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Read the Winter Newsletter 2022 in the window below, or click on the download link for a pdf file of the newsletter.
Friends of the Anacortes Public Library 
P. O. Box 2009  Anacortes, WA  98221                                          
360-293-1910
​WINTER NEWSLETTER, FEBRUARY 2022
 
Mark your calendars! 

The FOL will hold Open FriendShop Days on Friday, Feb. 4th and Saturday, Feb  
5th from 11 am to 3 pm each day. Come see our new look along with our new  
selections! Valentine’s Day is coming up so  think about a treat for your sweetheart.  Love romances? Grab a red bag filled with your favorite authors! Check out  our Young Adult section. It’s bursting  with new additions. Teachers and home schoolers – look for our free picture  books. We have a variety of subjects  including those on the United States,  
foreign countries, nature, sports, and more.  These are great jumping off points for  
discussions and Q&A sessions with kids.  As always, we have contemporary fiction,  biographies and nonfiction, travel, arts and  crafts—there’s lots to choose from. Hope to  see you there!

5 for 5 Program 
The Library is accepting book donations again! You may donate up to 5 books published within the  last 5 years. Bring your donations to  the help desk or drop off with library staff members. Your donations  benefit the library’s programs and  fund new book purchases.  
Thank you for your support. 
(360) 293-1910 
friendsoftheanacorteslibrary.org 
Letter from the  Co-Presidents 
What a year 2021 was.  
We continue to navigate through a global pandemic with strength, resilience and resolve. The  Friends of the Library are grateful for our members, donors, community supporters and volunteers. You give voice to the power of a vital public library as an uplifting community force, and as a  resource to students. You recognize the richness the library brings to the lives of Anacortes residents. All offered freely and fairly, without charge.  
In 2021, the Friends safely held - a May parking  lot “trunk sale”, a sale during the Anacortes Arts  Festival (August), and a December holiday lobby sale. The Friends joined Library staff at their booth at the Farmers Market twice this Summer. It is heartening and humbling to experience the outpouring of love for Anacortes Public Library and  for the staff.  
The Friends are holding two Open FriendShop Days February 4th/Friday, and February 5th/ Saturday, from 11am to 3pm. Come by to browse, buy and say “Hi”! Please spread the word to your  pals and within your groups. Masks are required  as the FriendShop follows all pandemic provisions  in place for the Library.  
The library is now accepting LIMITED book donations! They can take up to 5 books that were published in the last 5 years. Please do not bring more  than 5 books at a time, or books that are more than  5 years old.  
Bring donations to the library or drop off with  a library staff member. Your donations to the Library FriendShop benefit library programs and  services for all ages.  
We sincerely hope and encourage you, as an individual, or as a household member, to continue  Friends membership in the 2022 calendar year.  Memberships support library collections, pro- gramming for children, and community events.  They help foster reading and viewing, information  exploration and information literacy. Friends members can be a voice at the table in times of tough  municipal budgets, a reminder of the library as a crucial entity during a time when public library  budgets are threatened across the nation when the need is so vast.  
Our very best to you and your loved ones  for 2022. ▪ 

Kandy Dubuque & Megan Taylor 
FoL Co-Presidents

What’s New in 2022 
In February the Library will debut take and make kit for adults, a hands-on workshop, and we will continue  our popular teen take and makes with book themed  crafts. Thanks to the FOL, the library has been able to meet the demand for activities that families can do at home safely.  Anacortes Public Library will also host more Humanities Washington programs via Zoom. 
In the end of 2021, library staff were able to attend both outdoor holiday events hosted by the Anacortes Parks & Recreation Department, and hand out books  while sharing library resources with hundreds of families at the annual Haunted Forest Walk and Winter Wonderland Walk. Seeing smiling faces gleefully talking about reading with our team reminded us all that while we’ve been apart, the library and our many programs have still supported learning and discovery throughout the pandemic. 
As we look forward to 2022, we’re eager to return  to more programs in-person when it is safe to do so.  In the meantime, we are supporting learners in the  library, remotely through our virtual programs, and  with our many partnerships. This year all Anacortes School District Students will have their library card numbers changed to their permanent student ID number, so that every student has easy access to their account throughout their time at ASD. This increases ease of access, and our staff is hard at work partnering with school staff to ensure every student knows about the many resources offered to them through the public library, including the many  
incredible STEAM kits and learning resources. With the support of our generous FOL supporters, we are confident that ongoing take-home programs, and outdoor programs this summer, will continue to spark  curiosity and discovery for all ages. ▪ 
Diana Farnsworth 
Librarian

Your Anacortes Library Card: Ticket To a Wider World of Libraries 
Have you ever wanted a book or media item that Anacortes Public  Library (APL) did not own? The unbelievable luck is that you have access  to collections at many other library systems through your APL library card account, provided it is in good standing! This extension of public library service is known as reciprocal borrowing.  
Reciprocal borrowing is when a patron physically goes to another public library system to borrow  material. It began as an outgrowth of interlibrary loan, and is a convenient method of supplementing  a library’s collections. It serves library patrons well in situations where they need an item quickly and  are able to drive to another library system facility to obtain it. Many times, another library system may be convenient to a work location or a  shopping destination. Staff at the home library (APL) are able to check other library’s catalogs to see where a title or collection may be accessible to you. 
In a nutshell, reciprocal borrowing gives patrons of one public library walk-in, physical access to  circulating collections at another library system when an agreement is in place. Its major difference from an interlibrary loan transaction is the patron moves from library to library, not the material.  
Anacortes Public Library is a party to the Skagit County Interlocal Agreement. This agreement  means that residents and property owners in  Anacortes are able to open a library card account at APL and then use this card to also obtain library cards at any of the participating libraries in Skagit  County. [Borrowing rules may differ, so please  contact participating library systems directly with  
questions about available services.]  
Want to try this? As an APL library cardholder with a resident account, you can ask for a library card at the following libraries:
• Burlington Public Library, 820 E Washington  Ave, Burlington, WA 98233 
• Central Skagit Library, 110 W State St, Sedro Woolley, WA 98284 
• La Conner Regional Library, 614 Morris St, La  Conner, WA 98257 
• Mount Vernon Library, 315 Snoqualmie St, Mt  Vernon, WA 98273 
• Upper Skagit Library, 45952 Main St, Concrete,  WA 98237  
Sno-Isle Regional Library System serves Island and Snohomish County patrons. In addition to serving residents of these counties Sno-Isle Regional Library also allows “library card holders in good  standing who reside or own property of jurisdictions within Washington State that provide  equitable tax support for public library services to  obtain a Sno-Isle card”. This applies to card-holders  of Anacortes Public Library.  
So what are you waiting for? ▪

Storytimes, STEAM Kits & More:  News from the Dr. Sylvia Maxson Children’s Library
I’m excited to share updates on programs for children and families at  the Anacortes Public Library.
We continue to provide weekly virtual storytimes  for families to enjoy via Facebook and the library  website. We recently recorded our 200th session and none of those would have been possible  without funds from the Friends of the Library. In  March 2020 when the library closed and we had  to switch from in-person to virtual storytimes, it  was immediately apparent that we didn’t have the  proper equipment. With FOL program funds we  purchased camera equipment, lights, and a green  screen which are now used several times a week.  During each of these storytime sessions library  
staff read wonderful stories, and we continue  the important work of building early literacy  skills through songs, fingerplays, felt board stories,  and more. Families appreciate tuning into these  recordings when it best fits their schedule and  access them through the library website (library. cityofancortes.org). 
With in-person programming currently on hold,  families are enjoying our monthly Take and Make  kits. We research and assemble 125 kits each  month with everything necessary to complete a  
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craft or explore something new. There are kits for  toddlers, elementary school children, and tweens  & teens. These hands-on kits are ready on the first  of each month and are available while supplies last.  We have also been able to have hands-on activities  for families to try when they visit the children’s  library. The supplies for all of this creative explora tion is possible because of funds from the Friends  of the Library.  
Another opportunity for trying something new  is with our STEAM Kits, with more than 60 avail able for checkout. The most recent kits were  added with the $10,000 grant we received from  HollyFrontier Puget Sound Refinery (formerly  
Shell). The funds from this grant allowed us to add  30 new STEAM Kits to our collection. STEAM is  an approach to learning that uses the subjects of  Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math to  develop critical thinking skills and spark a lifelong  interest in arts and science. Each kit has every thing families need to learn something new, and  there’s something for all ages. These newest kits  include: 
• Code-a-pillar and Kinderbots teach the basics  of programming to kids three to six. 
• Ozobot robots take coding to the next level for  ages five and older. 
• StikBots spark creativity by allowing kids to  make their own animated movies with  poseable characters and props with themes  including dinosaurs, monsters, safari, and more. 
• Korg Volca Synthesizers help learners of all  ages explore music. 
• Magna-Tiles allows kids of all ages to build  creations, using their imagination and colorful  magnetic tiles. 
Library staff will continue to add new STEAM  Kits. There will also be a Library of 
Things which  will offer items for patrons to checkout and use at  home, and we look forward to sharing details with  you as that program launches in 2022. ▪ 
Leslie Wilson 
Youth Services Librarian

Treasurer’s Report:  2021 
I’m pleased to report that we finished out 2021 in  good financial shape, thanks (again) to our many  and generous donors. You, our supporters and donors, make it possible for the Friends to continue  helping the Anacortes Public Library purchase  books for children, teens and adults, along with  supplies for educational STEM and STEAM kits and other programs.  
FoL Board members and volunteers have also  held a number of fundraising events over the past  year, experimenting with a variety of venues and  themes to sell our used books. Examples include  participation at the Library’s Farmer’s Market  booth; a sale in spring—held in the library parking  
lot—in which FoL members sold books from the  trunks or backs of their vehicles; and brief open ings of our newly renovated and reorganized  FriendShop book store.  
We continue to sell books from the library lobby;  stock is refreshed regularly, and we encourage you  to check it out. We hope to see you at our Special  Sale February 4th and 5th when we plan to open  the bookstore for several hours.  
Thank you for your support and here’s to a healthy  2022. ▪ 
Hal Rooks 
FoL Treasurer

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