Friends of the Jones Library System News

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Need a holiday gift idea? A little something for a New Year's Eve party host? Forget that tired old bottle of wine! Dump the fruitcake! THIS is the gift you need to give: Pick one up at the Jones for just $10.

December 15, 2018 Dear Jones Library Supporter, The end of 2018 is fast approaching. As you contemplate your year-end charitable giving, we hope you will consider the Friends of the Jones Library . The Jones Library is one of the best investments that you can make to sustain what makes Amherst a vibrant and wonderful place to live and work. Few other institutions more vividly represent the heart and soul of our Town; our library helps define who we are. Amherst’s library should be one of the premier public libraries of western Massachusetts – and it is. Did you know that each year: almost 500,000 items are borrowed; 300,000 people enter the library buildings; our computer workstations are used 29,000 times; 4,800 adults, 6,500 youths, and 2,800 teens attend programs; 3,200 people attend ESL tutoring sessions; (25% of the children in Amherst’s schools come from families whose first language is not English). The Jones Library ...

Perhaps you know a few phonies in your world? Feel free to call them on it . And call them using a lot of different choices.

What WOULD Sherlock cook?  Click here  to find out...

Oh ho ho. The Friends have known a "climb-tack" or two in our day. Read on to discover the true meaning of "catch-fart." Just make sure you don't "cachinnate" too loudly.

The folks over at NPR have done it again.  Here's your Best Books of 2018 brought to you by  your very own book concierge.  Happy reading, Friends!

Swing by the Jones on Saturday the 22nd at 2:30 and get yourself in the holiday spirit. It's a ridiculous, funny, silly movie.  Come laugh at the library.

Go pick up a book, maybe even a heavy one -- read a few pages now, get lost in it for the day, or read it over the course of the next six months. Go back and reread the stuff that didn't make sense the first time around. It's okay to take your time.