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CUBBERLEY
USED BOOK SALES
Saturday,
October 8
10 am - 4 pm
Main Room opens at 11 am
Sunday,
October 9
1 pm - 4 pm
Main Book Room Sale
In our main room, prices are way below what used book stores charge.
Paperbacks are 50 cents and up, and hardcovers are $1.00 and up. Numbered
tickets for the main room are given out beginning at 8 am on Saturday.
These reserve your place in the line that forms before the 11 am opening.
Each person may pick up one or two tickets.
Children's Books in K6
Room K6 in the K wing (see
map) is entirely filled with children's books
and toys. You'll find picture books,
school age fiction, award winners, non-English titles, and books for parents and teachers,
many for under $1. This room and the bargain room open at 10 am, an
hour later than last month.
Bargain Books in K7
Next door in K7 is the bargain room, where paperbacks
are 50 cents, hardcovers
are $1.00, and children's books are just 25 cents each. Pay just half of that in the bargain room after 12:30 pm on
Saturday and all day on Sunday. On Sunday, you can also buy grocery
bags in the bargain room for $5 and fill them with books.
Featured subjects for October:
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Asian Language
Christmas/Hanukkah Gifts
The Civil War
French Novels (en français)
History
Political
Science
Science Fiction (lots!)
Anthony Trollope
And much, much more!
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4000 Middlefield Road
Palo Alto
Near the northwest end of the Cubberley Community Center
Room
locations
More
information on the sales
Donate
your old books
All proceeds go to help Palo Alto libraries.
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Children's Library
Update |
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| The Children's Library is now scheduled to close in mid-December so that
its renovation and expansion can begin. A number of events at the
library will be held around this time. |
Columbus Day Holiday |
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The library will be closed on Monday, October 10 for the Columbus Day Holiday. |
Find
It! Faster at the Library |
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Until recently, you had to search among the many online resources at the Palo
Alto library separately, which was time-consuming. Now, most of these
databases can be searched simultaneously using the
Find It!
page, covering:
- The library's regular catalog
- Palo Alto City Newspaper Index
- Biography Resource Center
- Business & Company Resource Center
- Curriculum Resource Center
- Electric Library
- Health & Wellness Resource Center
- InfoTrac OneFile
- Literature Resource Center (LitRC)
- ProQuest Historical New York Times
- Student General Resource Center Gold
- World Book Online
For example, a single search for "arthritis" finds 49 books in the
library on the topic, 46 mentions in the Health & Wellness Resource Center,
14,308 references to journal and newspaper articles in InfoTrac's OneFile,
55 items in the World Book Online encyclopedia, and even a reference to a
1991 Palo Alto Times Tribune article. You can further restrict your
search by date and to only full-text and/or peer-reviewed articles.
More information. |
Suggestions? |
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| We're always eager to hear your suggestions for ways to
improve our book sale. Please email them to us at suggestions@friendspaloaltolib.org
or mention them to a volunteer at the sale. |
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| Annual Meeting Features Google Talk |
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 Learn
more about Google searching at the Friends of the Palo Alto Library
annual meeting on October 27, 2005. Special guests from Google, Inc.
will demonstrate ways to use Google search, including many special
techniques to help find the precise information you need. There will be
time for questions and answers.
The meeting begins at 7:30 pm at the Palo Alto Art Center Auditorium at 1313 Newell Road (next
to the Main Library). It is free and open to the public, and
refreshments will be served.
Our election of
directors and officers for our organization will also take place at the
meeting. The Board and its
Nominating Committee have nominated Wendy Akers-Ghose, Betsy Allyn, Jeff
Levinsky, Marty Paddock, Martha Schmidt, Barbara Silberling,
and Bob Otnes for additional terms as directors. Margarita Quihuis and
Tom Wyman are being nominated to fill the seats of
retiring directors John Burt and Patricia Sohl. Nominees for officers
are Jeff Levinsky for President, Martha Schmidt as Vice President, Margarita Quihuis
as Secretary, Bob Moss as Treasurer, and Bob Otnes as Assistant Treasurer. |
Another Peek at our Bookshelves |
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Here again are preview pictures of some of what's on our shelves. We've
organized the pictures by categories, since a number of people asked for that
last time. Click
here to
see the pictures and get a head start on your shopping at this
weekend's sale. |
Furthest Customer Contest Continues |
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 Our
September "furthest" customer came from more than 350 miles away.
She's Jill Gold, a life member of ours originally named Jill Johnson.
She graduated from Cubberley High School in 1979 and moved to Altadena,
which is near Pasadena. Jill leads an interesting life as the stage
manager for the touring company of the musical
Wicked, a prequel to
The Wizard of Oz. Last month, Jill found herself last back in Palo
Alto and (natch) came to our booksale, thus winning her family a $25 gift
certificate at Hobee's restaurant.
We're giving away another $25
Hobee's certificate this month to the customer who comes from furthest away.
To be eligible, you must live at least 200 miles from Palo Alto and have
arrived in Palo Alto on October 1st or later. Please bring your
driver's license or equivalent ID as proof of your current residence.
Show these where you pick up your tickets at the Main booksale room between
8 and 10:30 am on the Saturday of the sale. The judges' decision is
final.
We want to
again thank
Hobee's for their
generous support of our booksale. They offer breakfast, lunch, and dinner at
several nearby locations, including one about a mile from our
sale. |
City Council Candidates Give Views on Library |
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In just one month, voters will choose five of the nine seats on the Palo
Alto City Council. Since the Council sets the library budget and
policies, we asked the ten candidates for their views on the library, its
budget, expanding the Mitchell Park library, and the space reduction at the
Downtown branch. Some brief quotes:
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Peter Drekmeier |
I would support a new library bond measure to raise revenue for
library improvements. |
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Victor Frost |
the librarys are clost to my hart, this is my home town. |
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Karen Holman |
First of all, I support the branch library system. |
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Yoriko Kishimoto |
Need to develop better inter-library loan system with
neighboring cities, Stanford, and/or County so we can all have a
broader, deeper collection at less cost. |
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Larry Klein |
My over-riding concern is that we get to an action
plan that will work to improve our libraries. |
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Danielle Martell |
We should all have neighborhood libraries within walking distance. |
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Jack Morton |
It is timely to go back to the voters for a smaller bond measure to
rebuild the Mitchell Park Library and Community Center |
Read
their full responses on our website. |
Funds Offered to Help Library Space
Crunch |
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| The Friends of the Palo Alto Library recently offered the City of Palo
Alto $100,000 to be used for a modular building to provide more space for
the library, during the two-year closure of the Children's Library and
possibly longer. The building would have meant more space for children's
services during the closure and also have prevented the Downtown Library
from losing space. The Friends originally suggested using a modular
building back in February and indicated then it was interested in providing
funding. We are disappointed that the City opted to not consider the
offer, although four council members did vote to do so. If you would
like more information, please contact Ellen Wyman, Immediate Past President,
at 325-9483. |
Bags for Books |
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Thank you to all who bring spare grocery bags to the booksale. Please
hand these to the volunteers at the door as you enter. |
Marty Party |
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 All of our volunteers who work so hard were celebrated at a party last
weekend outside the College Terrace Library.  Marty Paddock, who has
managed the booksale now for five years, was the special honoree.
Marty has endless patience and endurance to assemble our vast team of
volunteers and keep the sale humming along.
In her honor, the
Booksale Singers performed the following song: |
Workin' for the Li-berry
Lyrics by Jenise Fuess
To the tune of Doin' What Comes Natur'lly
by Irving Berlin
Verse 1
We've come here from far and near to raise a cheer for Marty,
She's a true celebrity, workin' fer the li-berry -
Workin' fer the li-berry.
She mastered Russian, raised four kids, earned a degree from Stanford.
Now no place she'd rather be than workin' fer the li-berry -
Workin' fer the li-berry.
She loves modern fiction and detective lore
and at "Texas Hold 'em Poker" she's superior.
For London drama off she gallivants
In her brighty colored Indonesian pants - Oh, those brilliant pants!
Marty's fancy pants.
A doting mom and grandma, she's often out her door;
First stop is San Francisco and then on to Singapore.
She's a sea of energy who never seems to tire.
We believe the secret's she loves workin' fer the li-berry -
Workin' fer the li-berry.
Verse 2
One of a kind, she masterminds our book sale operation,
The whole she-bang, from A to Z, workin' fer the li-berry -
Workin' fer the li-berry.
Marty ran the caravan that brought us here from Terman,
Planned it all efficiently, workin' fer the li-berry -
Workin' fer the li-berry.
She supervised packing and the moving vans,
Put quake-proof bookshelves in the building plans.
When rain came in she quickly found some pails
And flashlights for buyers when the power failed! - Yes the power failed.
Sale Day and the power out!
The folk in Palo Alto bring books of ev'ry size,
Then buy somebody else's in this fruitful enterprise.
Books and curiosities are always game for Marty.
Anything but pure debris - she markets for the li-berry.
All out for the li-berry!
Verse 3
Her impish grin is genuine, there's nobody quite like her.
Folks enjoy her repartee, workin' fer the li-berry -
Workin' fer the li-berry.
Our monthly take is truly great, and here's how Marty does it:
Grapes and drinks and biscotti on sale days at the li-berry.
Marty and her biscotti!
She's run the bus'ness now for five good years
With a hundred thirty faithful volunteers,
Who sort, price, carry, shelve and then cashier.
The money's doubled since she started here. We know who to thank!
Next, she'll break the bank!
A fine administrator, she lets us have our say.
We heed her sacred motto: "Don't throw anything away!"
We agree that for Marty, the sky's too low a limit.
We just hope she'll always be - workin' fer the li-berry;
The Palo Alto Librrrrrrrrrary!
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