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Beginning on Sunday October 4th, Central Library will have new hours of operation. Our branch will now be open during the following hours: Monday through Thursday: 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Friday: 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Saturday: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Sunday: 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Why are our hours changing? Well, The Calcasieu Parish Public Library is introducing a change in service hours for all 14 locations. The changes are a result of the 2008-2012 Bridges for Calcasieu Strategic Plan. This plan is a culmination of a 7-month effort by a panel of 20 stakeholders in Calcasieu Parish, coordinating with National Library Consultants Sandra Nelson and June Garcia, all levels of library staff, and approved by the Library Board of Control in July, 2008. Acting on the Organizational Structure Initiative to conduct a review of service hours, research was done in 2008 and 2009 in which hourly checkouts, computer usage and walk-ins were tracked to determine when and how citizens used the libra...

Catherine Sharpe and Julie Bryson are the authors of Eternity's Account: Stones of Fire , a christian fantasy/adventure novel. The second novel in this series is set to be released this October. Catherine and Julie will join us a the Central Library on Thursday, September 24, 2009 at 6:30pm to talk about their novels and meet with our community. So anyone who likes stories such as The Lord or the Rings or The Chronicles of Narnia please join us in the upstairs meeting room at Central and bring a friend!

_ Ender in Exile by Orson Scott Card In case you missed it, earlier this year Orson Scott Card released Ender in Exile, a novel that takes place directly after the events of his award winning book, Ender’s Game. This book details the time Ender Wiggin spent as the governor of a human colony founded on a world whose civilization he helped to destroy. _ Anathem by Neal Stephenson Once every ten years the gates of the decenarian math open for apert, a ten day event in which the cloistered fras and suurs of the maths go out into the world and discover what has happened in the ten years since the previous apert. After this apert however, world events occur that require the knowledge and skills of these avout. What follows is a whirlwind ride across continents and space in order to save the planet of Arbre. _ The Ashes of Worlds by Kevin J Anderson Published last year, this is the final novel in the Saga of the Seven Suns series. The series begins with Hidden Empire, where humans are ...