Donations at all Branches are temporarily suspended. To support Friends of the Library, Montgomery County, donations can be dropped off at Rockville Bookstore (4886 Boiling Brook Parkway, Rockville). Learn more at: https://www.folmc.org/bookstores/
Marta McDowell
Emily Dickinson’s Gardening Life
Friday, March 19, 11AM-12
Author Marta McDowell of the New York Botanical Garden speaks about the other side of poet Emily Dickinson’s life—her love of gardening.
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Meeting ID: 912 3384 4734
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All of the authors FOL-Potomac recently sponsored have informative websites with blogs, newsletters and other information supplementing their talks—see links below:
TIMOTHY BOYCE www.timboyce.com
From Day to Day: One Man’s Diary of Survival in Nazi Concentration Camps
RALPH BUGLASS www.peerlessrockville.org
Images of America: Rockville
MICHAEL DOBBS www.michaeldobbsbooks.com
The Unwanted: America, Auschwitz, and a Village Caught in Between
JENNIFER RYAN www.jenniferryanauthor.com
The Spies of Shilling Lane
DOUGLAS TALLAMY www.homegrownnationalpark.com
Nature’s Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation That Starts in Your Yard
YouTube link:
Douglas Tallamy Nature’s Best Hope
Local resources:
(Following Tallamy’s talk viewers were able to ask questions and make comments. Danielle Deaver, Librarian II, Adult Services, Potomac Library and host of our Zoom talks, reviewed the responses and very kindly compiled this list.)
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Dear Library Customers –
We are very pleased to let you know that MCPL (Montgomery County Public Libraries) will be resuming some services from our branches effective June 29.
We plan to open book drops at all of our branches on Monday June 29, so that you may return all of our materials you have been taking care of for us since March, with the exception of Go!Kits, items from the Library of Things Music, laptops, and hotspots. We are not quite ready to take those back in yet. If you are still not comfortable visiting a library book drop, don’t worry – fines are still suspended at this time. We will also reinstate phone service at all of our branches, with the exceptions of Noyes and Long Branch. Service hours will be limited.
PLEASE NOTE – we cannot accept any donations at this time. Any donated materials left at our branches or deposited in our book drops will be disposed of. Donations may be taken to the Friends of the Library Montgomery County bookstore. Please check this link for information.
July 6, we will being providing a contactless holds pick up service at all branches. You will be able to place items on hold online or by phone, and then make an appointment to pick them up in the library vestibule or at an outside table. More information on this service will be forthcoming. Please Note – If you have a holds list currently, please review it at this time and delete or suspend holds you do not wish to pick up using this service. 3 week due dates will be reinstituted on July 6.
In other exciting news our Summer Read and Learn program for 2020, entitled “Imagine Your Story” has kicked off. You can learn all about the program at this link. There are activities and events for children and teens of all ages.
We are happy to say that our wonderful slate of Virtual Events will continue, and of course our online digital resources continue to be available at https://mcpl.link/DigitalResources.
Our next chapter for recovery will allow access to our buildings and computers on a limited basis. Please stay tuned for more information on that.
Thank you for all of your support during the past three months, and we look forward to once again being able to share our wonderful physical collection with everyone.
Anita Vassallo, MCPL Director
Montgomery County will enter Phase Two of the recovery plan this Friday, June 19 at 5:00PM. This allows FOLMC Rockville Bookstore to open for modified retail operations (including accepting donations), which will begin Saturday, June 20 at 10:00AM with the following procedures:
FOLMC Wheaton Bookstore remains closed. As will all branch book sales–for now.
“The Friends of the Library – Potomac Chapter serves the community in so many invaluable ways… For anyone who loves to read and share reading, this organization is a conduit to books, discussions of books, authors and activities as well as programs to help children learn to love and cherish books.”
The Potomac Chamber of Commerce selected FOL-Potomac as its Citizen of the Year, based on a nomination by resident Ginny Barnes (excerpted above) citing the ways we strive to support and enhance our local branch library.
Primarily through the book sales and memberships, FOL-Potomac is able to sponsor and/or underwrite a wide variety of adult and children’s programs, bringing in guest authors and other speakers, performers and even plants and animals! (A live wallaby was a big hit this past summer; the fish tank in the children’s area is made possible by a long-time anonymous donor; and we support the Potomac Village Garden Club in their work keeping the library grounds attractive.)
Consider becoming a member of the friends—no time obligation involved, just membership dues ($25; only $15 for seniors, students and teachers) to help in bolstering your library. You’ll also receive this quarterly newsletter listing upcoming events and activities, well in advance of it being available at the library. To join, use the form on page 5 or online at www.folmc.org/join.