by Kelly Johnson

That’s not a typo in the title of this article, and the periodic table is without an element called librarium—unless books are considered an element of knowledge, or even community.

Linguistically speaking though, librarium is a fancy way of saying library; and with respect to the city of Mableton, specifically #southcobbregionallibrary (SCRL).

Because SCRL is more than just a place of books and information, serving Mableton since 1962 when it became among the first of sixteen branches forming the Cobb County Public Library System, it serves a now incorporated community with a number of events. Remodeled to its current location (in 2006) at 805 Clay Road, SCRL is made to host a variety of events. Its ability to cater to community needs not only enriches Mableton, but it also makes the library invaluable.

Every month, there is always something happening at SCRL. For the month of July, most of its events are geared toward children—because, if you haven’t heard, school it out for the summer—but there are activities scheduled for families, adults, and seniors. Happenings include:

§ community leaders’ weekly readings of stories, which kicks off with Commissioner Sheffield story-time reading on July 7th, Friday at 10:30 AM;

§ the Great Pringles Taste Test for Teens on July 11th, Tuesday at 4:00 PM;

§ the monthly movie matinee on July 21st, Friday at 3:00 PM;

§ the American Red Cross Blood Driver on July 25th, Tuesday at 3:00 PM

As SCRL is literally at the heart of Mableton, convenient to all six districts of the city, it could host a city council meeting. It has the room to do so, and it should; or, at least share in hosting the city council with the EpiCenter. (It can only be hoped that one of the city councilors, or Mayor Owens, is reading this and likes the idea.)

For a listing of all events at SCRL, please see the following July schedule and or go to Events on the Cobb County Public Library website. Hyperlinks via the schedule (below) go back to the CCPLS webpage as well. From any given event, the organizer can be contacted by email or phone. The organizer(s) or host(s) of an event are SCRL’s amazing librarians, to which when approval is granted by the regional manager, profiles of these particular community helpers will be highlighted in the future.

Until then, go and visit #southcobbregionallibrary. Meet the staff. Participate. (Except on July 4th, when it will be closed for the holiday.) Have a good time and be safe, either way.

Underlined events are hyperlinked to the Cobb County Public Library’s website Events page.

All times are 24 hour or military time, Eastern Standard Time (EST).

JULY 2023

WEEK 1

DATE	DAY	TIME (24hr)	EVENT
July 03, 2023	Monday	10:00 – 18:00	CD Mirror Art Craft Kits
		10:30 – 11:00	Family Sing and Dance Along
July 04, 2023	Tuesday	00:00 – 23:59	CLOSED
July 05, 2023	Wednesday	10:00 – 18:00	CD Mirror Art Craft Kits
		13:00 – 13:45	Tour Your Library: Preschool
		18:00 – 19:00	Evening Computer Class for Beginners
July 06, 2023	Thursday	10:30 – 12:00	Stay and Play
		13:00 – 13:30	Parachute Play
		15:00 – 16:00	Afternoon Computer Class for Beginners
July 07, 2023	Friday	10:30 – 11:15	Community Helper Story-time

JULY 2023

WEEK 2

DATE	DAY	TIME (24hr)	EVENT
July 10, 2023	Monday	10:00 – 18:00	CD Mirror Art Craft Kits
		10:30 – 11:00	Family Sing and Dance Along
		15:00 – 16:00	Strange Art: Tween Arts & Crafts Hour
		18:30 – 19:00	Pajama Story-time
July 11, 2023	Tuesday	10:30 – 11:00	Baby Time
		16:00 – 17:00	Great Pringles Taste Test for Teens
July 12, 2023	Wednesday	10:00 – 18:00	CD Mirror Art Craft Kits
		10:30 – 11:00	Family Story-Time
		18:15 – 19:00	Tour Your Library: Families
July 13, 2023	Thursday	10:30 – 11:30	Bubble Dance Party
		16:30 – 17:30	The Last Word Book Discussion
July 14, 2023	Friday	10:30 – 11:15	Community Helper Story-time
July 15, 2023	Saturday	11:00 – 11:30	Saturday Story-time

JULY 2023

WEEK 3

DATE	DAY	TIME	EVENT
July 17, 2023	Monday	10:00 – 18:00	CD Mirror Art Craft Kits
		10:30 – 11:00	Family Sing and Dance Along
July 18, 2023	Tuesday	10:30 – 11:00	Baby Time
		15:30 – 16:30	STEAM Kids
		16:30 – 17:30	No Fear Craft Club
July 19, 2023	Wednesday	10:00 – 18:00	CD Mirror Art Craft Kits
		10:30 – 11:00	Family Story-Time
		13:00 – 13:45	Tour Your Library: School Age
		15:30 – 17:00	VR for All
		18:30 – 19:30	Social Justice Book Discussion
July 20, 2023	Thursday	10:30 – 11:30	Freeman Poole Senior Center Book Discussion Group
		10:30 – 12:00	Stay and Play
		13:00 – 13:30	Parachute Play
		15:00 – 16:00	Afternoon Computer Class for Beginners
July 21, 2023	Friday	10:30 – 11:15	Community Helper Story-time
		10:45 – 12:00	Mable House Story-time (@SCRL)
		15:00 – 17:30	Monthly Movie Matinee (A Quiet Place)

JULY 2023

WEEK 4

DATE	DAY	TIME	EVENT
July 24, 2023	Monday	10:00 – 18:00	CD Mirror Art Craft Kits
		10:30 – 11:00	Family Sing and Dance Along
		17:00 – 18:00	VIVO Exercise Program
		18:00 – 19:00	Graphic Novel Book Club
July 25, 2023	Tuesday	10:30 – 11:00	Baby Time
		15:00 – 19:00	American Red Cross Blood Drive
		16:30 – 17:00	No Fear Craft Club
July 26, 2023	Wednesday	10:00 – 18:00	CD Mirror Art Craft Kits
		10:30 – 11:15	Community Helper Story-time
		10:30 – 11:00	Family Story-time
		15:30 – 16:30	Tween STEAM Club
July 27, 2023	Thursday	14:00 – 15:30	Family Board Games
		15:30 – 16:30	Tween Book Club
July 28, 2023	Friday	10:30 – 11:15	Community Helper Story-time