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And happy new year! It’s a brand new year here at BCPL. This month’s Bulletin covers how we want to help you make and stick to your resolutions for 2018, as well as announcements regarding our Best of the Year lists.
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…And happy holidays! Now that Thanksgiving has passed, the holiday season is in full swing. We have lots of fun seasonal activities planned at BCPL throughout the month of December, from a visits with Santa to another exciting performance with Bright Star Touring Theatre.
We are also in the process of finalizing our Best Books of the Year picks and want to know what 2017 books are YOUR favorites so far! You can use the voting slip now available at each location to share your favorites, or simply send me an e-mail. We wish you a fun, safe, and happy holiday season.
Cheers,
Tracy Weikel, BCPL Public Relations Coordinator
…And Happy Halloween! There’s lots of exciting things happening at the Library, from tonight’s Halloween Doctor Who Dance to the launch of our long-awaited, brand-new website! The new website, featuring a modern, user-friendly interface, is designed to make important features—like upcoming events, research databases, and e-media links—easier to access. Overall, we think the new look is much more functional and a lot prettier! The new site is set to go live the week of November 12th. We’ll keep you updated on the timeline on our Facebook page.
If you have thoughts you’d like to share about our monthly newsletter, we’re also still collecting information with our Library Bulletin Feedback survey. As always, feel free to contact me with any suggestions, questions, or concerns you may have. Your feedback is important to us!
Cheers,
Tracy Weikel, BCPL Public Relations Coordinator
With the start of autumn last week, BCPL is gearing up for some great seasonal fall and winter programming! This includes Batty for Bats and a return engagement from Bright Star Touring Theatre for their deliciously funny, not-so-spooky performance of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. For the past few years, this performance has been a big hit with the kids—and the parents! Because of the positive feedback we’ve received, Bright Star has become one of our most frequent guest performers.
From programming to library facilities, the feedback we receive from our patrons is essential to the decisions and developments that will shape the Library’s future. In the full, print version of our October newsletter, Library Director Joe Schweiss talks a bit about the early stages of our strategic planning process and our intention to host forums and other events so we can get the information we need to make YOUR library the best it can be.
For now, we are hoping to get your opinion on this—our Library Bulletin. If you can, please take a month to complete our Library Bulletin Feedback survey. We’d like to know what content in our monthly newsletter you find the most useful, which sections you couldn’t care less about, and what types of information you’d like to see more of!
As always, feel free to contact me with any suggestions, questions, or concerns you may have.
Cheers,
Tracy Weikel, BCPL Public Relations Coordinator
August has been a hectic month—school is back in session and the Library has been busy with solar-eclipse excitement and the opening of our new Mt. Washington Branch Library. But now that September has arrived, we have new things to be excited about, including the beginning of our 2017–2018 Toddler Storytime & Storyhour season, a Dedication Ceremony for the new library, and our annual celebration of National Library Card Sign-up Month.
Since 1987, Library Card Sign-up Month has been held each September to mark the beginning of the school year. It is a time when the American Library Association and libraries nationwide join together to remind parents, caregivers, and students that signing up for a library card is an important step towards academic success and lifelong learning. This year, we are further demonstrating the power of your library card by teaming up with local businesses to provide you with exclusive discounts and special deals! We hope you’ll have an opportunity to take advantage of these savings throughout the month—and when you do, please remember to thank participating Bullitt County businesses for supporting the Library.
As always, please feel free to contact me with any suggestions, questions, or concerns you may have.
Cheers and happy saving!
Tracy Weikel, BCPL Public Relations Coordinator
Our SummerQuest celebration may be officially over, but BCPL still has plenty of exciting things happening through the rest of the summer! Our top breaking news is that we are finally ready to announce a date for our new Mt. Washington Branch Library.
A Dedication Ceremony is planned for Saturday, September 9th! And as soon as possible—definitely BEFORE the Dedication—we will open to the public. We don’t want the scheduling conflicts and advance notice requirements that come with a formal event to delay the opening, so we are saving the formal celebration for later and opening the doors as soon as we have our materials moved in and the keys in hand. We’ll let you know on our website and on Facebook as soon as that date is determined. You can learn more about our new building—and everything else happening at BCPL this August—in the print edition of out August 2017 Library Bulletin.
As always, please feel free to contact me with any suggestions, questions, or concerns you may have.
Cheers,
Tracy Weikel, BCPL Public Relations Coordinator
Exciting things have been happening at Bullitt County Public Library this summer. Plus there’s another full month of SummerQuest adventures to come! We’ll have more Super Saturdays and Family Fun Nights, plus a Pizza Taste Test, a Community Quilt Camp, two showings of The LEGO Batman Movie, and more. And don’t forget about our Reading Challenges! Our first set of book reviews posted on our Book News & Reviews blog last week.
Then there’s all the wonderful OTHER things happening at the Library. Our Mt. Washington construction project is oh-so-close to completion and we’re introducing two new online resources for our patrons—ReferenceUSA and Hobbies & Crafts Reference Center. For more details and tips from Joe on how to stay busy this summer, check out the full edition of our June 2017 Library Bulletin.
And as always, please feel free to contact me with any suggestions, questions, or concerns you may have.
Cheers and happy SummerQuest,
Tracy Weikel, BCPL Public Relations Coordinator
But for now, I am pleased to share with you our June 2017 Library Bulletin, which is full of all things SummerQuest. We have awesome events planned for all ages, from reading challenges and an outdoor rock concert to special Family Fun Nights and workshops to help adults make the most of the digital world. For the full SummerQuest story, please ask a Library staff member or visit our SummerQuest homepage.
And as always, please feel free to contact me with any suggestions, questions, or concerns you may have.
Cheers and happy adventuring,
Tracy Weikel, BCPL Public Relations Coordinator
Everything kicks off on Saturday, May 20th with a jam-packed, fun-filled outdoor festival at Hillview Branch Library, featuring bounce houses, a 24-foot climbing wall, crafting stations, games, and much, much more. We hope to see you there!
Cheers,
Tracy Weikel, BCPL Public Relations Coordinator
In this issue, you’ll find an update on this year’s National Library Week; information on your child and Kindergarten Readiness; and exciting news about the future of Bullitt County Public Library!
In this issue, you’ll find announcements regarding BCPL’s new community partnerships; meet our brand new reference librarian for our Lebanon Junction Branch Library; and find out all about our technology-centric March programs.
February brings the return of Fine Forgiveness! Don’t let your overdue materials or fines keep you from enjoying everything your library has to offer. Come on in and let us waive those fines, no questions asked! Other exciting news includes the arrival of public laptops at Hillview Branch, and brand new reference hours for Lebanon Junction Branch. Plus, Kentucky Libraries Unbound had a facelift, and we’re here to tell you how to navigate it.
It’s that time of year! We’ve compiled a list of the Best Books of 2016 to share with you. Don’t miss this incredible list of reads, because you might just find your next favorite book. Also, we talk about BCPL’s wealth of online learning databases, and Director Joe Schweiss weighs in on the Library’s new year’s resolutions.
