The program kickoff will be Saturday, June 9, 2012, at our Alton Square location.

For more information, please watch for our “Reading Is So Delicious” flyer.

Hayner Library also subscribes to online databases that allow you to take practice tests for the ACT, SAT, GRE, ASVAB, GED, and more! Want to learn a new language? Hayner Library subscribes to an online language learning database that features a mobile app. You can even get homework help with an online tutor. 

The best part about all of these databases? They’re FREE!

Visit www.haynerlibrary.org and click on the “Online Resources” tab to access the databases.  The databases are available from home 24/7. You will need a Hayner Library card when accessing the databases from home. 

• Bloom’s Literary Reference Online 

An online literary criticism resource of hundreds of essays examining the lives and works of great writers throughout history and offering special features such as Bloom’s advice on How to Write Good Essays on popularly assigned authors.

• Credo Reference

Like Wikipedia, except that the results come from a library of trusted reference sources that include encyclopedias,    dictionaries, bilingual dictionaries, biographies, art pictures, and quotations covering a broad range of subjects. Voted Best Overall Database for 2011.

• Mango Languages

An online language-learning system teaching practical conversation skills in a fast, easy, and effective way for a wide variety of foreign languages.

• Testing & Education Reference Center

Online practice tests for students in high school, such as the ACT, SAT, GED, AP tests; and offers in-depth information on colleges and scholarships.

• Tutor.com

Offers free online homework help for students K–12 with live expert tutors available 7 days/week from3 p.m.–11 p.m.

• World Book InfoFinder

An online version of the popular World Book Encyclopedia containing all articles from the print version as well as learning resources; research tools; interactive earth, map, and flag outlines; video clips; audio clips; and more.

All locations of The Hayner Public Library District will be closed Sunday, April 8, 2012, in observance of Easter.

All locations of The Hayner Public Library District will be closed Wednesday, April 11, 2012 for Staff Development Day.

Who do you think of to fit the following description:  One of the most beautiful women in the world, living in castles, luxury, international intrigue, lovers, insurrection, escaping from Fascists, Hollywood’s “Golden Age,” a Texas oil millionaire, and a technology that changed the world? Yes, it was Hedy Lamarr. Join us for this presentation showcasing glamorous genius Hedy Lamarr as one of the most important women of the 20th century.

These events are great for all ages, and they’re all free of charge. All programs do require registration. To register, call 1-800-613-3163. This program will be held in 222 Alton Square Mall, upper level.

The Down Home String Band is a group steeped in the traditions of the family string band, where the music has been handed down from generation to generation. Although “Down Home” is somewhere different for each of the musicians, their musical heritage is very much the same. They perform an eclectic mix of music, Appalachian Heritage, Blue Grass, Country, and Celtic.  The all-acoustic group will entertain you with music and folklore.

These events are great for all ages, and they’re all free of charge. All programs do require registration. To register, call 1-800-613-3163. This program will be held in 222 Alton Square Mall, upper level.

Singing mostly his own songs, Bill Staines has become one of the most popular and durable singers on the folk music scene today, performing nearly 200 concerts a year and driving over 65,000 miles annually. He weaves a blend of gentle wit and humor into his performances, and one reviewer wrote, “He has a sense of timing to match the best standup comic.”  Bill’s music is a slice of Americana, reflecting with the same ease his feelings about the prairie people of the Midwest or the adventurers of the Yukon, the on-the-road truckers, or the everyday workers that make up this land.

These events are great for all ages, and they’re all free of charge. All programs do require registration. To register, call 1-800-613-3163. This program will be held in 222 Alton Square Mall, upper level.

By birth a Tennessean, David Massengill “emigrated” to the Greenwich Village folk scene in the mid-’70s, walking the same streets and playing the same storied coffee houses as Dylan and Van Ronk. Thirty years later, he’s still walking those streets—but now he’s recognized universally for his pivotal role in keeping the American folk music tradition alive.  “A gem of thinking man’s romanticism”–Rolling Stone; “David Massengill possesses a pure brilliance that is difficult to ignore”–Boston Globe; “David’s…lyrical facility is the most astounding to appear since that of Elvis Costello. He can be wickedly funny and deeply touching in the same line.”–The All American Music Guide. Don’t miss an opportunity to hear a great balladeer who has been compared to Mark Twain and Garrison Keillor.

These events are great for all ages, and they’re all free of charge. All programs do require registration. To register, call 1-800-613-3163. This program will be held in 222 Alton Square Mall, upper level.