The Anitque Automobile Club of America will host an antique automobile exibit at Sweetwater Park in downtown Gainesville, adjacent to the Matheson Museum located at 513 E. University Avenue. Inside the Matheson Museum there will be a beer tasting event featuring international and local brews.
The car show is $3.00 for adults and $1.00 for children. The beer tasting is $10.00 with proof of age.
This event will be held on Saturday, November 19th from 11:00 am - 3:00 pm.
Before or after the event, be sure to stop in next door at Headquarters to check out some of our great automobile titles:
Art of the American Automobile:
The Greatest Stylists and Their Work
American Auto Legends:
Classics of Style and Design
A Century of Style:
Imperial Palace Auto Collection
Car lovers might also be interested in browsing our collection of Motortrend, Hot Rod and Road & Track magazines.
And for those of you who like getting your hands dirty, take a look at the newly redesigned Auto Repair Reference Database for detailed repair information on nearly every car manufacturer. (For optimal viewing, use Firefox, Sarfari or Chrome browser.)
System status
A new library system and online catalog will debut on May 30. Here's the current status of:
- Checkouts: Continue as usual, but May 24-29 you must have your physical library card in hand to check out materials.
- Due dates: All checkouts will have a due date of June 22, except DVDs and GRU watt meters, which still have 7-day limit.
- Holds and requests: New holds and purchase requests cannot be placed until May 30, but those placed previously will continue to be processed and will carry over to the new system.
- Returns: Please "Babysit Our Books" — keep them until the new system is running smoothly (mid-June).
- Registration: Continues as usual today, but cannot be done May 24-29, as our entire system will be down.
- Interlibrary loan: No new ILL requests can be placed May 24-29.
- Digital checkouts: OverDrive checkouts and holds will work normally throughout the transition.
- My Discoveries: Will be retired with the AquaBrowser catalog on May 24. Please retrieve any saved book lists before then.
- Website: The Library District website (www.aclib.us) will be up as normal throughout the transition.
- My Account: Account info will be available through May 24. Your account will appear on the new system on May 30.
- Bill payment: All payments including PayPal are working today. No payments can be accepted May 24-29
- New catalog: Watch for its debut on May 30, with new features.
More about the transition.
More about the new online catalog.
Have any questions? Please Ask Us!
