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Library
The Bowen Library on-line catalogue–the replacement for the card catalogue–has been available to West End members for several years, both in the library and via the Internet. Recently the link from the church website to the catalogue was lost, and it has not yet been replaced. However, you can still search the catalog from home. Use...
From Bowen Library
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Reviewed by LaVoe Mulgrew
There are no shortages of literary works about Nazi Germany. From the sweet story of Anne Frank to the absurdist tale in Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse Five, this most evil of times in the history of humankind does not lack for literary examination. Now comes a new work to add to the library shelf: Markus Zusak’s brilliant if...
Checking out a book from Bowen Library is a simple procedure--just follow the steps outlined below. 1. Sign your full name (first and surname, legibly, please) on the Borrower’s Card found in the book pocket. PARENTS: please be sure your child’s first and last name is written legibly. 2. The book will be due 28 days from the day it is checked out....
Bowen Library’s catalog is now searchable, online. A link from the West End website to the library’s search screen gives members and visitors access to the library catalog from home or office and at the church. Searching can be done by title, author (use last name, first name format), category, subject, Dewey classification number, ISBN, and publisher. The...
Lending libraries, such as West End’s Bowen Library, rely on their borrowers to read and return the library’s books in a timely fashion. When this is done, the books “circulate” among the borrowers. (One of a library’s major benchmarks is circulation: how many items were checked out during a particular time period.) However, when there...
