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This episode introduces ACORN (Arlington County On-line Resource Network). After a brief introduction by Jayne McQuade, the program goes into an overview of "Everybody's Catalog". Dan Connole shows Ellen Bozman, a member of the Arlington County Board, how to use the new system using various search strategies. Jayne McQuade then introduces Novelist. Karen Huston, fiction specialist, explains to Giam Nguyen, a patron, something about this new tool....

Stories told in Spanish and English at Library programs by storyteller Mariela Aguilar. You can watch more episodes on Arlington Virginia Network.

Directions newsletter contains information and news on Arlington Public library services translated in four languages: English/Spanish, English/Khmer, English/Lao, English/Vietnamese to serve the multilingual community.

Special program featuring two guests discussing the importance of reading to children, child literacy and children reading for pleasure. In between interviews, an advertisement for the children's comic, McGruff is shown. Th second guest discusses how Arlington's Friends of the Public Library organization has supported child literacy and funding library programs for children; includes PSA about promoting drug-free schools in Arlington County.

Arlington Public Library director Jayne McQuaid interviews local publishers, Caroline Jackson, founder and president of Belvedere Press. Jackson discusses the life cycle of a book during publication. Jackson discusses her publishing company's speciality, Charles Dickens. Jayne McQuaid the interviews two librarians, Hanne Berg and Andrea Cincotta, about the life cycle of a book.

Next week at the Library details events hosted by the Arlington County Public Library's various branches. Recording covers week of 7/31-8/16/83. Programs include library exhibits, events for children and voter registration. Thirty-minute channel 7 news segment. "Library thefts" Channel 7 news segment details recent book thefts from the public library.