The Matheson Museum, located at 513 East University Ave., will dedicate a World War I plaque during a ceremony on Friday, November 11, at 12:30 p.m. Robert Gasche, veterans advocate, and Dr. Mark V. Barrow, historian, will preside over the ceremony.
Dr. Mark V. Barrow, Matheson Museum Board of Directors President, recently discovered the WWI memorial plaque while searching for bottles and ephemera under the museum, which is the site for the Battle of Gainesville during the Civil War, 1867. The World War I memorial plaque is approximately 20 by 30 inches and made out of marble. It was donated by the Kirby Smith Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy in 1932 as a WWI memorial. It was on the front of the American Legion Building (now the Matheson Museum) when they added a room to the West side, and was removed and accidently broken into two pieces. These pieces fell under the building during the construction. O.T. Davis, from the O.T. Davis Monument company at Evergreen Cemetery, repaired the plaque by using small grinding tools to remove all of the cement that was on it. The plaque has been remounted to its original location on the outside wall of the Matheson Museum.
This event is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Alicia Antone, executive director, at 352-378-2280.
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.
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