Shop thousands of books and other materials! All available for a donation to the Dover Public Library’s Check Out Your Future Capital Campaign. Help us raise $5000 towards updating our Adult and Teen Departments! Call the Library at 330-343-6123 for more information or visit the Check Out Your Future Capital Campaign Page to see how you can help bring the library into the future.
Children’s Activities in the Story Room
10:00 AM – Learning Sign Language
3:00 PM – Mother’s Day Craft
4:00 PM – Mother’s Day Craft
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/
Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer here! I am so important because I lead Santa’s sleigh! Yeah, LEAD the sleigh! That’s right, I’m a VERY important Moose…errr, I mean reindeer. And I fly! How cool is that?! My mom was just telling me the other day, “Mortimer, you are a very important moose!” Oh, I meant “Rudolph” instead of Mortimer. Oh, and “reindeer” instead of moose. Flying so much makes me forgetful.
Anyway, I want to tell you that my best bud Santa will be here at the library Thursday, December 15th for pictures and stories and ho ho ho’s! Yea Santa! I’m sure he will ask me to light up the whole room with my bright nose, which might be too bright for inside, so maybe not. Still, it will be an awesome evening! I’ll see you here at 5:45! Oh, and don’t forget to call and sign up! Just tell them you heard it from Mortimer the red-nosed reindeer! No, I mean Rudolph the red-nosed moose. No, wait…
Just come, and we’ll work out the details later…
Throw the confetti! Strike up the band! Our Volunteer of the Month for September is Taylor!
How long have you been volunteering at the library?
Almost a year
Why did you want to become a volunteer at the library?
I wanted to become a volunteer at the library to learn how the library works and to see what it takes to be an employee at the library.
Who are some of your favorite authors?
What do you enjoy most about being a volunteer?
Learning how the library works
Thanks for everything that you do, Taylor! We appreciate all your hard work and dedication to helping the library.
Would you like to volunteer? Contact Wendy Contini for more information on how to help your library.
Thursday, October 1 at 7:00 PM
For Children Pre-K through 5th Grade and Parents
Hear stories from Native American, African, and Hispanic Cultures performed by the Teen Department! Each child will receive a free book and a special gift. Refreshments will also be served. Call the Library at 330-343-6123 to Register or for more information.
All September, teens have been working on performances based on folklore from different cultures. Snakes, bullies, talking rocks, and more are featured in these special stories that teach us where stories came from, how to treat those who are different, and to be careful about the choices we make in life. Don’t miss these exciting stories!
This event is funded by a Virginia Hamilton and Arnold Adoff Creative Outreach Grant.