Library Offers New Program
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
Young children and their parents have a new reading program to look forward to at Warsaw Community Public Library.
The "1,000 Book Club: Read With Me" is meant to encourage parents to read to their preschoolers, from infants to kindergartners, library director Ann Zydek told the library board of directors Monday.
The free program kicks off from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday and Monday in Meeting Room AB at WCPL. Parents who register will get a book bag, a reading log and a packet of information that includes details about the program and tips for reading aloud to children.
"We're learning more about the brain and how it develops," Zydek told the board. "What we once did automatically (reading to children) is now proven scientifically."
She said the interaction with an adult, seeing the printed words and hearing the words spoken aloud are critical to very young children's development and contribute to their later success in school.
The 1,000 Book Club, developed by Margaret Fritzel, supervisor of WCPL's Community Services Department, will take parents through 10 levels of 100 books each. At the end of each level, the child will receive a sticker and a log for the next 100 books. When 1,000 books are read, the parent and child will receive a free book and will get their picture on the bulletin board in the children's area of the library.
Book bags and books have been financed through a grant from Kosciusko Endowment Youth Services.
The board also raised the annual fee for library cards for non-Wayne Township residents to $62 for individuals and $155 for families.
Zydek said WCPL is required by the state library system to change its method of calculating fees, and now the individual fee is determined by dividing the library's total operating expenditures by the total resident population in the library district.
Operating expenses for 2003 were $1,574,125, and the population, based on the 2000 Census, the most recent figure, was 25,262. The family fee is 2-1/2 times the individual fee.
Students of Warsaw Community Schools who are not residents of Wayne Township may use the library for free.
Library meeting room policies and fees also were revised by the board Monday.
The policy now reads: "Meetings held at the library must be educational, cultural, intellectual or charitable in nature."
Nonprofit and noncommercial groups who hold meetings that are open to the public may use the meeting rooms for free. Groups that hold meetings that are closed to the public or that have restricted access will be charged the following fees: nonprofit groups in Wayne Township, $5 per hour, $35 per day; nonprofit groups outside of Wayne Township, $10 per hour, $70 per day; for-profit groups in Wayne Township, $20 per hour, $140 per day; for-profit groups outside of Wayne Township, $40 per hour, $280 per day.
In other business, the board:
• Heard a report about a new Web site developed solely for the use of the library staff. Assistant director Joni Brookins said only the staff will have access to the site, which will include training and orientation information, security procedures, staff news and department information. The site will be used as a training and communication tool, Brookins said.
• Heard from Brookins that March is the goal date for wireless access to the Internet inside the library building. The service means that people who bring laptops into the library will be able to access the Internet on their laptops.
Brookins said information will be provided on the library's Web site on how to access the wireless network, but that technical help will not be provided by library staff. "We're assuming people coming in here to do it know what they're doing," she said.
Also, people with laptops will not be able to print from the Internet unless they bring their own printers, she said.
Library board members are Larry Chamberlain, John Yingling, Paulette Sauders, Ruth Jones, Tony Etienne, Mark Morrison and Joel Curry. Curry was absent Monday. [[In-content Ad]]
Young children and their parents have a new reading program to look forward to at Warsaw Community Public Library.
The "1,000 Book Club: Read With Me" is meant to encourage parents to read to their preschoolers, from infants to kindergartners, library director Ann Zydek told the library board of directors Monday.
The free program kicks off from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday and Monday in Meeting Room AB at WCPL. Parents who register will get a book bag, a reading log and a packet of information that includes details about the program and tips for reading aloud to children.
"We're learning more about the brain and how it develops," Zydek told the board. "What we once did automatically (reading to children) is now proven scientifically."
She said the interaction with an adult, seeing the printed words and hearing the words spoken aloud are critical to very young children's development and contribute to their later success in school.
The 1,000 Book Club, developed by Margaret Fritzel, supervisor of WCPL's Community Services Department, will take parents through 10 levels of 100 books each. At the end of each level, the child will receive a sticker and a log for the next 100 books. When 1,000 books are read, the parent and child will receive a free book and will get their picture on the bulletin board in the children's area of the library.
Book bags and books have been financed through a grant from Kosciusko Endowment Youth Services.
The board also raised the annual fee for library cards for non-Wayne Township residents to $62 for individuals and $155 for families.
Zydek said WCPL is required by the state library system to change its method of calculating fees, and now the individual fee is determined by dividing the library's total operating expenditures by the total resident population in the library district.
Operating expenses for 2003 were $1,574,125, and the population, based on the 2000 Census, the most recent figure, was 25,262. The family fee is 2-1/2 times the individual fee.
Students of Warsaw Community Schools who are not residents of Wayne Township may use the library for free.
Library meeting room policies and fees also were revised by the board Monday.
The policy now reads: "Meetings held at the library must be educational, cultural, intellectual or charitable in nature."
Nonprofit and noncommercial groups who hold meetings that are open to the public may use the meeting rooms for free. Groups that hold meetings that are closed to the public or that have restricted access will be charged the following fees: nonprofit groups in Wayne Township, $5 per hour, $35 per day; nonprofit groups outside of Wayne Township, $10 per hour, $70 per day; for-profit groups in Wayne Township, $20 per hour, $140 per day; for-profit groups outside of Wayne Township, $40 per hour, $280 per day.
In other business, the board:
• Heard a report about a new Web site developed solely for the use of the library staff. Assistant director Joni Brookins said only the staff will have access to the site, which will include training and orientation information, security procedures, staff news and department information. The site will be used as a training and communication tool, Brookins said.
• Heard from Brookins that March is the goal date for wireless access to the Internet inside the library building. The service means that people who bring laptops into the library will be able to access the Internet on their laptops.
Brookins said information will be provided on the library's Web site on how to access the wireless network, but that technical help will not be provided by library staff. "We're assuming people coming in here to do it know what they're doing," she said.
Also, people with laptops will not be able to print from the Internet unless they bring their own printers, she said.
Library board members are Larry Chamberlain, John Yingling, Paulette Sauders, Ruth Jones, Tony Etienne, Mark Morrison and Joel Curry. Curry was absent Monday. [[In-content Ad]]