Tuesday,  April 16th: National Library Worker's Day, please show appreciation to workers!

Wednesday,  April 17th: Special Visit from Winnebago Culver's Scoopie (10:15 a.m.)

Thursday, April 18th:  Family Reading Night (6-8 p.m.)

Saturday, April 20th:  Alzheimer's Association giving a presentation on "Know the 10 Signs: Early Detection Matters" (10:00a.m.- 11:30 a.m.)

Monday, April 22nd:  Jackie from U of I will be making 2 presentations on how to save money for "Money Smart" week to our patrons. (2 p.m.- 3:30p.m. and 6 p.m.-7:30 p.m.)

Tuesday, April 23rd: "Living History Night" in partnership with the schools, 2nd graders will be bringing history to life in costume and speech throughout our library: (6-7 pm)

***PLEASE NOTE:****World Book Night has been cancelled (for our library), it is rescheduled for next year due to an unforseen technical error with the company.

Wednesday, April 24th: Laura Klockner from First National will be promoting"Money Smart" week by visiting the kids at Storytime with a special presentation to kids and parents.

PLEASE PASS THE WORD ON !!! TELL EVERYONEYOU KNOW ABOUT OUR BUSY MONTH!!!!!!!!!!

Board meeting Thursday, April 4, 2013

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7:00 p.m.

April 14th-21st is National Library Week! Check out the Calendar section for more information about all the fun events we have planned to celebrate this week of all things library. You won't want to miss it!

To help you find the books you want even faster, the library's fiction section is now organized by genre. General Fiction comes first, followed by Romance, Historical Novels, Science Fiction, and Westerns. We've also added a "Last Chance Bookshelf" featuring books that haven't been checked out in the past five years. Check them out within a year and they get to re-join their friends in the regular collection!

YA Fiction is now located downstairs on the last shelf in the fiction section. (Against the wall and to the left of the windows.) New YA books and Abraham Lincoln Award books can still be found in the old YA section under the stairs.

COW meeting Thursday, March 21, 2013

7:00 p.m.

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See attached photo for one fish, two fish, many colorful painted fish!

Special Board Meeting

6:00 pm

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The library is polling patrons concerning interest in Zinio, a service which offers digital magazines with thousands of publications. If purchased, this service would provide patrons with simultaneous access from the convenience of their homes. Zinio would attach to the library website and is easily viewed on any internet-enabled device. We want to reassure our patrons that introducing digital magazines would not replace but expand on our printed periodicals. If you are interested in this service and would like to see the library purchase Zinio please stop by or call our service desk at 815-335-7050. We are happy to answer your questions!