By Harriet Halbig
The 2024 Pikes Peak Library District Adult Reading Program will begin on Feb. 1 and last until March 31. More information will be in the next issue of OCN.
Monument Library will begin offering Toddler Time again in January. Sessions will be at 9:30 and 10 on Wednesday mornings, followed by Stay and Play.
Story Time on Tuesdays in Monument will not resume, but Family Story Time will continue at Palmer Lake on Fridays from 10:30 to 11:15.
There are a few changes on a district-wide basis. Use of The Hall adjacent to Penrose Library will be discontinued beginning May 1, 2024. A few reservations are still available before that date. Staffing posed a problem. The Special Collections department is now called Regional History and Genealogy. The department offers an extensive collection of maps, periodicals, government publications and pamphlets, and family history resources back to Colonial times. Materials must be used on site. Hours for the department are 10 to 5 Tuesday through Saturday.
Database resources will also change in 2024 as the district reviewed usage and expense. For details, please see the district website, ppld.org.
Happy New Year from the library, and we look forward to seeing you soon.
Harriet Halbig can be reached at harriethalbig@ocn.me.
Other Pikes Peak Library District articles
- October Library Events – Discussion group, book clubs, fall book sale, scrap exchange (10/5/2024)
- September Library Events – Book club, Medicare information, LEGO program (9/7/2024)
- August Library Events – Free concerts, book clubs (8/3/2024)
- July Library Events – Exciting programs & Ice Cream Socials (7/6/2024)
- June Library Events – Summer Reading Program now open to all ages (6/1/2024)
- May Library Events – Call for teen volunteers; CD swap program (5/4/2024)
- April Library Events – National Library Week – Newly extended hours in Monument (4/6/2024)
- March Library Events – Adult Reading Program continues; tax preparation aid available (3/2/2024)
- February Library Events – Adult Reading Program begins; tax assistance available (2/3/2024)
- December Library Events – Special program and schedule changes (12/2/2023)