We offer four fun-filled story times designed for you and your child. Children, parents and caregivers can relax and enjoy storytelling while enhancing early literacy skills. Come and join us – we’ll save a place for you!
Wee Read
Ages 3 and under
For our youngest friends and their caregivers, we share interactive stories, finger plays and songs in a circle time setting. Don’t forget to stay for the Wee Craft! Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays at 10 am
Read-to-Me
Ages 3 ½, 4 & 5
Pre-readers enjoy an hour of friends and fun. Children and their caregivers will be enchanted by our stories, rhymes, songs and games. Our unique crafts will inspire your little artists! Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays at 10 am
Storybook Art
Ages 3, 4 & 5
Budding artists create their own pictures in the styles of master illustrators. Picture books are the inspiration for your child’s masterpiece. There’s an artist in every child! Wednesday @ 10 am More Info: http://www.dcplibrary.org/departments/youth_services/ You have already placed 0 holds, which is the maximum allowed by your library.
The library is making improvements by upgrading our library system. To transfer data we will be stopping holds as of July 14th and resume taking holds on our go live date in August. Your current holds will be filled when we go live.
The new system will have great features including:
1. email notifications BEFORE your items are due
2. A kids card catalog
3. Notifications when your favorite authors have a new book.
4. Saved Booklists.
5. Saved reading lists.
Please be patient while we transfer all the data. Wireless is available at this time. The handicap-accessible parking spaces are located south of the entrance, near the Reading Garden. This location allows sidewalk access to the entrance that does not involve crossing a vehicular traffic lane. In addition, the location is also in close proximity to the Reading Garden. All plans for the new building were approved by the U.S. Department of Justice. Some of the Music Subscriptions are only available while connected to the Internet. These are
African American Song
American Song
Classical Music Library
Smithsonian Global Sound
KY Libraries Unbound allows you to download music selections. Check the title record to see if the selection can be transferred to a portable device. Our phone number is still 270-684-0211.
However we do have different extension numbers
To reach someone about your
Checked out Library Material or your Library card press 226
Reference or Interlibrary Loan Service, or adult nonfiction press 227
Public Services (including Fiction, Youth Services, Audiovisual services, Teen Material) press 237
Kentucky Room press 235 To encourage a life-long love of books and reading, members of the library staff take Storytime on the road. These 30-minute programs are geared toward preschoolers and currently service is provided to about 30 daycare programs. For more information contact Youth Services at 684-0211, #5. The Library hours are
Monday - Thursday 9am-9pm
Friday 9am-8pm
Saturday 9am-6pm
Sunday 1pm-5pm The library is open 72 hours a week. The library hours are
9am - 9pm Monday-Thursday,
9am - 8pm Friday
9am - 6pm Saturday
1pm - 5pm Sunday Yes, tours can be scheduled for school or community groups. We can customize a tour for your group, and we offer tours of the entire library or of individual departments. More Info: http://dcplibrary.org/about/tours You can search Heritage Quest and the Owensboro Area Obituary Index from home. Or visit the library's Kentucky Room to use Ancestry, census records, birth and death certificates, old newspapers and much more. More Info: http://www.dcplibrary.org/resources/online_resources Youth Services can help! Our friendly staff will help you find great reads that meet AR requirements. Youth Services has current AR lists for local city, county, and private schools.
You are eligible for a FREE library card, if you:
a) are a resident of Daviess County,
b) are employed full-time in Daviess County,
c) own property in Daviess County, or
d) are a full-time student in Daviess County. More Info: http://dcplibrary.org/departments/circulation/ |
