Satilla Regional Library System Fall Newsletter

Satilla Regional Library System

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Fall 2024

Fall Programming

We are offering Story Times, Lego Hour, Gaming Time, and Movie Matinees (At all libraries). Our Fall Programming will last through mid-December.

Ambrose:

Movie Matinee - Mondays at 3:30PM

Story Time - Tuesdays at 3:30PM

Lego Hour : Wednesdays at 3:30PM

Gaming Time- Thursdays at 3:30 PM

Broxton:

Lego Hour - Mondays at 3:30 PM

Gaming Time - Tuesdays at 3:30 PM

Movie Matinee - Wednesdays at 3:30 PM

Story Time - Thursdays at 3:30 PM

Douglas:

Lego Hour - Mondays at 3:30 PM

Gaming Time - Tuesdays at 3:30 PM

Story Times - Wednesdays at 3:30 PM

Movie Matinee - Saturdays at 11:30 AM

Nicholls:

Gaming Time - Mondays at 3:30 PM

Lego Hour - Tuesdays at 3:30 PM

Story Times - Wednesdays at 3:30 PM

Movie Matinee - Thursday at 3:30 PM

Pearson:

Lego Hour Mondays at 3:30 PM

Gaming Time Tuesdays at 3:30 PM

Story Times Thursdays at 3:30 PM

Movie Matinee Saturdays at 11:30 AM

Willacoochee:

Lego Hour Mondays at 3:30PM

Story Times - Tuesdays at 3:30 PM

Gaming Time - Wednesdays at 3:30 PM

Movie Matinee - Thursday at 3:30 PM

*Note (Lego Hour is a time that children can come and do Lego builds and have camaraderie with other children. All of our libraries have a Lego set, and books that give ideas about Lego builds.)

Mark your calendars for our Fall Library Art Show Reception that will be held at the Douglas-Coffee County Library on Friday, October 4th from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm. There will be light refreshments served at the reception, and a lot of fine art to enjoy! The Wiregrass Artists Guild and local students will be the featured artists.

The Fall Library Art Show will be available for viewing on Friday, October 4th, at the reception, and on Saturday, October 5th the hours for the art show on Saturday will be when the Douglas-Coffee County Library is open to the public.

We have very talented artists in our area and we are very thankful for them sharing their talents with us. You do not want to miss the opportunity to check out their artwork. There will be a variety of artwork, such as painting, photography, and mixed media formats.

On Saturday, October 5th be sure to stop by and visit all of the vendors at the Gopher Tortoise Festival. The Fall Library Art Show will be available for viewing, and the library will have a booth. Come visit our booth and spin the wheel for a prize, and learn about our programs and services.

Jazz: Live @ Your Library! Saturday, September 14th @ 4PM in the Douglas - Coffee County Library we will have our first jazz performance for you. We are pleased to have Glenn Wilson, and Rory Stuart (https://glennandrory.com/) coming to our library.

Discover The Palace Project App at Satilla Regional Library System

Satilla Regional Library System is thrilled to introduce our latest digital offering, The Palace Project app! With this app, you instantly gain free access to thousands of ebooks and audiobooks right at your fingertips. Enjoy a vast collection of high-quality content anytime, anywhere. Perfect for avid readers, casual browsers, and book clubs, The Palace Project app launches with a broad range of interesting titles including fiction, nonfiction, young adult, children's books, bestsellers, classics, and content in 29 languages.

The Palace Project app is easy to use and can be accessed with your library card number and PIN. With a streamlined interface, finding something great to read or listen to has never been easier. There is always something available to checkout in Palace. Available now for both Apple and Android phones & tablets, download The Palace Project app from your app store today and start exploring!

App store links:

Google Play Store Link (Click Here)

Apple App Store Link (Click Here)

LOTE4Kids is our new online database of digital books in World Languages that allows children to enjoy the magic of books in LOTE (Languages Other Than English). Each book also comes with English translations to help kids learn new languages. LOTE4Kids has over 2,000 digital picture books in 50+ languages, from Spanish to Sign Language and French, Mandarin, Hindi and Bengali, Korean, German, Ukrainian, Arabic and so much more. New books and languages are released each month!

Access it from this link: https://srlsys.org/your-library-on-the-go-ebooks/

Or you can download the app: https://lote4kids.com/app-download/

ABCMouse Home Access, gives you can access to ABCMouse at home using your valid Satilla Regional Library card.

https://srlsys.org/abcmouse/

ABCmouse Home Access – The award-winning ABCmouse curriculum is designed to help young children (ages 2-8+) build a strong foundation for future academic success. ABCmouse is 100% educational, with more than 10,000 learning activities (books, puzzles, educational games, art activities, songs, etc.) across all major subject areas: reading, math, science, social studies, art, and music—including more than 1,200 of those learning activities in Spanish. Best of all, kids just love it! (From Age of Learning, Inc.)

Brainfuse HelpNow provides online tutoring for students in grades K-12 and adult learners. Students communicate with live tutors using an interactive whiteboard to chat, write, draw, copy/paste text or images and graph homework problems. All live sessions are saved and can be replayed as well as shared with friends and teachers by email. Live tutors are available every day from 2 PM – 11 PM. *Note: You will need to use your Satilla Regional Library card and PIN to access.

The Brainfuse HelpNow app is available on iOS and Android devices.

Brainfuse HelpNow Highlights:

Writing Lab: upload a document and get feedback within one business day
SkillSurfer: test prep & skill-building
Live Chess Tutoring: Listed under Expert Help.
Send Question: ask the tutors for help outside of tutoring hours — get a reply within one business day
Language Lab: live practice for learning Spanish
Español: tutoring in Spanish for many subjects

https://srlsys.org/homework-help/

*Note: You will need to use your Satilla Regional Library card and PIN to access.

• Online, on-demand connections with fully-vetted and qualified expert tutors and career coaches.

About Brainfuse JobNow:

Resume Builder:

Featuring our Resume Lab, our Resume Builder provides

the resources you need to craft a winning resume.

Ace the Interview:

Featuring our LIVE Interview Coach service, this section

provides resources to help you prepare for your interview.

Career Resources:

Informative, easy-to-use, and free Internet resources

for job seekers; including personality and career assessments.

https://srlsys.org/homework-help/

*Note: You will need to use your Satilla Regional Library card and PIN to access.

• Online, on-demand connections with fully-vetted and qualified expert tutors and career coaches.

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24/7 Electronic Resources

Your Library on the Go!

We have collected all of our electronic resources into a single landing page, so that you can access all of the eBooks in one place. We have our eBooks, eAudiobooks, eMagazines and eMovies and eMusic linked from our new Your Library on the Go! page.

Tumble Book Library

Tumblebooks is a curated collection of children’s e-books, with over 1,400 titles for grades K-6, and this includes animated talking picture books, read-along chapter books, National Geographic videos, non-fiction books, as well as books in Spanish and French.

Through Georgia Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, Georgia Public Library Service provides library services for those who are blind or whose physical abilities require the use of books and magazines in audio format or in braille.

https://georgialibraries.org/gls-qa

#GeorgiaLibraries

eRead Kids: Build confidence and reading skills, and have fun with eRead Kids, a new digital library available through all public libraries in the state. Young readers have access to almost 15,000 electronic and audiobooks. This free collection of ebooks and audiobooks is for kids in pre-K to fourth grade.