From the DeKalb Public Library website…

You can be one of the first to have your own collector series, limited-edition Pete the Cat library card for a $20.00 donation to the DeKalb Library Foundation. Stop by when the Library launches its Pete the Cat Card on Saturday, September 1 in the lobby of the Decatur Library, 10:00 a.m. to Noon. Have your photo taken with Pete the Cat creator James Dean, have him sign your card and show your support for the Library. Even if you can’t attend this special event, you can still get the special card at any DeKalb County Public Library branch beginning September 1. For more information, visit the Library Foundation page or call 404.370.8450, ext. 2238.

Want to reduce those overdue fines at the DeKalb Library without breaking those $20s in your wallet or purse?

From the DeKalb Public Library…

This spring, the Library is offering patrons a chance to help needy people in the community and reduce their overdue library fines at the same time. Working in partnership with the Atlanta Community Food Bank, the Library will deduct $1.00 in overdue fines for each item of food a patron donates, to a maximum of $20.00 in fines.

Food for Fines will run from April 5 through April 17. Library Director Darro Willey said patrons will be able donate food at all of the Library’s 20 branches which are currently open for service. He hopes everyone will participate.

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I know I sometimes (read: often times) mess up post titles, but not this time.   You read that correctly.

According to Bill, DeKalb Public Library was recently cited – along with Eddie’s and the Drunken Unicorn – by the Avett Brothers as key to helping them get their start in the music biz.

Here’s his eyewitness report…

When North Carolina’s the Avett Brothers – whose breakthrough album “I and Love and You” [was] nationally acclaimed as one of the best of 2009 (and by Decatur’s Paste magazine as one of the top 10 of the decade) – played a sold-out Fox Theatre on New Year’s Day, they sent a shout-out to the Atlanta audience for supporting them over the years while they slowly built their regional and now national following. They also mentioned three venues they said helped them get their start in the South’s major metropolis: the Drunken Unicorn, Eddie’s Attic and, believe it or not, the DeKalb Public Library (they called it the Decatur Public Library).

Sweet!  Speaking of “things that make your library cool/hip”, did you know the DeKalb Public Library operates a blog?  Check it HERE!