The Douglas Way (June 25)

Library news & updates

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A Universe of Stories

Our Summer Reading Program Storytimes start next week! Register now! Children who read throughout the summer suffer less learning loss between school terms and drive their parents 42% less crazy! Check out our Summer Reading page for the schedule and details!

Stories on the Farm

Thanks to a donation from Maureen Johnston, we have some comfortable quilts we will be laying out on Saturday mornings at the Douglas Farmers' Market. We will have storytime at 10:00 am for roughly 30 minutes, and leave out free books for kids to read (and take home if they want) for the duration of the market.

New Strategic Plan

June 1 marked my fourth year as director of the Library. One of the first things I worked on back in 2015 was a three-year strategic plan. It lapsed, so we have been working on another one. The Trustees have approved it and the MBLC has approved it, so here it is for you to peruse if you choose. We shortened our mission statement to "SFPL aims to inspire, inform, enrich, and empower the community of Douglas" and cleaned up our vision statement significantly.

Some of the things we are hoping to accomplish in the next five years are:

Increasing the speediness of content delivery.
Making programming more appealing, supportive, and consistent.
Raising funds to make building renovation more of a possibility, snagging opportunities to make incremental improvements as they avail themselves.
Increasing our operational hours.

I hope that in 5 years, we can report success on these fronts and much more.

Items will soon renew automatically!

At the June 18 Users Council Meeting, CWMARS Libraries took a vote and approved auto-renewal. The vote passed. Beginning in early July (We're hoping July 1), items you have checked out will be automatically renewed on their due date as long as they are eligible. You'll get an email telling you whether the auto-renewal succeeded. Hopefully this will save everyone some frustration and and dimes.

Upcoming Book Clubs

The Intrepid Readers

July 9 @ 6:30pm.

God, War, and Providence by James A. Warren.

Greatest Book Club Ever

September 5 @ 6:30pm

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett.

Weekly Programs:

Music and Movement - Tuesdays 1pm

Knitting in the Loft - Tuesdays 6pm

Yoga at the Library - Thursday 7pm