The Franklin County Library is proud to announce that Muzzy online is now available.  Muzzy is the world’s #1 language course for children and is available by clicking on the Muzzy banner and entering your Franklin County Library card’s bar code.  You will have immediate, unlimited access to all of the award-winning Muzzy content in a brand new interactive format!  Your child may begin learning English, French, Italian, German or Spanish today.  Ask your child to share this experience with you so you don’t get left out of the fun.    

Franklin County Library would like to thank North Carolina Dance Synergy, a non-profit division of the Destiny Dance Institute, for performing some of the dances from The Nutcracker.  Robin Miller, one of the instructors, read a picture book adaptation of The Nutcracker and then the talented, young dancers demonstrated part of their routine for us.  They even taught us some of their moves!  The kids (and adults) loved seeing the beautiful costumes and learning some of the arm positions and footwork from The Nutcracker.  We are hoping that they can be back next year, so we hope to see you there, too.

If you missed this year’s show at your local library or you want to see the whole performance, North Carolina Dance Synergy will be performing at the Heritage High School Auditorium on December 18^th, 2011 at 3pm and 7pm.  Tickets may be purchased at Destiny Dance Institute in Wake Forest for $10.  There will be special guest performances by the Footnotes Tap Ensemble with dance styles in ballet, pointe, jazz, tap, hip hop and more.  For more information please call (919)453-1453.

From all the staff at the Franklin County Library, thank you to all the dancers and their parents and the staff of North Carolina Dance Synergy.  Thank you also to all the children and adults who attended the performances.

Did you know that you can access the content rich resources of NC LIVE using the barcode on your Franklin County Library Card?  It's simple just visit www.nclive.org  select the content you want to view and then click on the down arrow to select Franklin County Library.  You will be prompted to enter your Franklin County Library Bar Code and from there view video, download audio books, e-books for your digital devices and browse and search the rich content for newspaper, magazine and peer reviewed journal articles.   

Library Closing Notice:

• Franklin County Libraries will be closed on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, November 24-26, 2011 to celebrate the Thanksgiving Holiday.  Materials normally due on those days will be due the following Monday, November 28, 2011.
• December Closings.  All Franklin County Library outlets will be closed on Tuesday, December 13th and Monday, December 19th 2011 for Franklin County Library Staff Training and Development.  
• The Franklin County Libraries will be closed on Friday, December 23 - Monday, January 2, 2012.  This will accommodate the Christmas and New Years Holiday and furlough for staff required in the county budget ordinance for fiscal 2011/2012.  Materials normally due on those days will be due on Tuesday January 3, 2012.