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Register to Vote by October 5

one decision can change the future

Do you need to register to vote? We can help with that.

At the Dover Public Library, you can register to vote, update your address, or fill out an application for an absentee ballot. Turn in your forms at the library, and we’ll get them to the Board of Elections, no postage necessary.

The deadline to vote in the November election is OCTOBER 5.

Your vote counts! However you decide to vote, just VOTE.

Find more information online at https://www.boe.ohio.gov/tuscarawas/voter-registration-information/ . Learn more about voting absentee here: https://www.boe.ohio.gov/tuscarawas/absentee-information/absentee-voting/


Fit for Fall 2020

Fit for Wall 2020 Autumn Walking Program Logo

Did you know the Dover Public Library has its own walking program for the fall?

If you were a fan of the Summer Walking Program, this program is a great next step. For each 15 minutes that you walk, you check off a box on the tracker. You can count all of your exercise: jogging, raking leaves, Zumba. Anything that gets you moving counts towards your goal!

I am a big fan of Fit for Fall. As the weather gets a little cooler, it’s a great reminder to get out and enjoy those wonderful fall colors. Being part of a community fitness program also helps keep me motivated. Plus, setting an achievable goal is important.

Thirty hours of walking (or other activity, remember!) is a lot of fitness, but is absolutely achievable in just over three months. If you do finish 30 hours of walking, you are eligible for a free T-shirt, and if you’re an overachiever, there is a grand prize drawing just for those who completely fill in the chart.

Deadline to turn in trackers is December 9, so we all have plenty of time to get fit this fall!

What are you waiting for? Download your tracker and get moving today!

-Liz Strauss, Teen/Outreach Services Manager


Questions from the Switchboard

There have been a lot of changes at the library since we’ve reopened. Some everyone can see: free masks, more hand sanitizer, less computers open so users can spread out. Some are more behind the scenes. One such change is the elimination of the phone tree when you call in so you get to talk to a real person, real quick.

When staffing allows, we have a librarian dedicated to answering the phone in one of our staff work spaces, now affectionately nicknamed “the Switchboard.”

We get a lot of work done in the Switchboard, and we also get a lot of questions. Here are some of the most common:

What are your hours?

New Hours library photo background Monday through Friday 10 AM to 6 PM Saturday 10 AM to 2 PM and Closed Sunday

Our new hours are Monday through Friday 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM and Saturday 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM. We are still closed on Sundays.

How do I return materials?

Due to health and safety guidelines, all materials returned to the Dover Public Library must be placed in our outdoor bookdrops. There is one in the back parking lot as you pull in from 6th Street, and one to the left of the front entrance.

I returned _____ . Why is it still on my card?

Books in Quarantine

All returned items are placed in Quarantine for three days before they are checked in. If you’re getting emails that items are being renewed, are overdue, or notice that items are still on your account, and you know the items were returned, please don’t worry! The items are probably here, just waiting in quarantine.

What are my overdue fines?

You don’t have any! We all have enough to worry about during this crazy time, so the Dover Public Library is fine-free until further notice.

We get some uncommon questions at the Switchboard as well. Here are some of my favorites:

How do I cook shiitake mushrooms?

This one was a challenge. But apparently you… saute them? Check out this blog post from The Kitchen Magpie for more information!

What’s the weather for the week?

For the answer to this one, I like good old Google.

How do I contact the White House?

There’s a handy dandy form on this website!

Where do I send in my Absentee Ballot Application?

The Tuscarawas County Board of Elections: PO Box 69; New Philadelphia, OH 44663

Got Questions? We’ve got answers! Or… we’ll find answers. Call us at 330-343-6123 to talk to a Librarian.

-Liz Strauss, Teen/Outreach Services Manager


Library Opening Poem

We Have Missed You

The doors will open today!

Clocks slowly tick to ten,

Dvds cheer

Books disappear

In the hands of a fan once again.

~

Sherlock Holmes resumes sleuthing,

Dumbo’s ears start to flap

Hotspots are gone

But not for long

Cuz you know in two weeks they’ll be back.

~

The doors are shutting tonight

Computers switch to rest

Off goes the light

All through the night

Awaiting tomorrow’s first guest

~

Jen Miller, technology manager


Happy Shark Month!

cartoon in a shark costume: August is Shark Month at Dover Public Library

Did you know that there are around 500 known species of sharks? That’s a lot of teeth!

Join us in the Children’s Department to learn even more about sharks this month as we celebrate these fascinating creatures with craft kits and books. Help us fill the ocean with many colored sharks on our Shark Wall and check out our other displays. Special freebies are also on hand in the Teen Room for older shark fans.

Check out our Shark Month kick-off story time on Facebook as Ms. Jen reads Misunderstood Shark.

Ms. Jen wearing a shark headband and a shark mask
Happy Shark Week!

Stuck at home? Learn 50 Amazing Shark Facts from Shark Sider, or sink your teeth into a Shark Word Search from Monster Word Search!


The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Review

With everything going on in the world, the library’s copies of the latest Hunger Games novel by Suzanne Collins, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, arrived about two months late. Was it worth the wait?

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

The short answer, from a Hunger Games fan, is YES! The long answer is… maybe?

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes takes place about sixty years before the original trilogy. The first two parts of the book follow the tenth Hunger Games, the annual competition slash punishment that takes twenty four children from the twelve districts of Panem and puts them in a fight to the death. This year the Capitol is trying something new: mentors. The first class of mentors includes students from the Capitol in their final year of school. Eighteen-year-old Coriolanus Snow is one of those students, and he is assigned the female tribute from District 12.

Weighing in at 528 pages, this book, full of surprises and insights, is not what I would call light reading. It raises a lot of questions about Panem and about future villain Snow. The book tackles war, reformation, poverty, hatred, ambition… It makes you think.

Personally, I like this book. It was a good read. As a Hunger Games fan, I would recommend this to other fans. But fair warning: if you haven’t read The Hunger Games, you’ll need to after reading The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. Then, you’ll probably want to read all four of them again.

-Liz Strauss, Teen/Outreach Services Librarian


Back to School Book List

Here are some fun books to get your kiddos ready for school!

We Don't Eat our Classmates by Ryan Higgins dinosaur picture book

We Don’t Eat Our Classmates by Ryan Higgins

Little Lola by Julie Saab cat goes to school picture book

Little Lola by Julie Saab

Dinosaur vs school by Bob Shea book

Dinosaur vs School by Bob Shea

The King of Kindergarten by Derrick Barnes picture book cover

The King of Kindergarten by Derrick Barnes

Chu's first day at school by Neil Gaiman and Adam Rex  picture book cover

Chu’s First Day of School by Neil Gaiman

The Pout-Pout Fish Goes to School by Deborah Deisen picture book cover

Pout Pout Fish Goes to School by Deborah Deisen

Monsters love school by Mike Austin picture book cover

Monsters Love School by Mike Austin

Biscuit Goes to School by Alyssa Capucilli, an I Can Read Book

Biscuit Goes to School by Alyssa Capucilli

Froggy Goes to School by Jonathan London picture book cover

Froggy Goes to School by Jonathan London

-Compiled by Mallory Thompson, Librarian