Reading Contest from the Nebraska Library Commission
Use the sheet below or stop by the library for a fun winter reading contest sponsored by the Commission.
202012071548Library Events
Virtual Early Out Building Day
Hey, Kids! Even though we aren’t getting together to build on Wednesday I thought we could still have some fun. Can you build a pumpkin? Or even a Jack o’ Lantern?
How about a ghost? Be creative and build us something, have your parents snap a picture and post it in the Facebook event for everyone to see. All participants can stop in and receive something from the prize box.
Let’s still have some fun and be creative!
https://www.facebook.com/events/341979460208039/
Riders of the Hoot – Owl Trail
Through poetry, music and narratives sisters, Marci Broyhill and Teresa Kay Orr, will present a program on the Riders of the Hoot-Owl Trail : Nebraska’s Outlaws. This is sure to be an entertaining and informational program about some little known Nebraska history. Join us October 6, @ 6:30 pm. We will be meeting in the big room so we can set up enough chairs to allow distance between attendees.
Summer Reading Wednesdays in July
Your children are invited to the Stromsburg Public Library’s Summer Reading program. Our program will be celebrating classic stories and nursery rhymes as well as fun new stories as we follow the theme, “Imagine Your Story.” We have many fun programs in store for children entering Kindergarten – 5th grade the 2020-2021 school year. The programs are free and open to all abilities.
We will be meeting on Wednesday mornings in July starting July 1 with Kindergarten through 2nd grade from 9 am – 10 am and 3rd grade – 5th grade from 10:30 – 11:30. There are no special events planned at this time due to the changing nature of COVID-19 restrictions. We just weren’t sure what summer reading would like look this year!
Registrations can be completed online under the Summer Reading tab or in person at the library.
See you this summer!
Monica, Emily, and Miss Osten
Help Documents for New Catalog
These two PDF’s will help you navigate searching for items and managing your own account on our new interface.
A couple of notes:
-Once in your account you will be able to choose how you want the library to interact with you when notifying you of overdue items and holds. You can now choose to be notified via text, email, or phone call. The way I understand it you will also be able to text back to the system and a staff member can respond via text to you. You should also choose if you want your reading history saved or deleted and how many years you want it saved.
-The new system is connected with our OverDrive system. This is good because it means OverDrive holdings will show up in our catalog so you do not have to search two places at once. BUT this also means if your account is blocked for any reason, you will also be blocked on OverDrive until your account is cleared.
-For those of you that use Nebraskard you can now search the Kilgore Memorial Library right from our catalog. Look for the “Search Other Libraries” on the top left.
As staff learns the new system we will continue to provide you with more information about your capabilities within the system.
Account-Management-Help
Detailed-Searching-Help
New Look for the Stromsburg Public Library Catalog
We will be making the switch to a new library system after 5:00 pm on Tuesday, April 28. This means that you may not have access to the library catalog during the evening of Tuesday. We will have a new look on Wednesday, April 29 when you go to our catalog. If you want to get a feel for what the new catalog will look like check out Seward’s online catalog that I’ve linked below.
For various reasons, this move had to happen very quickly so bear with us as we all learn a new system. Part of the reason for switching systems is the enhanced capabilities it gives our patrons in accessing the library and the more user friendly features of the catalog. We will have tutorials and pdf’s available for you on Wednesday teaching you the basics. One of the best things? You can tell at a glance if a book is in or out – green for in, red for out. 🙂
Online Quickbooks
Kelly Abrahams will be back to talk about the Online Quickbooks software. Laptops are not required, but strongly encouraged.
Small business owners, learn how to:
• Create customer accounts
• Use basic transactions
• Connect your bank
• Reconcile accounts and enter sales tax
• Use other Quickbooks online features
Please fill out the form below to register.
National Library Week
It’s National Library Week and we have some special events happening!
April 8 – 22 is our first official book fair with the Children’s Bookstore online program. Click here to shop our book fair. The books will be shipped directly to you and the library will earn 30% of every book sold. You can choose to shop from lists like “Best Books of 2018,” “Award Winning Books,” or “Awesome Middle Readers.” Your purchases will enable the library to buy more children’s books for the children’s section.
April 10 is Library Giving Day. This one-day fundraising event will occur across the nation to encourage patrons and library lovers to make a gift to their individual library system. This campaign reminds us that libraries, small and large, serve as a cornerstone for our communities. Beyond well-loved books, many libraries offer innovative programs that promote lifelong learning, connect patrons to technology, and advance knowledge. As we are not set up for online giving, donations can be made out to the Stromsburg Library Foundation and dropped off at the library or Cornerstone Bank.
The Stromsburg Library Foundation helps the Stromsburg Library offer programs and build resources for patrons of all ages while helping us better serve the needs of our community. The Foundation does this by securing and managing donations from the community to support the Library beyond what public funding provides. Thank you for your support!
If you would be interested in being involved with either the Library Foundation or the Friends of the Library group, please let Monica know.
April 9 @ 6:30 pm David Haggedone will be sharing his vast knowledge of ukuleles from the history of the instrument to the art of playing it. David will teach participants simple chords and I’m sure there will be a singalong!