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BROWSING
at the DEERFIELD
PUBLIC LIBRARY
920 Waukegan Rd.
Deerfield, IL 60015
Winter 1989-90
Vol. 5, No. 1
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A hearty welcome to the new North
Suburban Library System Director, Sarah
Long. Sarah has had an interesting library
career, including a stint in England. She
comes to our local system from Portland,
Oregon. Sarah is quite well known in the
world of libraries, and we are fortunate to
have her as head of NSLS. I wish her all the
best in the coming years. The nice part is
that she is a Deerfield resident.
The book I am recommending this month
is Among Schoolchildren, by Tracy Kidder.
When you think of fine creative writing,
fiction is usually what comes to mind; but
I feel that some of our most creative writers
today are writing in the non-fiction tradi
tion. Four are John McPhee, Richard
Rhodes, Paul Fussell, and Tracy Kidder.
Together they have written nearly forty
books—all of them fine, creative writingall fascinating.
Some of the recent titles are: John
McPhee—Outcroppings, Rising from the
Plains, Heirs of General Practice. Richard
Rhodes—Farm, The Making ofthe Atomic
Bomb, The Last Safari. Paul Fussell—
Wartime, Thank God for the Atom Bomb,
and interestingly, a book about my all-time
favorite author, Siegfried Sasson’s Long
Journey. Tracy Kidder has back-to-back
best sellers in his books House and Among
Schoolchildren. These are outstanding
books.
Among Schoolchildren traces the yearly
accomplishments of a very uncommon
grade school teacher as she practices her
skill among seriously deprived fifth
graders. Kidder captures the daily
classroom life, the interaction of the
children and the caring that the teacher,
Mrs. Zajac, brings to each child and each
day. The Chicago Tribune described this
book as “stirring hearts and minds...in the
necessary, caring heroism of a dedicated
fifth grade teacher.
This genre of creative non-fiction is not
a new phenomenom, but these writers bring
enormous talent, style, and craft to bear on
a type of book too frequently overlooked.
I urge you to read one of their books.
Talking Books for the Reading Disabled
The Deerfield Library participates in the
Library of Congress National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. This is a free national library
program for visually and physically
handicapped persons who are unable to
read or use standard printed material
because of blindness, visual disabilities, or
physical limitations.
The National Library Service produces
full length books and magazines on recorded disc and cassette and in braille. Special
cassette and record players are provided in
order to listen to these books. Persons who
fill out an application (signature from a certifying authority verifying their physical
difficulty is required by law) may enroll in
Deerfield’s talking book program. They
may borrow from a variety of 27,000 titles
on disc and tape, as well as over 8,000 titles
from the regional braille library.
The options include popular interest
books, best sellers, classics, mysteries,
westerns, romances, poetry, histories,
biographies, music instruction, children’s
books, and foreign language materials. Participants may also subscribe to more than
70 popular magazines in recorded format
and in braille. They may request specific
books, or may select from a variety of
catalogs. Participation in the program ineludes free, no time limit, use of the special
special playback equipment and a free talking book catalog mailed to the residence six
times a year. All of these special books on
tape go through the mail postage free.
Headphones and pillow phones are also
available.
To apply for this service, contact a
librarian or Nancy Faulk at the Circulation
Desk.
Deerfield Library’s regional source for
these materials is the Suburban Audio
Visual Service of The North Suburban
Library System.
In addition to this special National
Library Service, the library has a substantial large print book collection, and an
increasing number of audio cassette books
on tape that can be played on regular
cassette tape players. These in-house collections, of course, require only your Deerfield Library card,
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Jack Alan Hicks
Administrative Librarian
We start ’em early....Seven month old Lauren Potempa of
Deerfield, a regular at the library, rests on the Circulation
Desk while her mother checks out books.
�Adult Programs
There is no chargefor library programs,
but reser\>ations are requested.
Work with Passion: How to Do What
You Love for a Living
Tuesday, Jan. 16, 7:30 p.m.
Personnel Recruiter and Counselor,
Marlene Roth, of Debbie Temps Inc. will
lead a program on determining what your
unique skills, talents, abilities and passions
are and how to fit them in to desirable
employment.
Poetry Reading/Musicale
Sunday, Feb. 4, 2p.m.
In recognition of “Heart Month’’ and the
latest poetry reading craze, join us for a
cozy, winter Sunday afternoon of the
poetry of being, growing and loving. Three
Greater Chicagoland poets will read from
their collections: Richard Calisch—“Some
How These Things are all Connected”;
Fran Podulka—“Essentials” and June
Shipley—“Split Level Mind”. All of these
are newly published by Deerfield’s Lake
Shore Publishing Co. A local classical
guitarist will perform interlude music.
Refreshments too!
Active Friends Set
Goals/Plans
The newly formed Friends of the Deer
field Library have established a service goal
(possibly library service to shut-ins),
elected officers, begun a membership cam
paign, formed a board, and started plann
ing two major activities.
They plan to develop a community wide
calendar/bulletin board to list organiza
tions’ meeting dates, times and locations.
This should eliminate overlapping of
scheduled meetings/events. Committee
planners can fill out forms for calendar
listings in the library in early January.
Great Decisions Discussion Group
Tuesdays, Jan. 23 through Mar. 20,
7:30 p.m.
Great Decisions is the largest nonpartisan
study, discussion, and action program on
contemporary foreign issue policies in the
U.S. You are invited to join our group, con
vened by Deerfield’s Tom Jester. Jan. 23
is the planning session. The following
topics will be covered on consecutive
weeks:
U.S.S.R. and Eastern Europe:
End of an Era?
U.S., Europe and Japan: Global
Economy in Transition?
Nicaragua and El Salvador: War or
Peace in Central America?
Vietnam, Cambodia and the U.S.:
Return Engagement?
Third World Arms Bazaar: Disaster
for Sale?
United Nations: New Life for an
Aging Institution?
Palestine Question: Is There
a Solution?
Global Warming and the Environment:
Forecast Disaster?
A $ 10 study book can be purchased at the
Circulation Desk in January.
The library will provide back up
reference materials to enhance discussion.
A second project will be an Art Print
Auction, scheduled for April. The prints
are being phased out of the library’s collec
tion and will be sold at the auction. Related
activities will round out the event. Help is
needed for this project.
Officers of the Friends are: Stephen
Neulander, Chairperson; Don Andries,
Vice-Chairperson; Cathy Chay, Secretary;
and Janet Lamoureux, Treasurer. Serving
on the board with the officers are Natalie
Fields, Florence Shay, Bea Karey and Jim
Sloan.
Deerfield residents are encouraged to
join the Friends. (Coupon in this newslet
ter.) Notice will be posted for a late January
public meeting.
FRIENDS OF THE DEERFIELD LIBRARY
MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION FORM
Name
Address
Phone
Dues: $5.00. Include check to Friends of the Deerfield Library. Send to Friends of the
Library, Deerfield Library, 920 Waukegan Rd., Deerfield, IL 60015._____________
Learning From Your Dreams
Two Thursday sessions: Feb. 1 and Feb. 8,
7:15 p.m.
Dreaming is a universal human ex
perience largely overlooked in the cours<^^
of our daily lives. Psychotherapist and col^B
lege instructor, Peter Sternberg, M.S.W.
will look at how these “unopened letters
can become a rich source of growth, self
understanding, creativity and problem solv
ing. Participants should plan to attend both
sessions where dream material may be
presented and questions answered.
Trip to Africa With the Peace Corps
Tuesday, Feb. 13, 7:00p.m.
AA UW co-sponsors
Bill Moseley has returned to Deerfield
after two and a half years in Deira, Mali,
West Africa as a member of the Peace
Corps. With slides, he will tell of his ex
periences; his mother, Mrs. Harry Moseley
will include some antecdotes of her visit to
this 3rd world country.
Great Books
Continues
Start the new year with some great
thoughts: Co-sponsored with the Col
lege of Lake County, which charges a
$52 fee for the eight week course,
Deerfield’s group meets alternate
Thursday mornings at 9:30 a.m.
beginning Jan. 25.
This session of the group will study
St. Augustine, Plato, Montaigne,
Diderot, Shakespeare, Gogol, and
Hamilton, Jay & Madison, to name a
few. Appropriate for new as well as
past participants, the sessions promote
thoughtful inquiry. To register, call
433-7884.
Oast
As the decade comes to a close, and holi
day time brings us thoughts of good will to
all, we would like to express publicly our
thanks to some Deerfield residents who
have given of themselves and worked hard,
(some behind the scenes), to bring better
library service and/or programs to the com
munity. Our 1989 library angels are: Bill
Bixby, Virginia & Nick Carter, Tom
Jester, Richard Lyon, Bob McClarren, and
Steve Neulander.
Also a note of thanks and a happy new^B
year to our Library Board of Trustees who
work long hours with no pay for the benefit
of Deerfield Public Library. Their names
are on page four.
�Staff Changes
Rick Bean, reference librarian at Deer
field Library for over four years, has left
become a reference librarian at DePaul
niversity. Mr. Bean, well known to many
Deerfield patrons, accomplished a number
of professional duties at the library includ
ing valuable assistance in the preparation of
the online catalog for public use, a Business
Resources Index and public relations
activities.
Two librarians, Cindy Wargo and Karen
Hicks (no relation to Jack) are now sharing
the position vacated by Mr. Bean. Cindy
and Karen are not new to the library as they
formerly shared part time weekend posts at
the reference desk. Both are Deerfield
residents, hold masters’ degrees in library
science from the University of Illinois, are
married and have young children. Cindy’s
past experience includes 11 years at
Evanston Public Library where she was
Head of the Reference Department. Karen
was a librarian at Maine West High School
in Des Plaines for six years, and reference
librarian at Cook Memorial Public Library
for 2Vi years.
Tom Sherman, newly appointed Head of
Building Maintenance, was a page at the
Deerfield Library for 6 months prior to his
appointment. His diverse background inudes gardening at the Botanic Gardens,
>use painting, and selling at Kroch’s and
Brentano’s bookstore.
Youth Services
Winter Story hours
Pre-school storyhours, designed for 3-5
year old pre-kindergarteners, will run Jan.
22-Feb. 26. These storyhours feature
stories, songs, fingerplays and other
appropriate activities. Registration forms,
available beginning Jan. 2, must be turned
in by Jan. 16 at 5 p.m. Deerfield card
holders will be given priority.
Class lists will be posted on Thursday,
Jan. 18. The storyhours will be held:
Mondays
10:00 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
Tuesdays and Wednesdays
10:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
Thursdays
7:00 p.m.
Vacation Films
Looking for some winter school break
activities? Join us for a film or two at 2 p.m.
on Thursday, Dec. 21 and Wednesday,
Dec. 27. No tickets are required.
Aifruvuf, Tto&A.
The parking lot has been restriped with
an increased diagonal double row con
figuration that permits 17 new parking
spaces, including an additional handi
capped space. Suggestion for this change
came from seniors Tom Zahnle and Ed
Hollar.
Karen Hicks
Cindy Wargo
Tom Sherman
New Software Programs
The Youth Services Department has
some new software available for patron use
on the Apple HE. Among the programs are:
“Curious George Goes Shopping” —
Children become involved in helping
George find various items on his shopping
list.
“Math Rabbit” — As they play circus
games, children develop skills in counting,
adding, subtracting and recognizing
number relationships.
“Where in Europe Is Carmen San
Diego?” — Older children will enjoy track
ing down a thief in one of 34 European
countries.
Saturday Stories
Kindergarteners and first graders are in
vited to the popular Saturday Stories which
will be held December 16 and February 10.
These sessions are similar to the preschool
storyhours but feature longer, more com
plicated stories and often a short craft
project. There will be separate registration
for each program, beginning one week
prior to the program.
An additional 100 people per month
are taking advantage of reciprocal borrow
ing arrangements of the North Suburban
Libraries. (This permits members of other
communities to borrow Deerfield books—
and vice versa.) They’re borrowing at a
rapid rate. Monthly borrowing for all items
at Deerfield continues to average a steady
22,000.
Literally hundreds of junior high
students visited the library for instruc
tion/orientation in Fall.
The library’s Harold Gershowitz
November program elicited the following
response from an attendee “This was a
great moment for me. Moment means the
hour plus spent here.’’ The charismatic
local author of best seller “Remember This
Dream” donates all proceeds from his book
to the Holocaust Memorial Fund. The book
was 10 years in the writing, in long hand
on a legal pad during weekends.
Need a tax write off? The Youth Ser
vices Department needs used blenders,
computers, and record players in working
condition for future programs.
Saturday
Short Movies
We’ll be showing some amusing short
films in the months ahead. They’ll be
shown at 10:00 a.m. on the following
Saturdays:
December 9 - The Trolls and the
Christmas Express
Christmas Cracker
January 13 - Corduroy
Caps for Sale
Cornelius
January 27 — A Picture for
Harold’s Room
Harry the Dirty Dog
Madeline’s Rescue
February 3 - Ira Sleeps Over
The Selfish Giant
Tom, Tom the
Piper’s Son
February 24 - Winnie the Pooh and
a Day for Eeyore
Winnie the Pooh and
Tigger Too
�Winter 1989-1990 Calendar
DECEMBER
9 Short Movies, 10 a.m.
16 Saturday Stories, 10:30 a.m.
THE LIBRARY WILL BE CLOSED DECEMBER 24, 25, 31 AND JANUARY 1
JANUARY
2 Story hour Registration Begins
6 Free Income Tax Assistance Begins
13 Short Movies, 10 a.m.
16 Work With Passion: How To Do What You Love for a Living, 7:30 p.m.
22 Great Books Begins, 9:30 a.m.
23 Great Decisions Discussion Group Begins, 7:30 p.m.
27 Short Movies, 10 a.m.
FEBRUARY
1 Learning From Your Dreams, Session 1, 7:15 p.m.
3 Short Movies, 10 a.m.
4 Poetry Reading/Musicale, 2 p.m.
8 Learning From Your Dreams, Session 2, 7:15 p.m.
10 Saturday Stories, 10:30 a.m.
13 Trip to Africa With the Peace Corps, 7 p.m.
24 Short Movies, 10 a.m.
Free blood pressure screening: First Thursday of each month, 6:15-8:15 p.m.
4 4
Library Board
Tom Parfitt, President
Rosemary Sazonoff, Secretary
Tony Sabato, Treasurer
Jack Anderson
Sue Benn
Wilbur Page
David Wolff
LIBRARY HOURS
9:00 am-9:00 pm
Mon-Thu rs:
9:00 am-5:00 pm
Fri.Sat:
1:00 pm-5:00 pm
Sun:
Editor: Sally Brickman
Contributor: Jean Reuther
Tax Advice
New Juvenile Books
JB RID Hurwitz, Jane & Sue. Sally Ride:
Shooting for the Stars. 119p.
JB GOR Otfinoski, Steven. Mikahail Gor
bachev: The Soviet Innovator. 12 lp
Part of the new “GREAT LIVES * *
paperback biography series, these
books offer readers in grades 5-8 ex
citing introductions to the lives of
these famous innovators. Each has
stretched the envelope” with
courage and dedication to serve his
country and flight test new concepts
and ideas.
JE — For a different twist of a familiar
story, try the new picture book The
Egyptian Cinderella by Shirley
Climo. The maiden in this version is
a Greek slave scorned by the Egyp-
DEERFIELD PUBLIC LIBRARY
Quarterly Newsletter
Phone: (708) 945-3311
Executive Librarian: Jack Hicks
tian girls. Read to find out how the
Pharoah searches all Egypt for the
owner of the tiny rose-red slippers.
J973-1 NAT Clues to America's Past,
J917 EXP Exploring America's Valleys,
J917.3 FIS Still Waters White Waters,
J910.924 GRA Voyages to Paradise
The Special Publications of the Na
tional Geographic Society has re
leased a series of books based on the
monthly periodical. One of these, Ex
ploring America's Valleys, succeeds
in capturing the diversity of
American life. An easy way for
young people to supplement school
reports or just enjoy reading.
Free income tax advice will be provided
again this year in the Deerfield Library
upstairs meeting room 1-4 p.m. Tuesdays
and Fridays, February 6-April 13. This is
the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance pro
gram sponsored jointly by the IRS and the
American Association of Retired Persons.
No appointments are necessary but please
bring last year’s return with you.
Income tax forms are available at the
Reference Desk, but librarians are not
qualified to offer tax assistance.
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PAID
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Permit No. 196
Deerfield Public Library
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Vol. 5, No. 1
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December 1989 - February 1990
A Picture for Harold's Room
Alexander Hamilton
American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program
American Association of University Women (AAUW)
Among Schoolchildren
Anthony G. Sabato
Apple IIe
Bea Karey
Bill Bixby
Bill Moseley
Brentano's Bookstore
Cambodia
Cathy Chay
Central America
Chicago Botanic Gardens
Chicago Tribune
Chicagoland Poets
Christmas Cracker
Cindy Wargo
Clues to America's Past
College of Lake County
College of Lake County Great Books Discussion Group
Cook Memorial Public Library
Corduroy Caps for Sale
Cornelius
Counselor
Creative Nonfiction
Curious George Goes Shopping
David B. Wolff
Debbie Temps Incorporated
Deerfield Illinois
Deerfield Public Library
Deerfield Public Library Board of Trustees
Deerfield Public Library Browsing Newsletter
Deerfield Public Library Building and Property Maintenance
Deerfield Public Library Parking Lot Maintenance
Deerfield Public Library Programming
Deerfield Public Library Reciprocal Borrowing Program
Deerfield Public Library Saturday Stories
Deerfield Public Library Storytimes
Deerfield Public Library Talking Book Program
Deerfield Public Library Volunteers
Deerfield Public Library Youth Services Department
Deira Mali
Denis Diderot
DePaul University
Des Plaines Illinois
Don Andries
Eastern Europe
Ed Hollar
El Salvador
England
Europe
Evanston Public Library
Evanston Public Library Reference Department
Exploring America's Valleys
Farm
Florence Shay
Foreign Policy Association
Foreign Policy Association Great Decisions Program
Fran Podulka
Friends of the Deerfield Public Library
Friends of the Deerfield Public Library Art Print Auction
Global Warming
Harold Gershowitz
Harry the Dirty Dog
Heart Month
Heirs of General Practice
Holocaust Memorial Fund
House
Ira Sleeps Over
Jack A. Hicks
James Madison
Jane Hurwitz
Janet Lamoureux
Japan
Jean Reuther
Jim Sloan
John A. Anderson
John Jay
John McPhee
June Shipley
Karen Hicks
Kroch's Bookstore
Lake Shore Publishing Company
Lauren Potempa
Madeline's Rescue
Maine West High School
Marlene Roth
Master's Degree in Social Work (MSW)
Masters in Library and Information Science (MLIS)
Math Rabbit
Michel de Montaigne
Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Gorbachev the Soviet Innovator
Mrs. Harry Moseley
Nancy Faulk
Natalie Fields
National Geographic Society
National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (BPH)
Nicaragua
Nick Carter
Nikolai Gogol
North Suburban Library Service Suburban Audio Visual Service
North Suburban Library System
Outcroppings
Palestine
Paul Fussell
Peace Corps
Personnel Recruiter
Peter Sternberg
Plato
Portland Oregon
Remember This Dream
Richard Calisch
Richard M. Lyon
Richard Rhodes
Rick Bean
Rising from the Plains
Robert R. McClarren
Rosemary Sazonoff
Sally Brickman Seifert
Sally Ride Shooting for the Stars
Sarah Ann Long
Searchable PDF
Shirley Climo
Siegfried Sasson's Long Journey
Soviet Union (USSR)
St. Augustine
Stephen Neulander
Steven Otfinoski
Still Waters White Waters
Sue Hurwitz
Susan L. Benn
Thank God for the Atom Bomb
The Egyptian Cinderella
The Last Safari
The Making of the Atomic Bomb
The Selfish Giant
The Trolls and the Christmas Express
Thomas E. Parfitt
Thomas Jester
Thomas Sherman
Tom Tom the Piper's Son
Tom Zahnle
Tracy Kidder
United Nations
United States Library of Congress
United States Library of Congress National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
Vietnam
Virginia Carter
Voyages to Paradise
Wartime
West Africa
Where in Europe is Carmen San Diego
Wilbur Page
William Shakespeare
Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore
Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too