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BookMyne: Your Library on the Go Print E-mail

BookMyne logCheck out the Library's new app for mobile Android and Apple devices. With BookMyne you can:

  • Search the Library's catalog
  • Place a hold
  • Renew your items
  • Manage your library account...

All from your mobile device.

Just go to the Apple App Store or Android Market and download the free BookMyne App. Once it's installed, search for your local library—for example, DCPL-Decatur—and you're ready to begin.

 
Thanks to A Mysterious Evening participants Print E-mail

Thanks to the many donors, volunteers and library staff who made A Mysterious Evening a success. The DeKalb Library Foundation raised $20,000 for library programs and services at this delightful event with mystery authors and a theater performance. For pictures see our Flickr page.

 
A Mysterious Evening 2012 Photos Print E-mail


Above: Featured authors at “A Mysterious Evening” were Grant Jerkins, Amanda Kyle Williams, William Rawlings and Patricia Sprinkle.

 


Above, from left to right: DeKalb County Public Library Director Alison Weissinger, DeKalb Library Foundation Executive Director Donna Brazzell, Mrs. Philippa Ellis, DeKalb County CEO Burrell Ellis and Chair of DeKalb County Public Library Board of Trustee Jon Abercrombie.

For more photos, please check out our Flickr page.

 
The Decatur Library gets a new roof! Print E-mail

Due to construction on the Decatur Library roof, traffic in and out of the parking deck may be slow. In addition, the regular bookdrop will be blocked off during certain time periods. Please use the temporary bookdrop located on the upper parking deck across from the entrance doors. Thank you for your patience.

 
A Mysterious Evening Print E-mail

Saturday, March 24, 2012 7:00 -10:30 p.m.
Decatur Library, 215 Sycamore St., Decatur, GA 30030
Tickets $65 online or $75 at door.

Featuring mystery authors Grant Jerkins, William Rawlings, Patricia Sprinkle and Amanda Kyle Williams. Book signing * Cajun hors d’oeuvres * Mystery theater performance, A Tale of Two Swamps. Presented by Honorary Chair Karin Slaughter, Save the Libraries and DeKalb Library Foundation.

Thriller author Karin Slaughter will not be present at this year’s event, but continues her support for savethelibraries.com

 
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