We are reading Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse for our January session. Discussions will be held
Both sessions will take place via Zoom, participants must attend one (1) session to keep their book. Registered participants will receive in advance an email with instructions on how to log into Zoom sessions.
Email childlib@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
Sci-Fi Day is Saturday, January 2nd.
OFPL is hosting a week of Sci-Fi related programs and fun to celebrate. Check out our Sci-Fi collection of books and movies. Scan our social media each day for Sci-Fi facts and posts.
• Sci-Fi Scavenger Hunt on Instagram
• Sci-Fi Fest 2021 Daily Photo Challenge on Instagram
• Monday, January 4th at 4:00 p.m. – Creative Corner: Nebula Coasters
• Tuesday, January 5th at 4:00 p.m. – Sci-Fi Talking Tuesday
• Thursday, January 7th at 4:00 p.m. – Crafty Kids: Recycled Cereal Box Spacecraft
• Friday, January 8th at 4:00 p.m. – Sci-Fi Trivia
Then to wrap things up, on Friday, January 8th, join us for Fun Friday as we present Sci-Fi Trivia at 4:00 p.m. There will be opportunities for Sci-Fi prizes all week long.
Email libtrain@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
Storytime anytime, call (505) 862-9177 to hear a story any time of the day or night. Stories will change daily, at the end leave us a message to let us know what stories you want to hear.
Email childlib@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
Visit YouTube, @galluplibrary to view episodes of the OFPL Totally True series where we’re exploring the OFPL non-fiction collections in books and online. Videos are posted Wednesdays and Fridays at 11:00 a.m.
We READ, We TALK Book Club reading Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse for our January session.
Request your copy of the book and enter preferred meeting times.
Registration is limited to 30 participants, but a waiting list is available.
While most of the world has drowned beneath the sudden rising waters of a climate apocalypse, Dinétah (formerly the Navajo reservation) has been reborn. The gods and heroes of legend walk the land, but so do monsters.
Maggie Hoskie is a Dinétah monster hunter, a supernaturally gifted killer. When a small town needs help finding a missing girl, Maggie is their last—and best—hope. But what Maggie uncovers about the monster is much larger and more terrifying than anything she could imagine…MORE
Registration is limited to 30 participants, but a waiting list is available.
Email childlib@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
Storytime anytime, call 505-862-9177 to hear a story any time of the day or night. Stories will change daily, at the end feel free to leave us a message to let us know what stories you want to hear.
Email childlib@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
Borrow the featured title Reverie by Ryan La Sala with no waitlists or holds from our digital collection.
OFPL is connecting their patrons with millions of readers and a compelling young adult ebook during the next Big Library Read, the world’s largest digital book club. From November 2nd through 17th, readers’ secret dreams can become a reality when they borrow and read the debut novel Reverie from their public library.
Cardholders can borrow the ebook or audiobook without waiting by visiting http://nm.lib.overdrive.com or downloading the Libby app.
Brief Synopsis:
Inception meets The Magicians in the most imaginative YA debut of the year!
All Kane Montgomery knows for certain is that the police found him half-dead in the river. He can’t remember how he got there, what happened after, and why his life seems so different now. And it’s not just Kane who’s different, the world feels off, reality itself seems different…MORE
Cardholders can borrow the ebook or audiobook without waiting by visiting http://nm.lib.overdrive.com or downloading the Libby app.
Author Bio:
Ryan La Sala has always lived on the partition between the real and unreal. He writes about surreal things happening to real people, and his stories are almost always queer. His first book, Reverie, focuses on the worlds we build within ourselves—our dreams and our delusions—and how they warp our reality.
Cardholders can borrow the ebook or audiobook without waiting by visiting http://nm.lib.overdrive.com or downloading the Libby app.
Email bmartin@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81501174844
Call to Order – Janet Tempest, Library Advisory Board Chair or designee
BUSINESS AGENDA
August 26, 2020 – Meeting Minute (action)
CONSENT AGENDA
(These items are placed on Consent Agenda so the Board may designate by unanimous consent these routine items they wish to be approved on one motion. If any item does not meet with the approval of all Board members or if a citizen so requests, it will be heard as a separate item)
August, 2020
• Cash Revenues Report (action)
• Circulation Statistics (action)
September, 2020
• Cash Revenues Report (action)
• Circulation Statistics (action)
Comments from the audience (limit of 5 minutes)
REPORTS of OFFICERS, BOARDS, STANDING COMMITTEES
• Library Updates – Tammi Moe (information/discussion)
• Friends of the Library Updates – Anne Price (information/discussion)
NEW BUSINESS
• Election of Officers (discussion/vote)
• Shared Drive for Library Advisory Board Materials (information)
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
• Design of Strategic Planning Process (discussion/action)
• Absentee Library Advisory Board Members (discussion)
• LAB Report for Council and Mayor (discussion/action)
Comments from Advisory Board
Adjournment
OFPL joins public libraries nationwide in a digital reading program September 14th – 28th by offering access to the same eBook for a two-week period through the Libraries Transform Book Pick.
The eBook selection is Lauren Francis-Sharma’s epic saga Book of the Little Axe. Ambitious and masterfully wrought, it is an incredible journey, spanning decades and oceans from Trinidad to the American West during the tumultuous days of warring colonial powers and westward expansion.
During the lending period, eBook copies will be available without waitlists or holds through U.S. public libraries using OverDrive. Readers will only need a library card and the Libby app to borrow and read the eBook.
Email bmartin@gallupnm.gov or call 505-863-1291 for more information.
Follow the Libraries Transform Book Pick on Facebook and Twitter and join the discussion on social media using the hashtag #LTBookPick.
Today’s libraries have programs and resources that go far beyond books. From virtual story times, family game nights and art classes, to opportunities to borrow audiobooks and stream movies, there’s something for everyone at the library. September is Library Card Sign-up Month, the perfect time to explore all that the library has to offer.
Visit your library at ofpl.online to register for a free library card.
Email bmartin@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
1. Get a New or Replacement Library Card at no cost.
2. Call for Fine Forgiveness Program.
3. Waive Annual Out-of-County Fees.