All proceeds from Friends fund raisers go to benefit the library and its programs.  Thank you for your help.

The Friends of the Library will meet Tues. Feb. 7 at 6 p.m. at the main library.  Everybody is welcome.  Please come and bring a friend!

The agenda for the meeting is below:

• Election of officers for 2012
• Sharing of the plans for the new library (preliminary summary)
• Summer reading plans
• Brain storming about fund raisers.

For more information, please contact Paula LaFleur, Friends president .  Please come join us!

Thanks to a Broadband Technology Opportunities Program grant through the State Library of Louisiana, Evangeline Parish Library can now offer the use of an accessible workstation at the main library.  The Accessibility Workstation is preloaded with JAWS Screen Reader software; MAGic Screen Magnification software; TypeAbility software; a 24 inch wide-screen monitor; and a TOPAZ Desktop Video Magnifier.  Also, one computer in every branch library of the parish will receive a copy of the MAGic Screen Magnification software in the near future.

The workstation is delicate and expensive and will not be available for general use.  Restrictions will apply: for more information, check at the desk.  This is also our wheelchair accessible workstation.  Please call 363-1369 for more information.

At its meeting on Jan. 18th, the Library Board of Control voted to hold meetings on the following dates:

• Wed. April 18 at 4 p.m. at the main library
• Wed. Aug. 22 at 4 p.m. at the main library
• Wed. Oct. 17 at 4 p.m. at the main library
• Wed. Dec. 19 at 4 p.m. at the main library

Meetings may be rescheduled with advance notice, and special meetings added with 24 hours advance notice.  All meetings are open to the public, and an agenda for each meeting will be posted at the main library no later than 24 hours before the meeting.

The Evangeline Genealogical and Historical Society will meet Sat. Jan. 21st at the main library at 9:30 a.m.  The meeting is open to everybody, and refreshments will be served.  Come learn more about the group, and network with others interested in family history and local history.  Genealogy is one of the fastest growing hobbies in the U.S.; come join in the fun!  Meet well-known researchers and also new beginners.