CLOSING FOR NEW YEAR HOLIDAY

The Cimarron City Library will be closed Friday, January 1 and Saturday, January 2. Have a Happy New Year!

“Slightly Used” BOOK SALE

All books $.25, please stop by and check out our selection of adult and children’s titles!!

CIMARRON CITY LIBRARY RECEIVES FIVE STAR RATING FROM LIBRARY JOURNAL

The Cimarron City Library received a five-star rating from the Library Journal. The library was one of 200 libraries that reclaimed star status from the first star ratings issued in February. In that issue the CCL received a 4-Star Rating. The library score increased 128 points using the 2007 stats. Libraries are judged in five areas; circulation, visits, program attendance and public terminal use. The CCL increased in all areas.

“Star Libraries” isn’t about money per se, although the LJ Index divides libraries into categories by operating expenditure to compare like to like. It is about what libraries deliver to their users with the money they have, based not only on circulation and visits, two typically standard measurements, but on program attendance and public Internet computer use, two statistics that more clearly define libraries’ increasingly crucial role in their communities, especially in these tough economic times.The LJ Index of Public Library Service, sponsored by Baker & Taylor’s Bibliostat, recognizes libraries based on the levels of service they provide, but its relevance does not stop there. Library directors and trustees are studying their LJ Index scores and the four statistics on which it is based. In some cases, comparison against spending peers is helping to identify measures of service that decision-makers feel ought to be higher, and libraries are taking steps to expand their service capacity. In others, decisions are being made that will improve the accuracy and completeness of local data reports. And some libraries without a star library rating are using the index to improve their services and how they are measured as well to increase public awareness and financial support.

While no rating system can capture the true importance of libraries in today’s world, the people behind these statistics reveal why their facilities are stars.

2009 KANSAS AUTHOR’S CLUB COFFIN AWARD WINNER, EUNICE BOEVE TO VISIT LIBRARY IN JANUARY

Cimarron – Cimarron City Library will host 2009 Kansas Author’s Club Coffin Award Winner Eunice Boeve on Saturday, January 16 at 2PM.

 Boeve’s book, Ride a Shadowed Trail was honored at the 2009 Kansas Author’s Club Convention.

 “The winner was frankly unexpected (to me) because I generally would not chose to read this type novel, a wester. However, Eunice Boeve’s Ride a Shadowed Trail was captivating in both plot and character and did not take expected turns or easy endings. The characters grow and evolve and we see what happened in their lives to lead to theses changes. The covered time and changes that occur are real because they are believably foreshadowed.” Coffin Award Judge, Marlys Cervantes, Crowley College Humanities Dept Chairman said.

 The J. Donald Coffin Memorial Book Award was established by Mrs. Bertha Coffin to honor the memory of her husband, a long-time member and officer of KAC, after his death on September 6, 1978.

 RIDE A SHADOWED TRAIL

Joshua Ryder is eight-years-old and living with his Mexican mother in the seaport town of Indianola, Texas when she is murdered. Pete Waters an old ex-cowboy teaches him the cowboy trade, and gives him a colt he calls Shadow to raise on his own. The boy longs for to know about his white father, his “pa” as he likes to think of him,  but eleven years will pass before he learns the truth. Eleven years in which  his cowboy skills are tested, his heart opens to young love, he again knows sorrow, and finally meets the outlaw, Cole Slade, his mother’s killer.

 Books can be purchased to read for $15.47. Orders will be made the first part of December.  To order a book, or for more information contact the library at 620/855-3808 or cimarroncitylibrary@gmail.com.

Fall Newsletter

Fall 2009

Please click on the link for upcoming events at the library for the Fall of 2009. You can also pick a copy up at the Circulation Desk at the library!

Library Receives 4-Star Rating

For Release:                 

February 26, 2009            

 

For more information:

Janie Rutherford, 785.291.3230

 

Cimarron City Library receives four stars from Library Journal,

Kansas Ranks 3rd with 16 Star Libraries

 

Topeka:  Much like the Michelin star rating for restaurants, Library Journal recently bestowed five, four, and three star ratings on Kansas libraries based on real usage outcomes like circulation, visits, programming and internet terminal usage.  A total of 16 Kansas libraries were rated, allowing Kansas to claim the third highest spot in the country.  Only New York (1), and Ohio (2) had more libraries receiving stars, and Kansas tied with the state of California. 

 

The libraries were ranked using 2006* survey data collected by the State Library of Kansas for the National Center for Education Statistics, and processed through a new assessment tool for public libraries called the LJ Index.  The four categories used in the analysis included:

• The number of times an average individual visited the library
• The average number of items checked out by an individual
• The program attendance per person, and
• The number of times an average individual used a library

computer terminal.

 

Its not surprising that this announcement parallels the big picture that were already seeing in Kansas, explained Peter Haxton, State Data Center Coordinator.  Kansas has quality libraries, and because of that, Kansans use their libraries significantly.

Kansas has 327 public libraries, approximately one library for every 8,500 people. A library which excels in the LJ Index ratings is very likely to be headed in the direction of high service quality and overall exceptional library performance.

 

Five star ratings went to:  Ida Long Goodman Memorial Library, St. John; Elkhart/Morton County Library, Elkhart; Hays Public Library, Hays; and Meade Public Library, Meade.

 

Four star ratings went to: Cimarron City Library, Cimarron; Neodesha/W.A. Rankin Memorial Library, Neodesha; Seneca Free Library, Seneca; Fredonia Public Library, Fredonia; Coffey County Library, Burlington; and Johnson County Library, Overland Park.

     

Three star ratings went to: Belleville Public Library, Belleville; Plains Community Library, Plains; Ellinwood School Community Library, Ellinwood; Buhler Public Library, Buhler; Mound City/Linn County Dist. #4 Library, Mound City; and Marion City Library, Marion.

 

*2006 is the most current annual compilation of library data.

 

 

 

Sparkly Smiles

Please enjoy the pictures from Story Hour this week. We celebrated “National Children’s Dental Health Month.” Dr. Astleford from Dodge City donated toothbrushes, toothpaste and dental floss. We read a couple of books on brushing our teeth and then worked on brushing correctly. We had a great time!!

Inaugural Letter…

Today, Americans in all 50 states answered President-elect Obama’s call to service.

Thousands of people stood up to renew America together, doing everything from working in homeless shelters and mentoring young people, to assembling more than 80,000 care packages for our troops at a service event here in Washington, D.C.

Thank you for a great day of service.

Tomorrow, Barack Obama and Joe Biden will be sworn-in as President and Vice President of the United States.

You can watch the Swearing-In ceremony live on our website beginning at 11:00 a.m.

http://www.pic2009.org/live

In the evening, we will be throwing the first-ever Neighborhood Ball, a nationwide celebration of change — and you don’t have to be in the nation’s capital to join in the festivities.

ABC will broadcast the Washington, D.C. Neighborhood Ball beginning at 8:00 p.m. EST, and people at Neighborhood Balls across the country will be sending in photos and videos of their celebrations. Some may even be featured in the official Inaugural book.

I encourage you to share your own photos and stories:

http://www.pic2009.org/celebrate

You can also text OBAMA to 56333 for instructions on how to send in congratulation messages and pictures from your mobile phone.

This inauguration is more than just the beginning of a new administration. It is the beginning of a nationwide spirit of unity and service.

I hope you will stay involved in the effort to renew America together.

Thank you,

Emmett

Emmett S. Beliveau

Executive Director

Presidential Inaugural Committee