Van Horn Public Library

Van Horn Library's beloved children's librarian Jan Sween is retiring. Show your appreciation for her years of dedication to the library at an open house on Thursday, March 11th.

When:  Thursday March 11th 2pm to 6pm

Where: Children's Library at VHPL

Last week, the SELCO Legacy Review Committee allocated a total of $66,083 for 18 Library Legacy projects. A wide variety of proposals were funded, including author talks, music and dance performances, theatre workshops and more!

Van Horn Public Library in Pine Island working in concert with the Zumbrota Public Library will receieve $10,681 for a proffessional muralist to draw and paint a library themed mural in the hallway leading down the Children's Library. The muralist will provide presentations to the community that will discuss his artistic process and answer questions from participants.

A survey for VHPL users will be put up shortly so that you can contribute your ideas for images to be displayed in the hallway. Zumbrota Public Library will also be presenting a similar program with the same muralist.

This project was funded in part or in whole with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008 which dedicated funding to preserve Minnesota's arts and cultural heritage.

The Library Board approved several Policies at last nights meeting. Take a look at the Policies section under About us to see what's new at VHPL.

On January 12th SELCO went live with the new Online Catalog AquaBroswer.

Make sure your bookmark is set to the new catalog website http://aquabrowser.selco.info/?c_profile=pi

To search all the SELCO libraries and not just Pine Island perform a search in the query bar and then look to the right hand side of your screen. Choose the drop down box that says Pine Island and scroll up to All Locations.

Your account information is still accessible by selecting the My Account tab in the top right hand corner of the screen.

 If you have problems please feel free to call the library at 507-356-8558.

The annual adult reading program is back at Pine Island!  This year we will play Book Bingo again. The program will run for 10 weeks. Patrons may sign up beginning Monday January 11th. The first 20 patrons who sign up will receive a 2010 book lovers calender. When readers have completed a bingo on a card they may enter their name in for the weekly drawing. At the end of the 10 weeks there will be a drawing for a few larger prizes.

Read the winter away!