Month: July 2016

One Book One Community organizers are once again asking the public to vote for next year’s One Book, One Community book selection!  The public vote initiative is a way to promote community involvement in the selection of the title, rather than handing over a single title each year.  This year there will be five titles…

The Board of Directors of the Library System is pleased to announce the appointment of Bonnie Young as the Library System’s Executive Director at their June board meeting. Young has been serving as interim Executive Director since January 2016 and has provided leadership for the library system staff and operations during a transition process. The…

The Milanof-Schock Library is pleased to present this month’s Life-long Learners program:  Antarctica: A Grand Tour in Nature.  It will be held on Monday, July 25 at 10:30 a.m. The presentation will be given by world travelers Barbara and Peter Hunsberger who adventured a 21-day cruise through Antarctica led by naturalist Brian Keating of the Calgary Zoo. They…

The Milanof-Schock Library has recently added to their collection the Playaway Launchpad for kids. Each Launchpad comes preloaded with high-quality add-free learning apps and allows kids to create their own personal explorer. Some of the devices provide learning apps that range from English language arts to math and science, while others provide themed learning apps…