Summer Newsletter
It’s a busy summer at Petoskey District Library! Check out what’s happening in our most recent newsletter covering June, July, and August. Continue Reading
Part-Time Library Assistant Position Available
Petoskey District Library is looking for someone who loves working with kids to help patrons in the Kid’s area of the library, assist with the administrative duties of the Growing Readers Together project, and facilitate our Code Club (no coding knowledge necessary!). This is a part-time position, including two weekly shifts and one weekend per month. Hourly wage is commensurate with education and experience. For more information, take a look at our job description.
Please send letter of interest and resume to mgoedge@petoskeylibrary.org by August 10, 2022 or drop off to the Library during regular hours. The Petoskey District Library is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Continue Reading
Summer Reading
Our all ages summer reading program started on June 3 and goes until August 12. You still have time to stop in the Library and pick up your bingo board to complete for prizes! Continue Reading
2022 #supporttheirstories Community Read
Please click the image to the left to see all of the events we have planned this summer for our community read of Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo.
Feature of the Month: Magazines & Newspapers
Feature of the Month for August is Magazines & Newspapers!Stop by to browse over 90 periodicals in print in the Periodical Room, Children’s Department, and Teen Room. Current issues can be read in-house, and back issues can be checked out. Popular magazines for all ages are available including Cooks Illustrated, Economist, National Geographic, Sports Illustrated and so many more! The newspaper collection includes numerous local papers like Petoskey News-Review and Odawa Trails, to daily national titles like the New York Times and Wall Street Journal. Not to mention that our digital magazine collection on Libby gives you access to over 3,000 titles like Artist’s Magazine, Family Tree, Mindful, and Popular Mechanics.
Pageturners Book Club
Our book club meets the third Tuesday of the month at 5:30pm in the Classroom. Please note, there will not be a July meeting. The next meeting is on August 16 to discuss The Kitchen Front by Jennifer Ryan. If you have any discussion questions or thoughts you would like to share regarding our current read, please bring them with you to the meeting. Light snacks will be served and new members are always welcome. Registration is appreciated, but not required. For a list of upcoming titles click here.
MI Library is NOW
Petoskey District Library, alongside The Library Network and the Lakeland Library Cooperative, is proud to announce the receipt of new digital content in eBook and audiobook format through an American Rescue Plan Act (APRA) grant.
In keeping with the federal legislative priorities, these digital titles will be about career development, job seeking, physical and mental health, and general educational needs with a focus on nonfiction books. “So You Want to Start a Side Hustle?”, “The Science and Technology of Growing Young”, “Effortless: Make it Easier to Do What Matters Most”, “Stop Worrying About Your Anxious Child” are among the thousands of titles now available! All you need is a Petoskey District Library card – it will open a world of opportunity and knowledge.
Library Awarded Grant to Support Tutoring Program
Petoskey District Library (PDL) was the recent recipient of two grants: a $6000 grant from Hestia Women’s Giving Circle, and $24,960 by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) through the Library of Michigan (LOM). Aligned with PDL’s mission to nurture knowledge, drive discovery, and connect community, these grants will support the Growing Readers Together program, a partnership between PDL and the Public Schools of Petoskey. Growing Readers Together, which is now starting its fifth year this fall, is a three-pronged approach to supporting children in their reading quest: direct tutoring for students and monthly Family Literacy Nights to help families learn more skills to support their student’s achievements.
Attention Overdrive Users
The OverDrive app will sunset in your favorite App store. Now is the time to switch to Libby!
The legacy OverDrive app will end soon. OverDrive app users are encouraged to make Libby their primary app to enjoy our digital library. The OverDrive app will be removed from the Apple App Store, Google Play, and the Microsoft Store in February 2022. While the OverDrive app will continue to work, it will eventually end by year end 2022. If you already have the Overdrive app installed you will still be able to use it, but the support for it will diminish. You can switch to the Libby app without losing your current checkouts or holds.
Find more answers at: https://resources.overdrive.com/libby-faqs/
Anti-Racism Resources
Part of our commitment to creating a welcoming, respectful space here at the Petoskey District Library is sharing resources with patrons so they can learn and understand points of view that may differ from their own. To that end, Teen Services staff have compiled some resources that we will share here and that we will periodically update as needed. We have also created a list of questions to facilitate discussions between teens and their families.
Library Donor Wall
Visit our second floor and just past stacks and stacks of fiction books, you will see another display of books of a slightly different variety. Handcrafted ceramic book spine tiles make up the Library’s donor wall located near the entrance to the Local History Room. The beautiful display of tiles each display a brass nameplate of the donor(s) or memoriam description, and each color of tile represents a different donation amount bracket in amounts of $500 to over $10,000. Since 2004 when it was created, the donor wall has continued to grow, each donation carefully tracked and moved up the amount brackets accordingly. Continue Reading
hoopla BingePass is here!
Hoopla BingePass is here! Update your hoopla app to get access to hoopla BingePass, which gives 7 days of unlimited access to hoopla Magazines and The Great Courses, with just one hoopla borrow! Hoopla is a digital media service that allows you to borrow movies, music, eAudiobooks, eBooks, comics/graphic novels, TV shows, over 50 magazines, and The Great Courses, to enjoy on your computer, tablet, or phone! Continue Reading
Kanopy Now Available in Libby!
Do you love Libby (OverDrive) for eBooks and downloadable audio? Do you love Kanopy for streaming movies? Good news! Petoskey Library cardholders can now search for Kanopy content on the Libby app AND the Kanopy app! On Libby, just look for the “Extras” section, accessible using the Libby app on mobile devices or here. If you’re new to Kanopy, you can learn more by watching our tutorial. Continue Reading
Books Broaden the View
A new partnership between the Petoskey District Library (PDL) and the Emmet County Correctional Facility is bringing books to the inmates at the Emmet County Jail. PDL Librarian Lisa Scholl has worked in outreach services at PDL for 17 years, bringing library books currently to five Petoskey senior apartments and living facilities, and now she has added another stop to her list. Through a new book delivery program, inmates at the Emmet County jail can request, by mailed letter, delivery of two paperback books a month. The books, donated by the Friends of the Petoskey Public Library, are hand-selected by a librarian based on the inmates’ preferences. “We are excited about this program. Reading books can offer inmates a productive way to use their time; it can be relaxing and educational. Reading and learning can take their minds to a new place, inspire them in their lives. We are thankful to the Friends of the Library for the donations of the books and hope the inmates will get a lot out of it”, said Scholl.
24/7 Pick Up of Library Materials
Can’t pick up your library items during regular library hours? Choose to pick up your library items from our 24/7 entry lockers. Lockers are located in the indoor entryway found at our east entrance off of Mitchell Street. The purchase of the 24/7 lockers was made possible by a grant from the Petoskey-Harbor Springs Area Community Foundation, thank you! If you’d like to request a locker, call us at 231.758.3100 (press 2), or learn how to request your items for pick up in the 24/7 lockers here.
COVID-19 Test Kits Available
Test kits are available on a first come, first serve basis. You can obtain a test kit during business hours at the Library’s main desk, or you can park in front of the building, call 231.758.3100 and press 1 for curbside assistance. We can offer one box per person, up to five per household. The kit includes simple instructions to self-administer the test, at home.
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Digital Magazines on Libby!
NOW AVAILABLE! Ebooks, audiobooks, and magazines all in one place! We are excited to help streamline your reading experience by offering magazines in the popular Libby app you are already using for our collection of ebooks & audiobooks. Petoskey Library cardholders can read digital magazines on Libby, the award-winning one-tap reading app from OverDrive, or by visiting here. Magazines check out for 7 days, will not count against your checkout limits and can be renewed, or borrowed again at any time. Enjoy a vast variety of titles like US Weekly, National Geographic, Good Housekeeping Vanity Fair, and Rolling Stone, to name a few. For help using Libby, view this helpful guide. The RBdigital app you used for digital magazines will be retired on March 31, 2021.
TumbleBook Library
PDL has a TumbleBooks subscription that can be accessed online through this direct link. Explore, read and have fun! TumbleBooks are animated, talking picture books which teach kids the joy of reading in a format they’ll love. TumbleBooks are created by taking existing picture books, adding animation, sound, music and narration to produce an electronic picture book which you can read, or have read to you. TBL also includes National Geographic videos and games. Users can also access TBL from any smartphone or iPad/Android tablet by downloading the app. Subscriptions are unlimited, meaning your kids can read as much as they want, when they want, with no wait times, check-outs, or downloads.