SPL Blog

car crash at Downtown Library

esilverstone — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:50:41 +0000

Well, there’s been a little more excitement than usual at the Downtown Library. Early Sunday morning (4/13, 2:30 a.m.), coincidentally at the very start of National Library week, a car crashed through the northside windows of the library and demolished two staff workstations - thank goodness it was the middle of the night so no one was working (we’re dedicated workers but we don’t work 24/7)! There was glass everywhere and the furniture and computers in two cubicles were destroyed. The car was reported stolen later in the morning (10 a.m.) though the police found that the woman who reported the car stolen had injuries consistent with the accident and cited her with property damage and failure to leave information. The staff area that was affected is where we process new materials. Those staff members took Monday off while carpet was removed and clean-up continued. On Tuesday, they were back to work again, processing books to get out onto the shelves for customers. So even though the driver of the errant car would like it, we’re afraid we’re not going to be able to offer drive-through service anytime soon. Thank goodness everyone is okay and please come check out some books/CDs/DVDs in celebration of National Library Week!

Internet Use in the Library

esilverstone — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 05:49:47 +0000

In case you pick up this week’s Inlander and read the story by Tim Bross about Internet usage in the library there are a few things you should know. First, all Internet stations are automatically filtered for any individuals under 18 years of age. A parent or guardian may choose to give them unfiltered access but the default is filtered. The default for adults is also filtered but in order to comply with a U.S. Supreme Court decision adults have the option of turning the filter off when they log onto one of the computers. We take our rules of conduct seriously and in the rare instances when a customer is viewing Internet content that is bothering someone else we remind the customer that they are in a public library and should make better viewing choices. This is very effective and we rarely have problems with people viewing inappropriate content. Our rules of conduct also state that if a person does not comply with a reasonable staff request they can lose their library privileges. You can find our Internet Use Policy on the policies page of the website and our Rules of Conduct here. Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns – your opinion is important to us. Thank you.

Wizard Rock at Shadle Library

ppartovi — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 07:12:08 +0000

Join us for The Whomping Willows and Justin Finch Fletchley and the Sugar Quills Saturday, March 8 at 3:30 at Shadle. Wrock on.

Indian Trail Branch Library is 10 years old!

ppartovi — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 07:09:43 +0000

Boy, time sure flies, doesn’t it? Our “new” Indian Trail branch library is celebrating its 10th birthday on Saturday, March 8th. To honor the birthday we’d love to have the biggest one day circulation in the branch’s history, so we are encouraging everyone to check out at least 10 books on March 8th to show appreciation for this wonderful branch library. Check out 10 on the 8th.

We Have New Hours!

esilverstone — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 07:39:30 +0000

We started new hours on January 2 at most of our branches. We now are open on Mondays at South Hill (shown at left) and Shadle and have changed the hours at Hillyard, East Side and Indian Trail. The first day of Monday hours at Shadle and South Hill were well attended and customers were pleased to have another day to visit their favorite library. In addition, the Northwest Room at the Downtown Library is now open Thursday mornings.