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Sparks in the Park! Rochester's Independance Day Celebration, June 27-29 The Rochester Library will have several activities associated with Sparks in the Park, including the annual baking contest, held on Sunday, June 29 at 3:00 pm! This year's contest will be chocolate chip cookies, inspired by the children's book "If You Give A Mouse A Cookie" by Laura Numeroff. Entry forms are available at the library or download one HERE. Entry forms must be turned in at the library by 2:00 pm on Saturday, June 28. Also, the Friends of Rochester Public Library are hosting a paperback book sale on all three days of Sparks in the Park, from 5-8 pm.
See our Sparks in the Park page for a complete list of activities. Summer Reading 2008!
Get in the Game: READ! Registration Now Open! Come be part of the fun! Are you ready for a summer full of fun and games? This year’s theme for Summer Reading is “Get in the game, READ!” Our program is open to all children between the ages of 3 and 18. During our fun-filled eight-week venture, you’ll have the chance to participate in craft days, game days and programs all about sports and games! Plus, you’ll have the chance to win great prizes by signing up and fulfilling your reading contract. See our Summer Reading Page for more info!
Resources Now Available for Rochester Library Patrons Rochester Public Library is pleased to offer three new resources for our patrons: 1. Worldbook Online Reference Center: the premier online reference source, containing every article from the 22-volume Worldbook Encyclopedia, plus thousands more. It also includes state-of-the-art multimedia, maps and other resources. We are convinced you will find this online reference center to be a valuable resource! To access this resource, a Rochester Library card number is required. Click on the link above, or use the menu bar at the top of our pages under "Library Searches." 2. HeritageQuest Online : Genealogical and ancestry search tools including searches from census and war records, as well as access to an index of over 1.9 million genealogy and local history articles. To access this resource, a Rochester Library card number is required. Click on the link above, or use the menu bar at the top of our pages under "Library Searches." 3. Ancestry.com, library edition. This searchable database of census, birth, marriage and death records and more is available only on the library's computers; therefore you must come to the Rochester Library to use this resource. 4. Novelist: This is a fiction database that provides subject heading access, reviews, annotations, and much more for over 120,000 fiction titles. It also includes other content of interest to fiction readers, such as Author Read-alikes, Book Discussion Guides, BookTalks, and Feature Articles. For school media specialists and teachers there are Standards-Based Thematic Units and Picture Book Extenders, as well as specific teaching guides for using fiction in the classroom. A username and password is required, and Rochester Library patrons can obtain these by contacting the Library. We hope you enjoy these new resources. Contact one of our librarians if you have any questions.
Senior Talk St. John's Hospital Third Age Living and Rochester Public Library are teaming up to offer information sessions especially for senior citizens called "Senior Talk." On the first Tuesday of each month, various topics will be discussed in informal chats from 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. at the Community Room at the Rochester Library. No registration is required, and refreshments are served. July 1
The Rochester Public Library is closed the following days in FY 2009: Friday, July 4 – Independence Day
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