Looking for ways to help your family during these tough economic times? The State Library of Kansas has put together a great resource that can help.
Did you know: The library circulates over a million items annually.
Bring Your "Hole" Family to the Library
Mark your calendars! On Saturday, November 21st and Sunday, November 22nd, the Lawrence Public Library Foundation will host its first ever “Caddy Stacks” miniature golf tournament. This fun-filled family event will feature an 18-hole golf course winding its way around the library. Putt your way past the movies, through the audio books, to young adult fiction. Watch out for that loop-the-loop as you check out the cooking and gardening books! There will be lots of prizes and plenty of fun for the whole family.
Space is also still available in our eveing classes
Are you new to using a computer? Need help getting started on the Internet? Want to learn how to renew your books online? Have we got a class for you!
Beginning in mid-November, LPL will offer free computer classes in our new Sunflower Broadband Community Computer Lab, located on the lower level of the library. For our first round of classes, we'll start with the basics, but in 2010, we will offer more advanced, subject-based classes on everything from Microsoft Word to Consumer Health Information to Starting a Facebook Account. Check back here for more information.
Back to school has just become easier, thanks to the library’s service
HomeworkKansas. In addition to providing help for all students –
kindergarten through adult education, and college students – the
service hours have expanded to 8am-11pm, every day. The new Live
Homework Help classroom is an online place to receive assistance in
math, science, English and social studies. Assistance in Spanish is
offered in the subject areas of math, sciece and social studies.
New to the service are college entrance practice tests like ACT and
SAT, graduate school exams like GRE and LSAT, Advanced Placement,
ASVAB and TOEFL, and GED prep tests.
HomeworkKansas will also offer assistance with job searches, sample
resumes and cover letters, financial literacy and assistance with
proofreading of papers. HomeworkKansas is powered by www.tutor.com and a service of the Lawrence Public Library, Kan-ed (www.kan-ed.org) and the State Library of Kansas.
Lawrence Public Library Earns High Marks in National Library Survey
The Lawrence Public Library has learned that it ranks among the top 10% in the nation among public libraries of its size. The results were published in the 10th annual Hennen's American Public Library Rankings (www.haplr-index.com), a highly respected national library survey that compares public libraries across the U.S. on their quality of service, level of patron usage, and responsible expenditure of public funds.
"This is such a wonderful achievement for the Lawrence Public Library," said Bruce Flanders, Library Director. "With the library currently experiencing record high usage and our staff and resources stretched thin, earning this high ranking is very welcome news."
The average HAPLR score for all Kansas public libraries was 638. The Lawrence Public Library's score was 799. This score places the library in the 92nd percentile nationally for all public libraries serving communities of our size (50,000-99,999 service area population).
"Not only is the Lawrence Public Library's outstanding ranking a direct reflection of the hard work and dedication of our library's staff, but it is also indicative of a community that uses and values its local library," said Flanders.
Audio Books, Music and More! now for iPods, iPhones
OverDrive, supplier of eaudiobooks to Kansas State Library's Audio Books, Music and More! download service, which is available to Lawrence Public Library patrons through our website, has announced the release of its OverDrive Media Console v3.2 software. Once installed on your computer, most titles in the library's Audio Books, Music and More! WMA Audiobook collection will become iPod and iPhone compatible for users with Windows PCs. Mac users will also benefit from the growing number of MP3 eaudiobooks available. For more detailed information and instructions, please go to Audio Books, Music and More! at http://kansas.lib.overdrive.com
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