Summer Reading

I don’t know about you, but one of my favorite summer activities is reading – and it appears that I am not alone -

Summer is winding down and I am thrilled to report that it has been a TERRIFIC summer for reading in Huntington Beach. Over 5,314 children and over 400 Teens all participated in our summer reading programs. Not to be left out, we had 580 adults reading through the summer.

We averaged 1,700 children’s books checked out EVERYDAY during summer reading. That’s pretty amazing.

Congratulations to all the participants – you are all winners because of your reading!

Get your Geek on!

What do you Geek?

I love the new Library Advocacy/Public Awareness campaign that was just launched this summer in Georgia and Iowa – the website is http://www.geekthelibrary.org/

People can log on and tell others what they “Geek” and find out how the Library can help them “Get their Geek on”.

Sponsored by OCLC (the Online Computer Library Center), the new Geek the Library campaign is partially supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, to help develop an effective public awareness campaign for all libraries.

Libraries are amazing places, where your Inner Geek can break free and shine – we just need to get the word out about the wonderful things @ your library.

So, what do you Geek? I'd love to hear...