More Than Just Books!
The Library is accepting donations so we can purchase new carpet, and pursue a new interior design plan. A square of carpet is $5. We are asking that you purchase as many squares as you wish to help us out with this project for the community. ( We need a total of 2,900 square.) Thank You for your support!!
Pledge forms may be picked up at the Library. Please make checks payable to Rock County Public Library Foundation. Any questions, please call the library at 402-684-3800.
Summer has come to an end here at the Library! We had a successful reading program, and ended it with a pizza/movie party! We are getting ready to head out on the bookmobile, and get story hour ready for October.
July has brought in the following new titles: Wayfaring Stranger by James Lee Burke, Top Secret Twenty-One by Janet Evanovich, The Sweet Spot by Stephanie Evanovich, The Hurricane Sisters by Dorothea Benton Frank, No Place to Hide by Glenn Greenwald, Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King, Field of Prey by John Sanford, A Perfect Life by Danielle Steel, The goldfinch by Donna Tartt, Nantucket Sisters by Nancy Thayer, The Beekeeper’s Ball by Susan Wiggs, Cut and Thrust by Stuart Woods, A Cousin’s Challenge by Wanda Brunstetter, A Counsin’s Prayer by Wanda Brunstetter, The Promise by Robyn Carr, The Search by Suzanne Woods Fisher, Love Comes Home by Ann H. Gabhart, The Bride backfire, The Bride Bargain, and The Bride Blunder by Kelly Eileen Hake, Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell, Until we Touch by Susan Mallery, Against the wild by Kat Martin, Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda by Tara Lee Reed, Brava Valentine, The Supreme Macaroni Company and Very Valentine by Adriana Trigiani, The house on Mermaid Point and Magnolia Wednesdays by Wendy Wax, The Beach Trees by Karen White. We also added four new teen fiction, Nine Juvenile, and 5 DVD’s.
Come in and check out our new materials for money management.
This program is made possible by a grant from the FINRA Investor Education Foundation through Smart Investing @ your library, a partnership with the American Library Association. This program is sponsored by the Nebraska Library Commission and the Northeast Library System. 
Library News!
Summer is underway! So far we have 38 kids signed up for our summer reading program. We have had some great donations by Sherry Schoenberger, Betty Christensen, Allen & Leanne Cook, Sally Gobel, Emily Allison, Georgia Peterson, Georgia Lee, and Riley Teel. Thanks to all of you!
Stop in and check out our new books that we received for the month of May and June. Four blood moons, Still foolin’ em, Walking on Water, The Target, The deepest secret, I’ve Got you under my skin, Double fault, The end of always, The son, The girl you left behind, Unlucky 13, The kill switch, Carnal Curiosity, The house on Blackberry Hill, Four Friends, Three little words, When we met, Shadowfever, A Sensible arrangement, Dark witch, Betting the rainbow, Save the Date, The Target, Missing You, Flash Boys, Thankful, Child of Mine, A Beauty So Rare, Prejudice meets Pride, Stuck Together, Before We Kiss, A Moment in Time, The Meaning of Names, The Story of Beautiful Girl, Catching Fireflies, Midnight Promises. We also added 4 DVD’s, 8 easy readers, 33 Juvenile, and 21 Juvenile Teen to our collection.
Back on April 17th 1982, Duane Hutchinson interviewed a number of people, some included Elmer and Helen Swanson, Leona Allen, and Leona Spann. Their stories include topics such as sod houses, World War I and II, the Spanish influenza, snakes, ranching, farming, famous and infamous visitors, and everyday life in Nebraska. These stories are now available to view live at Nebraska Memories at http://memories.ne.gov/cdm/landingpage/collection/rcpl
The Rock County Library has on an average, 12 patrons per hour that come through the door!
A little bit of information for you….Did you know that the Rock County Library has a total of 845 Patrons!
On January 29, 2014, library patrons will be required to enter a unique password assigned to the Rock County Public Library for county residents to use when signing into their OverDrive accounts to download their free e-books and audio titles. The library has been instructed to not post this password on the web because it is only for Rock County residents. Please call or e-mail the library at 402-684-3800 or e-mail rockcolib@abbnebraska.com to get the password.
1) Patrons may checkout up to six items at a time.
2) The Spanish version of the patron interface is now available by choosing it from the drop-down menu next to the Sign In button in the upper right corner of the page.
One nonfiction book and two novels—all stories with ties to Nebraska and the Great Plains—are the finalists for the 2014 One Book One Nebraska statewide reading program. The finalists are “Goodnight, Nebraska” by Tom McNeal, Once Upon a Town: The Miracle of the North Platte Canteen by Bob Greene and Plainsong by Kent Haruf.
The One Book One Nebraska reading program, now in its tenth year, is sponsored by the Nebraska Center for the Book, Humanities Nebraska, Nebraska Library Commission, and Nebraska Library Association. It encourages Nebraskans across the state to read and discuss the same book, chosen from books written by Nebraska authors or that have a Nebraska theme or setting. A committee of the Nebraska Center for the Book selected the three finalists from a list of 71 titles nominated by 141 Nebraskans.
The choice for the 2014 One Book One Nebraska will be announced at 5:30 p.m. at the Celebration of Nebraska Books on October 26 at the Nebraska State Historical Society’s Museum of Nebraska History, 15th and P Streets in downtown Lincoln. The event will also recognize the Willa Cather Foundation for their promotional efforts celebrating the 100th anniversary of the publication of the 2013 One Book One Nebraska book selection O Pioneers! by Willa Cather. For more information about One Book One Nebraska, see http://onebook.nebraska.gov/2013/index.aspx.
The Rock County Public Library received funding designated for a new automated circulation system from remaining Q125 funds administered by the Bassett Foundation, Inc. The new software and converted database was received the first week in August. To keep expense of the transfer to a minimum, staff transferred the patron and current circulation of materials in house.
The new system went live on September 3rd. You can once again access the online catalog at http://libraries.ne.gov/rockcounty by clicking on Catalog. Log in using your library card number as your user ID and your last name as your password. If you don’t know your card number, stop by or call 402-684-3800. Searches can be done using the simple, advanced or by study program options. When a title is found, click on details if you want more information. On the right of the screen you can clearly see if a title is in or checked out. If you want a title that is checked out held for you when it comes in, you can place a hold on it. Reservations on titles are used only if you might want an item on a later specific date.
Rock County Public Library has expanded its digital collection with the addition of Disney Digital Books at http://libraries.ne.gov/rockcounty. This new collection features nearly 700 Disney Online Books and downloadable EPUB and PDF eBooks.
The Disney Online Books are browser based and can be enjoyed on a Windows or Mac computer. Titles offer interactive features to enhance the user experience such as a ‘magic pen’ that pronounces words with just one click, and the ability to look up word definitions. Users will recognize familiar Disney characters like Mickey Mouse, Winnie the Pooh, Disney Princesses, Hanna Montana, and more.
Users can browse, check out, and enjoy titles on their computer. Disney EPUB eBooks, along with the rest of the eBook collection, can be downloaded to a computer, plus transferred to a compatible eBook reader such as the Barnes & Noble Nook or Sony Reader. To check out both types of Disney Digital Books, users need a valid library card, computer, and Internet connection. At the end of the lending period, titles automatically expire and are returned to the collection.
Rock County Public Library partners with OverDrive, Inc. (www.overdrive.com), a global leader in digital media services, to offer the digital service. You can easily log on to Overdrive by going to the library website printed above and click on the Overdrive icon. You can recognize these books in the collection because they will have “Mickey Mouse” ears in the upper-right corner of the cover image (as opposed to the book or audio icon).
To do a search that retrieves all Disney Online Books, go to the Advanced Search Screen and select “Disney Online Book” from the drop-down format menu, then click Search. Alternately, scroll down the Nebraska OverDrive Libraries home page (http://nebraska.lib.overdrive.com) and click on the big, orange “Check out a Disney Digital Book today!” square.
About OverDrive
OverDrive is a leading full-service digital distributor of eBooks, audiobooks, music, and video. We deliver secure management, DRM protection, and download fulfillment services for hundreds of publishers and thousands of libraries, schools, and retailers serving millions of end users. OverDrive has been named to the EContent 100 as a company that matters most in the digital content industry. Founded in 1986, OverDrive is based in Cleveland, OH. www.overdrive.com