Mineola Memorial Library Notes
Finally, we have received winter. Brief, frigid and then it’s gone.
Regarding 2023, the library had a very good year. We circulated 28,388 items that included books, audio books and DVDs. …
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Mineola Memorial Library Notes
Finally, we have received winter. Brief, frigid and then it’s gone.
Regarding 2023, the library had a very good year. We circulated 28,388 items that included books, audio books and DVDs. We welcomed 449 new patrons. We hosted 160 in-person programs, 65 outreach programs and had a total attendance for all programs of 3,194. It was a great year for seeing people again. The estimated value of the library based on circulation, programming, internet access, reference ques-tions was $581,913. And please, note, we are not funded by city or county tax money.
We are so glad people are starting to come back into the library. We try to offer a variety of books and audio books as well as programming. If you have a suggestion for the library, please, let us know. We cannot accommodate every request or put together every program, but we need your input so we can better serve our community.
Just a reminder as we get into the season where we don’t know what the weather will bring, due dates. We do have a four-week check on materials borrowed from the library. If the weather turns bad and it becomes difficult to get around, we will make sure to not charge late fees on the days we are closed. It’s not anyone’s fault when Mother Nature decides to make her presence known.
If something happens in your household (sickness, death, new baby, accident), we can work with you on returning your items, but you have to let us know there are extenuating circumstances.
We continue to have Toddler Story Time on Tuesdays at 9 a.m., Preschool Story Time on Wednesdays at 10 a.m., STREAM on Tuesday afternoons at 4 p.m., Home-school Heroes on the first and third Fridays at 10 a.m., and this month we will host the East Texas Library Friends Book Club on January 27 at 2 p.m. discussing Karen Kingsolver’s Demon Copperhead.
Remember, the Min-eola Memorial Library is a 501(c)3, non-profit and is not tax-supported. Your donations may be tax-deductible. The library received several generous donations over the winter holiday and they are very much appreciated.
