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Upcoming Programs
Saturday,
May 12th at noon: Book Sale - Sale
continues during regular library hours and closes Saturday, May 26th at
5pm. Preview Sale for Friends of the Library
Members is Saturday, May 12 from 10am to 12pm. Open to the
general public, book sellers, and vendors starting at 12pm. You can
become a member of The Friends of the Friendswood Public Library for as
low as $5. For a membership form please ask at the circulation desk.
Monday,
May 21st at 10:30am eReaders
& eBooks Thinking about purchasing an eReader for
Summer reading? Come get some hands-on experience with the library's
Kindle and Nook devices. Already have a Kindle or other eReader, Android
or Apple tablet, smartphone, or MP3 player? Come learn how to download
free eBooks and eAudiobooks from the library's OverDrive subscription.
Come to any one of the scheduled training sessions.
Wednesday,
May 30th at 7pm Sole-Surviving
Airmen, Dan Illerich, will tell his story from Judith Heimann's book The
Airmen and the Headhunters. Dan was also featured in the PBS
Documentary The Airmen and the Headhunters. Dan Illerich lives in
Friendswood, Texas with his wife Mary. He is the last surviving Airmen
in The Airmen and the Headhunters story. He provides the only first hand
testimony of the American Airmens’ experiences with the Dayak tribes
in Borneo. Of the ten men in the B-24 bomber crew shot down by the
Japanese in November 1944, seven survived the parachute from the plane.
Dan tells their story.
Saturday, June 2nd from 10am - 12pm Texas Reading
Club Kickoff:
Register for the Texas Reading Club. Balloons, Face Painting, Crafts.
Ages: Birth - 18 years.
See Children's
Schedule
Tuesday,
June 12th at 7pm Book
Club with A
Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick. Book
Club meets the 2nd Tuesday each month at 7:00 p.m. Refreshments are provided.
The
library has several copies of the book. Click on the book title to access the library’s online catalog
and place a request for the book.
Wednesday,
June 13th at 7pm
Pele
of Polynesia Dance Group: In celebration of Asian-Pacific
American Heritage Month, Pele of Polynesia Dance Group will feature
traditional dances from Tahiti, Samoa, New Zealand, Fiji, and
Hawai'i.
Thursday,
June 14th at 6:30pm Computer Class: Microsoft
Word See
Computer Class schedule
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Thursday 10:00 - 9:00
Friday 10:00 - 6:00
Saturday 10:00 - 6:00
Friendswood Public Library Long Range Strategic Plan:
Approved by Library Board on 11/22/2011
Planning
Committee Categorization of Notes
Library
Questionnaire Results
Friendswood Public Library Long Range Strategic Plan
with Staff Activities
Proposed
Service Changes for the Library
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