Newsletter of the Timberland Regional Library District
“Make a Splash” — it’s
summer at the library!
Don’t miss out: the summer program
for youth of all ages, from birth to age
18 and their families is under way at all
27 Timberland Regional Library District
branches. And it’s free of
charge.
Children, teens and
parents—drop by any
Timberland library for
a packet of materials
including program
schedules, reading logs,
booklists, prizes, and more.
The theme this year is water, “Make a
Splash!” for children and “Make Waves
@ Your Library” for teens. Participate
in lively performances, informative
New research reinforces value of library
youth summer programs
The After-School Alliance’s May 2010
“America After 3PM Special Report
on Summer” supports what youth
librarians have always known. The
report states: “Research spanning 100
years shows that students typically
score lower on standardized tests at
the end of summer vacation than they
do on the same tests at the beginning
of the summer,” and “Three quarters
of America’s schoolchildren are not
participating in summer learning
programs. Despite a growing awareness
that summer learning loss is a major
contributor to the achievement gap
between low-income and high-income
TRL Board to discuss
presentations and hands-on activities.
Pick up an armload of books, movies,
music, and audio books (great for car
trips). Your librarians can guide
you to wonderful summer
reading, viewing and
listening.
All children and teens
who participate in the
summer program will
receive coupons for
free pizza and regional
attractions. Individual branches
also award a variety of prizes from
books to book lights and coupons for
local businesses. All prizes are donated
by Friends of the Library groups,
businesses, and other organizations.
youth, the number and percentage
of children participating in summer
enrichment programs is startlingly low.”
The Alliance defines summer learning
programs as “safe, structured programs
that provide a variety of activities
designed to encourage learning and
development in the summer months.”
Library summer reading programs fill
the bill and the library charges no fees
for participation.
The complete report can be accessed
at www.afterschoolalliance.org/
documents/Special_Report_on_
Summer_052510.pdf.
Summer 2010
next steps
in search for
Executive Director
The Timberland Regional Library
Board of Trustees announced at their
June 23 public meeting in Chehalis
that they offered the position of TRL
Executive Director to candidate
Leonard Hernandez, Library Director
for the City of Riverside, California.
Mr. Hernandez declined for personal
reasons.
The Board discusses its next steps
in the search for a new director on
Thursday, July 8 at 1 p.m. at the TRL
Administrative Service Center, 415
Tumwater Blvd. SW, Tumwater.
What you’ll find inside
Inside
• Great Reads
• Library staff offer help &
resources for hard times
• New & improved TRL website
• Find us on Facebook & Twitter
• Passport to Timberland, a
TRL Foundation activity
• Credit/debit cards accepted
for library fees
• Libraries have free Wi-Fi access
Back Cover
• Reference & Information services
• Reference databases:
Magazines & Newspapers
• Great Internet resources:
Consumer Information
 Children & Teens
The Incorrigible Children of
Ashton Place, Book 1:
The Mysterious Howling
Maryrose Wood
Found running wild in the forest,
the Incorrigibles are no ordinary
children. Luckily, Miss Penelope
Lumley is no ordinary governess.
Shark vs.Train
Chris Barton
In this wacky picture book, Shark
and Train egg each other on for one
competition after another, including
burping, bowling, Ping Pong, piano
playing, pie eating and more.
How to Clean a Hippopotamus
Steven Jenkins
Introduces unusual animal
partnerships, revealing the
connections between such animals
as crabs and iguanas, coyotes and
badgers, and ravens and wolves.
Ingri and Edgar Parin d’Aulaire’s
Book of Greek Myths
Ingri D’Aulaire
An introduction to the gods and
goddesses of ancient Greece.
Mockingjay
Suzanne Collins
Powerful and haunting final
installment of the groundbreaking
The Hunger Games trilogy.
Nonfiction
Medium Raw: A Bloody
Valentine to the World of Food
and the People Who Cook
Anthony Bourdain
The author of the best-selling Kitchen
Confidential explores how the
cooking world has changed in the
past ten years.
The Devil’s Rooming House
M. William Phelps
Profiles the owner of a rooming
house in Windsor, Connecticut,
who was accused of murdering two
husbands and 66 sickly “inmates”
between 1911 and her arrest 1916.
In hard times, people turn to their
libraries — you can turn to yours
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Staff brushed up on locating current
reported that in April 2010 unemployment information to help you:
was 9.5% nationally and 12% or higher in • Look for jobs
Grays Harbor, Pacific, and Lewis counties.
• Improve interviewing skills, prepare
Research conducted in January 2010 by résumés and cover letters
OCLC, a nonprofit library service and • Get an education or retrain for a new career
research organization, found: • Find scholarships and financial aid
• Every day 300,000 Americans get job- • Start or grow your own small business
seeking help at their public libraries.
• File for unemployment
• 2.8 million times a month people use
• Apply for housing and rental assistance
resources at public libraries to support
• Learn about bankruptcy and foreclosure
their small businesses.
• Every day 14,000 people attend free • Apply for temporary emergency services
library computer classes. for cash, food, bills, and medical needs
• Learn essential computer skills for
Opportunity for All, a major study by the
research, job searches and applications
University of Washington published this
• Learn how to get a free credit report and
spring, found that in the last 12 months:
how to understand and improve your
• 40% of library computer users (30 million
credit score
people) used library resources to help
address career and employment needs. Up-to-date books, pamphlets and Internet
• 42% (32.5 million people) used library resources on topics for hard times are
resources to help them with their available, many of them for checkout,
education and training needs. some to be used in the library only.
Libraries have also developed displays of
Your own public libraries — the libraries books, brochures and handouts.
in the Timberland Regional Library
District — offer help and information for Staff training and new library materials
job seekers, career changers, entrepreneurs, were made possible by a Renew Washington
and people in need of emergency services. grant from the Office of the Secretary of
Staff in every Timberland library have just State, Washington State Library. The grant
completed a refresher course to update their was funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates
knowledge of specialized local, regional, Foundation and the Institute of Museum
state and national resources that can help. and Library Services, a federal agency.
Coming soon: online credit and debit
card payments for fines & fees
In early July, payment by Visa and MasterCard credit and debit cards will be
available for library fees of $1.00 or more. Patrons will see an itemized list of
overdue fines and loss, damage, and other fees owed and will be able to select
fines to pay. Patrons will also be able to pay into a reserve account from which
they will be able to make fine and fee payments. Fines and fees cannot be
automatically deducted from the reserve account. Payments must be made from
a computer. Library staff are not set up to process credit and debit transactions.

For Southwest Washington staycationers
TRL Foundation launches summer Passport to Timberland
Which Timberland library was cut into
three sections and barged up a canal,
which has a drive up window, and which
are less than a mile from the beach?
The TRL Foundation invites you to
enjoy their new Passport to Timberland
this summer and to discover interesting
facts while visiting the 27 Timberland
libraries and local points of interest. You
can use your Passport to Timberland as
a guidebook to plan your ‘staycation’ as
you explore the recreation and beauty
of Southwest Washington, home of the
Timberland Regional Library system.
Ask for your free Passport at any
Timberland library (1 per customer,
supplies are limited). Each of the
Timberland libraries you visit this
summer will stamp your Passport with its
unique stamp. Stamps count for potential
Free wireless Internet service at Timberland libraries
Timberland Regional Library offers free wireless Internet access at all 27
libraries from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday. To learn what you
need to use your wireless equipment at the library, go to www.TRL.org and
mouse over Services for a link to detailed information.
Check out the new & improved TRL website
This May, TRL redesigned its website
at www.TRL.org. The new design is
visually appealing and provides simpler
ways to locate information. Examples of
new and improved features:
• Access to the library catalog and your
account from every page
• A choice of text sizes
• A “How do I” feature with simple
answers to common questions
• An updated map of library locations,
including kiosks
• Links to TRL’s Facebook, Twitter and
Flickr sites
prizes! Prizes are based on the number
of libraries visited. Prize categories:
children up to 12, youth 13–17, and adults
18 and older. The drawing will be held
and winners notified on September 30.
Local businesses and organizations are
providing all of the prizes.
For complete rules and lots more
information, including a list of
prizes, visit the Foundation website
at www.trlfoundation.org. Also on
the website are updates from sponsors,
bicycling routes and audio downloads.
Learn about the important mission of the
TRLF to add value to the libraries and
communities it serves.
The Timberland Regional Library
Foundation is a tax-exempt non-profit
corporation under section 501(c)(3) of the
Internal Revenue code.
• Links to the Kids and Teens pages from
all pages
• A new Birth to 5 page focusing on early
learning, home activities, and literacy
adventures
• Site search and site map
Find us on Facebook and Twitter
Follow TRL’s Facebook and Twitter
pages by visiting the TRL website at
www.TRL.org and clicking on the
icons. Check out the library’s Flickr
account, too, for photos of the 27
Timberland libraries and some of their
exciting programs.
Geek Dad: Awesomely Geeky
Projects and Activities for Dads
and Kids to Share
Ken Denmead
Cool kid projects that use technology.
Inside the Outbreaks
Mark Pendergrast
A history of the elite medical corps
at the forefront of the world’s most
dangerous epidemics.
Record Store Days: From Vinyl
to Digital and Back Again
Gary Calamar
A loving look at the stores that have
enthralled music lovers, providing
a glimpse into what makes a great
record store.
Fiction
The Particular Sadness of
Lemon Cake
Aimee Bender
As Rose bites into her mother’s
homemade lemon-chocolate cake,
she discovers a magical gift: she can
taste her mother’s emotions. Now
food is a peril and a threat.
The Passage
Justin Cronin
A security breach at a secret U.S.
military facility unleashes the
monstrous product of a chilling
experiment. The world is forever
altered for the stunned survivors.
Tinkers
Paul Harding
Winner of the 2010 Pulitzer Prize
for Fiction, this work about a dying
man’s legacy pays homage to love,
loss, and the fierce beauty of nature.
Matterhorn:
A Novel of the Vietnam War
Karl A. Marlantes
Praised as one of the most
outstanding novels concerning the
Vietnam War. The author served as a
much-decorated Marine in Vietnam.
Selected by Timberland
Regional Library selectors
  Jackie Marquardt
  Kim Storbeck
  Jean Padovan
 Reference Databases
Magazines & Newspapers
What do you want to know?
For a comprehensive survey of a current
topic, whether you’re still figuring out
which direction to go in your investigations
or have an exact topic in mind, nothing
beats the array of magazine and newspaper
databases available.
Search in one, several or all of them:
• navigate to www.TRL.org
• Go to the Research dropdown
• Select Reference Databases
• Click on Magazines & Newspapers from
the Subject List of Databases and choose
the database you want to search.
Or
Click on Search several databases
at once, then Search by subject,
then Magazines & Newspapers.
At this point, you can choose to search
all the magazine databases at once or a
selection of your choice.
The results include the full text of articles
and article summaries.
Today’s Library Editor
Leanne Ingle
Timberland Regional Library
Communications Department
About the Library’s Reference Databases
Timberland Regional Library subscribes
to online reference databases to provide
current, reliable resources for personal,
academic, business and professional
research. Regularly updated and
checked for accuracy, they include full-
text magazine and newspaper articles,
directories, auto repair manuals, practice
tests, photographs, maps and information
on a variety of subjects.
All databases are available on library
computers. Most are also accessible from
home with your library card number.
Internet Picks from your Librarians
Consumer Info
Be a wise consumer and save yourself
time, woe and unnecessary expenses.
At www.TRL.org, go to the Research
dropdown and select Internet
Resources. Under the Subject
Categories list choose Consumer
Information. There you’ll find dozens
of web links to the following:
TRL Internet Resources are free websites selected by TRL Reference staff to
meet the interests of Timberland patrons.
Ask a Librarian!
Central Reference Service
librarians are here to help.
Reference & Information
704-INFO (4636)
Outside the Olympia area:
1-800-562-6022
www.TRL.org
Central Reference hours*
Monday 10 a.m.–7 p.m.
Tuesday 10 a.m.–7 p.m.
Wednesday 10 a.m.–7 p.m.
Thursday 10 a.m.–7 p.m.
Friday 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
Saturday 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
*Except holidays
• Buyers Guides & Price Comparisons
• Charities
• Homes & Apartments
• Personal Finance & Insurance
• Product Safety &
Consumer Awareness
• Travel
Happy — and cautious — shopping!

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