McNaughton Collection

Do you know about our McNaughton Collection?

These books are found right near our new books on the round shelf. All books have a green label on the spine. Here you will find extra copies of the newest best sellers including fiction and nonfiction. McNaughton allows us to rent books we may not necessarily want to buy multiple copies of. For example, when Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James was extremely popular, McNaughton allowed us to rent multiple copies so we didn't have to buy them and have too many copies after the popularity waned. We just send them back and get different titles!

McNaughton allows US to serve YOU better! WIN!

Because these books are very popular, they can only be checked out for 2 weeks. They cannot be renewed or placed on hold. 

Eat & Give!

We have got the BEST kind of fundraiser:

You've got to eat, right? And we all deserve a night out! So grab yourself a delicious burrito, quesadilla, enchilada, or other delicious food from Chipotle in Dickson City on Tuesday, January 26th between 4:00pm and 8:00pm and just mention the Valley Community Library! It's THAT easy!

See ya there!

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

This is just a friendly reminder that the library will be closed on Monday, January 18, 2016 in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. 

 Click here for a link directly to MLK resources!

  

New Year, New You!

We're almost in the middle of January already! How have you been doing with your New Year resolution if you made one? 

We know that many of you have probably committed to eating healthier, exercise more, or start a new diet. Well, here at the library we have the resources to get you started with your New Year resolution! Check out our display to your left when you first walk through our front doors. Want to learn Pilates? Want to finally take the step to quit smoking? How about learning to cook some new healthy recipes? We've got all the titles you need to make yourself an even better you!

 

What the Dewey?

OK, so most of our lovely patrons have probably heard of this Dewey guy and know that he has some kind of Dewey Decimal System that the library uses. But how does it work? What does it mean? 

First of all, we must understand that libraries needed a way to be organized in a way that simply makes sense. The Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) system uses universally recognized Arabic numerals, well-defined categories, and hierarchies. The DDC begins by organizing information into 10 broad areas, which are broken into smaller and smaller topics. Each topic is assigned a number known as a "call number." 

This solves what would have been a huge problem; each item has a specific call number in order to easily find the information you need. The DDC allows all similar topics to be shelved near each other. Want to browse cookbooks? Look no further than 641. Need information on World War II? Take a look at 940.53.

Take a look at this fantastic PowerPoint put together by OCLC to better understand the DDC:
https://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/dewey/resources/tutorial/adults_tutorial_0606.ppt

Happy Hunting!


References:
https://www.oclc.org/dewey/features/summaries.en.html
https://www.oclc.org/dewey/resources/public.en.html