Fundraiser Update

 It seems like just yesterday we were at the beginning of 2021, yet here we are. January 4th of 2022 already.

Shelving Fundraiser Update

Our fundraiser is well on it's way! We are currently at $1025 of the needed $2000 for the first set of shelves. That is over half way, let's do this! We believe that our community will come together and get this taken care of.

As a reminder, the new shelving will allow us to move the Young Adult Books out of the Children's Room giving room for expansion there, plus because the shelves allow more books than the existing wooden shelves we will have additional room added with that as well. 

We can not wait to get this need met.

If you would like to donate to the library shelving or just to the library, you can stop by the library with cash or check. Town Hall will also accept donations for the library. 

We do have the option of making Memorial Donations in honor or memory of someone. Please contact the library for more information concerning this.

Booksale

Make sure to come by the library for our used book sale. All proceeds of the sale will go to the shelving fund. We will be putting hardback books out soon.

Genealogy and Local History Additions

 We would like to thank Mr. Thomas Forehand Jr. for his generous submission of essays written on the local history of Dickson County. Mr. Forehand also submitted census reports that pertain to our local area.

While these items are in house use only, the community is welcome to come and view the documents.

Census

• 1820 Dickson County Census
• 1840 Dickson County Census

Essays

• Naming of Burns, Tennessee, The
• 1892 Newspaper Wars, The
• Dickson's Early Names: The Sneedville/Smeedville Controversy
• Killing Giants! Charlotte High School's 1962 Baseball Team

Here at the Jennie Woodworth Library we would love to collect more local history for the community perusal. If you have essays, books, or collections that pertain to the history of the area please stop by or contact us to see if we are able to include it in the collection.

We believe here at JWL that we can always learn from the past. 

Fundraiser for New Shelves

 A sure sign that our little library is growing is the need for new shelves. 

We have tried to hold off as long as we could, but we can not wait anymore. We need to shift some books around and in order to do that we need to purchase at least one new section of shelving. With the costs of manufacturing prices going up, our goal is to cover one section of shelves to alleviate the immediate need even though we would love to be able to do two.

YA Section in Children's Room

Goal: $2000        

As of 12/1/2021, we have $750 towards the goal. We just need $1250 more.

The new shelving unit will allow us to move the Young Adult books out of the Children's Room and make more room for our growing selection in there. It will also bring the books meant for older teens and young adults into the main area of the library.

The new shelves will replace the Biography section and we will move those wooden shelves to the free-standing shelves. This will increase shelf space so that we not only move the Young Adult books out of the children's room but provide extra room all around.

How can you help? I am so glad you asked. 

• You can drop off a check at the Town Hall of White Bluff and mark it for Jennie Woodworth Library Shelves. 
• You can make a donation at the library, we can take cash or check. 
• You can support fundraising endeavors.

Can you help?

P.S. We would love to be able to purchase both sections of shelves to give room to grow! That goal would be a total of $4000.

October has left the building.

October has come and gone. This year really is going by rather quickly.

We are offering a DEAL on our book sale. $5 for a grocery bag full of paperback books. Proceeds will go to benefit the library. We will also be having a fundraiser coming up soon. Stay tuned for more information on that.

November is National Novel Writers Month

 

National Novel Writers Month, or nanowrimo, is the month of November.

Here at JWL we would love to say we were going to have organized days for people to come and "write-in" together. Unfortunately we do not want to put anybody at risk with the pandemic. 

However! We do have a selection of resources at the library that you can check out. These resources can help any writer, not just those doing Nano. Make sure to check them out when you stop by.

We also have a Facebook group for those that would like to join there.  The group is simply to connect writers to each other. We encourage getting to know each other. We hope to be able to organize some writing activities in the group as well. We can always go for some writing sprints, right?

For more information about what NaNoWriMo is, visit their website www.nanowrimo.org 

You can join our writing group at JWL writing group

Banned Books Week

 This week libraries across the United States are recognizing "Banned Books Week".

Banned books week began in the 1980s after the Supreme Court ruled that school officials cannot ban books from libraries because of content in the Island Trees School District v. Pico (1982) case. While this ruling has stood, there are still books that are challenged and banned. Even in the event of banned books, the majority are still widely available.

One might ask why a book would by challenged or banned. We do have freedom of speech , don't we? We do, but sometimes that freedom is challenged. This is why the American Libraries Association Office of Intellectual Freedom exists. On an individual basis there may be books that come into question on their content because of viewpoints and bias, with freedom of speech and intellectual freedom we must realize that everyone has a right to create content as well as the right to consume that content. 

There are many reasons that a book may be challenged. Often the reasons come down to viewpoint or changes in society. There are many books that are considered classics that have been put on the list because what was accepted when the book was written, is no longer accepted in society.  These topics are often religious point of view, racism, prejudice, violence, political point of view, language, sexual themes, and others.

Here at the Jennie Woodworth Library, our goal when we purchase books is to provide content for our community. We believe in intellectual freedom. Libraries are meant to be a place of knowledge and research with information from all points of view. We encourage our patrons and their families to use our online catalog to search for books they are interested in. We have added the subject "Banned and Challenged List" to the books we have that are on the lists. We know often when people are reminded about banned books that it peaks their curiosity.

You may view the entire Banned and Challenged Books List for 2020 here.

Wait? It is September already? -- August Stats

It is difficult to believe that it is September already (and a third of the way through!).

We started accepting applications for the Jennie’s Christmas Mercantile that will be December 11. You can get all the information at Jennie's Christmas Mercantile.  We do still have openings. To remind everyone that your application is only part of the process. Payment is required to confirm your spot. We are excited for the 2021 Christmas mercantile. We love seeing our community come together!

For August we welcomed 10 new patrons to our library. Those patrons are included in the 275 visits that we had through out the month. While our patrons explored our library, we had 239 items checked out. This included:

               Books                   152                      

               DVD                     19                        

               Computers            68                        

Aside from our community visiting us in person, we also have had visits to our website (www.JWLwhitebluff.com) and our catalog (cat.JWLwhitebluff.com).

               Catalog Visits     2478

               Website Visits    6048

*visits are just that, a visit to the web URL. 

 

July Statistics

 As back-to-school has arrived, we can look back at our July stats. We enjoyed seeing everyone!

We want to thank Ms. Melba for her patriotic story time, Santa & Ms. Claus stopping by while on vacation, State Naturalist Randy Hedgepath for coming by with snakes, and Ms. Jennifer for story time and a craft. 

          

We appreciate every single one of you for taking the time out of your day to be here.

For the month of July we welcomed 313 visitors in the library, 6618 visitors to our website, and 2013 used the catalog. We welcomed 17 new patrons and we added 95 items, 13 were new. 

Thank you for utilizing your community built and supported library.

The circulation numbers in July were as follows:

180 books were checked out.

29 DVDs were checked out.

1 CD-Book was checked out.

And the computers were used 52 times bringing our circulation total to 262.

Curbside Service

One of the amazing things that has come from the insanity in 2020 is businesses and such have made curb side service work.

While we have ALWAYS been glad to accommodate the needs of our patrons, we feel making it official is best.

How does it work? Pretty easily for our patrons that have their cards.

• Go to cat.jwlwhitebluff.com and sign in to your account using your library card number and pin.
• Browse the catalog and reserve the books/materials that you would like. We currently have a limit of 2 items.
• OR call us with your selections and we can take care of it that way also.
• We will call you or email you when your items are ready. We limit the hold for 5 days before returning them to shelves.
• When you arrive, you can either come in and get your items or call us and let us know you are here.
• Once you are finished with the items (14 day loan) you can drop them in the book return that is on the north side of the building (facing the fire hall)

Conditions of Curbside Checkout:

By using our curbside service, you the patron, acknowledge that you will abide by the Jennie Woodworth Library checkout agreement. Materials are checked out for 14 days at a time. If those materials are late they incur a $0.25 fine per item per day. Renewal after the item is late does not remove existing fine. In addition, in order to use our curbside service, your account must be in good standing.

In Memory of Mary E. Adcock

We are sadden with the news of our friend and patron Mrs. Mary Adcock having left this world. Mary loved our library and enjoyed coming here with her grand daughter.

We will miss you Mary.

A donation of books has been made in memory of Mary Adcock to our children's book section.

The following books were donated:

Grumpy Monkey by Suzanne Lang

Jim the chimpanzee is in a terrible mood for no good reason. His friends can't understand it--how can he be in a bad mood when it's SUCH a beautiful day? They have lots of suggestions for how to make him feel better. But Jim can't take all the advice...and has a BIT of a meltdown. Could it be that he just needs a day to feel grumpy?

Suzanne and Max Lang bring hilarity and levity to this very important lesson on emotional literacy, demonstrating to kids that they are allowed to feel their feelings.

Grumpy Monkey Party Time! by Suzanne Lang

Have you ever been a little anxious about going to a party? Jim Panzee feels that. Porcupine is having a big party, and according to Jim's best friend Norman, there will be--gulp--dancing. Jim can DEFINITELY not dance. When he tells his friends, they all try to teach him cool moves--surely that's the only reason Jim isn't excited about this party!

Now, their job complete, the other animals sweep Jim along, all the way to the dance floor. Jim is dipped, swayed, and twirled until he can't take it anymore--he just doesn't like to dance! When he lets everyone know, he's met with disbelief...until Water Buffalo reveals that he doesn't much care to dance, either. As more and more animals have the courage speak their truths, does this mean there's no place for them at this party?

In this hilarious sequel to GRUMPY MONKEY, kids will learn that it's okay not to go with the flow if they're uncomfortable, and that speaking up about what they need can help others speak up, too--and maybe they need the same thing!

The One and Only Sparkella by Channing Tatum

Ella is excited for her first day at a new school.

Glimmering pencil case? Check!

Shimmering backpack? Check!

Glittery ribbons in her hair? Check!

She can't wait to meet the other kids and share her sparkly personality. But her first day doesn't go quite as planned: Her new classmates don't like her disco-ball shoes, her PB&J-with-sprinkles sandwich, or her rainbow-y unicorn painting.

Ella decides to try to be less sparkly at school the next day so the other kids won't make fun of her. But with a little help from her dad, she soon learns the importance of just being herself, no matter what other people say.

June Circulation and Stats

 June was a big month for us. We are so glad to have been able to see so many of our community doing well. 

We have enjoyed doing our summer programs on Thursdays and have had good turn outs for each one. Many thanks to Kara at Spots Pots, Ranger Tim Wheatley with the Birds of Prey from Montgomery Bell State Park, State Naturalist Randy Hedgepath,  and World Renowned Harpist Carol McClure of the Harp School, Inc.

Please make sure to visit these amazing literacy and community supporters and say hi!

In the month of June we had 340 visitors in the library and 7458 website visitors while 2260 have used our online catalog. We welcomed 26 new patrons and added 28 new items.

Thank You for using your community library!

Also in the month of June our circulation numbers were as follows:

180 books were checked out,

26 DVDs were checked out,

and the computers were checked out 59 times bringing our circulation to a total of 265.

Atticus, the Wise Dragon

 On June 9, 2021 local artist, Dutch Bryant presented the Jennie Woodworth Library with a marvelous painting of the wise dragon, Atticus.

Atticus is a special dragon because he loves to read. He encourages others to be a "book dragon" as well.

Make sure to stop by and meet Atticus while you are checking out a book to read.

Thank you to the GFWC - Dickson County Women's Club

The GFWC Dickson County Woman's Club donated the lovely books seen in the picture to the left.

"Thank you so much! We can not wait to get these books on our shelves. We LOVE books on diversity!"

- Faith Johnson, JWL Director.

We believe that teaching diversity at a young age is necessary. These books along with others that have been added to our collection will help in doing that.

As always, the Jennie Woodworth Library greatly appreciates the kindness of our community and the community organizations. Our library has been built by our community and is supported by our community.

Thank You.

Lovely by Jess Hong -  Lovely explores a world of differences that all add up to the same thing: we are all lovely! That is the central message of author/illustrator Jess Hong's charmingly thoughtful and unfailingly entertaining picture book story for children ages 4 to 8.

This book can be found in the Easy section of our Children's Collection.

Do you have a library card with us? You can reserve this book now, online. Lovely by Jess Hong

People by Peter Spier - In this breathtaking tour around the world, young readers can pore over the many details that make each country and culture unique and special—illuminated by Spier’s detailed and witty illustrations of festivals and holidays, foods, religions, homes, pets, and clothing.

This book can be found in the Easy section of our Children's Collection.

Do you have a library card with us? You can reserve this book now, online. People by Peter Spier

It was May, our monthly information post.

The month of May seemed to fly by.

We welcomed 10 new patrons to our library. Through the course of the month, we had 227 visits from our community.  The online catalog (cat.jwlwhitebluff.com) had 2124 visitors while our main website, www.jwlwhitebluff.com had 8327 visitors.

Our circulation for May was the following:

109 Books were checked out.

11 DVDs were checked out.

The computers were checked out 49 times.

Through donations and purchases we were able to add 25 more resources to our catalog in the month of May.

Make sure to visit us this summer. Our Summer Reading Post has the event calendar of our summer programs.

Kick off the summer!

 Make sure to stop by JWL for your summer reading log. When you pick up the log you will also get a "I love to read" bracelet. The only restriction is you need to have a current library card in good standing.

The Summer Reading Log 2021 allows participants to track their reading over the summer. In addition on the back of the log, the summer activities are listed.

For those that complete their log and activities, they can enter to win a prize at the end of summer.

Don't let the summer slump affect your reading! We have added over 200 books into the children's room this last year. We are sure there will be something that your children will love to read.

And Parents! we also have bingo! Not just for the kiddos but for you too! We have three groups of bingo cards; littles, readers, and adults. For all the cards when you complete them you can get a prize plus enter to win a big prize at the end of summer.

Don't forget the activities on Thursdays as well. Our calendar is on the previous Summer Reading Post.

We can not wait to see you this summer!

Summer Reading at JWL

 We are so excited that we will be hosting Summer Reading Programs HERE at Jennie Woodworth Library.

We can not wait to see you this summer! We have a few events scheduled this year. Make sure to watch the times some are at 10:30 and others at 3:00.

In addition to the activity days on Thursday, we will also have Summer Reading Bingo!  Pick up your bingo card at the library and mark off the squares with the books that you read. Complete the card, get an incentive prize. Make sure you have your name and number on the completed card and enter to win a prize TBA. Kick off for Bingo is May 24.

For more information, please visit us at the Jennie Woodworth Library.

Also, we would love some volunteers to help with the programs. Please stop by or fill out our contact form on the bottom of the column on the right side of this page.

 

MAY 2021

MON	TUES	WED	THURS	FRI	SAT	SUN
24	25	26	27	28	29 11:00 am Chalk Day w/ Ms. Brenda	30

 

JUNE 2021

MON	TUES	WED	THURS	FRI	SAT	SUN
May 31 Library Closed for Memorial Day	1	2	3 3:00 pm Spots Pots	4	5	6
7	8	9	10  10:30 am Birds of Prey	11	12	13
14	15	16	17  10:30 am State Naturalist, Randy Hedgepath	18	19	20
21	22	23	24  3:00 pm Storytime w/ Ms. Jennifer	25	26	27
28	29	30

 

     

JULY 2021

MON	TUES	WED	THURS	FRI	SAT	SUN
			1  3:00 pm Storytime w/ Ms. Jennifer	2	3 Library Closed for the Fourth of July Holiday	4
5	6	7	8  3:00 pm Santa & Mrs. Claus	9	10	11
12	13	14	15  10:30 pm  State Naturalist, Randy Hedgepath	16	17	18
19	20	21	22  3:00 pm  Storytime w/ Ms. Jennifer	23	24	25
26	27	28	29	30	31