Timberland Regional Library News Release

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

September 22, 2006

 

Media Contacts: Leanne Ingle, TRL Communications Specialist, (360) 704-4508; Kellie Purce Braseth, Dean of College Relations, South Puget Sound Community College, (360) 596-5214.

Kiosk provides Timberland Library services at Hawks Prairie Center
Grand Opening Celebration & Library Card Signup to be held October 3

Some public library services are now available in Hawks Prairie at a Timberland Regional Library kiosk located at the South Puget Sound Community College’s Hawks Prairie Center. The kiosk has been in operation at the center since May and will be presented to the public in a grand opening celebration on Tuesday, October 3 from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The center is located at 1401 Marvin Rd. NE, Suite 201, Lacey, in the Hawks Prairie Village Mall.

The kiosk is a partnership of the public library system and the college. Equipped with two computer stations, the kiosk provides information services and a convenient new location for people to pick up and drop off Timberland library books, movies, CDs and other library materials.

"Timberland is delighted to be providing public library services closer to people who live and work in the Hawks Prairie and east Lacey areas, and to the students attending the college’s Hawks Prairie Center," said Timberland Regional Library Director, Jodi Reng.

"I'm pleased the college has partnered with Timberland Regional Library to provide students and the community access to Timberland's resources in a convenient location," said Dr. Gerald Pumphrey, President of South Puget Sound Community College.

Event Program

11:30 Welcome and brief comments

Mike Wessells, TRL Manager of Community Services: Master of Ceremonies

  • Jodi Reng, Director, Timberland Regional Library
  • Dr. Gerald Pumphrey, President, South Puget Sound Community College
  • Dr. Mike Beehler, Vice President of Instruction, SPSCC
  • Dick Nichols, President, TRL Board of Trustees
  • Virgil Clarkson, Mayor, City of Lacey
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    12:00 Cutting of the ribbon

    12:00-2:30

    Kiosk Open Hours: Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

    Access: The Center’s main entrance is on the west side of the mall. Another entrance is on mall side by the Starbucks store.

    Timberland library services available at the Kiosk

    TRL cardholders can use the library kiosk to:

  • Place holds on Timberland library books, CDs, movies and other library materials and request delivery to the Hawks Prairie Center.
  • Pick up and self-check out the materials that have arrived for them.
  • Return TRL materials in the book drop outside the Center’s main entrance.
  • Check their library card accounts.
  • Search the TRL catalog of materials that cardholders can borrow.
  • Search full-text magazine and newspaper articles and over 60 reliable reference databases for business, school, health, literature, personal enrichment and practical help, such as auto repair.
  • Find suggestions for great books to read.
  • Contact TRL reference librarians from the kiosk by phone, email or online chat to ask reference questions or to get kiosk help.
  • Sign up for a computer session at a Timberland library branch.
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    There are no Timberland library books or other library materials housed at this location. Library cardholders can use the TRL library catalog at the kiosk or from home, school, office, or another Timberland library to place a hold on an item for pickup at the Hawks Prairie Center.

    Timberland Regional Library serves the information, reading and lifelong learning needs of the Grays Harbor, Lewis, Mason, Pacific, and Thurston county public at 27 community libraries and 7 cooperative library service locations. The library system is funded by local property taxes. For information on any subject, the Thurston County public can telephone Timberland’s Central Reference Service at 704-INFO (704-4636) or they can email librarians on the TRL Web site at www.trlib.org. Anyone needing special accommodations to participate in a library’s program may contact the library a week in advance.

    Revised 09/25/06

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    Timberland Regional Library serves Grays Harbor, Lewis, Mason, Pacific, and Thurston counties in Western Washington State.