January Library Events – Explore the resources at your library

By Harriet Halbig

As we start a new year, come to the library or check online at ppld.org to see some of the resources available.

If you click on Research on the home page and open the list of data bases, you’ll find such possibilities as language instruction through Mango, genealogy resources, and such consumer resources as Consumer Reports. There are also a number of foreign language newspapers and magazines.

Under Find a Good Book, you can enter the title of a favorite book and see others which are similar in characters or plot. You can also see listings of all books in a given series.

In the coming year, children’s programs will remain on the same schedule with Toddler Time at 9:30 and 10 on Wednesdays in Monument and Story Time on Tuesdays at 10:30. There are two adult book clubs, one in the morning and one in the evening.

In Palmer Lake there is an adult book club which meets the first Monday of each month. Family Story Time is on Fridays at 10:30.

Check at the front desk for Take and Make kits for children or adults and check the website under Programs by location to see offerings for children, homeschoolers, teens, and adults.

We hope to see you soon at the library.

Harriet Halbig may be reached at harriethalbig@ocn.me

Other Library articles

• February Library Events – Winter Adult Reading continues, free tax preparation help begins, Monument Open House (2/4/2026)
• January Library Events – Winter Adult Reading Program, homeschool program, adult book swap (12/31/2025)
• November Library Events – New library software coming; December programs, schedule changes (12/4/2025)
• November Library Events – Programs on crafts, end of life, care for caregivers (10/30/2025)
• October Library Events – Book clubs, escape room, scrap exchange (10/2/2025)
• September Library Events – Book clubs, Art for Older Adults, Palmer Lake concert (9/3/2025)
• August Library Events – Book clubs, Dungeons and Dragons, Palmer Lake Big Band concert (7/31/2025)
• June Library Events – Summer Adventure reading program begins, special programs offered (6/7/2025)
• May Library Events – Craft programs, Dungeons and Dragons, book groups (5/3/2025)
• April Library Events – Monument Library 50th anniversary; programs for all ages (4/5/2025)