View from the Library: Friends take donations
Abbi Dooley, director of the North Lake County Public Library, says a major library renovation will begin this spring. (Kristi Niemeyer/Lake County Leader)
As we head into fall we have a great lineup of programs for kids including Monday Mother Goose for infants and toddlers at 9:15 a.m. and Thursday Story Time for toddlers and pre-school age at 10 a.m. We have several special guests lined up for Story Time for the weekly themes of Mail, Bath Time, Monsters, and Bats.
The youth book club is reading “The Girl Who Drank the Moon” by Kelly Barnhill this month. Pick up a copy of the book (to keep) and join Felicia Oct. 25 at 3:30 p.m. for book discussion. The TAG (teen advisory group) will meet Wednesday, Oct. 18 at 12:30 p.m. for lunch and a “Glow Crazy @ the Library Paint-by-Number” program.
Do you have a child under five? Make sure they are signed up for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library to receive a free book each month. Visit our website or www.imaginationlibrary.com to register. For this age group we also offer the 1,000 Books before Kindergarten program. See our website for details and registration information.
Ellen Baumler will offers a tour of haunted places in Montana in “Hauntings of Montana.” The virtual program is Oct. 12 at 6:30 p.m. via Zoom. Visit our website for registration information.
You may have noticed several logo changes for our offerings through the Montana State Library. The MSL updated their logo earlier this year and it has replaced logos for Montana Library2Go and the Montana Memory Project, among other things. The Libby logo is still used for the reading app.
Libby has recently enhanced the online magazine portal to make it even easier to get your favorite digital magazines. You can now subscribe and have the latest issues automatically added to your shelf. Visit the Newsstand to see all of the great (and popular) magazines that are available.
Our Friends of the Library has generously offered to take on our book and movie donation program. Starting now, we will accept encyclopedias that are 40 years old or older and textbooks. Condition rules still apply; see our policy online.
There is no longer a limit to how many donations the library can take. However, if you are planning to bring more than three boxes of materials for donation, please contact us ahead of time so we can make arrangements.
We still do not have the space to house donations, so the Friends will come to the library every other Friday to sort and haul them away to their storage facility for future book sales. If you have a large donation, we would appreciate it if you would drop off between noon and 2 p.m. Oct. 13 or 27.
The renovation due dates have been extended from Oct. 2 to March 1, 2024. You can keep reading and return after our updated building reopens. We understand if you need to return the books earlier than that, and appreciate everyone who has held onto them for us.
We are open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Friday, and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at our temporary location on 16th Avenue E. We will be open on Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples Day, and be sure to stop in to see us on Halloween for a treat (or trick).
Curbside pickup is available for everyone during open hours. Please call us at 883-8225 or email us at polsoncl@polson.lib.mt.us with questions or to request curbside pickup. Visit www.northlakecountylibrary.org for more info.