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

Reminder! Today’s LEGO Club Has Been Cancelled!

Preschool Storytimes Cancelled at CCPL for October 27th and November 3rd!

Preschool Storytime and LEGO Club Cancelled for This Week!

VOTE for Your FAVORITE Literary Pumpkins NOW!

Take a PEEK at Some of the ENTRIES in Our Literary Pumpkin Decorating Contest! Entries are due by Saturday, October 22nd at 1:00pm!

Literary Pumpking Decorating Contest at CCPL Coming Up Monday, October 17 – Saturday, October 22!

START THINKING OF YOUR IDEAS!
CCPL is hosting a PUMPKIN/GOURD DECORATING CONTEST!๐ŸŽƒ
1. Decorate a pumpkin or gourd (real or artificial) like your favorite BOOK CHARACTER (or with a literary theme).
2. Pumpkins or gourds may be painted, hot glued, decorated, colored, etc. CARVED PUMPKIN/GOURD SUBMISSIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED!
3. Entries must be dropped off for display at CC Public Library from October 17- October 22. They will remain on display until October 27, for the public to have a chance to vote for โ€œPeopleโ€™s Choice Awards.โ€
4. Feel free to work alone, with friends, or with family. Only one entry per division: age 12 & under, age 13-18, age 19 & over, and Family entry.
5. Winners will be announced on October 28.
6. The winners in each division will receive prizes!
7. Pumpkins/gourds & accessories must be picked up by the time library closes on Friday, October 28. Any remaining entries/accessories will be discarded.
Contact the library with questions: 308-946-2512

Click below for Contest Entry Form and for more information:
Pumpkin-Entry-Form-2022-1

YIPPEE! Summer Reading Program is Underway at CCPL!

ippee! SUMMER READING PROGRAM is underway!๐Ÿ›ณโ›ด๐Ÿšขโš“๏ธ

We’re giving out a BOATLOAD OF prizesโ›ต๏ธ๐Ÿšค๐Ÿ›ฅand we’re having a WHALE OF a good time, during this year’s Summer Reading Program at CCPL!๐Ÿ ๐ŸŸ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿณ๐Ÿ‹๐Ÿฆˆ

The #OceansOfPossibilities are endless!๐Ÿ™๐Ÿฆ‘๐Ÿฆ๐Ÿฆž๐Ÿฆ€๐Ÿก

โœ…Download the Reader Zone app.

โœ…Join with the code a9761.

โœ…Select the 2022 Central City Reading Log (Adult, Teen, or Kids’ Summer Reading Program).

โœ…Start logging in your minutes read (Kids) or books read (Adult & Teens).โฑ๐Ÿ“š

CLICK HERE to see the KIDS’ SUMMER READING PROGRAM SCHEDULE: http://libraries.ne.gov/centralcity/2022/05/11/oceans-of-possibilities-at-ccpls-2022-summer-reading-program/

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 #.

#SummerReadingProgram2022#SayNoToSummerSlide

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