Hackney Library's throwing a party, and you are invited!

On Thursday, August 18, we will be hosting our eleventh annual Open House from 4-6 pm on the first floor of Hackney Library, during which we will both be welcoming new students, faculty and staff to the Library and to the Office of Student Success and welcoming back returning students, staff, and faculty.

The Open House, which is sponsored by Hackney Library, the Office of Student Success, and the Friends of Hackney Library, is also open to the public.

This year’s Open House celebrates Jay Williams's Life Is Not An Accident: A Memoir of Reinvention, which has been chosen as this year’s FYS Summer Reader (as well as the Wilson County Public Library’s 2016 “Wilson Reads” selection).

As always, we will have oodles of takeaways for attendees to enjoy:

• All who complete a brief online survey at the event will once again receive one of our wildly popular Library Open House t-shirts (again designed this year by Barton art professor Susan Fecho, who has incorporated themes from Williams's memoir).
• In addition, other giveaways from the Library and the Office of Student Success (OSS) will be available to attendees visiting six “stations” around the library (each is designed to introduce new Barton community members to the library's and OSS's faculty/staff and services, as well as to refresh the memory of returnees).
• You will have the opportunity to “build-your-own” scrumptious ice cream sundae again this year in the library’s foyer (thanks to Tony Tilley and his incomparable Aramark crew).

And last but not least, a door prize drawing for fantastic prizes (see the list below!) will be held at 5:30 pm, so plan to hang around until then, as you must be present to win!

• $100 Amazon gift card
• Three kinds of portable, wireless water-resistant speakers for indoor/outdoor listening pleasure
• A phone-/keyring-attachable tile with finder app to locate misplaced phones and keys
• A compact key holder--no more loose, jangling keys poking holes in your pockets
• Sleep headphones/eye mask--drift off to sleep to your favorite tunes with these comfortable CozyPhones

An opportunity to join the Friends of Hackney Library will be also be available at a table at the event for those who’d like to support the work of the library while reaping the benefits of membership.

So come check us out on Thursday, August 18th from 4-6 pm and see what Hackney Library and the Office of Student Success have to offer at this eleventh annual Hackney Library Open House!