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Holiday Closures
All locations will close by 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, November 26. All locations will be closed Thursday, November 27 and Friday, November 28th for the Thanksgiving holiday.
Project Bookshelf at Anoka County Library
Donations to Project Bookshelf will be accepted at all Anoka County Library and Columbia Heights Public Library locations throughout the entire month of November. Project Bookshelf has been an annual library project since the 1980’s.
Sharing the fun and magic of books and reading with needy children in Anoka County can be a great way to celebrate the winter holidays! Your donations of new, unwrapped books for children and young adults should be brought to any Anoka County Library, the Anoka County History Center or the Columbia Heights Public Library from November 1 through November 30.
927 books were donated last year but the need is increasing. Owning books can help a child learn to enjoy reading and find success later in life! Help make this possible by participating in Project Bookshelf. Books collected will be given to Anoka County food shelves, including ACBC, CEAP, Centennial Community Food Shelf, NACE and SACA for distribution to kids in need.
For further information about Project Bookshelf visit your local Anoka County Library or call Ava Larsen at 763-567-4695.
Authors Ellen Hart and Lorna Landvik at Anoka County Library
Ellen Hart Lorna Landvik
Friends of the Anoka County Library announce two special programs featuring beloved Minnesota authors Ellen Hart and Lorna Landvik. Both women and their work are well known, Hart for her mysteries featuring Jane Lawless and Sophie Greenway and Landvik for her novels filled with vivid and sometimes quirky characters. Both women will entertain audiences with stories about their writing careers and their characters!
The programs will take place on two Saturdays in November. Ellen Hart will speak at 1:30 pm on Saturday, November 1 at the Northtown Library in Blaine. Lorna Landvik will speak at 1:30 pm on Saturday, November 22 at the Rum River Library in Anoka.
Ellen Hart is the author of twenty four crime novels in two different series. Her latest novel, Sweet Poison, the sixteenth Jane Lawless mystery, is to be released in November. Hart is a three-time winner of the Minnesota Book Award and a five-time winner of the Lambda Literary Award.
Lorna Landvik, a Minnesota native, is well known for several novels, beginning with Patty Jane’s House of Curl. Her career has included stand-up comedy, acting and speed typing. Landvik’s latest book is View From Mount Joy, a finalist for the 2008 Minnesota Book Award.
The programs are free and all are invited! J. O’Donoghue Books of Anoka will offer books for sale.
These programs are supported by the Minnesota Book Awards through a grant from the Minnesota Department of Education – State Library Services and the Minnesota Library Foundation. The Minnesota Book Awards is a project of The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library, in partnership with the Saint Paul Public Library and the Office of the St. Paul Mayor. For more information on the Minnesota Book Awards, visit www.thefriends.org.
Friends of the Anoka County Library support the library’s mission by providing a variety of programming opportunities. The Friends welcome new members! More information about the Friends may be found here.
Friends of Library Present Gift
Friends of the Anoka County Library recently presented a check for $3500 to library director Marlene Moulton Janssen. The funds will be used to purchase more of the popular Book Club in a Bag kits, sponsor Spanish Storytimes at the Rum River Library, print the annual Teen Bookmark Design Contest winner and to purchase materials for the Library.
Doug Zbikowski, newly elected president of the Friends Board of Directors, said, “We’re pleased to support the Library’s mission in this way and we know that library users will benefit from our gift. This $3500 check is our largest gift to date and we’re excited about making much larger gifts in the future!” Library Director Marlene Moulton Janssen acknowledged the gift by saying, “The continued support of the Friends means so much to us! The Friend’s work on behalf of the library is encouraging and I look forward to a long and successful partnership with the Friends! ”
Friends of the Anoka County Library have received a Minnesota Book Awards Author Funding Grant. The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library sponsor the grant program as a way to encourage author programs in Minnesota libraries. The Friends plan two fall programs featuring authors whose works were nominated for or won Minnesota Book Awards.
Recently elected to the Friends Board of Directors were: Karla Gedell, Kim Halberg, Bob Overturf, Diane Racette and Doug Zbikowski. Continuing on the Board are Nancee Halling, Kari Lohse, Betsy O’Berry, Len Powell, Dennis Shanley and Chris Wysocki. The Friends Board meets monthly at a variety of Anoka County Library locations. For more information about the library or the Friends please visit the Friends Page of our website.
For more information please contact
Mary Caven at 763-785-3695 ext. 315
Friends President Doug Zbikowski presents check to Library Director Marlene Moulton Janssen.
Internet classes for adults
Adults can learn to use the Internet at several branches of the Anoka County library. Taught by librarians, the one-hour private classes give participants a basic introduction to the Internet.
There is no charge for the classes, but pre-registration is required.
Call the individual branch libraries listed below for specific class times or for more information.
Centennial 763-717-3294
Crooked Lake 763-576-5972
Mississippi 763-571-1934
Rum River 763-576-4695