Food4Fines 2016!

Do you have library fines? Want to pay them off AND do a good deed?! Pay your fines from November 1 - November 18, 2016 with canned and dry goods to help those in need this holiday season! How do I do this, you ask? Easy! For every can or dry good you donate, you get $2 in fine forgiveness! Just bring the items to the Main Circulation desk, located at the entry to Bunch Library, talk to our friendly staff, and they'll remove your fines! All proceeds go to the Second Harvest Food Bank.

Wait! You don't know if you have fines? Click here to find out how to check your library account!

It's National Food Day!

October 24 is National Food Day! One of the goals for this day is to encourage people to "Eat Real." This means, cutting back on sugar, salty, fatty, and processed foods in favor of vegetables, fruits and whole grains! So to celebrate real food and learn more about it, how about watching, "Food, Inc"! You can find this DVD along with many others in the Documentary Section of the Popular Media Collection on the 3rd floor of Bunch Library!

Today is National Pumpkin Cheesecake Day!

Today is National Pumpkin Cheesecake Day! Have you every wondered why we only eat pumpkin flavored things in the fall or make Jack-O-Lanterns for Halloween? In Cindy Ott's e-book "Pumpkin: The Curious History of an American Icon" she tells the story of the pumpkin from the first Thanksgiving to current folklore. It's a tale of the power of change through ordinary things!

Today is National "Get Smart About Credit Day"!

Today is National "Get Smart About Credit Day"! What do you know about the history of credit cards? Check out this book by Matty Simmons, former VP of the First Credit Card Company, to find out more!

Did You Know: OneSearch Virtual Browse

Imagine searching the library shelves from the comfort of your own home. You can with the Virtual Browse feature in OneSearch! Go the to library website to search topics of interest by keywords in the blue OneSearch box. Then follow the directions found here to learn how to browse neighboring books about a topic!

Did You Know: OneSearch Citation Trails

Have you ever been working on a research project and tried to find the items cited within your current source? Sometimes that can present a real challenge! Does the library have it? Is there online access through a database? Maybe you want to know who has cited your current source in order to find more recent information? Now, there's a way to do that by using the library's OneSearch function! Click here to watch the instructional YouTube video. Then go to the library's website and search away!

Fuson Receives Deanna Nipp-Kientz Memorial Librarian Award

Courtney Fuson, librarian of electronic and educational resources at Bunch Library, recently received the Deanna Nipp-Kientz Memorial Award. This award is given to a librarian who has gone above and beyond in service for the Tennessee Library Consortium or Tenn-Share.

Tenn-Share President Laura Allison commented on Fuson’s commitment saying, “Courtney is currently one of the co-webmistresses for Tenn-Share. She has been involved with Tenn-Share since 2010, when she was the Learn & Discover chair, coordinating Tenn-Share’s online statewide training program for library staff.  She began serving as a co-webmistress in 2011.  She has served on several DataFest and Fall Conference committees as well. She has helped design and maintain Tenn-Share’s websites and social media presence, provided technical support and worked to help maintain Tenn-Share’s membership database. When asked to help with a task, Courtney is always willing and her knowledge and work ethic are exemplary. She truly epitomizes Deanna Nipp Kientz’s attitudes of service, hard work, and dedication to Tenn-Share.”

Tenn-Share was established in 1992 as a means of helping libraries deliver efficient, effective library services through resource sharing.

See the story on the Belmont News page.