Poll Results for Library Web Page

On August 31 at 12:00 AM the polls closed for "What do you want on the library web site?" 31 visitors cast their choices. Here are the results analyzed by web site coordinator Barbara Henry who says "I'm no Zogby!"

It looks like these respondents at least were thinking traditional library. Website features having to do with books and reading won out: Book Reviews 51%, Online Book Club 48%, and New Book Alerts 61%. Multi-media technology wasn't so hot with respondents: Videos 35%, Audio 32%, and Pictures 32%. Only 32% said they wanted youth activities on the site. One of the interesting stand outs was 61% wanted community information on the library web site.

What impact will these results have? This was a random poll with a very small reponse which is not scientifically accurate. But it does give us a glimpse into what some of our web visitors are thinking. Feed back of all kinds is important to the library. The results could generate some new ideas like: an online book forum where people can discuss books and authors, perhaps an online community center and new technologies to distribute book alerts and reviews. We hope in the near future to conduct a community wide library survey that will provide more accurate results on a wider range of topics.

Watch this web site for occasional informal polls where you can vote on more topics and issues. Thanks to those who participated.

Blueberry Biscuit Recipe

Karen Mount would like to share her Blueberry Biscuit recipe. The biscuits were served at the Wood Library Cafe on August 27. Each cafe month we will post a new recipe. To see all the recipes, click on "Recipes" under Topics in the left sidebar. The next Wood Library Cafe will be held September 24 from 10am to 12pm. We will be collecting food and personal care donations at the cafe for the Food Pantry Drive at Wood Library in partnership with the Canandaigua Churches In Action. The food pantry drive will run from September 8 thru 30.

BLUEBERRY BISCUITS

Combine in medium bowl:

2 cups flour
2 tbsp. sugar
1 tbsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt

Cut into flour mixture with pastry blender or knife 1/3 cup of butter until butter resembles small peas.

Stir in 3/4 cup milk just until blended.

Add 1/2 cup fresh or frozen blueberries, stirring just until combined. On lightly floured work surface pat or roll dough to a 1/2 inch thickness.

Using a 2 1/2 inch round cutter, cut out biscuits, re-patting scraps to cut additional biscuits. Place about 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet.

Bake at 425 degrees for 12-15 minutes until golden.

What Did You Read This Summer?

You did it in the car, on the beach, on the trail, in a hammock and on the front porch. Where ever you were this summer you were reading. Book Buzz wants to know what you read this summer.

Summer's the traditional time of year to catch up on some reading. Did you read a book that really got you going? You had to tell all your friends? How about a novel you would put on the best-seller list?

Here's your chance to click the "comments" below and help create Wood Library's Summer 2008 Best-Read List.

Ballads and Broken Rhymes

On Thursday August 21 at 7:30 PM you are cordially invited to Ballads and Broken Rhymes, an intimate performance of a new string quartet by the rising young American composer Dan Visconti. Acclaimed for his "exhilarating musical ideas and powerful lyricism," (Cleveland Plain Dealer), Visconti presents his contemporary reflection on songs of Gershwin and other Tin Pan Alley composers in his inventive and eclectic new work. We invite you to enjoy a guided tour through the piece led by the Corigliano Quartet, hailed by New Yorker Magazine as one of the foremost interpreters of music by living American composers. Reception with the musicians to follow. Free and open to the public. A program by the Canandaigua Lake Chamber Music Festival. Location: Community Room, 2nd Floor.