To: All supporters and patrons of the Ed Robson Library When: Oct. 19 at 10 a.m. Why: To celebrate the Robson Library’s 20th birthday! Consider this your official invitation. This invitation entitles you to refreshments, entertainment, prizes, and general merriment. Come in your usual library attire and bring a little change if you want to…
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Generals, May 2024
Get Ready for Hot Summer Days
Stock up for summer reading at the Friends of the Library (FOL) bookstore in the Robson Library. Browse for fiction and nonfiction books in hardback and paperback, all for 25 cents apiece. You can find cookbooks, history, biography, travel, and other nonfiction books, as well as children’s books, jigsaw puzzles, DVDs, CDs, and audiobooks. We…
Generals, September 2021
Friends of the Library Bookstore
Susan Bliss The reopening of the Sun Lakes Friends of the Library bookstore in the Robson Library has been such a big success that we need more books! Our greatest need is paperback fiction, but we also accept certain non-fiction categories, such as history, biography, self-help, religion, cookbooks, and health. Due to customer requests, we…
Generals, June 2021
Reopening of the Friends’ Bookstore
Susan Bliss Good news! The Friends’ Bookstore in the Robson Library has reopened! The bookstore is open during library hours, and items may be purchased on the honor system. Stop by to browse your favorite bookstore and take advantage of our prices—the best anywhere. At present, we also have a large number of DVDs and…
Generals, January 2020
Memorial Wooden Books Need to Be Picked Up
Andrea Hummel Things are changing once again at the Robson Library. As Sun Lakes patrons are well aware, the Lecky Room was remodeled to provide office cubicles for some employees of Maricopa Library System. This happened because the downtown library was paying considerably more than the library supervisors were comfortable with to rent downtown office…
Generals, November 2019
Friends Bookstore expands
Mary Yasuda Come to the Robson Library and visit the Friends Bookstore. Thanks to the Maricopa Library District, we now have two more shelving units, and we have filled them with books. We are now accepting donations and will be selling DVDs. We have low prices. Books (both paperback and hardback) are priced at $.25.…
Generals, August 2019
The Library Corner
Bette Hargrave The Sun Lakes Country Club Phase 1 Library is attended by volunteer librarians Monday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in two shifts per day. You may find a book selection at any hour that your country club building is open, and you may check out one of our new books…
Front Page, July 2019
Bookstore In Robson Library Opens August 5
The Robson Library is newly renovated and now open. Members of Friends of the Library (FOL) and volunteers organize and operate the used book store in the Robson Library. Proceeds from the sale of books support library and community projects, such as summer reading programs and informative presentations. The Friends bookstore is moving to a…
Generals, May 2017
May events at Robson Library
Plan to join us for the following events in May! Tuesday, May 9, at 1:00 p.m. – Artist on the Fly: Sketching Birds Join Neil Rizos to learn new ways to see the beauty and behavior of birds while learning essential techniques needed to draw birds quickly and accurately, in the classroom and in the…
Generals, May 2015
Lescroat to visit Robson Library
Andrea Hummel If you haven’t heard of author John Lescroart, you might be in the minority. The Fall, his 26th book, will be released in May and will again feature the popular characters Dismas Hardy and homicide inspector Abe Gitsky. Seventeen of Lescroart’s books have been New York Times bestsellers. His books have sold more than…