Library Connection
Volume 8, Issue 1, January 2021www.columbusne.us/library 402-564-7116
Libraries & Ideas
Baby New Year has been a symbol of the holiday since around 600 B.C., starting in ancient Greece, where an infant was paraded around in a basket in celebration of Dionysus, the god of fertility and wine. The baby represents a rebirth that occurs at the start of each new year.
This article was written by Access Services Technician Kelli Keyes, and was published in the Columbus Telegram on December 12th.
“In each loss there is a gain, as in every gain there is a loss, and with each ending comes a new beginning.” – Proverb
This quote is so appropriate for what our library is currently going through. We were so thankful and happy to learn that the vote for the new community building passed. However, we were saddened to learn that the Platte County library services vote did not pass. The results of this failed vote means our county and bookmobile library users and cardholders will soon lose library access.
If you live outside of the city limits of Columbus, the privilege to use the bookmobile and Columbus Public Library was part of an inter-local agreement between the City of Columbus and Platte County. The county’s failed vote ends the current inter-local agreement, ending bookmobile routes and causing your county and bookmobile cards to expire on June 30, 2021.
Don’t lose all hope yet! There are exemptions that could still qualify you for a free library card. Does anyone in your household own property in Columbus city limits? Does anyone in your household work in Columbus city limits? Does anyone in your household go to school in Columbus city limits? If you can
answer yes to any of these questions, your whole family qualifies for free library cards at the Columbus Public Library. If you bring proof of owning, working, or attending school in Columbus to our library staff, we can adjust your library card profile so that you will not lose your free library privilege on July 1st.
If you could not answer yes to any of these questions, we have some other options. First of all, and most important, your card could be changed to a free Digital Library card. You would still have access to all our digital resources for entertainment and research. With a Digital Library card you can download e-books and e-audio books on OverDrive, CloudLibrary, and Freading. You can download free music on our Freegal Music app. You still have access to learn-ing new languages via Mango, and so much more with your Digital Library card. If you want to continue to be able to check out physical books and DVDs but you don’t qualify for the exemptions, you can pay $25 for six months or $40 for a year of access. The $40 per year is a better savings, and when you consider the cost to purchase books and DVDs and how many times you would check them out at the library, $40 starts looking like a pretty good deal! We will continue our Friends of the Library book sale until we move in the early spring of next year. Make sure to take advantage, because different items are constantly being added to the sale. Now is the time to stock up, as we will not be able to have another book sale for the two years we are located in the old police station. There is just not enough space for it. We are trying to downsize before our big move, so we are not taking any donations at this time. There are several places in town that would love to take your donated books in the meantime. The main ones that come to mind are Goodwill, Salva-tion Army, Simon House, Columbus Rescue Mission, and private schools or daycares. We are looking forward to the day the new community/library build-ing is completed and we have all the space we need to serve our community and enlarge our collections!
Calendar Connection
Anime Club, one of our most popular teen pro-grams, will be resuming this month. Also for all you reading adventurers out there, Page Paladins is still going on and will continue through May. If you have already signed up, keep reading and logging those hours. If you haven’t, then go to columbusne.beanstack.org. Three winners will be chosen each month, with a grand prize awarded in May.
January 7th & 21st at 6:00 PM: Anime Club Watch some great anime and take home yummy Japanese snacks.
Since the library will be moving into its tempo-rary location soon, Mr. H has decided to postpone the start of 2021 programming until we are all settled and ready for our patrons. In the meantime, take a trip to the library and pick up some great books to read with your kids and a few movies to watch together. We guarantee that you will find items to help give you that escape you need.
Your Columbus Public Library
There have been many great books added to our catalog recently. To place a hold on any of the titles listed below, or another book, please call the library at 402-564-7116.
Snow– John Banville The Memory of Souls– Jenn Lyons Shadow of the Dragon– Marc Cameron Girls of Brackenhill– Kate Moretti Piranesi– Susanna Clarke The Kingdom– Jo Nesbo
Ready Player Two– Ernest Cline The Midnight Bargain– C.L. Polk The Archer– Paulo Coelho In An Instant– Suzanne Redfearn Plain Bad Heroines– Emily M. Danforth Say No More– Karen Rose
V2– Robert Harris A Blessing to Cherish– Lauraine Snelling Miss Benson’s Beetle– Rachel Joyce The End of October– Lawrence Wright The Arrest– Jonathan Lethem Chaos Rising– Timothy Zahn
To help you get the most out of our Digital Library collection, we offer Niche Academy. This resource provides tutorials for our electronic resources like RBdigital, Tutor.com, and more. To get started, head to cplconnect.us and choose “Digital Library.” Niche Academy is in the Quicklinks list on that page. Once you are connected, you can learn how to download eBooks and audio-books from Overdrive, Freading, RBdigital, and Cloud Library. If you would like to make a customized playlist, you can check out the Freegal Music tutorial. Stay in touch with far away friends and family through email and social media. Niche Academy has tutorials for using
free email service, Facebook, and Twitter. You can even learn how to share your life’s special moments through the Snap-chat and Instagram tutorials.
Connecting Readers & Writers
Happy Birthday to these authors: J.R.R. Tolkien– January 3, 1892 Alex Berenson– January 6, 1973 Jack Coughlin– January 12, 1966 Julian Barnes– January 19, 1946
Our CPL Book Discussion Group selection for January is “All The Gallant Men” by Donald Stratton and Ken Gire.
At 8:10 a.m. on December 7, 1941, Seaman First Class Donald Stratton was consumed by an inferno. A million pounds of explosives had detonated beneath his battle station aboard the USS Arizona, barely fifteen minutes into Japan’s surprise attack on American forces at Pearl Har-bor.
In this extraordinary, never-before-told eyewit-ness account of the Pearl Harbor attack—the only memoir ever written by a survivor of the USS Arizona—ninety-four-year-old veteran Donald Stratton finally shares his unforgettable personal tale of bravery and survival on Decem-ber 7, 1941, his harrowing recovery, and his inspiring determination to return to the fight. We will have our book discussion on Thursday, January 28th at 7:00 p.m.
2021 is a New Year, a chance to catch up on what may have slipped through our hands. A time to achieve what we have next on our list. Go and make your reality, go and make 2021 great! - Hopal Green