The FIRST LEGO League program is a nationally-recognized program designed to show kids how exciting and fun science, technology and engineering can be, each year focusing on a different aspect of scientific research. This year's theme is food safety.
Our local team, the Deep Blue GATORS (Great At Technology & Optimal Robotics Solutions), is comprised of sixth graders from Lincoln Middle school. They will be sharing their research on a new solution to prevent food contamination, demonstrating their "smart" lunchbox that parents can control the temperature and moisture levels.
The Deep Blue GATORS will also demonstrate their LEGO robot, which solves food contamination-related missions (see the Youtube video for a similar robot). But how does our local team's robot fare? You'll have to come to the library to find out!
The demonstration will be set up in the Young Adult corner of the Tower Road Library on Saturday, January 28 from 1-4:30 p.m.
System status
A new library system and online catalog will debut on May 30. Here's the current status of:
- Checkouts: 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.
- 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: Continues as usual throughout the transition.
- 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.
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