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Rated a Five-Star Library by LIBRARYJOURNAL
| Tues-Thur 10 am - 7 pm; Fri 10 am -5 pm; | Sat 1 pm-5 pm; Closed Sun & Mon |
| Phone: (512) 767-6620 | E-mail: library@beecavetexas.gov |
Our May Calendar and Newsletter are now available.
SHOP AT WHOLE FOODS MARKET TO BENEFIT THE LIBRARY!
As part of their Grand Opening Week, the new Whole Foods Market® in Bee Cave has chosen the Friends of Bee Cave Public Library to benefit from its Community Giving Day on Thursday, May 17th. Shop at Whole Foods Market that day, and 1% of the proceeds will be donated to the Friends of the Library!
- Join us at the store for Storytime at 10:30 and 11:15 am!
- Make a craft to take home from 12:00-7:00 pm!
- Meet and greet the Cat in the Hat and Thing 1 & Thing 2 from 5:00-7:00 pm!
- Join the Friends (it’s FREE!) and register for a chance to win a $100 Shopping Spree at Whole Foods Market!
We welcome the entire Whole Foods Team to our community and thank them for supporting Bee Cave Public Library!
THE TOP 100 LISTS ARE HERE! What were the most popular titles of 2011 at our Library? Click to check out the most popular titles in adult nonfiction & biography, young adult, juvenile fiction, nonfiction & biography, and picture books. See some great titles you missed? Check one out today!
GREAT WEBSITES FOR KIDS! Click HERE for links to exemplary websites geared to children from birth to age 14. Topics include Animals, The Arts, History & Biography, Literature & Languages, Math & Computers, Reference, Science, and Social Studies. These sites have been evaluated by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association. The sites are carefully selected using established criteria, and are relevant, appropriate, and accessible!
NEW WAYS TO SEARCH OUR CATALOG! We have upgraded our system—check out the links at the right to the LIBRARY CATALOG, KIDS CATALOG, and Mobile Catalog.
BEE CAVE BOOK CLUB NEWS – NEW DAY & LOCATION – NEW YEAR OF GREAT BOOKS!
The Bee Cave Book Club is an informal and diverse group of all ages who come together to share a love of reading and relaxed conversation. The BCBC meets once a month to discuss an eclectic and interesting selection of fiction and nonfiction. We welcome all new members, and invite everyone who is interested to join us, even if you have not read the book. For a complete list of dates and titles, please see the 2012 BEE CAVE BOOK CLUB SELECTIONS. Beginning in January, the club will meet on the first Thursday of each month at the Library at 7 pm. For more information, please contact Angela at 767-6625 or apalmer@beecavetexas.gov.ANNOUNCING….DOWNLOADABLE E-BOOKS and more!
Click on the OVERDRIVE logo at right to enter our new digital library to check out e-Books, e-Audiobooks and more! There are easy TUTORIALS to walk you through the process, and LINKS to the free software you’ll need. Have your Bee Cave library card number handy, and call us if you need to reset your PIN.
Need more information about digital media in general? Click HERE for a guided tour.
FIVE STAR RANKING AGAIN!
We're 2 for 2! For the second consecutive year, Bee Cave Public Library has received a five-star rating in Library Journal's national rating of public libraries, the LJ Index of Public Library Service 2011. Five stars is the highest rating that a library can receive. Only 85 libraries across the country received this rating which compares libraries of similar size and budgets based on the annual number of visits, circulation, program attendance and public Internet computer use. Thanks for making us your 5-star library!
NEW! For detailed information about storytime themes, books suggestions, and tips for reading to your children, check out our new storytime blog, The Bee’s Storytime Buzz. NOTE: The library may photograph or videotape storytime and other events for library promotional purposes. Please notify library staff if you do not wish to be photographed.
ResumeMaker now available! This best-selling software is a web-based resume-writing solution that provides the highest quality resumes and additional tools to help you find your dream job. Click here to access step-by-step guides to a perfect resume, powerful job search tools, and much more!
LEARN A NEW LANGUAGE with Mango Languages! Log on using your Bee Cave library card number, and learn to speak another language. It’s free and easy to use—nothing to download or install. There are 12 languages available, with more to come. Try this great new resource made possible by a grant from the Loan Star Libraries program of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
GIVE THE GIFT OF READING -- Wondering what to give those hard-to-shop-for people on your holiday gift list? Let us help! Make a donation to the library for a new book in their honor—it’s the perfect gift, unique and personal, and no wrapping is necessary! Click here for details.GENEALOGY DATABASE AVAILABLE: Ancestry Library Edition is now available, from inside the library only. Read more about this amazing genealogy research tool, or come to the library and try it out for yourself!
FUN FOR KIDS: Check out TumbleBooks, a collection of animated, talking picture books, puzzles and games! TumbleBooks are created from existing picture books which have been licensed from children's book publishers and converted to the TumbleBook format. If you are unable to view the books you can download the Flash plug-in for free at www.macromedia.com.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! Click here to apply!
Story Time
| Preschool (ages 3 & up) | Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. & 11:15 a.m. |
| Toddler (ages 1-3) | Fridays at 10:30 a.m. & 11:15 a.m. |
Once storytime has begun, the doors will close, so please be on time. If you’re running late, please enjoy books and coloring in the library until the second session is ready to start. We appreciate your cooperation as we adapt to our growing population of future readers and their grown-ups!
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