It's been my privilege and pleasure to serve on the committee for the Indiana Early Literacy Firefly Award for the past few years. Our committee accepts nominations of recently published books for young children and decides on a ballot of five excellent books that support the early literacy practices of reading, writing, singing, playing, and [...]
George W. Morison (1820-1893), New Albany’s resident artist in the 1800s, is best-known for painting the iconic landscapes of Southern Indiana and portraits of prominent Ohio River Valley citizens. The largest collection of his paintings is held by the Carnegie Center for Art and History, a branch of the Floyd County Library, including the beloved [...]
You may or may not know that the library has been working with Indiana University Southeast for the last year to revisit classic works of literature you may have read in school or may have only heard about, and dig in to what they're really about. This month, we will be hosting an online-only version [...]
In these difficult times, Hoopla has offered us two ways to help you get more out of the service: we've extended your monthly borrow limit from 8 to 12, and they've also introduced a collection that won't count against your monthly borrows, called the "bonus borrows". We're really excited to share these services with you [...]
If you’d like to host your own “Day at the Beach STEM” at home, there are lots of things you can do. Never underestimate all the things you can find on Pinterest. I find so many great programming ideas there. You can always follow me on my pinterest where I found all of these resources [...]
Did you know that your library offers digital magazines? Simply visit our Flipster site (or follow the link to Downloadable Magazines on our main website) and log in with your library card number. Don't have a library card? You can sign up online with our Online Borrower Registration and get access right away! With Flipster, [...]
The library provides a service called Hoopla, available to Floyd County residents with a valid library card. During our pandemic-related closure, you can get a temporary library card number here and instantly gain access to all the library's online resources. If you're stuck at home and looking for some things to watch, use your eight [...]
Although the library is closed, that doesn't stop people from needing help they might usually get from the library. If you'd like some direction toward resources we normally point you toward, I've got a post for you! For some of the below resources, you may need a library card; click here and follow the instructions [...]
My husband and I were practicing our social distancing this weekend by staying in and binge-watching a little Netflix. We stumbled on the show I Am Not Okay With This and devoured all seven episodes. Imagine my delight to find that the show is based on a comic and it's available to check out on [...]
Overdrive's next Big Library Read - a global ebook club - starts today and the book is now available to download in our Overdrive collection with no waitlists and no holds. Join the conversation in the discussion forums March 23 - April 13 and post on social media about it with the hashtag #BigLibraryRead for a [...]
