Community members participated in the Friends of the Library (FOL) cake walk fundraiser. The cake walk took place in front of the library and was enjoyed by people of all ages! The next FOL event will be a bake sale held at the library during Christmas Around Town on November 19 from 9:00 – 2:00. Please plan to support FOL and the library during this event.
Our ALL NEW Adventure Packs contain admission to a museum or activity for library patrons. They may also contain books, games, or a craft. The following are the guidelines for checking out a pack.
~ You must be 18 years or older, a Douglass Public Library cardholder, and you are the responsible party on the card.
~ You may place a reserve on a pack by searching “Adventure Pack” in our online catalog. You have 3 business days to pick up the pack.
~ The loan is for one week (FIRM), no renewals. There is a $5.00 per day overdue fine for late packs. Replacement costs vary per pack. The pack must be returned to the desk during open library hours. They CANNOT be put in the book drop.
~ Each household may only have one pack checked out at a time. There is a 48-hour waiting period before the same pack may be checked out again by the same household.
~ Passes may be limited to general admission only. Special exhibits may not be covered, and other restrictions may apply. The Museums and the Library may change the terms and conditions of the passes at any time.
The Douglass Public Library is delighted to announce that the Douglass Historical Museum’s project to digitize local newspapers is now online!
Douglass-area newspapers spanning 1879-1983 can be freely accessed, searched and read at http://douglass.advantage-preservation.com/. (Please note that tablets may not display the website properly.)
Donations from many people were needed to fund this ambitious project, including the Friends of the Douglass Library, Skip Bucher, Gary Reheis, Kevin O’Crowley, Mike Gash, and all those who made donations in honor of John Woody. Museum caretaker Kathy Blair spearheaded the project.
What kinds of things might you find in this archive?
Perhaps you’d like to compare the precautions recommended at the outbreak of the Spanish Influenza pandemic a century ago…
Maybe you would be interested to know that the moon landing in July 1969 didn’t make the front page – or any page – in the next edition of the Douglass Tribune?
It wasn’t exactly local, you know, and the baseball scores were!
Or perhaps you’d just like to see what was going on in 1879. The print is tiny, but all you have to do is zoom in to see who arrived at the hotel, what stores were offering, and read the local and national news of the day.