What a Success!

Our thanks to the Consumer Involvement Committee (CIC) for hosting the Talking about Talking Books Program as a part of its annual meeting on October 7, 1999. Melissa Barnard, a contemporary fiction reviewer from Lansing’s Capital Area District Library, was delightful as she gave brief, engaging summaries of each book! Committee members and guests enjoyed a host of delectable goodies, including mini-quiches, chicken fingers, fiesta dip and those unforgettable desserts! Attendees were able to take home book selections at the end of evening or place orders for sending the materials in the future. The list of books discussed during the program follows (we still have copies available for circulation):

Focus on Holiday Closing

Our office will be closed on the following days:

Focus on American Printing House Magazine Renewals

If you subscribe to Reader’s Digest or Newsweek magazines, which are recorded on cassette, look for the annual renewal notice to mailed to your home from the American Printing House (APH). Please return the notice to APH if you want to continue your subscription. If you do not return the notice your subscription will be cancelled. You will have to wait up to eight weeks after notifying our office before your magazine is renewed by APH.

Library of Michigan, Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped

Call: 517-373-5614

Toll-Free: 1-800-992-9012

Internet: http://michigan.gov/hal/0,1607,7-160-17449_18641---,00.html

Eligibility: Anyone unable to hold or read regular printed materials may receive this free service.

Services:

• Recorded books: records, and cassettes
• Books in Braille
• Described videotapes

Materials:

• Fiction and nonfiction
• Adult and children's books
• General interest magazines

Gifts and Bequests:

• May be sent to the Library of Michigan Foundation