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Library Wins Outstanding Facility Award from NCPLDA
The Jackson County Public Library has received the Outstanding Facility Award for new libraries over 26,000 sq. ft. in North Carolina. This award is given annually by the North Carolina Public Libraries Directors Association (NCPLDA).
Jackson County Librarian Dottie Brunette accepted the award on December 1st in Greensboro, where she presented a PowerPoint slideshow about the building at a showcase of NCPLDA awards given for facilities, programs, staff development, and service innovation. The Jackson County Public Library Complex was designed by McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture and celebrated its Grand Opening on June 11, 2011.
According to the NCPLDA, the award recognizes a number of features, including functionality of building, incorporation of new technologies, appealing interior design, well-designed furnishing and shelving, creativity in design, enhancement of surrounding environment, sympathy to existing architecture and appropriate use of space (in renovations), and cost ratio per square footage.
Says Karen Wallace, Fontana Regional Library Director, "I would like to congratulate everyone who made this award possible: Jackson County Government, Friends of the Jackson County Public Library in Sylva, Library Boards from Jackson County Public Library and Fontana Regional Library, dedicated volunteers from the community, generous donors from near and far, McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture, and staff members from throughout Fontana Regional Library."
Thursdays are Family Nights
Thursday nights are designated as Family Nights. These programs are scheduled from 7–8 pm in the Storytime Room in the Children’s Area of the library.
We have family movies, puzzle and board game nights, PAWS to Read story times, parties and PJ’s Night where children are encouraged to wear their pajamas, fuzzy slippers and to bring their favorite blanket for a bedtime story.
For more information about these activities, check the schedule on the home page, or contact Elizabeth Beck at the library, 586-2016. These activities are co-sponsored by the Friends of the Jackson County Public Library.
Creative Writing Workshop for Kids
A new creative writing class for children ages 8 to 12 called "Write On!" the workshops will take place in the Library twice a month at 7 pm on Thursday evenings twice a month.
The class, which will be led by Library staff, will emphasize creativity in the genre of literature that each child prefers to write. Poetry, short fiction, memoirs, and essays are all welcome mediums for the young artists. This program is co-sponsored by the Friends of the Jackson County Public Library. For more information, please call Ben Woody or Elizabeth Gregg at the Library at 586-2016.
Programs at the Library
The Jackson County Public Library has announced its schedule of a wide variety of performances and educataional talks, and activities. These programs are designed to appeal to people of all ages and are free to the public. The programs are co-sponsored by the Friends of the Jackson County Public Library.
 Tuesday, February 7 - 7 pm. Local crafter James Stewart-Payne will offer a free one-hour paper collage class for adults. Pre-registration is required, as class size is limited to 15 participants. To register, or for more information, please call the Library at 586-2016.
"Few things are as hopeful or as joyful as a winged and colorful bird during the shortened days of winter," says Stewart-Payne. Class participants will create their own birds, using simple papers collected from home, recycling bins, and art stashes. "We will build small paper birds layer upon layer in a collective art environment," says Stewart-Payne. "These winged harbingers of hope (and spring!) make great inspirational pieces, embellishments for cards, scrapbooks and mixed media art, mobiles, or as gifts."
Supplies will be provided, but participants are also encouraged to bring the following: scissors, paper (including but not limited to: rice paper, meaningful words/texts and/or images, cardstock, decorative and/or linen papers, homemade paper), and embellishments. The process of creating these collaged birds is joyful, fun, and can be somewhat messy, so please dress accordingly.
Wednesday, February 8 - 5:45 - 7:15 pm. Excel For Beginners. The 90-minute class will be taught by retired WCU professor Roger Bacon, assisted by his wife Lisa Bacon and by library staffer Laura Chapman.
This introductory course is appropriate for people with some computer experience who are new to Excel and want to learn how to use this spreadsheet software. The course will cover such basic topics as entering numbers and text, doing simple calculations and using formulas, formatting the elements of a spreadsheet, how to find help when using Excel, and how to use the program for simple personal or professional projects, such as balancing a checkbook or budgeting.
The class will meet in the Library's computer lab and is limited to the first 15 participants to pre-register. (There is no fee.) Attendees should plan to arrive by 5:45 and meet in front of the Reference Desk on the second floor of the Library, before proceeding into the Computer Lab. For more information or to register, please call the Jackson County Public Library in Sylva at 586-2016.
Tuesdays, February 21 & 28 - 7 pm. Going on a trip soon? Just want to learn Spanish for fun? We offer a free two-day course to teach you Spanish FAST. Garrett Fisher, a high school Spanish teacher by day and college professor by night, will share the secrets of learning a foreign language as quickly as possible.
 Daytime Music at the Library
Join us for a daytime treat the 1st Friday of each month from 11 am - 12:30 pm in the Community Room.
Lady and the Old Timers Band present a program designed for those who may not want to venture out at night but love to listen to classic country, golden oldies and gospel. Members include vocalist Delia Sears along with Fred Kirkland, Jim Hite, and Jim Brown on guitar; Carl Sears on bass; "Wild Bill" Jackson on harmonica; Robert Bradley on mandolin; and Roy Ramsey on dobro.
Bookends Book Club
Through the efforts of Tiz Duve, the Jackson County Public Library staff is hosting a book club every other month on the 2nd Monday of the odd months at 7 pm on the second floor of the library. Book club facilitators will be library staff members who will choose a book to be read and discussed. This program is co-sponsored by the Friends of the Jackson County Public Library.
At each meeting the next title and facilitator will be announced. The public is encouraged to join our group. The library will order extra copies of the selected title.
 Movie Series at the Library
Tony Romine is hosting twice-monthly Thursday Movie Nights in the Community Room at the library complex beginning at 6:30 pm. Funding for the new digital projector for the programs was through donations from Phil Haire, Milt and Joan MacNeill, and the Friends of the Library. All programs are free of charge; we are grateful for donations. This program is co-sponsored by the Friends of the Jackson County Main Library.
Due to Production Studio guidelines the library may not include movie titles or studio names in thiis website. Click here for movie names and schedule (pdf).
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for Kids — Jackson County Public Library has a children's area on the ground floor of the library that is filled with many fun and educational features. We have six different levels of children's books: Board Books for infants and preschoolers, Beginning Readers for children just starting to read, Easy books also known as picture books, Juvenile fiction books also known as chapter books, Juvenile Non-fiction books for informational purposes, and Juvenile Biography books to learn about individual people.
We also have eight computers just for children that have a variety of educational games for your kids to play. There is also a plethora of puzzles, games, stuffed animals and magazines for the children to play with. The library has is a separate children's programming room, or "story-time room", that has exciting features like foam building blocks, a huge TV for movies and other items for fun and learning.
 Free Internet access — available to all library users with a current library card or guest card. The computer lab has 16 computers and is located on the second floor behind the Reference Desk. There are also laptop computers and netbooks for check-out. Color and black-and-white printing is available at 25 cents a page.
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