You Can Start Placing Holds Now

I will be seeing you all very soon! I'm hoping to have checkout for grades 4-6 during our first library class. If you want to have a book waiting for you, go ahead and place your hold now. Instructions are below in case you forgot how to do it. Please remember two things:

• any overdue items from last year must be returned or paid for before you can take out anything else
• interlibrary loans from other schools won't be available until mid-September

Log in

1. Go to http://ricat.net.
   
   
2. Under “Elementary Schools,” scroll down to the Garden City link. The school library page will open.
   
   
3. Click the “Login” button in the top right.


4. Enter your User Name: CGN#####
   (fill in your lunch/shelf card number)
   
   
5. Enter your Password: MMDDYY
   (fill in your six-digit birthdate; for example, May 5, 2003 would be typed in as 050503)
   
   
6. You should now see your name in the top right corner of the screen.

Check your account

Click on the “My Info” tab to see what books you might still have checked out. BRING THEM TO SCHOOL!

Place a Hold

1. Click the "Catalog" tab.
   
   
2. Before searching for your title or subject, choose “RICAT (all members)” from the Location drop-down. This will search all schools, so if Garden City doesn’t have what you’re looking for, you can still request your item. 
   
   
   
3. When find the item you want, click on the book’s title to go to the Details page.
   
   
4. Then click the “Hold It!” button on the right

RI Children's Book Award - Submit Your Reviews Online!

Have you started making your way through the RI Children's Book Award list yet? Did you lose your copy of the list? Look no further than the RICBA 2015 LibGuide (accessible from the Garden City RICAT home page).

The LibGuide includes summaries of each book and a link to the form where you can submit your review (I need to have 3 total on file - electronic or hard copy - by February for you to vote). There's also a link to the statewide blog where you can share your opinions with other students.

Not sure which one to start with? Charlie Bumpers v. the Teacher of the Year by Bill Harley is funny and QUICK.

Public Library Fun - Week of August 4

Feel like you're running out of fun things to do yet? Your local public library continues to offer FREE fun! Check out the events happening during the week of August 4:


Auburn

• Make Your Own Video Game with Scratch - Tuesday 2:30 (Grades 6 and up)

Central Branch

• Biomes - Sea Creatures - Monday 6:30 (pick up tix 1/2 hour in advance)
• Teen Tuesday: 3D Printing - Tuesday 3:00 (Grades 6 and up, registration required)
• Kids Read Across RI Book Club - Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library - Wednesday 6:30 (Grades 4-7)

William Hall Branch

• Bubblemania - Monday 3:00
• Disgusting Discoveries with Professor Strange - Thursday 3:00 (ages 9 and up, registration required)