Our Busy Library Community

UPCOMING ACTIVITIES  

(Click LINKS at right for more info)

Countywide

   "Food for fines" week ends Saturday April 16^Th!

Atascadero and Nipomo

   Silent Auctions monthly at the libraries

Atascadero FOL

Saturday, April 30^th, 10:30 AM to 2:30 PM
   Central Coast Children's Classic, Portola Inn, Atascadero
   Tickets at the library, or call (805) 462-9221
Saturday, May 7^th, 10 AM to 2 PM
   Secret Gardens Tour, San Marcos Ridge, Atascadero
   Tickets at the library, or call (805) 461-1755

Cambria FOL

Friday, May 6, 4pm to 6:30pm
Saturday, May 7, 9am to 2pm
Book sale

Los Osos FOL

Saturday, April 23

   Easter Egg Hunt at the Community Center - Storytime provided by the library

Thursday, April 28

   Celebrate National Poetry Month with "Poets on the Edge" 

   Featured Poets at 6:30. Open Mic at 7:30.

Morro Bay FOL

Saturday, May 14

   Book Sale

Paso Robles

Wednesday, May 4, 3:00pm-6:00pm

    Entries due for BrushMarks juried art exhibit for North County Teens

    Winners will be displayed in the Library during May.

Literacy Council

Saturday June 4, 7pm

   Wine, Wit and Words: A FUNd-raising  Spellling Bee for Grown-Ups

   Monday Club, San Luis Obispo

Task Force Report

In case you've not yet seen the report of the joint Friends-Foundation-Literacy Task Force that met recently to tackle our collective response to the state's library budget crisis, here's a quick summary.  (Some of you saw the report at the March 29 Friends Presidents Council meeting, but several were not able to attend. I've also emailed it to all the Friends presidents and to the Literacy Council.)
    The Task Force (which included four FOL presidents/past presidents) came up with four key suggestions for collaboration among those of us in San Luis Obispo County who love our libraries:
    (1)  Mount a public relations campaign to promote libraries widely in the community.
    (2)  Select, from a proposed list, a few short "slogans" we can use to promote libraries. 
    (3)  Develop a program of "Information Literacy" as a vehicle to expand library outreach.
    (4)  Bring representatives from each Friends group and the Literacy Council onto the Foundation Board to facilitate greater collaboration.
    How can we work together to save our libraries?