Library News

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•     Watch Us Grow

                     Exciting times for your Library are beginning in early fall!  In case you haven't heard, the Olney Community Library was the recipient of grant funds from the Priddy Charitable Trust in Wichita Falls.  The Olney Library is one of two area libraries chosen to be an example to other rural libraries across the state as we remodel, re-purpose, and expand the Children's area to make it ADA accessible and up to date.  A teen center, The Cubs Den, will also be remodeled from the computer lab to serve our Junior High and High School students with technology, a study lounge, and some exciting teen programs.  This opportunity is a culmination of hours of planning and dreaming.  Please feel free to stop by and ask about the plans we have and share your ideas.  

• Summer Reading Clubs

                  Both children and adults have completed the summer reading club.  Children enjoyed activities through June on Tuesday  mornings.  Adult and young adult participants asked for the return of our popular Texas READ'Em Poker and have been dealt their final cards at the end of August.  Prize winners will be notified and watch for pictures in the newspaper. 

•     Preschool book give-away

                  Calling all preschoolers.   The Olney Community Library, in conjunction with the Library of Graham, is offering enrollment to all Young County preschoolers in Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library program.  Children who qualify, simply by being a Young County resident, will receive one new book per month, mailed directly to his or her home.   To foster a life-long habit of reading, parents or caretakers must agree to read with their preschoolers, from birth until their fifth birthday.  Again, this is a free program which you may inquire about at your library.  Pick up your registration form today.

•     Book Cart Sale

                   Did you know that the library has a little garage—rather a book-cart—sale going on near the east door of the building.  Funds from the sale of unusable donated books and movies and quality discards from our own collection will go toward purchasing highly requested movies for your enjoyment.  Garage sale prices mean there should be something for everyone from “The Best Little Book-Cart Sale in Olney.”

•     K12 Databases

                   Thanks to the continued efforts of our legislators in Austin and the encouragement of people in the library world, every public school student in the State of Texas will now have access to the TexShare Databases to use with their parents and teachers in school, at home, in the library, or anywhere there is internet service.  Teachers will be trained in database use and will be passing their knowledge along in the classroom.  Your library staff is also a competent source from which to learn scholarly research.  So now,  there is a little more to offer when Google just won’t do.