’s resources and programming. In the past year the library has: there’s a keyboard with large, colorful
keys and an oversize track ball in place
• Held 120 computer training courses helping • Hosted 13 career-related programs and
of the mouse.
individuals learn Microsoft Office, use e-mail, workshops staffed by professional consultants.
the Internet and more See the Events for Adults page for more programs.
Be a part of the Foundation’s efforts!
• Offered one-on-one resume critique sessions • Logged 1,000 visits to our custom online Explore Visit westervillelibrary.org/foundation
and online resume writing services to Guides: Job Search 101, Careers 101, or call ext. 2140, library administration.
library patrons who requested assistance Resumes, Cover Letters & Interviews

3. Hot Titles Local
History
Center
Books and Movies coming soon
From genealogy to
Books high school yearbooks
The Local History Center, established in 1989,
Skeleton Letters by Laura Childs (Oct.)
Carmela and her friend Ava were shocked when they found a member of their represents the library’s commitment to preserv-
scrapbooking circle dead. The women will need the help of many patron saints to ing and sharing the community’s heritage.
search for a stolen antique crucifix. Visitors use our resources to explore their family
tree, look for old photographs of their street, and
Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman (Oct.) research the history of their home.
Four women, all dovekeepers, keep secrets about their identities and loves as
their lives intersect in ancient Masada during the Roman siege. The center has genealogy
information; over 5,000
Longing by Karen Kingsbury (Nov.) photographs digitized on
After a long and lonely silence from Cody Coleman, Bailey wonders if her days
the library website; old
with Cody are over forever. Meanwhile, Cody’s work coaching a small-town foot-
maps and census records;
ball team has attracted national attention. Will Cody and Bailey find a way back
and even abstracts for
together again?
some properties in the
When Elves Attack by Tim Dorsey (Nov.) community. Among the
It’s Christmas time in Florida and the deranged serial killer Serge Storm is prepar- most popular items in the center are the high
ing his list. Like Santa, he knows who’s been naughty and nice and few can give school yearbooks dating from 1911.
with the generosity and creativity of Serge.
The center contains files on topics from the
Red Mist by Patricia Cornwell (Dec.) Westerville stops on the Underground Railroad
Determined to find out who murdered her former deputy chief Jack Fielding, Kay to the history of the banks during the Great
Scarpetta travels to the Georgia Prison for Women, where an inmate has informa- Depression. Materials are readily available for
tion on Fielding and more grisly killings.
visitors to view Monday through
Soft Target by Stephen Hunter (Dec.) Friday 9am-6pm.
Ex-Marine sniper, Ray Cruz, confronts a group of murderous terrorists who’ve laid
siege to the Mall of America. – compiled by Beth
Weinhardt
Local History
Movies Coordinator
Fast Five PG-13 (Oct.) Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger
Scream 4 R (Oct.) Tides PG-13 (Nov.)
Monte Carlo PG (Oct.) Larry Crowne PG-13 (Nov.)
Cars 2 PG (Nov.)
– compiled by Belinda Mortensen, Collection Development Coordinator
How to help your young learners
Looking for ideas to spark a child’s interest in reading and learning?
Cailyn and
• Ask us to deliver Westerville • Introduce your pre-reader to • Join with Erica Daily
library books to your student our Early Literacy Stations. The the Homework Help volunteers
at school. Last year our Library computers have 40 interactive to help your student understand
Link service transported 16,000 learning games that are not only assignments. Come for help every
requested items to children and fun, but teach word and number Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
teachers in the Westerville district. recognition skills, too. from 3:30-6:30pm.

4. Events for Adults
Register online at westervillelibrary.org or call ext. 5004
Sit & Knit Day Paranormal Investigations:
Saturday, Oct. 22 10am-4pm Beyond 101
Crafters ages 14 and older who are Thursday, Oct. 27 6-8:30pm
experienced in knitting, crochet, and Get a look at investigating haunted
Resume Critiques the fiber arts can get together to share
Mondays, Oct. 10 & 24 locations and Bigfoot sightings
techniques and projects. Bring your and learn how technology can
Sessions available between 4:30 & 6:30pm
favorite dish to share in a potluck lunch. assist or defeat gathering evidence
Sign up for a 15-minute, one-on-one No instruction for beginners will be of the paranormal. Presented by
session to have your resume reviewed offered. Meeting Rooms. Sponsored by Brian Parsons, Director of the Ohio
and evaluated by expert Bernard Noel. the Friends of the Library. Paranormal Investigation Network.
Registration required. Meeting Rooms. Registration
required.
A Making the Rounds
Explore stories and architecture
during walking tours of the
Westerville “dry” and Columbus
“wet” neighborhoods that struggled
Downloading eBooks & over the consumption of alcohol
eAudiobooks during Prohibition. Hosted by
Mondays, Oct. 10 & Nov. 21 7-8pm the Library, Westerville Historical Technology Q&A
Do you have an eReader, MP3 Society and Columbus Landmarks Saturday, Nov. 12 3-4pm
player, or a computer? Learn how to Foundation.
Curious about eReaders, tablet PCs and
browse and download thousands eBooks? Stop in to learn about these
of free titles from the library in this Saturday, Oct. 22, 2-4pm tour
new devices and have your questions
introductory class. Meeting Room A. begins at Howard House, 131 W. Park
answered by one of our tech-savvy
Registration required. St. on Otterbein campus. Maps will
librarians. Meeting Room A.
guide walkers through Temperance
Row to hear history at various sites.
eBook and eAudiobook
Tutorial for Smartphones Sunday, Oct. 23, 2-4pm tour begins
and Tablets at Westin Great Southern Hotel,
Mondays, Oct. 17 & Nov. 14 Main and S. High St.
7-8:30pm Register for the
guided tour by
Learn to use your smartphone or
calling (614)
tablet PC to access the Library’s
online collection and download
221-0227. Mutual UFO Network
Tuesday, Nov. 29 7-8:30pm
titles. Meeting Room A. Registration
required. Are we alone in the universe?
Thomas Wertman, chief investigator
for the Ohio Mutual UFO Network,
will present information gathered
Resume Workshop in the field by investigators and
Thursday, Oct. 13 6-8:30pm Edible Haunted Houses engage in a brief Q&A session.
Monday, Oct. 24 6:30-8:30pm Meeting Room A. Registration
Sharpen your resume-writing skills in
this two-part workshop presented by Put your sweet tooth into the required.
career consultant Bernard Noel. The Halloween mood by constructing a
session will cover key items to include tasty and spooktacular haunted house.
The Westerville Public Library complies with the Americans with
in a resume and essential interviewing All supplies will be provided to make Disabilities Act. Anyone in need of special arrangements to attend these
skills. Meeting Room B. these delicious holiday centerpieces. programs is encouraged to call the Library at (614) 882-7277, ext. 5010.
Registration required. Meeting Room B. Registration required. At least three days prior notice is required.

5. Events for Youth
Register online at westervillelibrary.org or call ext. 5006
Science Attack Junior
Wednesday, Oct. 26 4-4:45pm
Ages 5-7
Explore the world of science with
stories and hands-on activities specially
designed for inquisitive kids. Activity Ohio Birds of Prey
Center. Registration required. Monday, Nov. 14 4-4:45pm
Totally Terrific Film Night Ages 8-11
Tuesdays, Oct. 11 & Nov. 15 7-9pm Open Chess Club Hawks, owls and eagles, oh my!
All ages Saturday, Oct. 29 3-4pm Learn all about Ohio’s birds of prey
Bring your pillows and popcorn to Ages 6+ from a Sharon Woods Metro Park
watch these family movies on the Attention, chess players wanting naturalist, play fun games, and see
big screen. Activity Center. competition! Keep your skills sharp with mounted birds. Registration required.
Oct. 11 Enchanted (PG) an hour-long session of free play. Basic
Nov. 15 The Incredibles (PG) chess knowledge required.
Activity Center.
Wee Wonders
Mondays, Oct. 12 - Nov. 7 9:30-10am
Infants - 18 months
Lap babies and walkers can enjoy Sew a Phone or iPod Holder
books, songs, and activities chosen Wednesday, Nov. 16 3-4:30pm
especially for them. Meeting Rooms. Día de los Muertos Ages 12-18
Wednesday, Nov. 2 4-5:30pm
Ages 12-18 Stop by the Activity Center to sew
trendy holders for your phone and iPod.
Drop in to celebrate this Mexican Registration required.
Children’s Garden Bulb national holiday honoring deceased
Planting friends and relatives. We’ll listen to
Monday, Oct. 24 4-4:45pm Mexican music, decorate sugar skulls
All ages and eat traditional foods. Activity Hibernation
It’s almost time for the garden to rest. Center. Registration required. Camp &
Help us prepare it for a long winter’s Camp Tales
nap by tucking in some bulbs for spring. Drop off animals
Please bring gloves and garden tools if Homework Help Thursday, Nov. 17
you have them. Rain date: Tuesday, Oct. Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays all day
25, 4pm. Children’s Garden. 3:30-6:30pm Ages 5-8
Registration required. All ages
Storytime and animal pick-up
Need help getting started? Ask our Saturday, Nov. 19 11-11:30am
volunteers! Students through grade 12
ARC! Advance Reader’s Club can stop in on a first-come first-served Hibernation can be lonely! Leave
Teen (ages 12-18) Oct. 14 4-5pm basis. Homework Help Center. your teddy bear or other stuffed
‘Tween (grades 4 & 5) Oct. 20 4-4:45pm animal at the library to spend the
Origami Fun night with other fluffy friends. Your
Want to read books before they are animal will have fun and take home
Tuesday, Nov. 8 4-5:30pm
published? Grab an advanced reading a camp souvenir. Toys can be picked
Ages 8-11
copy of a book to take home, read up Saturday morning in time for
it, and tell us what you think! Share Learn to make cute and easy figures a camp-themed Saturday Tales at
your opinion online or at a meeting. using this traditional Japanese art of 11am. Registration required.
Registration required. paper folding. Youth Services.

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