Grady County Board of Education
July 27, 2011Check your school's media center catalog here.
Listen for Free
May 18, 2011Get audiobooks for free from www.LibriVox.org, a worldwide digital library with more than 4,000 unabridged classics in the public domain, from Great Expectations to The Return of the Native, plus drama and poetry. Read by volunteers (you can be one, too), they can be played on your computer, MP3 player, cellphone or, burned to a CD.
Free audiobooks are also available from:
Do You Remember This?
April 26, 2011FIRE DESTROYS PICKLE PLANT & COTTON WAREHOUSE
Click the link to be able to read the article in The Cairo Messenger from February 3, 1956. Click here to read the second page of the article. You must have Acrobat Reader installed to view this file. Acrobat Reader can be downloaded here.
National Library Week - April 10 through April 16
April 11, 2011
Celebrate National Library Week and Create your own story @ your library® at Roddenbery Memorial Library, April 10-16.
Libraries are places for new beginnings. Whether you are getting your first library card, learning new computer skills or planning a trip, the library is the place where your story begins. This National Library Week, join our nation’s libraries and librarians and Create your own story @ your library.
Tuesday, April 12th, is National Library Workers Day! All the staff will be wearing their "Libraries: the Heart of Every Community" shirts. Come by the library and let the staff know that you appreciate them.
Roddenbery Memorial Library is celebrating National Library Week by declaring Wednesday, April 13th, Patron Appreciation Day! Coupons will be available at the front desk for each patron to receive one free item from the library's used book store.
“Every day, libraries across the country are helping people create their own unique stories,” says Janet Boudet, Acting Director. “Whether it is by opening a book and exploring distant lands, or by learning how to use new technologies to find a job, people at our library are creating new stories for themselves.”
First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country each April.
For more information, visit Roddenbery Memorial Library at 320 N. Broad St., call 377-3632 or see the library’s Web site at www.rmlibrary.org.
March 15th Book Signing with Brenda Knight Graham from 3:30pm until 5:00pm.
March 10, 2011
Brenda Knight Graham will introduce her newest book, One Brown Cow, at a book signing on Tuesday, March 15th hosted by the Roddenbery Memorial Library.
Mrs. Graham, author of seven books including three children’s novels, will be introducing her first picture book for young children ages 5-8. She will be available to sign and discuss her latest offering from 3:30 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. in the “Young Adult” area of the library.
The book is dedicated to her grandson, whose interest in Merrillville’s lonely cow inspired this heartwarming story. A little girl, Kim, the book's main character, learns about how the bonds of friendship can soothe a lonely heart and bring joy to those around her.
Graham’s latest book will be available for purchase locally at the Roddenbery Memorial Library and Center Drugs for $10.95. The book is also available in Thomasville, GA, at Rayann’s Christian Bookstore and the Bookshelf. Online purchases can be made at Mrs. Graham’s website, www.brendakgraham.com or www.amazon.com.
Graham and her husband Charles, a veterinarian, moved to Cairo in 1968 where they raised their two children.
March 10th Book Signing with Tanisha Ray from 4pm to 6pm.
February 08, 2011
A book signing will be held on March 10, 2011 from 4:00pm - 6:00pm in the South Hall area of the Roddenbery Memorial Library.
Armed with facing life's difficulties and struggles, some people do not understand that there is a higher power whose unfailing love is here to guide and comfort us through our most devastating times. Through It All (now available on Amazon), by Tanisha Handsford Ray, is a powerful collection of inspirational poems that will strengthen one to keep striving towards the goodness that God has to offer.
Through It All indicates different life patterns such as: consequences, circumstances and love that men and women encounter from day to day.
Tanisha Handsford Ray was born and raised in Bainbridge, GA. She is married and has three children. She has a passion for writing and feels as though God has blessed her with talent in spreading His gospel in the form of poetic speech.
Amazon is the premier publishing and bookseller for emerging authors and new voices in literature. For more information, please visit www.amazon.com.
Senior Citizens Tax Help
December 10, 2010Beginning Thursday, February 3rd and every Thursday after that through April 14th there will be someone at the library to help with tax preparation. The hours will be 10 am until 2 pm every Thursday and you will need to sign up for an appointment at the front desk or call the library at 229-377-3632 x113.
Come Visit RML at Mule Day!
October 25, 2010
Visit RML's Booth at Mule Day, November 6th! Come out and support YOUR library! We will have: Plants, Used Books, Boutique Items, Baked Goods, Crafts, Autographed Books, "Opoly" Games, Holiday Decor, Library-related Items and Framed Artwork. See you there!
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