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Tigard Reads • Saturday, Jan. 30-Sunday, Feb. 28
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Tigard Reads, the Library’s month-long community reading program, has something for everyone. The focus this year is on the Great Depression and Dust Bowl era. With books for all ages, families and adult readers can learn about and discuss this pivotal time in our history. Read the books. Discuss the books. Learn about our past to help create a better future. Learn about the books and see the full list of events or pick up a flier at the Library.
Some highlights:
 Tigard Reads Kickoff—Saturday, Jan. 30, 1-2:30 p.m., All ages
Listen to The Wanderers perform Woody Guthrie songs. Join in a community sing-along of “This Land Is Your Land” and sample party snacks from the 1930s. Pick up complimentary copies of the selected books while supplies last, courtesy of the Friends of the Tigard Library.
American Folk Crafts---Saturday, Feb. 6, 1:30-2:30 p.m., Ages 5 and up, Puett Room
Children can create a piece of Americana like tambourines and wall ornaments made from salt dough.
Dance Off Depression---Friday, Feb. 19, 5-8 p.m., Ages 11-Adult
Learn the dances of the 1930s like the Lindy Hop and the Foxtrot. Then it’s Ladies’ Choice at our Sadie Hawkins Dance.
Movies, movies, movies—From Hollywood’s treatment of Steinbeck novels The Grapes of Wrath and Of Mice and Men to movies for kids like ”Kit Kittredge: An American Girl” to films set in the Depression like “Sullivan’s Travels” and “O Brother, Where Art Thou?,” spend an afternoon at the Library’s “cinema” and escape into the past.
Can’t make it to one of the book discussion groups? Join us online and share your thoughts.
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Great Depression Oral History Project • Saturdays, Feb. 6, 13, 20, 27 • Local History Room
Did you grow up during the Great Depression? Your memories and experiences could help make the era come alive for others. As part of Tigard Reads, the Library would like to video-record your story. You will receive a copy of your interview to share with family and friends, and it will become part of the Library’s permanent collection. Interviews will last about 45 minutes. Please call ahead to schedule a time. Call 503-684-6537 and ask for extension 2517.
Genealogy Workshop • Thursday, Feb. 4 • 4-7 p.m. • Technology Room
 Learn how to explore your family roots using AncestryPlus and Heritage Quest, two genealogy databases available at the Library. Volunteers from the Tualatin Family History Center will be on hand to help with your research. Come for the entire workshop or just drop in for hands-on research assistance.
Super Bowl XLIV Party • Sunday, Feb. 7 • 3-7 p.m. • All ages
 Are you ready for some football? Watch the broadcast of Super Bowl XLIV on the Library's big screen in an alcohol-free environment. Test your Super Bowl smarts with a Trivia Challenge. The winner and two runners-up will receive gift certificates from a local sporting goods store.
Information for Seniors: Medicare Part D • Wednesday, Feb. 17 • 2:30-4 p.m. • Library Conference Room
Joyce Castelano, a volunteer from SHIBA (Senior Health Benefits Assistance), will explain the procedure for signing up for Medicare Part D, possible pitfalls and how to benefit the most from this program. SHIBA is affiliated with the Washington County Department of Disability, Aging and Veteran’s Services.
ALL PROGRAMS WILL BE HELD IN THE COMMUNITY ROOM UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.
Reading Room
Want to learn more about the Great Depression?
(Reviews by Bookletters)
Adults
 The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl by Timothy Egan
Following a dozen families and their communities through the rise and fall of the region, Egan tells of their desperate attempts to carry on through blinding black dust blizzards, crop failure, and the death of loved ones in the darkest years of the Depression…More
Also explore the bibliographies in the Tigard Reads fliers available at the Library.
The Tortilla Curtain by T.C. Boyle
Dancing in the Dark: A Cultural History of the Great Depression by Morris Dickstein
Teens
 Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan
For the first 12 years of her life, Esperanza Ortega is pampered by servants and sheltered by her doting parents on their ranch in Aguascalientes, Mexico. But a sudden tragedy shatters that world of wealth and privilege. Homeless and destitute, she and her mother emigrate to California to work in the fields and start a new life…More
Get historical with these titles:
Brother Can You Spare a Dime? by Milton Meltzer
Life During the Dust Bowl by Diane Yancey
Kids
 Dust for Dinner by Ann Warren Turner. Jake narrates the story of his family's life in the Oklahoma dust bowl and the journey from their ravaged farm to California during the Great Depression…More
Looking at the 1930s through someone else’s eyes:
The Dust Bowl Through the Lens: How Photography Revealed and Helped Remedy a National Disaster by Martin W. Sandler
The Great Depression by Elaine Landau
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Become a “Survey-er!”
Every February, the Library conducts a patron satisfaction survey. It's our annual reality check. We ask you how we're doing and what we can do better. We also ask about your interest in new features or services. It's your turn to talk and our turn to listen.
Because of past surveys, we enhanced our children's weekend programming, opened additional hours, began notifying you by email when your reserved items arrive and recently created a special section where you can pick up your reserved books instead of waiting in line. “Books & Bits” was hatched because of your survey feedback.
You can take the survey many ways.
• Just click here.
• In February Cityscape, Tigard's city newsletter
• In the Library from Sunday, Jan. 31 through Saturday, Feb. 13 either
» on paper
» on the Library’s Internet computers
» on a computer dedicated to the survey only.
Comments about Books & Bits? Contact paula@tigard-or.gov.
Nuts & Bolts
A Tale of Tales
Have you ever wondered about the journey a new book takes between the time it is ordered and when you curl up with it on the couch? Welcome to Technical Services where that journey begins. Behind the scenes, dedicated staff and volunteers prepare new materials to enter the Library's collection.
The staff orders new items. Once delivered, they are unpacked and sorted. Some items arrive "pre-processed," which means they already have covers, labels etc. Others require some TLC as volunteers and staff dress them with covers, labels, barcodes and more before they trek toward their new shelf life. DVDs, CDs and audio books are a little more "high maintenance." They require cases and additional labeling.
Next, they get their identity. They are cataloged and entered into the Washington County catalog, where you can search for and reserve them. Many catalog records already have been created when the items arrive. Technical Services staff creates the others. Each item gets a final quality control check before it's ready to jump into your book bag.
Then a new shipment arrives and the process begins again. Last year, Technical Services staff received, processed and cataloged over 38,000 new items.
Plugged In
Hoovervilles? Tin Lizzies? Apple Annies?
If Tigard Reads has prompted you to learn more about the Great Depression, consider exploring our online resources. From figures of speech to inaugural speeches to encyclopedias of fashion and leisure, you can dig deeper into the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl without leaving your house. All you need is your library card number. Check these out:
American Decades
American Decades Primary Sources
American Inaugurals
Biography Resource Center
Bowling, Beatniks, and Bell-Bottoms: Pop Culture of 20th-Century America
Dictionary of American History
Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion
Encyclopedia of Recreation and Leisure in America
p4A Antiques Reference
U.S. History Collection
U.S. Immigration and Migration Reference Library
Voluntary Commitment
Tigard Reads Takes Teamwork
If you participate in Tigard Reads and receive a free book, a volunteer placed the label in it. On Saturday, Jan. 30, at the Tigard Reads kick-off event, volunteers will greet you, serve you refreshments, gather statistics and help clean up.
The Library hosts dozens of programs each month and volunteers help make it all happen. Crafty people help prepare for children's programs, cutting out hundreds of hearts, shamrocks, pumpkins or snowmen as the seasons change.
Setting up the Community Room for game nights means moving all the chairs to make room for the fun and then putting them all back. The time and energy volunteers contribute allow staff to focus on creating all these fun programs.
If you'd like to be a part of the team of helping heroes, contact Trish Stormont, Volunteer Coordinator to find out about the next New Volunteer Orientation at 503-718-2516 or trish@tigard-or.gov.
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