Carson City Library

Volunteer Joanne Kennedy sorts books at the new Friends of the Library Book Warehouse in North Carson City on Thursday afternoon. The new 1,300 square foot used book store will hold a grand opening this Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 2311 North Carson Street, between Denny's and Big O Tires. For more information, go to www.friendscclibrary.org.
Photo by Cathleen Allison/Nevada Photo Source

Friends of the Library book lovers will now have a larger place to buy books and the Carson City Chamber of Commerce plans to launch the opening with a ribbon cutting.

The board of the Carson City Convention and Visitors Bureau will meet today to discuss, among other things, hiring an interim executive director. The board began its search for the interim director after Candace Duncan retired in December.

Children and Family Counseling therapists Jeffrey Davis, MSW, LCSW and Kristopher Komarek, MSW, CSW-Intern, and will present a seminar “Our Shared Romance-What 2 Can Do” at the Carson City Library on Monday, Feb.11, at 6 p.m.

This program is the second in the Mental Wellness Series on Romantic Relationships for 2013. Active participation and interactive dialogue is encouraged. Refreshments will be served.

Carson City Library will present Dr. Gino Giudice Thursday, January 24th, at 6:00 p.m. in the library auditorium.
Explore the World at Your Library is a bimonthly program and hosts a series of presentations by people from other countries or by those who have traveled to far-away places.

Come to learn about where the forests meet the sea with: Dr. Gino Giudice at Carson City Library, 900 N Roop St. Carson City, NV 89701

Three free one- hour seminars on romantic relationships sponsored by the Carson City Library in cooperation with Children and Family Counseling, LLC. In this first seminar, remember back to how your relationship started. Rekindle your romance, visualize your dream of "Us" and fan the flames of love. For more information, contact 775-400-2996 or visit www.cficounseling.com

The Friends of the Carson City Library has a new location for book sales. It is at 2311 North Carson Street, just behind Denny's Restaurant. There is lots of parking off of Hot Springs both in front of the building and behind it. Having a "permanent" space for our sales means that we will be having a sale very month.
The hours for our first sale in February are:

— Thursday, Feb. 14th - 3 pm to 6 pm - preview for members only
— Friday and Saturday, Feb. 15 & 16 - 10 am to 4 pm for everybody

Go to www.friendscclibrary.org for information about the Friend of the Library and how to join.

Members of the Tintabulations Handbell Ensemble perform "Ringing in the Holidays" at the Carson City Library on Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012.
Photo by Cathleen Allison/Nevada Photo Source

Carson City Library has initiated a new library card status, Premiere, for users of the soon-to-be launched @ Two Digital Learning Center, located on the second floor of the library.

Carson City Library is an officially designated place in Carson City to drop-off holiday cheer, in the form of giving, to so many of our area residents in need of a little festive spirit and warmth.

The Business Branch of the Carson City Library at the Business Resource Innovation Center will be a Volunteer Income Tax Assistance site again for the upcoming tax season. The VITA program offers free preparation of federal and state income tax returns to low-to-moderate income families in Northern Nevada who cannot prepare their own return.

Carson City Library will host author L. S. Watson, Jr., Tuesday, Nov. 27, at 4 p.m., in the library’s auditorium. Watson will discuss his new book “Showdown in Six-Mile Canyon.” Copies of the book, about a Civil War veteran who settles in Virginia City in the 1880s, will be available for purchase.

Carson City Library will present Explore Mexico at Your Library on Thursday, November 15, at 6 p.m. in the library auditorium. Ria White will present this program as part of a bimonthly series of presentations by people from other countries or by those who have traveled to far-away places.

Ria, a Mexican-American and former Chicagoan, enjoys reading and world cultures. She will graciously present a brief history of Mexico and its cultural heritage.

Capital City Arts Initiative is proud to present the Nevada Neighbors public talk series. The talk will focus on contemporary German art by Brett Van Hoesen, Ph.D. An informal reception starts at 6:15pm, the talk will be at 7pm. The presentation and reception will be held at the Carson City Library, 900 N Roop St, Carson City NV and is free, and open to the public.

All cultures celebrate the dead as well as mourn them. And the first of November usually marks the Day of the Dead, also known as Dia de los Muertos. In Carson City there will be a multicultural celebration Saturday, November 10, to honor loved ones who have passed away with stories, crafts, songs and exhibits, colorful folklore dancers. The Day of the Dead, Dia de los Muertos event runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Nevada State Museum.

Library Habits, Library Innovations

While watching the Giants' baseball game last night, I searched for an alternative during a commercial break.

Tuning into the local public access station, I saw the Carson City Library Board meeting in progress. Perhaps what would be said could help clarify the debate about building a new library.

An issues and candidate forum hosted by the League of Women Voters will be at 6 p.m. tonight, Thursday, Oct. 18 at the Carson City Library Auditorium. There will be a presentation by candidates for Assembly District 40; candidates for the school board and a discussion on the merits of Nevada's Ballot Question 1 that, if passed, would change the state's constitution and allow the Legislature to bring itself into special session.

Let me start with a disclaimer. I am not against libraries. I have an entire room dedicated to my books. But I have not used a library since I was in graduate school, because everything I needed for work was on-line or in a bookstore, too new to have made it into a library, public or private.

This information is in response to several recent letters to the editor that have proposed the consolidation of libraries in Carson City. Our goal is to provide our community a better understanding of the types of libraries in Carson City. It is true there are libraries who serve the public in Carson City, but Carson City Library is the only “public library.” The other libraries are not “public libraries” and here is how they differ:

A unique arrangement between Carson City Library and Smith’s Food and Drug Center has opened a pathway between the library and local supermarket — literally. For many years staff and volunteers parked directly behind the back of the library. Alternative parking was considered when parking in the back lot was no longer an option.

Mike McCartney performs as Indiana Bones in a special storytime presentation Friday afternoon at the Carson City Library. His "Keeper of Legends" program features "adventurous stories of myths, lore, archeology and action."
Photo by Cathleen Allison/Nevada Photo Source

Local politics gets into full swing when the Carson City Chamber of Commerce will host its Soup's On Supervisor Candidate Forum on Tuesday, Oct. 23. Featured at the luncheon will be the contestants for the Carson City Supervisor Ward 2 race, Brad Bonkowski and Dennis Johnson and Ward 4 contestants incumbent Molly Walt and Jim Shirk. Questions will be fielded from the audience.

The forum will be at Gold Dust West, 2171 U.S. Highway 50 East in Carson City. The cost is $15 per person in advance and $20 at the door. RSVP by Oct. 19. Call (775) 882-1565. See the flier below.

Carson City Library Director Sara Jones was named the 2012 Nevada Library Association’s (NLA) Librarian of the Year at its 67th annual conference, held Oct. 4 & 5 at the Sahara West Library in Las Vegas. Jones joins the ranks of an elite group of librarians recognized for effective advancement and extension of library services; exemplary library management; notable activity in recruitment to the profession; statewide planning and for broadening the scope of library and information service to the community.

Carson City Library Director Sara Jones was named the 2012 Nevada Library Association’s (NLA) Librarian of the Year at its 67th annual conference, held Oct. 4 & 5 at the Sahara West Library in Las Vegas. Jones joins the ranks of an elite group of librarians recognized for effective advancement and extension of library services; exemplary library management; notable activity in recruitment to the profession; statewide planning and for broadening the scope of library and information service to the community.

Two candidate forums will take place in Carson City next week. Hosted by the League of Women Voters, the first is at 6:30 p.m. on Oct. 17 at the Carson City Community Center. The topics are Question 1, the proposed City Center project for downtown Carson City. Following the pros and cons discussion of Question 1 there will be a Board of Supervisors candidate presentation for the two seats.

Nevada Neighbors, the Capital City Arts Initiative’s ongoing series of illustrated public talks, will present a talk on contemporary painting by Cassandra Coblentz. Her talk, Conversations in Contemporary Painting, will take place on Wednesday, October 10 at 7pm at the Carson City Library, 900 N Roop Street, Carson City. Preceding her talk, there will be an informal reception for Ms. Coblentz at 6:15pm. The presentation and reception are free, and the public is cordially invited.

A “Yes” vote on CC-1 will increase our Carson City debt to over $250 million in dire economic times. For what? Another library at a total debt over $4,500 for every man, woman and child in Carson City! San Bernardino, which just went bankrupt, has one-third that per person debt! What’s the need?

We already have 31 libraries - four separate public libraries, libraries in each of the 12 public schools, three museum libraries, 11 private school libraries and the Business Resource Innovation Center library. The present

Children and Family Counseling therapists Jeffrey Davis, MSW, LCSW and Kristopher Komarek, MSW, CSW-Intern, and will present a workshop at the Carson City Library on Monday, October 8th, at 6:00 p.m. This program is the third in the Mind-Body Connection: Mental Wellness Series. The topic of the workshop will be “Am I My Parent Parenting My Child? Is This Good or Bad?” Active participation and interactive dialogue is encouraged. Refreshments will be served.