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See a PowerPoint movie created by Library Director Gary Warren Niebuhr that describes his experiences as an American Library Association delegate on their first official visit to the People’s Republic of China. Discover how this trip turned into a challenging journey of self-discovery. Hear about water bottles, full-time work for librarians in China, flying pigs, nightmare toilets, the Bridge of Intelligence, kung fu, March Madness Chinese style, scorpions and the Great Mall of China. Gary will be available after the movie to answer questions about his experiences.

Greendale Historical Society (public invited)
May 17, 7:00 p.m.
Community Meeting Room
Lower Level of the Library (please enter through the Health Department)

Family Storytime
Wednesday, May 2nd
6:30 pm – 7:15 pm

Children, bring your family to the library for stories, songs and a craft.
(No registration required.)

Lower Level Meeting Room

Betty Grypp
Youth Services Librarian
Greendale Public Library
5647 Broad Street
Greendale, WI 53129
414 423-2136

Planning a spring break getaway? Don’t forget to freeze your holds so you don’t lose your place in line. By freezing your holds, if you reach the top of the waiting list while you are out of town, the next available copy will be sent to the next person in the waiting list. The library will continue to send available items to the next waiting patron until you choose to re-activate your request.

To freeze your holds, follow these simple steps:
• Log into your Library record
• Find the column labeled Freeze at the far right of your list of holds.
• For each request you wish to freeze, click in the checkbox in this column.
• Click on the Update Selected Items button to save your changes.
• Holds that have been successfully frozen will show a checkmark in the Freeze column
and be grayed out

When you are ready to receive your holds again, you must unfreeze your holds.

To reactivate your frozen hold:
• Click in the Freeze column checkbox for the request you wish to re-activate. This should
remove the checkmark from the checkbox.
• Do this for any additional holds you wish to reactivate.
• Click on the Update Selected Items button to save your changes

Note: You will not be able to freeze any request if an item is already in transit to fulfill your hold request, or if the item is showing a status of "Ready."

Don't forget to join us at 7:00 pm this Thursday, April 12 for the Greendale Reads book discussion of "The Turk and My Mother". The discussion group will meet in the the Library's Multi-Purpose Room located in the lower level of the Library. All are welcome, but registration is requested. Contact the Library to register or if you have any questions. Hope to see you there!

Your Library card number and PIN (Personal Identification Number) are used to access your personal Library account. From this account, you can check item due dates, renew materials, place reserves, check on the status of reserves, create a reading history, freeze holds, and a variety of other convenient functions.

To create a PIN in CountyCat, enter your library barcode (14 digits), leave the PIN area blank and click SUBMIT. If there is no PIN assigned to your record, you will be able to create one at this point. PIN should be at least 4 digits long. If you are unable to create a PIN, this probably means you have an existing PIN that needs to be removed. Contact the Library to have your PIN reset.