STAFF
Christine Radzik
Library Assistant - Children's, Young Adult & Reference
Cathy Bence,
Reference Librarian | Web Site
Vacant
Young Adult Librarian
Lydia Gravell
Head of Technical Services
Richard Kasilowski
Maintenance
Colette Marion, Laura Sanscartier, Amy Spence, Melissa Ryan, YoungOak Lim, Marina Morse, Joyce Servente, Enrique Santiago
Trustees
Eric Jackson, Chair
Dr. Linda Trouville, Vice-Chair
Monique Verville, Secretary
John Dyer
Jim Nolan
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 From the Desk of the Director
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Perhaps you have enjoyed the free issues of Book Page that we offer to our patrons each month. Book Page is chock full of book reviews, author reviews, and timely articles. If you have enjoyed that publication, take a look at our latest free offering, IndiePicks. IndiePicks is a book review publication that covers independent publishers and authors. Part of the Patomi Media Group, IndiePicks was founded in 2017 by publisher Naomi Blackburn.
The Goal of the publication is to celebrate the uniqueness and diversity of the independent publishing houses and those who have chosen the indie route to bring their books to the market.
IndiePicks is a recommended-only resource, so they only publish reviews of quality work that their reviewers think would fit into public library collections and that are appropriate for a wide audience of readers. Their reviewers and columnists are all librarians.
Not only are we adding IndiePicks to the selection of review sources that we use when choosing the titles we add to our collection, but we are making copies of it available to you, the patrons, free of charge. Make sure you stop in and pick up your copy, as they are limited.
As always, I am available to meet and talk with you. This is your library and we want to hear what you think!
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Christine Radzick
Some of you may remember Christine from when she worked at the library as an Adult Page. Well... she's back!
Christine was born and raised in Dracut and graduated from Dracut High School. She loves attending all of the town's annual events, like Old Home Day and the tree lighting.
After working almost nine years working in our Circulation Department, due to clashing schedules, Christine took a year off to take care of her kindergartener. She's now back at the library. This time, she's bringing her ten plus years of experience working in daycare centers, to help Miss Penny with Children's Programming. As a Library Assistant, Christine also helps out in Reference and Young Adult services.
Christine lists her family as her greatest achievement. She has five beautiful children raging in age from six to nineteen. She got married this past August, bringing her family to a total of eight.
Christine is currently reading Darkness by Karen Robards. She loves suspense and thrillers, as well as authors like Stephen King and Dean Koontz. Most of the time, however, you will catch her reading children's books or YA titles. She tried to read to her children every day as they grew up. She's happy to report that most of her children are now avid readers.
Make sure that you stop into either the Children's Room or the Reference Department to say hello to Christine and welcome her back!
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Tuesday, December 12th
6:30 PM to 7:30 PM
In her program Holiday Music Then and Now, highly acclaimed pianist/composer Deborah Wyndham shares her own arrangements of various holiday pieces, both traditional and popular. With styles ranging from contemporary classical and jazz to ragtime, she plays holiday songs from both the far past and present, such as "Sleigh Ride," "Greensleeves" and more. She shares interesting facts about the song's beginning and composers.
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Please complete and return the survey by January 31, 2018. Completed paper surveys may be returned at the drop-boxes at Town Hall, the Library, or Council on Aging. Alternately, they may be mailed to Betsy Ware, Town Hall. 62 Arlington Street, Dracut, MA 01826.
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Clicking on any title should bring you into the
Dracut Library catalog, where you can read
a summary, check availability and place a hold.
Mystery
- Chance, Maia. Gin and Panic [Discreet Retrieval Agency, Bk. #3]
- Clark, Mary Higgins. Every Breath You Take [Under Suspicion, Bk. #4]
- Crosby, Ellen. The Vineyard Victims [Wine Country Mysteries, Bk. #8]
- Early, Hank. Heaven's Crooked Finger [Earl Marcus, Bk. #1]
- Evanovich, Janet. Hardcore Twenty-Four [Stephanie Plum, Bk. #24]
- Gerber, Daryl Wood. A Deadly Eclair [French Bistro novels, Bk. #1]
- Green, Layton. Written in Blood
- James, P.D. Sleep No More: Six Murderous Tales
- Lehane, Con. Murder in the Manuscript Room [Ray Ambler novels, Bk. #2]
- Littlejohn, Emily. A Season to Lie [Detective Gemma Monroe, Bk. #2]
- Stanley, Michael. Dying to Live [Detective Kubu Mysteries, Bk. #6]
- Staub, Wendy Corsi. Dead of Winter
[Lily Dale, Bk. #3]
- Schofield, Douglas. Killing Pace
- Thomson, E.S. Dark Asylum
[Jem Flockhart, Bk. #2]
Romance
Science Fiction
Short Stories | Collections
Suspense |Thriller
- Arnaldur, Indriaason. The Shadow District
- Cameron, Marc. Tom Clancy Power and Empire [Jack Ryan, Bk. #17]
- Child, Lee. The Midnight Line [Jack Reacher, Bk. #22]
- Coonts, Stephen. The Armageddon File [Tommy Carmellini novels, Bk. #8]
- Dolan, Harry. The Man in the Crooked Hat
- Graham, Heather. American Drifter
- Hawkins, Paula. Into the Water
- Koontz, Dean. The Whispering Room [Jane Hawk novels, Bk. #2]
- Oldham, Nick. Headhunter
[Steve Flynn, Bk. #3]
- Roberts, Nora. Year One [Chronicles of the One, Bk. #1]
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November 2017 New Large Print
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Clicking on any title should bring you into the Dracut Library catalog, where you can read a summary, check availability and place a hold.
Large Print Fiction
- Allende, Isabel. In the Midst of Winter
- Clark, Mary Higgins. Every Breath You Take [Under Suspicion, Bk. #5]
- Cussler, Clive. Typhoon Fury [Oregon Files, Bk. #12]
- Francis, Felix. Pulse [Dick Francis novels, Bk. #7]
- Johansen, Iris. Mind Game [Eve Duncan, Bk. #22]
- Kingsbury, Michael. In this Moment [Baxter Family, Bk. #4]
- McCall-Smith, Alexander.The House of Unexpected Sisters [No.1 Ladies Detective Agency, Bk. #18]
- Michaels, Fern. Winter Wishes
- Sandford, John. Deep Freeze [Virgil Flowers, Bk. #10]
- Taylor, Patrick. An Irish Country Practice [Irish Country, Bk. #12]
- Woods, Stuart. Quick & Dirty [Stone Barrington, Bk. #43]
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November 2017 New Audiobooks
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Clicking on any title should bring you into the Dracut Library catalog, where you can read a summary, check availability and place a hold.
Books on CD - Fiction
- Baldacci, David. End Game
- Child, Lee. The Midnight Line: a Jack Reacher novel
- Clancy, Tom. Tom Clancy Power and Empire
- Clark, Mary Higgins. Every Breath You Take
- Coonts, Stephen. The Armageddon File
- Cussler, Clive. Typhoon Fury
- Erdrich, Louise. Future Home of the Living God
- Evanovich, Janet. Hardcore Twenty-Four
- Evans, Richard Paul. The Noel Diary
- Graham, Heather. American Drifter
- Koontz, Dean. The Whispering Room
- McCall-Smith, Alexander. The House of Unexpected Sisters
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November 2017 New Nonfiction
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Clicking on any title should bring you into the Dracut Library catalog, where you can read a summary, check availability and place a hold.
Autobiography & Biography
Health & Fitness
Language Arts
Self-Help
Social Science
- Blachor, Devorah. The Feminist's Guide to Raising a Little Princess: How to Raise a Girl Who's Authentic, Joyful, and Fearless -- Even if She Refuses to Wear Anything But a Pink Tutu
- Carlson, Gretchen. Be Fierce: Stop Harassment and Take Your Power Back
- Drinan, Carla. H.
The War on Kids:How American Juvenile Justice Lost It's Way
- Harris, Malcolm. Kids these Days: Human Capital and the Making of Millennials
- Young, Kevin. Bunk: The True Story of Hoaxes, Hucksters, Humbug, Plagiarists, Forgeries and Phonies.
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Important Dates
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- Legislative Breakfast - The Library will open at 10:00 AM on Friday, December 1st, due to a Legislative Breakfast for the Merrimack Valley Library Consortium.
- Thanksgiving Holiday - The Library will be CLOSED on Thursday, November 23rd, Friday, November 24th, & Saturday, November 25th. We will re-open at 8:30 am on Monday, November 27th.
- Monthly Meeting of the Board of Library Trustees - Wednesday, December 13th at 4:30 PM in the Director's Office. Open Meeting.
- Friends of the Dracut Library - Wednesday, December 20th at 6:00 pm. All are welcome.
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