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Pioneer Library System Tornado Relief Fund

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Last Updated on Wednesday, 22 May 2013 08:30

The Pioneer Library System Foundation is setting up a fund to help support our coworkers affected by the May 20, 2013 tornado.

Any donations received for this fund will go to these individuals.

Donations may be mailed with this form to our office at the address below, or given online

Pioneer Library System Foundation
226 West Gray St., Suite 100
Norman, OK 73069

Donations can also be made to the Red Cross disaster relief fund by visiting www.redcross.org, dialing 1-800-REDCROSS or texting REDCROSS to 90999 to make a $10 donation.

Questions about the PLS tornado relief fund?

Please contact us:

Anne Masters, PLS Director
Office: 405-701-2642

Susan Grossman, Development Officer
Office: 405-701-7661

Lindsay Goins, Development Assistant
Office: 405-701-7662

Coffee Shop RFP

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Last Updated on Thursday, 02 May 2013 11:07

Attention Restraunt Owners:

The Pioneer Library System has purchased and is remodeling the former Borders building at 300 Norman Center Court.  It will house Pioneer’s system offices and a branch library for the City of Norman.

Linked is a Request for Proposals for a vendor to operate the coffee shop in the library as well as drawings of the building and a list of equipment provided by Pioneer.

If your business meets the qualifications required, we invite your proposal for operation of the coffee shop.  If you have questions, please contact Doug Buck, Business Manager, at 405 701-2644, or Anne Masters, Director Pioneer Library System at 405 701-2642.

Pioneer Library System welcomes author Tobias Wolff to wrap up The Big Read

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Last Updated on Tuesday, 23 April 2013 13:29

The Pioneer Library System wraps up the 2013 edition of The Big Read by welcoming author Tobias Wolff to Oklahoma.

Wolff will make public presentations at 11 a.m. Thursday, April 25, at the Geiger Center at Oklahoma Baptist University in Shawnee, and later that evening at 7 p.m. at the Longfellow Middle School Auditorium in Norman.

Wolff is the author of “Old School,” the selected novel for this year’s Big Read. The book looks at the relationships and challenges of a group of teens at a boarding school in the northeastern United States in the early 1960s. Students are competing in a writing contest for a chance to meet a famous author and the storyline centers on some of the rules some of them break in trying to win.

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The Big Read Free Movie Nights

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Last Updated on Wednesday, 17 April 2013 08:38

This Wednesday, April 17, and Thursday, April 18, offer a special treat to library patrons and those interested in The Big Read this year! Two free public screenings of the movie This Boy's Life based upon one of Tobias Wolff's novels have been set up to enjoy.

The first screening takes place on April 17 at Cinema Center 8 in Shawnee at 6:30 p.m. The second screeing takes place on April 18 at the Warren Theatre in Moore at 6:30 p.m.

There are still a few spots available, so register online for a seat before it's too late!

Cinema 8  in Shawnee registraion | Warren Theatre in Moore registration

Library staff can help with registration. Registrations will be checked at door beginning at 6 p.m. and admitted before general admission.

Come join us and enjoy an excellent story!