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Milan Public Library Newsletter

December, 2021

New Collection of Workforce Development Books

Thanks to the Library of Michigan and the Institute for Museum & Library Services, we now have 22 new book titles to support career guidance, interviewing skills, job hunting, and other employment related topics. To see the list of titles (with links to our catalog records), click HERE. For more titles in our collection, head to our catalog and search for key words such as careers, resumes, interviews, etc. Ask at the Information Desk for additional assistance!

Expanded and Holiday Hours

We recently expanded our regular hours for browsing, computer use and curbside pickups. New hours are: Monday/Wednesday/Friday 10-6, Tuesday/Thursday, 1-8 and Saturday 10-4.

We will be closed for the holidays from Thursday, Dec. 23-Saturday, Dec. 25 and Thursday, Dec. 30-Saturday, Jan. 1.

Public Libraries in the News

The Institute for Museum and Library Services recently reported on a multi-year, multi-market study which found “the presence and usage of public libraries and museums to be positively associated with multiple dimensions of social wellbeing—in particular, community health, school effectiveness, institutional connection, and cultural opportunity.” Read more about it HERE!

On Dec. 7, National Public Radio’s 1A program focused on how public libraries have weathered the pandemic and what things may look like for the future. Give a listen HERE.

Upcoming Programs

The Great Holiday Virtual Recipe Swap Have a great recipe to share? Please send your recipe to Ashley and she will create a virtual recipe book to celebrate the season! Send recipes to ashleyep@milanlibrary.org by Friday Dec. 17, 2021 in order to be included!

Wednesday, Dec. 8 11:00 am to 12:30 pm at The Senior Center Holiday Open Mic with the Patchwork Writers Group All are welcome to join in the holiday celebration. Bring an original or classic piece to share. Contact info@milanlibrary.org for more information!

Monday, Dec. 13 7:30 pm via Zoom The Novel Bunch (fiction book group) We will be discussing The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett. Contact info@milanlibrary.org for more information!

Wednesday, Dec. 15 7:00 pm via Zoom Virtual Craft Hang Out Hey there arts and craft lovers! Grab your knitting, colored pencils, paint brushes: whatever media you like to create with and join Ashley for a fun event. Chat with other community members to exchange craft ideas, tips, recipes, funny stories as we craft together from the comfort of your own home. Finish those holiday gifts with friends. Register HERE.

Winter Solstice Meditation 12/21 7:30 pm via Zoom- Celebrate the Winter Solstice with this intention setting meditation. Sign up HERE.

Wednesday, Jan. 5 12:30-2:00 pm via Zoom. Lethal Lunches (mystery book group). January’s title is A Madness of Sunshine by Nalini Singh. Contact info@milanlibrary.org for more information!

Community Collections: Santas from Around the World!

This month, we are honored to once again host Isabelle Schultz’s amazing collection of Santas from around the world!

Staff Picks

We love to share what we’ve been reading/watching/listening to/exploring! Here is Cynthia’s recommendation! (Note: Click on the title to get to our catalog record for the item.)


From Cynthia…..The Testaments by Margaret Atwood

I read this book as an e-audio. The narrators were very good. The person who announced the different chapters voice was rather scary. This dystopian society was so realistic it could be true. Starting with this book before the Handmaids Tale, I wasn’t sure where (Canada/ US, elsewhere) or when it was taking place. And I didn’t know what I was getting into; was it the Holocaust or from the cover picture ,Amish or Mennonite? Was it the present time or close to it? As I kept going, the narrators put the puzzle pieces together, letting room for my imagination to run with questions. A lot of intrigue kept me listening. It is scary/frightening that people were able to keep others under so much control, in their relationships to keep power, and naivete of it all, as to what they were doing to one another. Yet the thought that this very thing could be really happening kept me on the edge of my seat with its possible reality. Good read.