CCPL is Getting Closer to Reopening!

๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐š ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฐ ๐›๐ž๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐œ๐ž๐ง๐ž ๐ฉ๐ก๐จ๐ญ๐จ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž๐ง ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ.โ˜บ๏ธ

As you can see from the photos, it takes a LOT of stuff to run a busy library like ours.

We’re rapidly approaching WRAPPING UP Phase 1 of our interior renovation project and preparing for Phase 2.

๐–๐ž’๐ซ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ง ๐ซ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐จ๐ง ๐’๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ—:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐š๐ฆ-๐Ÿ:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐ฉ๐ฆ.

โœ”๏ธ In Phase 1 we’ve been tackling the public spaces.

โœ”๏ธ Phase 2 will focus on the: staff work areas, meeting room, kitchen area, staff restroom, and storage areas.

A HUGE THANKS goes out to the City of Central City crew for helping us move everything out to the main areas of the library, in preparation for Phase 2. They were also a huge help when we had to move everything to the back, so all of our new flooring could be installed.

We’re also VERY THANKFUL for the volunteers that have been coming in to help our staff dust/straighten shelves, books, etc., so we’ll be able to open soon.

๐“ฃ๐“ฑ๐“ช๐“ท๐“ด-๐”‚๐“ธ๐“พ ๐“ฏ๐“ธ๐“ป ๐”‚๐“ธ๐“พ๐“ป ๐“น๐“ช๐“ฝ๐“ฒ๐“ฎ๐“ท๐“ฌ๐“ฎ!

STAY TUNED for more updates about the progress of this exciting #InteriorRenovation

Find Out Everything You Need to Know About CCPL’s 2023 Summer Reading Program Right Here!

Get Ready NOW for 2023 Summer Reading Program at CCPL!

๐—˜๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—จ๐—ป-๐—•๐—˜๐—˜-๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ๐˜€!๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ŸŒž
๐—”๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—•๐—˜๐—˜-๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ-๐˜๐—ถ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐˜€!๐Ÿ
๐•€๐•ฅ’๐•๐• ๐”น๐”ผ๐”ผ ๐•’๐•Ÿ ๐•’๐•ž๐•’๐•ซ๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ ๐Ÿš๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿš๐Ÿ› ๐•Š๐•ฆ๐•ž๐•ž๐•–๐•ฃ โ„๐•–๐•’๐••๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ โ„™๐•ฃ๐• ๐•˜๐•ฃ๐•’๐•ž ๐•’๐•ฅ โ„‚โ„‚โ„™๐•ƒ!๐Ÿ
๐—–๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—๐—”๐— -๐—ฃ๐—”๐—–๐—ž๐—˜๐—— ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„.
Start getting ready now!
โœ…Download the Reader Zone app.
We’ve streamlined the process to be easier than ever!
โœ…Join with the code 6c194.
โœ…Select the 2023 Central City Reading Log (Adult, Teen, or Kids’ Summer Reading Program).
โœ…JUNE 1ST! ๐Ÿ“Œ Start logging in your minutes read (Kids) or books read (Adult & Teens).โฑ๐Ÿ“š
Start downloading books for free, using the Libby app (through Nebraska OverDrive).
You’ll need to know your library card # to log in. Ask us, if you don’t know your card #.
Call us (946-2512) or text us (308-270-7060) to arrange for curbside pickup of items, while we’re closed to the public (during our interior renovation project).

CCPL Awarded a Coveted 5 Star Rating from Library Journal!

๐–๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž VERY PLEASED ๐ญ๐จ ๐š๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ž, ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ CCPL ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐›๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ž๐ ๐š ๐œ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ“ ๐’๐“๐€๐‘ ๐‘๐€๐“๐ˆ๐๐† ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ

๐ข๐ง Library Journalโ€˜๐ฌ 2022 ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐ฅ๐ข๐›๐ซ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ, ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ญ ๐š๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐ข๐›๐ซ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง!

๐™„๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™š๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™˜๐™ž๐™–๐™ก๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™ง๐™š๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ง๐™™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ช๐™จ, ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™—๐™š ๐™ง๐™š๐™˜๐™ค๐™œ๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฏ๐™š๐™™ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™™๐™ช๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™˜๐™˜๐™ช๐™ง๐™ง๐™š๐™™ ๐™™๐™ช๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™˜๐™๐™–๐™ก๐™ก๐™š๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ข๐™š๐™จ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐˜พ๐™Š๐™‘๐™„๐˜ฟ-19 ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™๐™š๐™ข๐™ž๐™˜.

๐Ÿฑ,๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿต ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ โ€œ๐—”๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€โ€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜.

โœ… ๐—ข๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿด๐Ÿฑ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐Ÿฑ-๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—–๐—–๐—ฃ๐—Ÿ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ข๐—ฃ ๐Ÿญ.๐Ÿฒ% ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€.

โœ… ๐—–๐—–๐—ฃ๐—Ÿ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ข๐—ก๐—˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ข๐—ก๐—Ÿ๐—ฌ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ (๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—จ.๐—ฆ.),

๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—˜๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฌ ๐—˜๐——๐—œ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก (๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ ๐—ฌ๐—˜๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ฆ).

โœ… ๐—–๐—–๐—ฃ๐—Ÿ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ #๐Ÿญ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜†’๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜†.

The LJ Index gives an overall indication of how libraries stack up to their peers nationally. This award is based on seven separate categories: physical circulation, e-circulation, library visits, program attendance, public internet computer use, Wi-Fi sessions, e-retrievals and library website visits.

๐˜ฝ๐™š๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ง๐™š๐™˜๐™ค๐™œ๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฏ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™– ๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก ๐™ก๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ก ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™– ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ช๐™š ๐™๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ฌ๐™š ๐™จ๐™๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™ก๐™ž๐™—๐™ง๐™–๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™›๐™› ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™‡๐™ž๐™—๐™ง๐™–๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐˜ฝ๐™ค๐™–๐™ง๐™™ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™๐™ง๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™š๐™จ, ๐™—๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™š๐™ญ๐™˜๐™š๐™ฅ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก ๐™ก๐™ž๐™—๐™ง๐™–๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ, ๐™›๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™˜ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™ข๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ก๐™ž๐™—๐™ง๐™–๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™จ๐™ช๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ ๐™–๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™š๐™ก๐™ก!

๐™’๐™š ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ช๐™ก๐™™ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฉ ๐™๐™–๐™ซ๐™š ๐™–๐™˜๐™๐™ž๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก ๐™ง๐™š๐™˜๐™ค๐™œ๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช! ๐™๐™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ -๐™”๐™Š๐™ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ข๐™–๐™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ช๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐˜ผ๐™ข๐™š๐™ง๐™ž๐™˜๐™–โ€™๐™จ ๐™Ž๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ง ๐™‡๐™ž๐™—๐™ง๐™–๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š ๐™–๐™œ๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ!๐Ÿ˜Š

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