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FEB 10: Computer system down (morning)

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February 8, 2012

The Library computer system (catalog & Internet access) will be unavailable due to maintenance on Friday, February 10, at 7 am. We hope to have system available by 9 am.
Thank you for your patience!
Questions? Call Circulation at 614-486-2951.

This month’s Checkout Champions

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February 1, 2012

Announcing the January winners of Checkout Champion, a monthly contest featuring Donatos prizes for checking out the most Grandview Library items:

  • In the Kids category, Nicole Clayton wins a large, single-item Donatos pizza and a $10 Donatos gift card. Nicole checked out 149 items in January.
  • In the Adult category, Phil Brehmer wins a medium signature Donatos pizza and a $5 Donatos gift card. Phil checked out 282 items in January.

Thanks to Donatos for the terrific prizes.

Who will be the next Checkout Champions? It could be you!

Buying on Amazon? Help the Library for free

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January 25, 2012

Use www.ghpl.org/amazon when you buy anything on Amazon.com, and help the Library—at no cost to you!

The Library receives a percentage of the sales from your purchases whenever you use the link.

Bookmark it!

It’s a free & easy way to earn extra money for the Library!


NOTE: Outside of the special web address, the Amazon page will not indicate that you are on a special page that helps the Library.

NOTE: This previously advertised link will still work: http://www.amazon.com/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=granheigpubll-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325

Extreme Makeover: Dollhouse Edition

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January 20, 2012

The dollhouse in Youth Services has a new look!

Thank you to Grandview resident & artist Mike Dexter (pictured), who painted & refurbished it in his workshop. It looks great!

Thank you to former staff & current volunteer Ruth Sloan (pictured), whose father made it for his library on the East Coast in 1974. When she offered to donate it to our Library more than 20 years ago, we said yes!

The house is popular with both boys & girls, and can be found in the toy area.

Enjoy the new & improved dollhouse!

Questions? Call Youth Services at 614-481-3778.

New online video storybooks for kids

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January 19, 2012

Kids, check out these new online resources!
  • BookFlix—Scholastic’s collection classic stories on video with nonfiction eBooks, to help young fiction readers discover new reading possibilities with nonfiction. For pre-kindergarten through third grade.
  • TrueFlix—Great nonfiction eBooks for the young researcher. For grades 3-6.
Give them a try!

Don’t forget to check out Tumble Books Library (online animated, talking picture books) from our Digital Library, plus other fun & educational online resources for kids.
Questions? Call Youth Services at 614-481-3778.

FREADING: New e-book service

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January 6, 2012

Download thousands of e-books from the Grandview Library’s newest
service—Freading!

  • Download Freading e-books onto a variety of compatible devices, including e-readers, smartphones,  tablets, and computers.
  • Get access to all titles—no holds or waiting lists.
  • For PC, Mac, or eReader device (Nook, Nook Touch, Sony eReader), you will need to download and install Adobe Digital Editions software onto your computer (available on Freading’s website).
    • For tablet or multi-functional device (iPad, iPod Touch, Nook Tablet, Samsung Galaxy), you will need to download an app (download from your device: Apple here, Android here).
  • Access to these e-books is controlled by tokens. Each user is given a weekly allotment of six tokens, which are redeemed to borrow books. Each e-book download requires 1-4 tokens, and checks out for two weeks. Renewals for the newest titles cost one download token, but older books renew for no cost. Unused tokens rollover to the next week, but all tokens reset to six again every month.
  • Learn more at Freading FAQ.

Visit our Digital Library for our other e-book service Digital Downloads.

Get help from our Reference staff with 1-on-1 eReader Help.

Download free mp3s (to keep!) from Sony’s huge catalog with Freegal.

Checkout Champs eat more pizza

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January 5, 2012

The more items you check out in 2012, the better chance you have of becoming a Checkout Champion—and winning prizes from Donatos!

Every month this year, each patron’s check-outs* will be totaled, and the two (one adult and one kid age 17 & under) with the most check-outs will win.

One winner receives:

  • One free, large single-topping pizza
  • $10 gift card
  • coupon book

The other winner receives:

  • One free, medium signature pizza
  • $5 gift card
  • coupon book

You can win more than once a year. Thanks to Donatos for the terrific prizes.

Good luck!

Learn about our Circulation Policies.

*Contest includes books, magazines, CDs, DVDs & audiobooks; it does not include eResources from our Digital Library.

FEB 18: Book Bash, Mardi Gras-style

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January 3, 2012

It’s a Mardi Gras party at the Library after hours!

The third Book Bash—presented by the GHPL Foundation to benefit the Grandview Library Endowment Fund—takes place on Saturday, February 18, from 7-10 pm.

This year’s theme celebrates the spirit of New Orleans with King Cake, Mardi Gras masks, beads, raffle, music, food & drink, and more.

RSVP today and laissez les bons temps rouler (let the good times roll)!

  • MUSIC by Dean Marcellana & Clave Sonic, performing a jazzy twist on Cajun music.
  • HEAVY HORS D’OEUVRES & COFFEE BAR
  • CASH BAR
    • Beer, wine, and soda.
    • One complimentary beverage.
  • RAFFLE TICKETS 

    • You could win one of 40 great prizes from local businesses.

  • SUGGESTED DONATION:
    • Couple $75 in advance, $85 at door.
    • Individual $40 in advance, $45 at door.
    • All Book Bash donations are tax deductible.
    • Advance registration deadline: February 12.

  • RSVP & PAY

    1. RSVP: foundation@ghpl.org with names of attendee(s)
    2. PAY
      • by PayPal: Click the button below
      • by check: Deliver checks (payable to “GLEF”) & include name of attendee(s) to the Library Circulation desk, or mail them to: Book Bash, 1685 W. First Ave., Columbus OH 43212.

This year’s Book Bash is sponsored by O’Malley Real Estate (1243 Grandview Avenue, 614-486-0400), Mohr Wealth Management, and a host of community businesses contributing raffle prizes. Thank you!

FACEBOOK INVITE

SEE PICTURES & VIDEO FROM LAST YEAR’S BASH

2012 Book Bash co-sponsors Ron Mohr of Mohr Wealth Management (left) and Michael Allardyce of O’Malley Real Estate.

New books: February 2012

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December 30, 2011

Use your Grandview Library card to search & reserve the books below.

Just enter the titles into our catalog from your computer, or call Circulation at 614-486-2951 to have a staff member place a hold for you.

Want more? Find new books, movies & music.
Love digital materials? Download books, movies & music.

The titles below that are not at the Grandview Library may be borrowed for you from our consortium libraries.

NEW FICTION: February 2012

  • George Alex — A Good American
  • Cristina Alger — The Darlings
  • Ramona Ausubel — No One Is Here Except All of Us
  • Julianna Baggott — Pure
  • Josh Bazell — Wild Thing
  • M.C. Beaton — Death of a Kingfisher
  • Alex Berenson — The Shadow Patrol: A John Wells Novel
  • Peter Cameron — Coral Glynn
  • Dan Chaon — Stay Awake: Stories
  • Jennifer Chiaverini — Sonoma Rose: An Elm Creek Quilts Novel
  • Deborah Coonts — So Damn Lucky
  • Deborah Crombie — No Mark Upon Her
  • MaryJanice Davidson — Yours, Mine, and Ours
  • Frank DeLaney — The Last Storyteller: A Novel of Ireland
  • Tatiana De Rosnay — The House I Loved
  • Amber Dermont — The Starboard Sea
  • John Donatich — The Variations
  • Sam Eastland — Archive 17: A Novel of Suspense
  • Anna Funder — All That I Am
  • Lisa Gardner — Catch Me
  • Paul Garrison — Robert Ludlum’s The Janson Command
  • Paul Grossman — Children of Wrath
  • Elizabeth Hand — Available Dark: A Thriller
  • Kim Harrison — A Perfect Blood
  • Joan Hess — Deader Homes and Gardens: A Claire Malloy Mystery
  • Pam Houston — Contents May Have Shifted
  • Eowyn Ivey — The Snow Child
  • J.A. Jance — Left for Dead
  • Jonathan Kellerman — Victims: An Alex Delaware Novel
  • Erin Kelly — The Dark Rose
  • Sophie Kinsella — I’ve Got Your Number
  • Tom Knox — The Lost Goddess
  • Krys Lee — Drifting House
  • Lisa Lutz — Trail of the Spellmans: Document #5
  • Thomas Mallon — Watergate
  • Richard Mason — History of a Pleasure Seeker
  • Jonathan Odell — The Healing
  • Kristina Ohlsson — Unwanted
  • Michael Palmer — Oath of Office
  • James Patterson & Mark Sullivan — Private Games
  • Matthew Pearl — The Technologists
  • Anne Rice — The Wolf Gift
  • Lucinda Riley — The Orchid House
  • J.D. Robb — Celebrity in Death
  • Peter Robinson — Before the Poison
  • Michael Robotham — Bleed for Me
  • Andromeda Romano-Lax — The Detour
  • David Rosenfelt — Heart of a Killer
  • Matt Ruff — The Mirage
  • Kim Scott — That Deadman Dance
  • Dana Stabenow — Restless in the Grave: A Kate Shugak Novel
  • Ellen Ullman — By Blood
  • Katie Ward — Girl Reading
  • Lauren Willig — The Garden Intrigue: A Pink Carnation Novel

NEW NONFICTION: February 2012

  • Mimi Alford — Once Upon a Secret: My Affair with President John F. Kennedy and Its Aftermath
  • Peggielene Bartels — King Peggy: An American Secretary, Her Royal Destiny, and the Inspiring Story of How She Changed an African Village
  • Raymond Bonner — Anatomy of Injustice: A Murder Case Gone Wrong
  • Katherine Boo — Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
  • Scotty Bowers &  Lionel Friedberg — Full Service: My Adventures in Hollywood and the Secret Sex Lives of the Stars
  • Christopher Bram — Eminent Outlaws: The Gay Writers Who Changed America
  • William Broad — The Science of Yoga: The Myths and the Rewards
  • Stacy A. Cordery — Juliette Gordon Low: The Remarkable Founder of the Girl Scouts
  • Gregory Crouch — China’s Wings: War, Intrigue, Romance, and Adventure in the Middle Kingdom During the Golden Age of Flight
  • Pamel Druckerman — Bringing up Bébé: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of Parenting
  • Natalie Dykstra — Clover Adams: A Gilded and Heartbreaking Life
  • Russ Feingold — While America Sleeps: A Wake-Up Call for the Post-9/11 Era
  • Deborah Feldman — Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots
  • Michael R. Gordon & Gen. Bernard E. Trainor — The End Game: The Hidden History of America’s Struggle to Build Democracy in Iraq
  • Dave Isay — All There Is: Love Stories from Storycorps
  • Simcha Jacobovici — The Jesus Discovery: The New Archaeological Find that Reveals & James D. Tabor the Birth of Christianity
  • Tony Judt &  Timothy Snyder — Thinking the Twentieth Century
  • Robert Kanigel — On an Irish Island
  • Jonathan Kellerman — Silent Partner (Graphic Novel)
  • Toby Lester — Da Vinci’s Ghost: Genius, Obsession, and How Leonardo Created the World in His Own Image
  • Alexander Masters — Simon: The Genius in My Basement
  • Eilat Negev &  Yehuda Koren — The First Lady of Fleet Street: The Life of Rachel Beer: Crusading Heiress and Newspaper Pioneer
  • Anne-Marie O’Connor — The Lady in Gold: The Extraordinary Tale of Gustav Klimt’s Masterpiece, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer
  • Stephen R. Platt — Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom: China, the West, and the Epic Story of the Taiping Civil War
  • Eyal Press — Beautiful Souls: Saying No, Breaking Ranks, and Heeding the Voice of Conscience in Dark Times
  • Joe Sacco — Journalism
  • Sebastian Seung — Connectome: How the Brain’s Wiring Makes Us Who We Are
  • Noam Scheiber — The Escape Artists
  • Ira Shapiro — The Last Great Senate: Courage and Statesmanship in Times of Crisis
  • Charlotte Silver — Charlotte Au Chocolat: Memories of a Restaurant Girlhood
  • Jean Edward Smith — Eisenhower in War and Peace
  • Timothy Stanley — The Crusader: The Life and Tumultuous Times of Pat Buchanan
  • Craig Taylor — Londoners: The Days and Nights of London Now—As Told by Those Who Love It, Hate It, Left It, and Long for It
  • Barrett Tillman — Enterprise: America’s Fightingest Ship and the Men Who Helped Win World War II
  • Neil DeGrasse Tyson — Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier
  • David C. Unger — The Emergency State: America’s Pursuit of Absolute Security at All Costs
  • Mikey Walsh — Gypsy Boy: My Life in the Secret World of the Romany Gypsies
  • Doron Weber — Immortal Bird: A Family Memoir
  • Ali Wentworth — Ali in Wonderland: And Other Tall Tales
  • Jim Yardley — Brave Dragons: A Chinese Basketball Team, an American Coach, and Two Cultures Clashing

We’re one of America’s best libraries

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December 1, 2011

The Grandview Heights Public Library has been recognized as a five-star library and the best public library in America in its category!

This marks the fourth consecutive time the Grandview Library has received five stars from The Library Journal Index of Public Library Service, a national rating of public libraries.

The index identifies 262 “star” libraries (out of  7,513 public libraries) in its America’s Star Libraries 2011. It is based on 2009 data from the IMLS—circulation, visits, program attendance and Internet use, each per capita.

Thank you for making your Library great! We are proud to provide the services this community loves and supports. We are the place where the community connects!

In addition to the Grandview Library, four other Franklin County library systems received five-star ratings:

Learn about our Library Journal five-star ratings in 2009 (Round One and Two) & 2010, and our Hennen’s American Public Library Ratings Top 10 rankings in 2010 (#3), 2009 (#4), and 2008 (#9).

Questions? Call Administration at 614-486-2954.