Job Vacancy
Youth Services Coordinator
The Ruth Hughes Memorial District Library is looking for an upbeat, energetic, and enthusiastic person to become our new full-time Youth Services Coordinator.
Evening and weekend hours are required. Applications are due by Friday, August 13, 2010. Applicants who are interviewed will be required to present a 5-10 minute example of a story time program.
Job Vacancy
Library Page
The Ruth Hughes Memorial District Library is looking to hire a library page. Job duties will include shelving materials, reading shelves, and helping with special projects.
Applicants must be at least 14 years old and have completed junior high school. This is a part-time position, requiring 15 hours of work per week. The position is open until filled, but priority will be given to applicants who turn in their cover letter and application by Friday, August 6, 2010.
Cutting Edge
Wednesday, July 14th & July 28th, 2010
R U Ready 2 discover your skills and land the job that so many others want? U need the Cutting Edge 2 succeed. Cindy Bullen from Michigan Thumbworks will be at the library to help you find jobs for tomorrow. Call Cindy @ 810 705-0103 to register for the Wednesday, July 14th class at 3 pm or the Wednesday, July 27th, at 2pm or 4 pm. These classes are designed for the youth looking for jobs, but all are welcome. Call Cindy to register today.
Summer Reading for all ages
Sign-up starts Monday, June 21st
Make a Splash is for kids ages 0 - 11, Make Waves at your library is for teens ages 12 - 17, and Water your Mind is for adults ages 18 and up. Join in the fun with special programs, crafts, and storytimes. Kids need to have read a library book before signing up.
Park & Read
Enjoy a great book in the great outdoors!
The Ruth Hughes Memorial District Library is proud to be participating in the Park & Read Program, sponsored by the Library of Michigan and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment. Library cardholders can "check out" a one-day pass into any Michigan state park or recreation area in lieu of the resident daily motor vehicle permit. If you want to take a library book along, 71 of the state parks have hammocks that are available.
Passes are valid for seven days from checkout and are for day-use only.
Call the library at 810-724-8043 or 810-724-2007 if you have any questions, or go to the DNRE's web site for more information!
Dive into Saving for College
Starts June 1st - ends August 13th, 2010
The Library of Michigan Foundation, the Michigan Education Savings Program, and the Michigan Education Trust are pleased to announce the 3rd annual Summer Reading Program Sweepstakes. Dive into Saving for College is a chance to win cash towards college and money for your library, too. Parents can fill out the postage-paid entry card at your library and drop it in the mail. Children must be under age 13 to participate and one entry per child. There are six $1,500 grand prizes for a parent of a participating child and six $1,000 library prizes. For every 30 minutes of reading time, the child will receive a instant win sticker. The child or parent can then go online to the website www.misaves.com/library and enter the magic code to find out if the child is an instant winner of a $10 Meijer Gift card.
Online Information
Are you trying to do research but don't want to rely on some random web site? Why not take a look at our list of databases? We have lots of information...health and medicine, car repair, what to read and much, much more. Our Gale Virtual Reference Collection has almost 400 books that would normally only be available on the library shelf, but you can get them right online! It's the best information your tax dollars have already paid for!
Library Catalog
Click here to search the catalog, access your record, and place holds on books from home using ValCat.