Monthly Archives: February 2017

So let’s talk about book clubs…

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Keep Calm and Join a Book ClubWhen it gets down to it, books, reading, and the culture of books and reading have always been the public library’s “bread & butter.” A great way to celebrate that culture is to get involved in a book club. Book clubs are everywhere and not just at the public library. Churches sponsor and promote book clubs, as do private groups of friends and families. Even sports teams have discussion on a common book. Coaches often see reading and experiencing a common book as a great team building experience. At its most basic level, book clubs bring people together and creates community through the shared experience of reading the same book.

Each year the county Literacy Coalition sponsors One Book, One Community on that same concept: let’s get one book in the hands of thousands of people and discuss it. Let’s put aside our differences and our backgrounds and our economic and educational differences and find common ground.

At the Dover Public Library, we offer several book club options at various times on different days of the week. The Tuesday Night Book Club meets the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 7:00 PM. The focus of this group is variety and popular fiction and non-fiction. B.Y.O.B. (Bring Your Own Book Club) meets offsite at restaurants and pubs on the 1st Thursday of each month at 7:00 PM. Each month the group uses a different theme. For example, one month it may be Ohio authors or British mysteries. The next it could be plays or Civil War non-fiction. Another library book club is called the Chautauqua Literary & Scientific Circle, or CLSC, which meets on the last Thursday of each month at noon. This book club reads books on the Chautauqua Institution’s book list. Participants are given the opportunity to apply for “graduation” through CLSC, which is the oldest continuous book club in America.

In the end, book clubs are not only challenging and inspiring but great social opportunities as well. Let’s face it: we were not put on this planet to walk alone. If you love reading, we encourage you to connect with other bibliophiles at the Dover Public Library. Who knows, it may just change your life!

-Jim Gill, Director

Time to Check Out Your Future!

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The Dover Public Library has been proudly serving the community of Dover, OH, since 1902. Our current building, started in 1954 and opened in 1955, is in need of some very important updates such as modern wiring, more accessible shelving, and dedicated Teen and Local History rooms. Check out this video for our 2016 report and the highlights of our renovation plan.

While putting together this video, I had the opportunity to look back at all the great events we have had here at the Dover Public Library over the years. We’ve learned so many things about animals – snakes and lizards and turtles, oh my! – about science, about writing and publishing, even about yoga. We are so much more than books – or our building.

But when you look around the library, really look, you start to see the pieces of furniture that have been here since we opened in 1955. Tables and chairs photographed in our grand opening are still here in the Lounge and the Teen Zone. We still use a few of the same book carts; the basement shelves are exactly the same; we haven’t even gotten a new circulation desk. And these are just the things that we can see. What we can’t see is the wiring that was not designed to handle all the technology a modern Public Library uses. Without an update to the wiring, keeping up with our technology needs is going to be a real struggle.

Some would say it already is.

What most patrons don’t see is the Processing Room downstairs. Yesterday afternoon, there were five of us trying to work on our various projects at once. There were only two computers we could use to input new materials into our system to get them ready for check-out.

I look forward to the day when adding a new computer doesn’t come with added worry about where to put it or how to hook it up. Better accessibility, more space for teens, and easier access to Local History Materials will make me even prouder than I already am of our Library and of our Community.

We are more than our building, but having a building that fulfills our community’s needs definitely helps us provide the very best for our patrons.

-Liz Strauss, Teen Librarian

To learn more, or to help, please visit: https://www.doverlibrary.org/capitalcampaign/

7th Annual Overdue Open House

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balloonSunday, February 12 from 2 – 5 PM


Join us at this special Sunday event for:

LIVE MUSIC featuring Atom Lax, the Kodachrome Babies, and Valleytown

KIDS’ ACTIVITIES like face painting, a juggler, and story telling

BAKE SALE, BOOK SALE, and RAFFLES  to support the library’s Check Out Your Future Capital Campaign

And more FREE FAMILY FUN!

The Overdue Open House is sponsored by the Friends of the Library. This annual event celebrates the library as a community center and helps raise money for various projects to improve our library. This year, all funds from the Overdue Open House will go towards the Check Out Your Future Capital Campaign to remodel the Adult Department. For more information on the Overdue Open House please call the Library at 330-343-6123.

Money Mondays

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3rd Monday of the Month at 6:30 PM

in the Dover Public Library Community Room

 Take charge of your money this year with a series on important financial topics. Presented by Financial Advisor Dennis Lint of Edward Jones. Call the Library at 330-343-6123 for more information or register online.


paper money and coinsFebruary 20: Protect What You’ve Worked For (Retirees)

March 20: Prepping Your Portfolio

April 17: Stocks: The Nuts and Bolts Seminar