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Local Businesses Match Gates Foundation Grant Funds

• The library has received a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. This grant provides matching funds for public computing hardware in 2010 and 2011.    A big thank you to Shoreham Telephone and the First National Bank of Orwell, our local partners in this grant.  They stepped up and provided the local match money that allow us this once-in- a -lifetime opportunity.  Thank you!

Listen Up Vermont!

• We are pleased to offer this service to all our card-holders. You may now download audiobooks at no cost. Just go to Listen up Vermont and see how easy it is to burn a book to CD, download to an MP3 player, or listen straight through your computer. We currently have 1025 titles available and more are added every month.

FREE PASSES AVAILABLE TO CHECK OUT!

ECHO Pass - We have a family pass (up to 2 adults and 3 youth (up to 17)) to the ECHO museum in Burlington (www.echovermont.org) . You may check it out from the library all year round. With it, admission is only $2 per person. Lots of fun for the whole family for only a little bit of money.

!!NEW!! – Vermont State Historic Sites Pass – We have a pass good for a family or group of up to 8 people.  Check out which sites at (their site)

!!NEW!! -Vermont State Park Day Use Areas Pass - We have a pass good for up to 8 people in one car for day use areas.  Specific sites are listed at this site

Ways to Help Your Library

• We love volunteers, whether for an hour or for a regular commitment (see specifics below).
• If you donate your used clothing to Neat Repeats in the library’s name, the proceeds will benefit our operating fund, details to come soon.
• Buying from Amazon. com? Go to their site through the link page of this site and we benefit from your purchase.
• Participate in our First Reader program for best sellers, DVDs, and good books we’d like but are beyond our budget; see our National Library Week letter for more information about this program.

Volunteer helpers needed!

• Seeking volunteers to mind the desk, process books, check details on the computer, do word processing, do minor repairs around the building, or help to organize for book sales. YOU get to choose your chore and set your own hours. See Dianne for fuller volunteer job descriptions.

About the Library

The Platt Memorial Library is over 100 years old, but we are a very active portal to the world. The past five years have seen the programs and materials offered by the Platt Memorial Library expand greatly. Registered users, patron visits, and circulation numbers have all increased. The library’s location on the town green is an asset with the library being a focal point of the community. So when you are finished visiting our web site, come visit us at the library!