The Liberty Hill Public Library just celebrated its 10th
anniversary and we still hear, “we have a library in Liberty Hill?” Please help
us spread the word, we are here and have so much to offer.
Yes, we are small, but we have a lot to share. The New York Times best sellers are always
something we have, though if you don’t see them on the shelf, they are
circulating and we will put them on hold for you. We are the ONLY source of DVDs in town, and
the collection is growing rapidly. We
had a resident bring in 300 DVDs to add to our collection and she says this is
the “first wave” of DVDs. The community benefit
is going to be amazing. Our DVD
collection is now over 1800 movies, bet we have something you haven’t seen yet.
Community information?
We have it. The front page of our
blog has a visual directory. Just click
on the icon to go to websites. We are
currently working on a comprehensive database for the entire area known as
Liberty Hill, including churches, restaurants, retail, associations and
groups. You can find it on our website
under Online Resources – Community Links.
I’d love any recommendations so that I don’t forget anything and if you
have a service or product you sell from your home, I’d list that too. Categories that I think we definitely need
information on are feed stores and horse boarding and lessons. Feed me the information!
We are looking for a few things, though. First and foremost is a friends group to be
an advocate for the library….support, raise funds, do special
projects….whatever it might be that their hearts desire. If you have an interest in heading this up,
we’d love to get one going. We are also
constantly looking for volunteers to
help take care of our lawn area as well as do small projects like power wash
the building or repair a window screen.
And one tease…..E-BOOKS!!!
What do you think of having e-books at the library? I’ve gotten many questions about it and the
negatives that always exist in the start of anything new seem to have been
worked out, so I’m looking into the possibility. HOWEVER, I do need some help. The cost to the library is half of my book
budget for the year, with a three year commitment. Simply too much to justify on e-books at this
point, however if we can get some fundraising help and bring some money in, it
can be a go. So….what I hold out to you
is a plea. If you desire e-books in the
library, consider donating, whether it be monetary or in time. A book sale utilizing the hundreds of books
we receive in donations would go toward
making e-books feasible sooner rather than later. Any sort of fund raising effort would
help. If you can give some time to a
project, let’s make this happen!
Give Sandy a call at 778-6400 or email at librarian@lhpl.org, or better yet, stop
in! I’d love to chat with people about
the above opportunities to make YOUR library bigger and better. The community deserves it.
YOUR public library……check it out!
librarian@lhpl.org
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