Game of Shadows

The most newsworthy book of the spring is probably Game of Shadows: Barry Bonds, Balco, and the Steroids Scandal That Rocked Professional Sports, the book about the Barry Bonds steroid scandal. The Addison library has it on order. You may reserve the book or CD of it.

New Currency

The website of the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing has a page about the new $10 bill which was just introduced on March 2nd.

The library has a wonderful book about paper currency, The Art of Money: The History and Design of Paper Currency From Around The World.

Total Solar Eclipse on Wednesday

There will be a total solar eclipse on Wednesday, March 29th. You can watch live coverage of it here or check out one of our excellent books on eclipses: Totality: Eclipses of the Sun and Eclipse!: The What, Where, When, Why, and How Guide to Watching Solar and Lunar Eclipses.

Spring Break

This week is Spring Break for Addison's public schools. The library has a number of activities to keep you from spring break boredom!

Jurisprudence

As juries are in today's news, now is a good time to read a great book about jury duty, A Trial by Jury by D. Graham Burnett.

Getting your reserve and overdue notices via email

One service few of our customers know about is that you can get notice of your reserve and overdues via email. For more information, ask at the checkout desk.

Thank you!

To the Village of Addison for approving an additional $2 million for our building project on Monday night. This brings the total contribution by the village to $13 million. The village is using local sales tax revenue for their contribution.

For those who might be wondering when the new building might be completed, we're currently estimating that the new building will be open in the fall of 2008. Construction should start in early 2007.

Election!

Yesterday was the primary here in Illinois. The DuPage County Election Commission website will keep you updated with the latest election results.

The library has some excellent books about the history of elections including Jefferson's Second Revolution: The Election Crisis of 1800 and the Triumph of Republicanism and Fraud of the Century: Rutherford B. Hayes, Samuel Tilden, and the Stolen Election of 1876.

St. Patrick's Day

Tomorrow is St. Patrick's Day and the library has lots of items to help you celebrate.

We have Irish cookbooks, Irish music, Irish mysteries and so much more!

Ash Wednesday

Today is the day some Christians celebrate Ash Wednesday. The library has a large religion section with lots of books about Christianity such as Keith Ward's Christianity: A Short Introduction.