LIBRARY CLOSED FOR VETERAN'S DAY

THE KINGSLAND LIBRARY

WILL BE CLOSED

WEDNESDAY

NOVEMBER 11

IN HONOR OF

VETERAN'S DAY

Veteran's Benefits to be Discussed at November Lunch & Learn

On Tuesday, November 3
Chris Putnam
of
Putnam Funeral Home
will be the Kingsland Library's
guest speaker for our monthly
Lunch & Learn program.

Chris will be discussing benefits available to Veterans.

For more information, please contact the Kingsland Library
325-388-3170

LIBRARY CLOSED FOR COLUMBUS DAY

THE

KINGSLAND LIBRARY WILL BE CLOSED

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10

&

MONDAY, OCTOBER 12

IN CELEBRATION OF

COLUMBUS DAY

Kingsland Genealogy Society Celebrates Twenty Years

Guest Article by:
KGS President, Joanne Scarborough

Members of the Kingsland Genealogical Society will celebrate the group's 20th Anniversary on Tuesday, October 13 at 2 p.m. at the Kingsland Library.

Fourteen people attended the organizational meeting back in 1989, and those who could be located have been invited to the 2009 event; which will, (of course) include a birthday cake.
Membership now includes persons from the entire Highland Lakes area, and is open to anyone interested in family history research.

A special guest speaker will be Peggy D. Rudd, director and librarian of the Texas State Library and Archives in Austin, and library patrons and visitors are welcome.

The Texas State Library and Archives is also celebrating a special anniversary in 2009 -- its 100th -- and has been involved in an extensive renovation.

For more information, call Kingsland Genealogy Society president Joanne Scarborough at (830) 598-6443.

October is Book Fest Month

What do Laura Bush, Buzz Aldrin, P.C. Cast, Sandra Brown, and James A. Owen have to do with each other? All of them will be in Austin October 31– November 1 for this year’s Texas Book Festival.

The Texas Book Festival is an annual event that former librarian and First Lady, Laura Bush began in 1995 “to honor Texas authors, promote the joys of reading and serve to benefit the state’s public libraries.”

The state book festival is free and open to the public. Authors will be available to sign books purchased at the Festival.

In support and honor of the big-to-do in Austin, the Llano County Library System will be holding their own book festival throughout the month of October. Authors and events will be held at the Kingsland, Lakeshore, and Llano branch libraries. Please contact the KLB at 325-388-3170 for more information.

Now Announcing: Changes to your Social Calendar

Somebody once said that, “The way of the world is meeting people through other people.” Nowhere else could we see this statement come to life so well as in the world of social networking.

A term that some might have heard 40 years ago in reference to attending the right events in order to make the right business deals, social networking is no longer solely for the white collar worker. Social networking is now open to anyone with access to a cell phone or computer and ranges from the basic text message o business blogging, and Flickr at the White House.

Many people today are social networking without even realizing it. If you have a Facebook, MySpace, Blogspot, SecondLife, Flickr, or Twitter account; or, if you participate in a gardening, parenting, or business online forum; or, if you regularly send text messages from your phone, you, are a social networker!

For those of you who have managed to avoid all the above, it may be difficult to grasp the full concept. Basically speaking, a social network may also be referred to as an “online community.” These communities are often made up of people with common interests or hobbies. Some communities are very private, some are very open. There are business communities, social communities, gaming communities, and communities within communities, much like in the “real” world.

What is difficult to grasp is that the online world and the “real world is no longer a separate entity for many people. According to one web site, two years ago, over half the teens in the United States participate in some kind of social networking.

The information and resources available through social networking are nearly endless since social networking extends throughout the world.

Join us,
Tuesday
October 6
7:00-9:00PM

to learn more about social networking, how it benefits you , and how you can be apart of it!

BOOK FEST AUTHOR CANCELLED

KINGSLAND BOOK FEST SPEAKER

BURT WALL

HAS REGRETTABLY

CANCELLED FOR

THE OCTOBER 14 EVENT

WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE THIS MAY CAUSE.