CCPL Approved as a FamilySearch Affiliate Library!

Have you ever wanted to research and explore your family’s history?
We’re excited to announce, that CCPL has just been approved as a FamilySearch Affiliate Library! 
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WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?
The extension of this service to our library adds access to approximately 25 percent of the 1.5+ million rolls of microfilm already converted to FamilySearch’s digital images. This access, together with existing FamilySearch microfilm collections, enables affiliate libraries to be valuable providers of FamilySearch content.

HOW IT WORKS:
FamilySearch Affiliate Library is available for in-library use only.
You can use any of our public computers OR bring your own device and connect it to our free WiFi.
Each user of FamilySearch will need to sign into FamilySearch with their own username/password to view the records from FamilySearch. There is not an institution or library account.

There are three levels of family search:
• The first level of accessibility of records through the FamilySearch website can be viewed by anyone that has an account with FamilySearch.
• ✨The second level of accessibility to records in FamilySearch are those restricted records ONLY AVAILABLE IN THE AFFILIATED LIBRARIES and the family history centers.✨
• The third and most restricted records are only available in the Church owned family history centers or the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.

FamilySearch is available alongside CCPL’s existing subscription access to another popular and valuable resource: Ancestry Library Edition.
Each of these useful tools provide our patrons with: FREE and VERY INFORMATIVE services, to help you along your family-search journey Both of these services are available for in-library use only.
#ChangingLivesEveryDay #genealogyresources

CCPL and Merrick County Museum Partner for an Exhibit. “Herstory: We All Have a Story To Tell.”

The Merrick County Historical Museum is currently featuring a special exhibit at our library:

“Herstory: We All Have a Story to Tell.” These are the stories of ten remarkable Merrick County Women.

Do you know how the Ormsby Road in Merrick County got its name? Read about the Ormsby family and their daughter Louise. Louise was a gifted soprano soloist. She toured with John Phillip Sousa! Find out how Litzenberg Memorial County Hospital got its name! Read about Marguerite Smith Roberts. In 1969 Marguerite wrote the screenplay for “True Grit” (the screenplay which earned John Wayne his only Oscar).

We invite you to stop in and see this wonderful exhibit while it’s here!

Check out this photo (below) of CCPL’s Library Assistant Adele Maynard (in an article from the Republican Nonpareil)!

Summer Hours at CCPL!

Summer hours at CCPL!🌞

Please note our EARLY OPENS (at 9:00am) on Tuesdays & Thursdays!

Stop in to escape the summer heat!🌞☀️

Curbside Pick Up! 🚗This has been so popular, that we’ve decided to continue to offer curbside pick up as a regular service. 🚗Call us (946-2512), text us (308-270-7060), or email us (cc.library.ne@gmail.com), to place items on hold. OR, you may also place items on hold at: https://centralcity.biblionix.com/catalog/ Contact the library for your password.

Experience our NEW Online Catalog Software!

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WOO-HOO!! We are SUPER-EXCITED about our NEW online catalog software!
✅This new (USER-FRIENDLY) software allows you to easily search our collection and to conveniently access your library account!

TWO-WAY TEXTING! Ask us a question and renew items!

✅A BRAND-NEW feature that we’ve just added, is the ability for YOU to RECEIVE TEXT MESSAGE NOTIFICATIONS! You’ll be able to see: what’s due, overdue warnings, and reserve (hold) notifications!

✅We can automatically email you your checkout receipt!

✅Access the Nebraska OverDrive collection right from our catalog!

HAVE ANY FAVORITE AUTHORS?? – Click the “receive new books” link and a list of popular authors will appear. Select your favorite(s) from the list and a reserve will automatically be placed for you when any new titles arrive at the library!

Access our catalog here: https://centralcity.biblionix.com/catalog/

Update from CCPL!

It’s been an EXCITING WEEK at CCPL! Not only did we begin our INTERIOR PAINTING PROJECT, we also had BRAND NEW LIBRARY SOFTWARE installed!🎨💻

The prep work for the painting project (ceiling and main areas of library) took up most of this week. Yesterday, the vaulted ceilings began getting sprayed with paint. NEXT WEEK, the walls and door/window trims will be worked on.We’ll keep you posted as to when we’ll be reopening to the public.

Thank-you to everyone for your patience!🌟

As you can see from the photos, there is a TON of prep work involved! Almost everything in the main area is encased in plastic. Library staff are available throughout the work week, to answer questions, empty book drop, fill curbside pick up requests, etc.Monday-Friday 9am-5pm at 308.946.2512

Due dates are being extended for all items currently checked out. Items may be returned to the library via our book drop.Free WiFi will continue to be available to users, around the exterior of our building (no password required).

During this time, we encourage our patrons to take advantage of online resources such as:

✔️Nebraska OverDrive https://nebraska.overdrive.com/

✔️Libby App (Download Libby on the AppStore or Get It On Google Play). Call library staff during normal business hours at 308-946-2512 for your current library card number and PIN # (to access OverDrive/Libby)

.✔️Our online collections: area newspaper archives, yearbooks, and local history collection. These all may be accessed through our website at: http://libraries.ne.gov/centralcity/

We’re super-excited about this project! We’d love to have you stop by after it’s finished!

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