Celebrate Read-Aloud Week at the Stromsburg Public Library

Research has shown that reading aloud to your child every day is vitally important to their reading readiness and success in school. Fifteen minutes each day is all it takes to help your children achieve their goals.

Bring your children to the Stromsburg Public Library Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday this week as we participate in Nebraska’s Read-Aloud month. We are reading out loud to the children for 15 minutes from the book, “Francine Poulet Meets the Ghost Racoon” by Kate DiCamillo.  This is a chapter book, so younger children may not be as interested as those who are already in school or preschool, but all are welcome to attend!

 

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Fall Programming Begins in September

Summer reading decorations are put away, we’ve found the workroom counter and caught up on our “to-do” list. Summer is over and we are ready for some fall programming! Remember, we have book clubs meeting on the first and third Tuesdays of the month at 7 pm in the library meeting room, stop in and join the discussion. Genealogy club meets the last Tuesday of the month at 7 pm and Preschool Story Hour is held the third Thursday of the month at 10:30 am.

In addition to these regular activities we will have a Brown Bag Lunch on September 11 at 12 pm. Dorinda Brown will be sharing her Iraq experience as a Nation Guard MP. On September 22, Bob Greenwall and Monica Tidyman will be teaching an Excel class at 2 pm and again at 6 pm. This class will include hints and tips on how to use more Excel more fully. Lego’s at the Library will be held on September 25 at 1 pm for children ages 8 and up.

New releases this week include Louise Penny’s “The Nature of the Beast” and “Prince Fly Guy” by Tedd Arnold. We’ve also purchased the next three books in the “Soul Surfer” series. “Storm”, “Crunch” and “Burned” will be on the shelves soon. New DVD’s include the complete first season of “Longmire”, “Home”, and Disney’s “Descendants.”

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A Word About Donations

Donations are a great way for libraries to add to their collection without using budget funds for new books. The Stromsburg Public Library gladly accepts donations from the public, but before you donate, please consider the following. Per our policy do not accept reference materials or textbooks that are older than 5 years and books must be in like new condition.

To keep our library collection current and useful we apply the principle of weeding on a regular basis. We pay particular attention to the condition of the book when weeding. Does it smell? Are there signs of wear? Are the pages yellowed or discolored in any way? We also look at the content of the book. Is it a book that will interest patrons in our community?  Is it still relevant and reliable?

We ask that you also consider these questions before you decide to donate books or other materials to the library. The condition of the book plays mightily into whether someone will even take the book off the shelf, let alone check it out and take it to their home. If a book does not pass inspection, it is okay to throw a book away. If you don’t want it in your home, chances are, no one else does either. If it is a fabulous book that you picked up on vacation or purchased for yourself and you think others would like it, please don’t hesitate to call and ask if we would like it for the collection. A quick call to confirm that we have the time and space to take donations is always appreciated.

Other options for book donations include your local church or the Living Water Rescue Mission in York. Check with these organizations to see what their donation policy might be.

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Changes to OverDrive Log-in

Due to changes in our system, and the checks that are set-up in the OverDrive system, Stromsburg Public Library patrons are now required to use their complete 14-digit bar code number that is on their library card at sign-in. If your card does not have a 14-digit number, please call us and we will help you with that.

The good news is you don’t have to memorize a 14-digit number, once you sign in using the number, make sure to check the box that says, “Remember me on this device”. Unfortunately, you will have to do this on each device you use OverDrive on.

Also, at this time you may not have access to all of your lists and holds. The computer department at the Nebraska Library Commission and at OverDrive are working on meshing the accounts as they match log-in numbers. We request your patience as we go through this transition.

If you have any questions or problems, please do not hesitate to call us.

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Summer Reading Begins!

We had our first successful day of summer reading! If you missed it, don’t worry, there are still four more weeks!

Those entering Kindergarten through 2nd grade in the fall meet at 9 am and those going into 3rd – 5th grade meet at 10:30 am

On July 29 everyone will meet together at 10 am for prizes and special appearances by some local heroes!

Slogan with Characters

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Operation Paperback-Update

We have enough books for a shipment so I requested 2 addresses. We received addresses and requests for two families! Both live on military bases overseas. Below are their requested genres, notice they are looking for children’s books and romance titles! We have quite a few Mystery books as well as Suspense/Thrillers and Action/Adventure so I think we are good there. These addresses expire on the 16th so we need to get the packages sent off next week. Let’s serve these families!

Family#1
Preferred Genres: Classic Literary Fiction, Contemporary Literary Fiction, Fantasy, Romance, Suspense / Thrillers, True Crime, Women’s Fiction

Family #2
Preferred Genres: Action / Adventure, Classic Literary Fiction, Girl’s Board Books & Picture Books, Girl’s Early Readers (Age 4-6), Girl’s Preteen Fiction (Age 10-12), Girl’s Short Chapter Books (Age 7-9), Girl’s Young Adult Fiction (Age 13+), Horror, Puzzle Books

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Serving Our Heroes this Summer

Every year when the summer reading materials come it’s a debate on whether we should do anything for the adults or not. There are materials and program ideas and even a separate theme for the adults, so should we or should we not? We’ve tried some different approaches to adult summer reading, but frankly, everyone is so busy they aren’t very successful.

This year we are going to follow the adult summer reading theme and “Escape the Ordinary”! Instead of a reading program focused on prizes and how many adults read and check out materials, we are going to give to those that give everything for us; our servicemen and women.

The overall theme for summer reading this year is “Every Hero has a Story” and while it’s true that everyone has a story to tell, our servicemen and women don’t always have stories to read. Operation Paperback was born in 1999 and has shipped books overseas to our military bases as well as veteran’s hospitals, USO centers and military families.

I have signed up as a volunteer for this organization with the hope that the library, working with Stromsburg and the surrounding community, can send at least one shipment of books.

What I need from you:

-gently used, like new, paperback books-NO romance novels

-donations to cover the cost of shipping-$.25 per book donated is recommended or $7 to cover a box. 

-volunteers to pack and ship the paperbacks

We are going to try to keep this project limited to June only so we can focus on the elementary summer reading in July so get your donations in early!

If you are interested in helping with this project, please call the library and talk to Dorinda or Monica.

Thank you for your support

Escape the Ordinary

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