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Library News
Rolling Hills Consolidated
Serving Andrew and Buchanan counties January 2006 Vol. 3, Issue 7
New @ RHCL
ADULT FICTION
Grievous Angel
The future of TV
by Jane Hill KTWU officials to explain digital, HDTV in Jan. 24 program
Ash & Bone
by John Harvey Like the television
Constant Princess step from refers to
by Phillippa Gregory black-and- broadcasting
Smile of a Ghost
white to color a television
by Phil Rickman
Grave Mistake reception, picture
by Stella Cameron digital televi- through a dig-
ADULT NON-FICTION sion is being ital process.
Galatoire’s Cookbook touted as the High defini-
by Melvin Rodrigue
next great rev- tion televi-
Riding with the Blue
Moth by Bill Hancock olution for sion (HDTV)
Our Endangered broadcast refers to the
Values by Jimmy Carter media. quality of the
Driven From Within
by Michael Jordan
But along television pic-
Got Sun? Go Solar with the ture. High
by Rex A. Ewing advancement definition is
Between You and Me comes many questions and possibly some the highest quality broadcast signal that
by Mike Wallace
confusion. Rolling Hills hopes to help ease viewers will be able to receive on digital tel-
JUVENILE the minds of patrons with a special pro- evision. Not all digital channels have to be
Clarise Bean Spells
Trouble by Lauren Child gram, “Digital TV,” at noon Tuesday, Jan. HDTV, but all digital broadcasts will look
Hey Pancakes 24, at the Belt Library. better than the current analog system.
by Tamson Weston The free program is a Brown-Bag Digital television lets stations offer view-
Are We There Yet?
by Dale Gottlieb
Luncheon in which patrons are encouraged ers a high definition program or choose to
Cold Paws, Warm to bring their lunches. The library will pro- split their signal and offer several different
Heart by Madeline Floyd vide drinks and dessert. types of programs at the same time. In the
Three Good Deeds Officials from KTWU Public Television digital future, viewers can watch a program
by Vivian Vande Velde
in Topeka, Kan., will discuss digital televi- and then download a wealth of supplemen-
Inside this issue sion and high-definition television. tal information such as text, maps, graph-
Legislation in Congress now would make ics, audio and extra video, plus provide all
Friends Store to
2 digital the broadcasting standard in 2009. this in CD-quality sound.
have grand opening
Library receives two “High definition” and “digital” televi-
3
federal grants sion do not mean the same thing. Digital CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
Rolling Hills
Consolidated Library Using eBay topic of 2 programs
EXPLORE the past You’ve heard others talking
ENHANCE the present. about it and seen the commer- Famous visitor
CREATE the future. cials on television. You’d like to
Staff try it, but you don’t know how to
Barb Read get started. Here’s your chance.
head of public services
Patsey McGuire In January, the library is
comptroller offering free classes on the ins
Mary Beth Crouch and outs of buying and selling
circulation manager
Saundra Keiffer items on the popular Web site
Savannah Library and eBay. The two-hour classes are
children’s services manager
Rodney Combs
planned with beginners in mind
Belt Library and and will cover buying on eBay
reference services manager
in the first hour and selling on
June Stancliff
technical services manager eBay in the second hour. Class
Alan Stolfus size is limited to 10 people, so
Library News editor
registration is required.
Board of Trustees The classes are planned for
David O. Meade 7-9 p.m. Monday, Jan. 9, at Children’s book character Amelia Bedelia, por-
president, Savannah trayed by Rolling Hills’ children’s librarian
the Belt Library, and 6-8 p.m.
Robert E. Barnard
vice president, St. Joseph Thursday, Jan. 19, at the Saundra Keiffer, answers questions recently from
Sue Paxton Savannah Library. To register, the second-graders at Parkway Elementary
secretary, Savannah School in St. Joseph. The classes, taught by Mary
call or visit the Circulation
Elbert Turner Jr.
treasurer, St. Joseph Desks at the Belt and Kay Giles and Vicki Steele, earned a visit from
Patricia Kapp Savannah libraries. Amelia by having all students sign up for a
Cosby library card from either Rolling Hills or St. Jospeh
Janice Goforth
St. Joseph New Friends Store to Public Library during “National Library Card
Kathryn J. Rhoad Sign-Up Month” in September. The classes also
Agency have grand opening received free books supplied by the two libraries.
Raymond Sisson The Friends Bookstore will
St. Joseph
The board meets the fourth Tuesday
have a grand opening Jan. 20-22 fea- will be open for extended hours that
of each month. The March, June, turing hourly door prizes, free coffee, weekend. The hours are noon to 6 p.m.
September and December meetings
begin at 6:30 p.m. at the Savannah
gifts for children and a book sale. Friday, Jan. 20, and Saturday, Jan. 21,
Library. All other meetings begin at To show off its new digs, the store and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 22.
7 p.m. at the library’s Administrative
Office, 1912 N. Belt.
Friends of RHCL
Splitting signal provides more options
Friends of the Rolling From Page 1 The content for this program stream is
HillsConsolidated Library supports the “It really is a whole different world provided by PBS. KTWU’s second chan-
library through volunteer and fund-
raising efforts. Membership is free with digital television,” said Barb Read, nel (23.2) is the simulcast of KTWU,
with meetings in March,
June,September and December. Rolling Hills head of public services, analog channel 11. Everything sched-
who serves on the KTWU Community uled on channel 11 can be seen on the
Electronic Library News Advisory Board. digital channel 24 hours a day.
To read Library Newsvia
e-mail, send us a note at Beginning Jan. 9, KTWU, Digital The third channel (23.3) is KTWU-
web@rollinghills.lib.mo.us.
Thenewsletter will be sent as a PDF
Channel 23, will broadcast three pro- CREATE. The CREATE service is a new
file, so you must have Adobe Acrobat gram streams. Channel 23.1 is KTWU- 24-hour channel that will feature
Reader to open it.
HD, which consists of high-quality, high- lifestyle, how-to and travel programming,
www.rollinghills.lib.mo.us definition programming 24 hours a day. as well as a daily children’s block.
2 Library News January 2006
Christmastime at Rolling Hills
ABOVE: Santa
Claus visited the
Savannah Library
to read to children
at the final session
of Storytime in
ABOVE: Savannah Library
2005.
assistant Janet Phillippe
adds a scarf to the library’s
Giving Tree. During the holi-
days, Rolling Hills collected
hats, scrafs, mittens and socks
to donate to the Salvation
Army. RIGHT: Belt Library
assistant Gary Tietz checks
on the library’s special sec-
tion of Christmas items.
Video equipment, staff to benefit from grants
Rolling Hills recently received two federal grants so all library staff members can participate.
that will be used to upgrade its videoconferencing The grants were provided by the federal Institute
equipment and provide for a staff training day in 2006. of Museum and Library Services through the
The library received $1,695 to buy a scanner to Missouri State Library. The institute provides funds
convert computer images for use with the library’s to states to support library needs, either on a
videoconference equipment. Rolling Hills was one of statewide or local basis. Federal funds primarily sup-
10 Missouri libraries to receive the videoconferencing port activities using technology for information shar-
upgrade grants. ing between libraries and other community services.
A second grant worth $2,690 was received to fund It also funds programs making library resources
the library’s staff development day planned for March more accessible to urban, rural and low income resi-
17. Consultant Pat Wagner of Denver, Colo., will con- dents or others who have difficulty using library
duct the training. The library will be closed March 17 services.
January 2006 Library News 3
January 2006
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
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LIBRARY CLOSED LIBRARY CLOSED
FOR NEW YEAR’S FOR NEW YEAR’S SCRAP & CHAT
HOLIDAY HOLIDAY 6:30 p.m. Belt
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EBAY FOR PURL GIRLS
BEGINNERS 6:30 p.m. Belt
7 p.m. Belt Conference Room
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ST. JOSEPH
LIBRARY CLOSED BICYCLE CLUB
FOR MARTIN 7 p.m. Belt EBAY FOR
LUTHER KING JR. Happy Birthyday, SCRAP & CHAT BEGINNERS
HOLIDAY Patsey 6:30 p.m. Belt 6 p.m. Savannah
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“DIGITAL TV,” A
BROWN BAG LUNCH
WITH KTWU PUBLIC PURL GIRLS
TELEVISION 6:30 p.m. Belt
Noon, Belt Conference Room
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1904 N. Belt Highway
St. Joseph, Mo., 64506
816-232-5479
9-9 Mon-Thu/9-6 Fri-Sat/1-5 Sun
514 Main Street
Savannah, Mo., 64485
816-324-4569
9-6 Mon, Wed, Fri/9-8 Tue, Thu
9-5 Sat/1-5 Sun
www.rollinghills.lib.mo.us
