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Annual Spring Meeting	Book Donations	Clock Restoration
New Circulation Desk	Sign-up for Friends Newsletter	Summer Book Sale

Thanks to everyone who helped make the Friends of the
Library Summer Book Sale a huge success.
Both the Friends and the Library need time to regroup
so we will NOT be accepting book donations until the fall.

Annual Summer Book Sale

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Manchester Library News' Friends Book Sale photoset

Guidelines for Book Donations to the Friends Book Sale

We gratefully accept: fiction, non-fiction, classics, paperbacks

Sorry we do not accept: magazines, newspapers, condensed books, text books, encyclopedias.

Please call the Library before bringing in more than 2 bags or boxes of books. 978-526-7711

Other suggestions for donating books:

	Hands Across the Water, Inc; Jane Miller, PO Box 1567, Manchester, MA 01944-0864; 781-438-4051; e-mail - info at readingtree.org; http://www.surplusbooksforcharity.org/
	Collaborative Education with South Africans; Prof. Julius Wayne Dudley fax (978) 542-6336.
	Essex County Facility and Sheriff's Headquarters Shirley Raynard (978) 750-1900 ext.3516
	Goodwill Industries 888-828-4483

If you wish to have a book evaluated or appraised, we suggest you contact a book dealer.

Mark H. Stolle
Manchester-by-the-Book
27 Union Street
Manchester, MA 01944
978-525-2929

Kenneth Gloss
Brattle Book Shop
9 West Street
Boston, MA 02111
1-800-447-9595
Fax: 617-338-1467

The Friends of the Manchester Library is run entirely by volunteers. The Friends raise money to support the library through membership, memorial gifts, and book sales. All donations are tax deductible. Donations can be made in person at the library or mailed to the Friends, PO Box 652, Manchester, MA 01944.

Membership
Student/Senior	$5.00
Individual	$10.00
Family	$25.00
Sponsor	$50.00
Patron	$100.00

Volunteer Opportunities

Book Sale: sorting books on occasion through year

Book Sale: selling on day of sale

Baking for Friends functions

Executive Board: a two year commitment

Executive Board-2009-2010
Mary Lumsden	Co-President
Cathy Vouwie	Co-President
Andie O'Neill	Vice-President
Anne Walker	Secretary
Mike Morss	Treasurer

Board Members-2009-2010
Paul Clark	Stephanie Nasson
M.G. Foster	Catherine Steinhoff
Joan McDonald	Martha Wales

Ongoing Programs and Services Sponsored by the Friends

Annual Spring Meeting with Guest Speaker

Summer Book Sale

Ongoing Book Sale: cart located at library front door

Museum Pass program and On-line Reservation Service

Library Programs and refreshments

Lease of photocopier/printer

Leased audiobook collection

Overdrive downloadable audiobooks

Support of Legislative Breakfast

Microfilming the Cricket

Library stepstools in Reference Room and benches in Children's Room.

Library Holiday Decorations and Staff Gifts

Clock Restoration Fund Drive

The Friends of the Library raised $10,000.00 in 2001 to restore the original, Hotchkiss designed clock. The clock was custom made by the Seth Thomas Clock Company of Connecticut. The clock is powered by hand-wound weights, and relies on electricity only for illumination of its face. The restoration was completed by the firm of Mitchell and Bosworth in Concord, New Hampshire.

New Circulation Hall 2006

The Manchester-by-the-Sea Public Library has remodeled its Circulation Hall thanks to the generous donation of the late Mary Deland de Beaumont, a resident of Manchester who had been a long-time library volunteer. A design committee representing the Library Trustees, the Friends of the Library, and the Library Director helped the architect firm of Adams & Smith (Swampscott, MA) plan the renovation. The library was designed by Charles F. McKim in 1886 and the circulation hall was originally a Civil War Memorial. Frank Adams and Richard Smith created a modern circulation hall which emphasizes the historic elements of the room, eight marble plaques, Tiffany stained glass window, and large Sevres vase. Tucker Library Interiors of Manchester, NH, built the custom desk and bookshelves. The countertop is Vermont mottled purple slate, which blends well with the brick interior of the room. This project is the first major change to the library’s interior since the Children’s Room was added in 1965.

Friends Annual Meeting - Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Friend Bonnie Crane with Andre Dubus

Andre Dubus III

Mr. Dubus is best known for his novel House of Sand and Fog, which has been published in 25 countries and is now a motion picture starring Ben Kingsley and Jennifer Connelly. The book was a fiction finalist for the National Book Award, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the L. L. Winship/PEN New England Award, Booksense Book of the year…and was an Oprah Book Club Selection and #1 New York Times Bestseller.

Andre Dubus is also the author of a collection of short fiction, The Cage Keeper and Other Stories, and the novels Bluesman, and The Garden of Last Days, which was published in June, 2008. He has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship as well as other awards and prizes.