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Coffee Shop RFP

Last Updated on Monday, 10 June 2013 08:14

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.

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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!

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The Big Read Writing Contest Winners

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Last Updated on Wednesday, 17 April 2013 11:01

pencil and paper The Pioneer Library System has announced the winners of The Big Read: Old School Short Story Writing Contest.

Contest winners are Laura Smith, a 17-year-old junior at Westmoore High School, in the high school division; and Matt Baker, an Oklahoma Baptist University senior double-majoring in English and Anthropology, in the college division.

The winners were chosen from a group of finalists by Tobias Wolff, author of “Old School,” the featured novel in The Big Read activities in the library system this spring. They were announced at The Big Read Study Hall scholar panel discussion at Moore’s Old School Business Center on April 10.

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Study Hall At Old School Auditorium in Moore

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Last Updated on Friday, 05 April 2013 15:14

Moore Old School The Pioneer Library System is going “Old School” in 2013 for its annual celebration of literature, The Big Read.

And a natural partnership for the library involves Moore’s Old School Business Center, 201 N. Broadway St., which will host a “Study Hall” panel discussion of the Tobias Wolff novel Old School at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 10. The event takes place in the Old School Auditorium inside the Old School Business Center, which in its early days served as the first school building in Moore.

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