Baseball Book Signing Event at Coolray Field

Gwinnett Public Library will have a "Meet the Author Series" Baseball Book Signing Event on Sunday, July 17th at Coolray Field, 2500 Buford Drive, Lawrenceville GA 30043.

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Meet Dave Cohen, Alan Gratz, Hal Jacobs, and Rob Weintraub. Brought to you by Friends of the Library and the Gwinnett Braves.

Eagle Eye Book Shop will have books available for purchase pre-autographing. A percentage of the book sales during the event will support Friends of the Gwinnett Public Library.

For more information, contact the Gwinnett County Public Library at 770-978-5154.

Budget cuts rough on library

Budget cuts have library scrambling
Gwinnettdailypost.com
LAWRENCEVILLE — With government money dwindling, the Gwinnett County Public Library is looking to the business community to stave off a reduction in service hours. The library board voted Wednesday to dip into a rainy day fund through the summer to ...

News from around Gwinnett

Eighth-grader wins Gwinnett spelling bee
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After three near-perfect cycles of competition at the Gwinnett County Public Schools Spelling Bee on Saturday morning, the judges decided to step the ...

Panther boys edge Eagles, Broncos
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NORCROSS — Parkview's boys have won several team titles at the Gwinnett County Swimming and Diving Championships over the years.

Mom, son, two other teens held in holdup
UPI.com
The quartet were being held in the Gwinnett County Jail on armed robbery charges. Glenn Broom, Broom's father, said he learned about his son's arrest by ...

Mega Mart, Gwinnett Place to celebrate Lunar New Year
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Mega Mart and Gwinnett Place Mall, where the store is located, are hosting a Family Expo on Feb. 5 to celebrate the event, also known as Chinese New Year. ...

K-Wings move into second place in ECHL North with win over Gwinnett
Kalamazoo Gazette - MLive.com
In fact, with their 4-3 win against the Gwinnett Gladiators, they also leapfrogged the Elmira Jackals and are now seventh in the Eastern Conference. ...

Citizens asked to support their libraries

In advance of the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners public hearing on proposed funding for 2011, the Gwinnett County Public Library is asking the public to plan to attend and show support for their libraries.

"The library administration and all levels of staff have fully recognized the reality of the economic atmosphere in which we are delivering library service to the citizens of Gwinnett," Said Nancy Stanbery-Kellam, Executive Director of the Gwinnett Library System. "This realization has come to us not just through budget discussions, but also through the increased numbers of customers we help each day and the nature of their needs."

New library hours to begin April 25

Gwinnett County Public Library - expanded hours begin April 25, 2010.

Sunday 1 pm to 5 pm
Monday 10 am to 8 pm
Tuesday 10 am to 8 pm
Wednesday 1 pm to 8 pm
Thursday 10 am to 8 pm
Friday 10 am to 3 pm
Saturday 10 am to 5 pm

Library wants public input on schedule

Gwinnett library system seeks input on hours of operation
Atlanta Journal Constitution
By Patrick Fox - Gwinnett County Public Library wants patrons to help decide hours and days of operation for its 15 branches. At its last meeting Dec. ...

Save Snellville Library group formed

On September 22, 2009 the Gwinnett County Library Board voted to transform the Snellville Library from a full service library to a computer lab only open 35 hours a week. No books will be kept on site at the new computer lab. The Save Snellville's Library Citizens Committee is a group of concerned citizens and business leaders in the community who do not believe that a mere computer lab meets the library needs of the Snellville Area. They are asking for your help in Saving the Snellville Library for our community.

From the new website: SaveSnellvilleLibrary.com
Facebook page for group
According to WHOIS registration, the domain name for the Save Snellville Library group was secured by Snellville City Council member, Kelly Kautz.

"....the group’s executive committee says if it fails to salvage the full-service facility on Lenora Church Road, the group might petition the city to take back the property and building, which was deeded to the county on the condition it be used as a library.

...Kautz, also a Snellville councilwoman, said the group already is researching the cost if the city were to run its own library.

...Snellville Mayor Jerry Oberholtzer, who calls the citizen-led group a “political mess,” said the city should take a wait-and-see posture on the computer lab.

Snellville Joins Gwinnett Library Fight - AJC

Update on the Snellville library branch

Update on the Snellville library branch (Elizabeth Williams branch on Lenora Church Road). The branch will no longer house books - It will become a computer lab sometime after February 27, 2010.

However, if you would like to pick up a book at the branch, you will be able to do so by submitting a book request. Books you need can be sent to the Snellville branch and held for you.

Free homework help available

Did you know you can get live homework help...for FREE?!?

Live homework help from Tutor.com is available to Gwinnett County Public Library patrons from 4:00 pm until 10:00 pm every day for grades Kindergarten through 12.

To use this service, visit www.gwinnett.k12.ga.us and select Homework Help (on the left side, under Quick Links) and click on Click Here. You will be taken to Tutor.com and asked to enter your 14 digit barcode from your library card and your PIN. Pick grade level and subject, then wait your turn. The service is also available in Spanish.

The night we tried it, we put ourselves in the queue for some algebra help. Then we continued to look online for some algebra help, and we were able to help ourselves before our turn came. So I think if you know you will need help in something, you could start logging in to get in line, but have some other homework handy to work on while you wait so you can make the most of study time.