The Ashland Public Library is looking to change our weekday hours to be open later one evening a week, at the current location. If you live in the Ashland-Greenwood School district, we invite you to take a survey to help us select the best evening to be open later.
The survey will also help us select new hours for the new library.
To learn more about the new design check out the video below and Click Here for additional information on locating and borrowing ebooks and audiobooks.
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As of 9am, due to the inclement weather, the Library will be closing at 4:30PM.
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The Ashland Public Library would like to share some of our new nonfiction titles, which include computer, tablet and eReader guides, baby books, craft books, cookbooks and more.
If you recently acquired a computer we have “Teach Yourself Visually Microsoft Windows 8” as well as an earlier edition covering Windows 7. Did you get a tablet or eReader for Christmas? We have “For Dummies” guides for Nook eReaders and Kindle Fire and Touch.
We have four books, in a series called Kids’ Crafternoon, titled “Papercraft,” “Beading,” “Sewing,” and “Felting.” We just added “Craft: Techniques & Projects,” which have over 50 projects including jewelry, a printed apron, tie-dye t-shirt, homemade paper, candles, and soap.
Our new cookbooks include “Fifty Shades of Chicken,” which includes 50 chicken recipes and a parody of “Fifty Shades of Grey” from the point of view of a chicken taken from the fridge. There are a variety of roast chicken recipes as well as wings, fried and jerk chicken and chicken salad. Recipes range from those for beginners to the advanced cook.
We have also added a gluten free cookbook and a food allergy guide with recipes.
Other new nonfiction includes “Planet Dinosaur,” a companion guide to the BCC documentary; “Carl Warner’s Food Landscapes,” and “Young House Love: 243 Ways to Paint, Craft, Update, & Show Your Home Some Love.”
We also have just added titles by Ashland residents. “From Wann to Ashland” by Warren Washburn and “The Benefit Package”, which contains two stories by Merrie Hansen are both non-fiction books. Also added are two fiction titles, “Incentivize” and “Deliverables” by Tom Spears.
The books mentioned here are only a few of the new books we have added. We receive new fiction, non-fiction, children, and young adult books on a regular basis, and we welcome suggestions for new titles.
For all of you who enjoy ebooks, our Overdrive ebook and audio book service added nearly 700 ebooks for Christmas. Classic titles such as The Hobbit, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes are a few to be added along with many books by Zane Grey. Many contemporary authors have had multiple titles added to our collections, including books from Linda Lael Miller, Tess Gerritsen, Sheryl Woods, Diane Mott Davidson, Janet Evanovich, Gillian Flynn, and Debbie Macomber.
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Did you know that celebrating Christmas was illegal in Boston from 1659 to 1681, and if you were caught celebrated you would be fine 5 shillings?
If you want to find out why Chirstmas was outlawed, and how an ancient celebration evolved through millennia to become the Christmas celebrated by many today, History.com has the facts for you. You will also find the origin of Santa and the Christmas tree, plus find out how other countries celebrate Christmas.
Also accompinaing this information are 21 short videos about Christmas and Christmas related topics.
Click here to vist the History.com section on Christmas.
The Ashland Public Library will be closed on Thursday and Friday, November 22nd and 23rd for Thanksgiving. The library will be open for its regularly scheduled hours on Saturday, November 24th.
Have a Happy Thanksgiving!
Looking to find out if a political candidate is stating a fact or just making it up? Where does that candidate really stand on an issue? Below are websites whose goals are to provide you with the truth regarding candidates and political issues, who’s running for what and amendments on the ballot.
Here is a list of helpful sites
Saunders County Candidates, plus Nebraska Amendments
Cass County Candidates
FactCheck.org
PolitiFact.com and the Truth-O-Meter
Snopes.com
Project Vote Smart
For young readers the library just added the three books in the Origami Yoda series, by Tom Angleberger:
The Strange Case of Origami Yoda
Darth Paper Strikes Back
The Secret of the Fortune Wookiee
Each book focuses on a the exploits of the kids at McQuarrie Middle School, either gaining assistance from or fighting against origami Star Wars characters. The end of each book also shows you how to make your own origami Star Wars character.
For teen readers, we have two works that take place in the late 1800s. The first, A Soldier’s Secret, by Marissa Moss, is a fictionalized story based on the real life of Sarah Edmonds and her service during the Civil War, while pretending to be a man.
The second book for teens is The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll & Mademoiselle Odile, by James Reese. Taking place before the arrival of Mr. Hyde, Odile is searching for answers about her family and helping Dr. Jekyll with problems of his own along the way.
Finally, for our adult readers, we have added some horror to our collection in the form of The Walking Dead, by Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard, & Cliff Rathburn, and Red Rain, by R.L. Stine.
The graphic novels of The Walking Dead are the inspiration for the hit AMC show of the same name and tell the story of Rick Grimes as he and others struggle to survive in a world where the dead turn into zombies.
R.L. Stine is typically know for his children and teen series Goosebumps and Fear Street, but has focused on the adult reader with his new book, Red Rain. The character Lea Sutter has adopted twin boys after they are left orphaned after a hurricane moves through their town. While they seem like nice boys, it turns out that may not be the case.
