Position Open for a Roseville Public Library Commissioner

The Roseville Public Library Commission currently has an opening for an energetic library supporter.  The Commission, appointed by the Mayor and approved by Council, consists of five Roseville residents serving five-year terms.  The Commission meets the second Monday of each month, September through June, at 6:30 PM in the library conference room.

For more information on this position, click here to view the Library Commission Bylaws.

To apply, print and complete an application on the City of Roseville website and return it to the City Manager’s Office for consideration. Please do not return the application to the Library. Click here for the application.

We look forward to hearing from YOU!

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"Booked for the Evening"

Book Discussion Group
Thursday, February 2 @ 6:30 p.m.

"Gentlemen & Players" by Joanne Harris

For generations, privileged young men have attended St. Oswald's Grammar School for Boys, groomed for success by the likes of Roy Straitley, the eccentric Classics teacher who has been a fixture there for more than thirty years. This year, however, the wind of unwelcome change is blowing, and Straitley is finally, reluctantly, contemplating retirement. As the new term gets under way, a number of incidents befall students and faculty alike, beginning as small annoyances but soon escalating in both number and consequence. St. Oswald's is unraveling, and only Straitley stands in the way of its ruin. But he faces a formidable opponent with a bitter grudge and a master strategy that has been meticulously planned to the final, deadly move.  

For more information about our group, click here. For a list of our upcoming selections, click here.

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Adult Program Photos

Download and check-out best-selling audiobooks, video and music to your pc or mp3 player from Overdrive 24/7! All you need is your library card, access to the Internet, and the Overdrive software.

• How do I start?
• Guided Tour of Overdrive
• Supported Devices

Click on the links below to see staff recommendations of useful and reliable web sites and databases by topic:

Get ideas for new books and find out what library staff throughout the county are reading, bestseller lists, and award winners.  Click here for more!

Magazines
An alphabetical list of the library's magazines.(magazines are kept for the current year only and all except the most current issue may be checked-out).

Our databases include full text articles and monthly content from a wide range of national, international, and special interest magazines such as Time, People, Consumers Report, MacLeans and PC World. You can use a keyword search or browse the contents of specific issues.

Newspapers
Available within the library :  Detroit Free Press, Eastsider, Macomb County Legal News, Macomb Daily, Michigan Chronicle, New York Times (Sunday), and Wall St. Journal.

A list of older newspapers on microfilm is found in the Michigan Room Collection.

Our database collection also includes NewsBank with the The Detroit News, Grand Rapids Press and Lansing State Journal available online through the library.

The Metronet Libraries have put together a helpful list of MIchigan websites for dealing with these Tough Times Also included is a list of their libraries, if you want a list of our member libraries, you can find it here.

Follow this link for a list of Macomb County MIchiganWorks offices.

The State of Michigan Helping Hand website provides information links to information about jobs and training, unemployment benefits, health care, family support and housing services for Michigan residents.

We also have pathfinders (guides for information) on resume writing and applying online for jobs.

Are you an adult who enjoys using the library? Would you like to help both your library and your community? Can you commit to a couple of hours every week? If so, please consider volunteering at the Roseville Public LIbrary.

We need help with shelf reading and shelf cleaning, cart stripping, general clerical work and straightening new magazines.

If you are interested, please pick up a volunteer application and a copy of our Volunteer Policy at the Information Desk and return the completed application. After submitting your volunteer application you will be invited to attend a volunteer orientation.

Please contact Jacalynn Harvey, Assistant Director, for more information at 586-445-5407.

In support of life-long learning, the Roseville Library will proctor exams for Roseville residents. It is the student's responsibility to verify that the proctoring conditions provided by the Library meet all requirements of the institution administering the exam. Our brochure has detailed information including how to request proctoring services.