��� HLAG NEWS 34
Highgate Library� 1 Shepherd�s Hill, London N6 ( 020 8348-3443 )
NEW OPENING HOURS
Monday� to Friday9-7,
Saturday 9-5
Sylvester Ajogakue has been appointed Librarian-in-Charge at Highgate and Adam Wyman is Library Assistant. They have already come up with plenty of new ideas which they want to share with users.� New labelling is already in place, some necessary weeding� (to make room for all the new books!) is underway, and books will be sorted into categories again, so that those looking for the newest thriller �or cookbook �or travel guide -- will be able to go to a key spot at once to find it. Computer training has started too!
Sylvester wants everyone to know that income for the library is directly related to issues (books taken out), library membership, and� our special needs. Percentages�which are related to other libraries-- need to keep raising as they have been doing ever since we re-opened.� Put the Action into your membership! We need all of you to tell everyone about the new opening hours and all the other things that are happening� and.....
TAKE OUT as many books as you can (8
at any one time on your ticket) and remember to RENEW BY PHONE as that will equal another issue of your book.� Also, the more books that are taken out, the
more room there is on the shelves.
BRING IN any books you think might
be interesting �this will boost our book stock at no cost!� (And if it is a duplicate it will go into the
HLAG booksale box.)
INTRODUCE FRIENDS and new neighbours to the library.� We will soon have snazzy leaflets for you to pass out which will promote our hours, our stock, our special events.
REMEMBER BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES by donating a book to the library (with a special bookplate to go inside naming the special person honoured).� This is a new idea for us which has been successful elsewhere, but is new to Haringey.
HLAG donated �500 worth of books to the library in
June � chosen carefully from reviews and recommendations of readers. Look
for them on the shelves. We will continue to do this, so do not hesitate to
ask for what you want!
The Junior Library has also benefited from HLAG funds,
with a bumper crop of books from an bi-annual sale of review books by Armadillo editor Mary Hoffman. (Armadillo is a small magazine which offers
excellent reviews of children�s books and is well worth subscribing to for
only �7.50 per year.� See Susan� Chinn for details and keep abreast of the newest
and best in literature for children plus interviews and articles with and
about your favourite authors.)
Many mothers have requested a StoryTime for toddlers, and this will be started very soon.� Sylvester and Adam would like to know what days and times you would prefer, and if anyone would like to take part on a regular or spasmodic basis !
The start of Storytime will be simple, and can develop as it goes along. It will be held in the turret corner �keep watch for ;notices.
The Walltop Booksale was held over the Bank Holiday
and raised �35, but the stall at the Highgate Festival in Pond Square netted
�177 in one sunny and busy afternoon. Thanks to all who took a turn behind
the barricades.
An unexpected bonus to the day was being located under
a shady tree and next to the Friends of Highgate Library in Chester Road �(the
Other Highgate Library). We enjoyed meeting them and hope to exchange news
and visits in the future.
We have now recycled all those old left-over books (veterans of several years) to local charity shops and plan to START A NEW STOCK, so please think of us when clearing your shelves.
New members Monica Williams and Isabel Stokes were welcomed to the last meeting of the HLAG committee� and were immediately involved in discussions about increasing use of the library and whether or not there is a Latin translation of the new Harry Potter (* yes! due in July) . We are glad to have their expertise in bookselling and librarianship on the committee.
The Centenary Projects -- the History of the Library and the Quilt are in the last stages of production.� Watch for announcements.
This
year the membership figures have fallen behind the fine record of last year
� mainly because YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN to renew!! If this raises a guilty blush,
solve the problem by sending your donation� today (or bringing it in to the library when
you take out your 8 books.)
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