Meeting Rooms!

The Central Library Meeting Rooms are NOW OPEN!

Looking for a place to hold your next meeting? Check out one of our free-to-use meeting rooms! 

Click below for more information on how to reserve a meeting room at our library branches!

Take Home Box Cart Kit for An Interactive Movie! 

Unlease your creativity and engineering skills to create your very own racing carts!  Kits are available for pick up from the Vinton Library on September 18th through October 12th.  

Bring your completed carts to the Vinton Library Interactive Movie program to race and battle with your friends!  Click below for more details and to reserve your kit! 

It's All About Grandparents at the DeQuincy Library!

We're celebrating grandparents at the DeQuincy Library!

Click on the link below to find a list of some super fun programs that celebrate our grandparents!

Join the Storywalk at the Hayes Library!

Check out the Storywalk, "And Here's To You!" by David Elliott in the Hayes Park, located at 7709 Perier Street behind the library!

The Storywalk will be from September 11th - 15th.

Click below for more information!

Like the programs you see?

Check out our programming calendar!

Fiction

The Particular Charm of Miss Jane Austen

by Ada Bright

Non-Fiction

Devil's Coin: My Battle to Take Down the Notorious Onecoin Cryptoqueen

by Jennifer McAdam

Want to see more new books?

Visit our online catalog and click on the 

"New and Available Now" link on the left hand side of the screen.

RESOURCE OF THE MONTH

This month we’re highlighting a great educational resource for middle schoolers:

Encyclopedia Britannica - Library Edition!

The Basics:

Required: 

• Library Card
  (if outside library)
  
  

What’s Offered

• Young Adult level and section
• Articles, media, and resources for research
• In the News features
  
  

Availability:

• Website on PCs laptops, tablets, & smartphones

Try It Out!

Fun and Friendly Facts:

• Once logged in, click on Young Adults at the level landing page.
• Scroll down to the In the News section and click on the title.
  • This feature covers current events and recent discoveries with related topics. 
• Click on Word of the Day to build your vocabulary and keep scrolling to play a game related to the news topic.
  • Game types include crossword puzzles, word searches, and Wordrow (a version of Wordle).

Watch This:

• Go back to the main page for Young Adults. If you scroll further, you’ll also find the Video of the Week.
  • Videos give students brief overviews of subjects that may include upcoming holidays, such as the history of Labor Day.

Quick Look:

• Britannica also offers At a Glance collections of articles on a broad topic.
  • You can scroll down and find the featured collection then click on the link for More at a Glance Collections.
  • Even easier: type “at a glance” in the search bar at the top.
  • Be sure to check out the one on the solar system: there’s an interactive feature comparing the planets!