Weekly Wrap-Up

System Spotlight By Christopher Dressler Lane Co. Childrens Dept. We redid our kid’s area. It has been a two-year project. We won America’s Farmers Grow Communities in 2021. We bought new shelves with that money. Then our library foundation helped us buy the rest of the shelving with some of the money that was left […]

System Spotlight By Christopher Dressler Congratulations Graduates! Haskell Co Township Library Emily Froese — Library Clerk — South Gray HS Graduate — will be attending Wichita State University in the Fall majoring in Forensic Science. She will be coming back and filling in at the library during her breaks! Deanna Fehr — Library Clerk —

System Spotlight By Christopher Dressler Bring on Summer Reading! Director Sara at Plains reports: “We got our new outdoor sidewalk sign.  This is the first time we have had one, but we are using this to encourage Summer Reading, and then we can swap out the message boards.  It can be filled with water or sand;

System Spotlight By Christopher Dressler El dia de los Libros The Kinsley library recently celebrated El dia de los ninos/El dia de los libros (The Day of the Child/The Day of the Book) a literacy holiday originating in Mexico to honor children and wonderful books.  Traditionally the holiday falls on April 30th, but when there was no school on April 21,

System Spotlight By Christopher Dressler Mental Health Awareness Month The Dodge City Community College (DC3) Library is celebrated Mental Health Awareness in April. They had a variety of events including: On April 13, April Science Café, which will be a presentationed by Dr. Jennifer Bernatis, DC3 Professor of Health, Physical Education and Recreation (HPER) and

System Spotlight By Christopher Dressler Mental Health Awareness Month The Dodge City Community College (DC3) Library is celebrated Mental Health Awareness in April. They had a variety of events including: On April 13, April Science Café, which will be a presentationed by Dr. Jennifer Bernatis, DC3 Professor of Health, Physical Education and Recreation (HPER) and

System Spotlight By Christopher Dressler “Words of War: New Poems from Ukraine“ Discussion led by Dr. Galen BoehmePoems read by Kinsley citizens“Our Understanding Enhanced” – By Lyuba Curtis It’s National Poetry Month and Joan Weaver (Director of the Kinsley Public Library) welcomed Lyuba Curtis to read “Our Understanding Enhanced”. She grew up in Kremenchuk, Ukraine

System Spotlight By Christopher Dressler Syracuse Library Paola designed our last ever display case before construction begins later this spring. We are starting to promote our upcoming Summer Library Camp, “Peace, Love and Reading!” with a message of kindness.  Future Dates & Training Opportunities April 4, 2023, 2:00 pm – Train UP “Windows 11 Intro”- Registration

System Spotlight By Christopher Dressler Morton Co. Public Library The technology guru’s from the system office traveled to Morton Co. Public Library to configure and test VR headsets for the community of Elkhart on Tuesday. Patrons will be able to ride a roller coaster and play the popular game Beat Saber. Chris also demonstrated the

System Spotlight By SWKLS Staff Pictures From Our Travels We didn’t travel far from home, this week. Okay, we didn’t travel from home at all. 🙂 We just went down the street and popped in on our friends at our local public library right here in Dodge City. Watch out – we might pop in