In the news!

The Carnegie Library of Homestead has been in the news a lot lately!
With a new Children's Room, Athletic Club events and concerts in the Music Hall, there plenty to write about!

Children's room at Homestead library gets spruced up
Brian Wilson to play at Carnegie Library Music Hall of Homestead
Students flex political muscle in a forum with Pa.'s first lady

Meet Our New Sister Library

Meet Our New Sister Library!

Chornomors’k Central Public Library

Population of Chornomors'k

Chornomors'k is a small town, which is located in the
center of Chornomorsk County (region) in the republic
of Crimea, Ukraine. The town is located on Vuzka bay, one
of most ecologically clean coasts of Crimea. The population of
the town is 12. Residents represent a large number of ethnic
groups including Ukrainians, Russians, Crimea Tatars,
Bulgarians, and Greeks Greeks. They are good natured and hard
working people

Christmas Parade

On Saturday, December 6th the Carnegie Library of Homestead

participated in the Steel Valley Holiday Parade!

It was the first snow of the year, how perfect for a Holiday Parade!

We enjoyed waving to all the people, and handing out Curious George Visits the Library

to the about 150 youngsters!

A special thanks to our Board President, Dan Lloyd for creating the float and

donating to the event!

Abby, Amanda, Heather, Emily, Rachel and Victoria were also

on hand to wave and walk with the float.

Meet Our New Sister Library

Meet Our New Sister Library!

Chornomors’k Central Public Library

We at The Carnegie Library of Homestead are excited to announce our sister library, Chornomors’k Library. The town of Chornomors’k is located along the Black Sea on the

Crimea Peninsula in the Ukraine.

Join us as we venture to deepen cultural relations between our two libraries and the communities they serve!

Local History Museum in Chornomors’k

Local History
The area where the town is located has a rich history. The ruins of Ancient Greek colonies

reflect how life was here many centuries ago. All of the ruins are united under the National Historical-Archaeological Park “Kalos-Limen”. This park attracts many tourists who would like

to learn more about the life and culture of the ancient Greeks in the colonies. Visitors can do

this through tours which explore the architecture, traditions and rituals of the people who once

lived there. During archaeological digs scientists have discovered about six thousand artifacts which are now on display in the Local History Museum.

City Park

Ruins of Ancient Greek Colonies

New Computer Classes Starting!

The library will be offering another 8-week session of Basic Computer Skills classes. This is a great opportunity to get acquainted with:

• The parts of a computer
• Email and the Internet
• Typing and Microsoft Word

and more....

These classes are gearned towards learners with very little or no computer experience. They are taught at a relaxed pace and questions are encouraged!

I know that it sometimes seems overwhelming to be stuck in a world that is so dependent on technology, but it is really not all that bad once you start to learn. Then it does not seem nearly as scary, and becomes much more fun!

The classes meet every Wednesday at the library for 8 weeks, starting December 2nd. There are two times to choose from, either 10:30-11:30 or 11:30-12:30. If you would like to sign up, please call 412-462-3444.

We hope to see you there!

Did you know?

The library visits several daycares and schools each

month to have storytime!

Miss Emily goes to

St. Agnes St. Therese Headstart MUSA Little Lambs Wilson Christian Academy Mother's Touch Pre-K Counts Homestead Park United Cassie's Cradle Noah's Ark

Do you know a little one that goes to preschool or kindergarten here? Ask what books Miss Emily has read to their class!

Children's Room Celebration!

The Children's Room Project will be complete soon!

Come celebrate with us on December 15th from 4-7pm!
We will have light refreshments, a craft table and pictures with Santa.
Be sure to bring your library card to check out of children's materials!

Наша коллекция русскоязычных книг увеличивается!

Adult Fiction and Nonfiction!!

Children's books and DVDs!!

Our Russian Collection is Growing!
We at the Carnegie Library of Homestead are excited to announce the
expansion of our Russian collection for both adults and children.

Библиотека Карнеги в Хомстеде только что пополнила свою коллекцию

русских книг. Теперь Вы можете найти у нас большое количество
русскоязычных книг для детей и взрослых.

We will be ordering books from such authors as
Борис Акунин, Дина Рубина, Дмитрий Быков, Полина Дашкова,
Э. Елинек, Ф КАФКА, Александр Бушков, Франсуаза Саган,
Татьяна Устинова Меир Шалев, У ЭКО, С. МАРШАК, А. МИЛН, and many more!!

We would like to thank all of our patrons for requesting their favorite
titles and authors!

For more information or to suggest an author or title, please contact
Victoria Ramey at 412-462-3444 X 231 or at rameyv@homesteadlibrary.org

Everyday scenes from CLoH

Storytime with MUSA Little Lamb's Daycare


We read about zoos and then the kids created their own zoo!

Ian Green painting the columns of the kid's room in dramatic fashion.

Silver Sneakers!

The Athletic Club will be joining with the library to offer a SilverSneakers Open House from Monday, October 5 through Friday, October 9. Please feel free to stop by the Athletic Club at any time to hear about the SilverSeakers program and take a tour of the 111 year old building!Come tryout one of our SilverSneakers exercise classes between 9 am and 11 am Monday - Friday.

Wednesday, October 7 at 11 am in the Shuffle Board Room Rita Jennings from Jefferson Regional Hospital will be speaking on the effect of diet and exercise in relation to stroke. For more information regarding SilverSneakers Fitness program, stop by The Carnegie Library of Homestead with your insurance card, visit silversneakers.com, or call 1-800-295-4993.For more information concerning the SiverSneakers open house and/or the events occurring during the week please contact Victoria Ramey at the library by calling 412-462-3444 x 231 or Natelie Votaw at the Athletic Department by calling 412-462-3444 x 225

BOOK SALE

The books are set up and ready for you to buy!

Carnegie Library of Homestead's book sale!

All proceeds will benefit the Children's Room remodel!
Thursday, September 24th 11am-6pm $12.00– fill a bag!
Friday, September 25th 10am-4pm $10.00-fill a bag!
Saturday, September 26th 9:30am-3pm $8.00-fill a bag!


Carnegie Library of Homestead
510 E 10th Ave Munhall PA 15120
412-462-3444
salsberrye@homesteadlibrary.org

Look how far we have come!

The Children's Room will be done in about a month! Click here for more pictures from the progress so far. You will be amazed

at the transformation! (I am!)

-Miss Emily

Sights and Sounds of Summer at the Library!

Sights from this summer!

There are still a lot of events planned, Check the events calendar!

Puppet Show by Studio Capezutti
Paintings in the style of Jackson Pollock!

Pop up books with a Keith Haring influence.

Reading to the animals at Stuffed Animal Sleepover!

One of the events at the Jump Rope Contest.

Releasing the butterflies into the wild.

Drawing our favorite thing to do on a sunny day.

Twitter

We jumped on the bandwagon!

Everyone is on Twitter and now, so is CLoH!



Follow the library and Miss Emily!

Children's Room is looking very different!

The Children's Room renovation began on July 6th!

We had some great volunteers help us take down the old shelving and carry it to the dumpster. I would like to thank Matt , Chris, Ken, Chuck, Heather, Mary Jo, Paula and the many others who helped us on demo day!

Time for the fun part, the pictures!

The Children's Room before demolition. The room looked very odd without books!

Here is Paula, cleaning our beautiful murals. The murals

now hang throughout the building.

Shelves are down!

Hard at work!

The aftermath.

Now, we are ready to start painting! Check back for more updates!

-Miss Emily

English Conversation Group

Are You Learning English?

The Carnegie Library of Homestead is offering an
English conversation group for all levels.

Come Join us for lively English
conversation every other Friday
between 3:00-4:30 pm

We hope to see you there!

Our next meeting is on July 24, 2009

For dates and more information please contact Victoria Ramey at
412-462-4669 ext. 231 or visit the events calendar at http://www.homesteadlibrary.org/
Carnegie Library of Homestead: 510 East 10th Avenue Munhall, Pennsylvania 15120

Our Adult Reading Room!

Have you stopped by to see our new Adult Reading Room?

It was finished in November of 2008 and is ready for you to stop by and relax,

read, study and use your laptop!

The project was financed by grants from the Donald A. Abraham Memorial committee and former Homestead native William Campbell.


More about the project on the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette website.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08346/934272-55.stm

Our Russian Collection is Growing !!

Our Russian Collection is Growing!
Наша коллекция русскоязычных книг увеличивается!

We at the Carnegie Library of Homestead are excited to announce the expansion of our Russian collection for both adults and children.

Библиотека Карнеги в Хомстеде только что пополнила свою коллекцию русских книг. Теперь Вы можете найти у нас большое количество русскоязычных книг для детей и взрослых.

For more information please contact Victoria Ramey at 412-462-3444

Children's Room Renovations

CLoH is in the planning stage of the renovation of the Children's Room. This project also involves relocating the Circulation Desk, Teen Space and Adult Computers.

The grants for this project have been provided by the Allegheny Foundation and Janney Investments. The project will start this July and we hope to have it completed by September.

Some exciting new elements of the renovations are:

A stage area for toddler storytimes, puppet shows and plays.

A family seating area for a more comfortable storytime between parent and child.

More computers.

An area for a caregiver and toddler to be side by side. This area will allow the adult to use the computer and the toddler to explore the new space, while still being monitored by the adult.

A wonderful, colorful mural created by a Pittsburgh area artist.

New bookshelves.

The Children's Room as it looks today.

What would you like to see improved in the Children's Room?

Welcome to our Blog!

Hello! This is the NEW blog for the Carnegie Library of Homestead. Want to know what is happening in the "Jewel of the Valley"? Sometimes our Eventkeeper just isn't enough. This blog will be where you can come to see upcoming events, learn about renovations that will be happening soon and more!

This building is becoming more and more busy with each passing month, so you will

want to check this blog often to keep up!

~Emily Salsberry
Library Services Coordinator/Youth Services Librarian