Leave your mark at the library by donating an engraved brick with your name, or your family, friends, company or civic association's name. Bricks may be personalized in honor or in memory of someone. Engraved bricks at library entry sidewalks can be purchased for $100 at the Hairston Crossing, Salem-Panola, Stonecrest or Tucker-Reid H. Cofer Library branches now. Read more...

Due to construction on the Decatur Library roof, traffic in and out of the parking deck may be slow. In addition, the regular bookdrop will be blocked off during certain time periods. Please use the temporary bookdrop located on the upper parking deck across from the entrance doors. Thank you for your patience.

Check out the Library's new app for mobile Android and Apple devices. With BookMyne you can:

• Search the Library's catalog
• Place a hold
• Renew your items
• Manage your library account...

All from your mobile device.

Just go to the Apple App Store or Android Market and download the free BookMyne App. Once it's installed, search for your local library—for example, DCPL-Decatur—and you're ready to begin.

I posted here last month about my adventures this year in raised bed gardening. I can report a lot of satisfaction with the way the garden is progressing. Here’s a picture: Well you can imagine my dismay when I looked out my kitchen window a week or so ago and saw two squirrels whooping it up ...