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STOP PRESS (can you say that on a web-site?) Anyway, this is most urgent. Oak Lawn Library Friends has an important and urgent opportunity to make money, and you can help. Please drop what you are doing and visit this link: Building a Better Branch. With your generosity, we can earn as much as you can contribute, with a special limitation. You must do it on Wednesday, 20th May 2009. All the details are there. Please, please, please look at this right now, and make a note to visit and contribute on the 20th. Your contribution will confer membership in Dallas premier Library Friends organization, and will support the Oak Lawn community in what we know to be dire financial times.

 

Oak Lawn Library Friends
80th Anniversary Gala,
the saga continues!

From the President:

In 1929, the Dallas Public Library opened a branch in Oak Lawn with 1,000 books for children. The next year, books for adults were added. Since that time, Oak Lawn Library has moved a number of times and with each new location the branch has added more materials. 

Today, our branch continues to meet the needs of a very diverse neighborhood. We serve everyone with a wide collection of books, DVDs, CDs & audio books to name a few of the items in our branch. This year, we have added a monthly art show of local artists to add a new dimension to our service to the community. In October, we will begin showing movies at the library. 

On April 25, Oak Lawn Library Friends (OLLF) hosted a party to celebrate the 80th anniversary of Oak Lawn Library. It is the second oldest branch in Dallas. There was live music from the Booker T Washington string quartet, food, drinks, and a silent auction. All proceeds will be invested in further improving our branch.

I have only been using this branch since 1983, but I can see significant improvements in our library over those 26 years. Since OLLF have gotten involved in raising money and providing volunteer support, I think we have made our library even more inviting and more like a home than a public building. I look forward to making our branch even better in the decades to come. 

Stan Aten, President

Not quite Six Flags over Texas, but our Flag
has flown in Six Places over Oak Lawn!

Locations we have enjoyed

Locations' History

What the Friends Do

 

be sure to check for a complete calendar of events!

CALENDAR

 

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SUMMER HOURS START 25th MAY 2009!

Monday & Tuesday                                  9 - 8
Wednesday                                              9 - 6
Friday & Saturday                                    9 - 5
Thursday & Sunday                                closed!

(Children's Activities Continued from below)

In anticipation of Summer, Ray has been visiting the local schools and also conducting numerous tours of the Library. All schools (private, public and charter), daycares, child care agencies, and recreation centers will receive information about the Library, the Summer Reading Program, the various free activities offered, and information on how to get a Library card.

Inpatient Storytimes at Scottish Rite Hospital for Children are also continuing with WONDERFUL results. Oak Lawn Children’s Librarian Ray Sablack, along with Librarians from neighboring branches, visits Scottish Rite Hospital for Children once a month, reading to the in-patient children, passing out free gifts, or doing simple games and activities.

click here for a complete listing of children's events

Children's & Young Adult Readers

Summer is around the corner, and with it comes the annual Mayor’s Summer Reading Program! This year a wide variety of prizes will be available for children who sign up at the Library and read! Remember, the Summer Reading Program is FREE and open to ALL children through age 18. 

Summer also means FREE PROGRAMS all summer at Oak Lawn Library! Children’s Librarian Ray Sablack has a long and varied list of activities throughout the summer, including yoga, banking workshops, craft programs, clown visits, a trip through the Universe, and storytellers. Oak Lawn Library will also be hosting several programs with LIVE ANIMALS, including Miss Jo and The Creature Teacher.                    (more)

OLLF salutes our dedicated, professional staff, from left to right, Christina Worden, Manager; Karyn Drake, Assistant Manager; Lenora Stewart and Brittanie Heathington, Customer Service experts. Thanks, ladies!                       (home)

O, Volunteers - not O, Pioneers

The life blood of OLLF is volunteers. Those on our board spend many hours not only shelving books, but in creative thinking, raising funds for our branch.
 

Two board members have elected to resign, and their absence will be keenly felt. Helen Lansburgh has been here from the start, or very nearly so, and her gentle wit and thoughtful process have contributed greatly. 

Anna Urban came to the board later, and had great professional skills, which helped us a lot. Now these ladies are gone and there is a vacancy around the board table. 

If you are a member and have never come to the board meetings, please consider coming, for an inside look at all the ways in which OLLF supports Oak Lawn Library. 

One important volunteer opportunity coming up is: membership sales on Election Day, 9 May 2009. We staff a table in the lobby, selling calendars and memberships, soliciting contributions. 

Our precinct is politically active, and interest over the municipal elections is certain to bring a good turn-out. 

The very next weekend, 16th May 2009, is our annual staff appreciation brunch. Home-cooked food is coupled with a generous contribution from Kroger to make a super "thank you" for our hard-working staff, and an extra hand is always welcome!

Arts & Entertainment

The truth is out! Oak Lawn Library is developing a reputation as artist's Mecca in Dallas!!
 

We have an on-going artist rendering every month, most recently, Barbara Carr in March and Maria Ávalos in April, as well as a special program called Through the Eyes of our Children. 

Quite a number of photos were submitted to the newsletter, and sadly, there is not a good way to share them all. HOWEVER, go to our web-site, and there will be examples and galleries of each program. 

If you know of a budding artist, have them get hold of Christina Worden, and see when there's an opening for new art. 

Remember, this is free of charge, both exhibiting and viewing. Speaking of exhibition, have you ever wondered who does the display case in the front lobby? 

Answer: YOU - It doesn't matter if your topic is art, collectibles, or history, see Ray Sablack at the Reference Desk, and share your collection or interest with the community! 

 

 

Lastly, to appeal to the literary types, a plug for Writers' Garret, which has programs, holds classes, and sponsors workshops for those who write or would like to write. Give it a look! 

Further on the arts scene, a few words from our Branch Manager, Christina Worden:

The Red Brick Gallery
 at Oak Lawn Library

Everyone is invited to come to Oak Lawn Library to check out books, music CDs, and DVDs, as well as checking out the monthly art exhibits. Each month a different artist will display their works. The art is all wonderful and ranges in style, subject, technique and media from pop art to expressionism to realistic and more.

The Gallery is booked through September, 2009. In October, OLLF will sponsor the Fourth Annual Oak Lawn Library Art Show. I hope all will help get the word out that our branch is a showcase for art and place for artists to share their creativity with the community.

Library Display Case

Do you have a collection of some kind that you would like to display for library visitors to enjoy? Please consider bringing your salt shakers, handiwork, post card collection etc. to the library to place in the glassed in display case in the lobby.

Contact Ray Sablack on 214-670-1359 and book your display for a month.       (home)

April Showers bring May Flowers, June Humidity, & July Mosquitoes. Come inside and enjoy our gallery!

Elizabeth K Bogard will open a solo art show at Oak Lawn Library on Monday May 4th.

Bogard, a Texas artist, strives to express the unfathomable mystery of life in her work. Provocatively imbibed with mystery, the works reflect the artist's deep relationship with the subject.

She starting producing art after a career in corporate business. She is self-taught and also studies figure drawing and painting with various teachers.

Bogard creates in several styles, including abstract, non-representational, surreal, expressive, semi-abstract, and figurative. Starting out with drawings in charcoal and graphite, the artist quickly progressed to collage, mixed media and, finally, to painting.

This show is one of a series of monthly art shows featuring local artists sponsored by OLLF. This show will run thru the end of May.

 

Our Customer service is tops!
Requested anything lately? Dallas Public Library has made a change in how your requests are managed once they are received. All requested items are available for self-service pickup. What does this mean to the staff and customers? This new process allows for staff to provide a quicker, more efficient transaction from start to finish. And it means less wait time in line waiting to check out for all of our customers those with requests or not. This change has been well-received by customers and staff alike.               (home)

Parting is such sweet sorrow

I hate my font↑(Sterling). As we come to a wrap, here's links to more stuff:

Lakewood Library Friends News

Spring Photo Gallery - contains pix from March artist's showing, children's art exhibition, April artist's showing, and the 80th birthday celebration.

BTW - many grateful thanx to all who attended!

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