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New York Times Bestsellers

Head over to Facebook to talk about books
We're trying to generate a little discussion by posting questions on our Facebook page.  Please join in!  Our first question is : What prompts you to buy a book rather than borrow it from the library?
Library Building Project
May 2013

The Library Board of Trustees accepted the proposal of LibraryVision to do informational presentations on current library usage and design trends and to prepare and present a vision report and conceptual program for the rebooted library expansion project.

For fans of Regency romances, time travel, secret organizations and cheese...
Have you used BadgerLink lately?
Did you know that everyone in Wisconsin can use BadgerLink resources for free?  The link to get there is on the right side of our webpage.  (Take a look for it right now!  See it?)   If you are looking for information for a school report, check out the wealth of resources for students.  If you need a recommendation for your next book and the library is closed, use NoveList to find a selection of titles to suit your taste. 
 
Give BadgerLink a try!
Fran Achen Photography Collection
The Gift of Roots
"Fran Achen bestowed Whitewater a sense of roots with his collection of photographic art. With the magic of his camera and photo lab he created a fabulous treasure, a city biography, and scripted our past with pictures for generations to come. His gift of days gone by leaves an invaluable portrait of where we've come from… A Fran Achen picture is worth a thousand words and will be remembered for a thousand years.” (Geoff Hale, Whitewater, in Letters to the Editor, Whitewater Register, January 15, 2004)
 
A slide collection of scans from 400 prints that Fran Achen donated to the library is now on display at the Information Desk.
 

Come, sit, and enjoy these historic photographs.

"And the Mountains Echoes" by Khaled Hosseini
Coming Tuesday!
Greetings from the library's bookworm!
Special Thanks to the Book It 5K and Family Fun committee members: Stacey Kincaid, Thayer Coburn, Kelly Davis, Suzanne Chenoweth, Michelle Clapper, and Lee Munger.
We're on Facebook!
Click on the image on the left-hand side of the page to go to the library's new Facebook page!

Did you know we have a fun, fast and easy language learning program called Mango Languages?  The best part it is free for Whitewater patrons and you can access it anywhere there is internet with you library card.

 

Mango is the easiest and most effective way to learn to speak a foreign language.  Mango is available in two versions:

 

Mango Basic:

Perfect for a foreign language beginner, Mango Basic teaches everyday greetings, gratitudes, goodbyes and helpful phrases in a short period of time.  The courses, which require only two to five hours of time to complete, are currently available in 50 foreign languages and 24 English as a Second Language (ESL) courses. 

   

 

Mango Complete:

Mango Complete offers a 100-lesson course that digs much deeper and is designed to provide a more complete understanding of the entire language and culture. It is available in 31 foreign language and 14 ESL courses. Foreign language courses include Chinese, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.  ESL courses include Polish, Spanish and Portuguese.

 

Click on the Mango logo on the right and start learning a new language today!