Last spring, dozens of patrons completed the “Warm-Up Challenge”. Participants were asked to read about heroes and daring escapades, in conjunction with the 2024 Summer Reading Program (SRP) theme, Adventure begins at your library. The Warm-Up Challenge is back and ready to embrace the 2025 Summer Ready Program theme, Color Our World. If you want […]
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We’re All Adults Here 2023 WEPL Winter Reading Challenge by Amanda Schoen If you liked our 10 to Try Reading Challenge last year, sign up for our 2023 WEPL Winter Reading Challenge! Participants have until March 15, 2023 to read 10 books from 50 categories selected by WEPL librarians. This challenge is not for the faint […]
Seed Libraries Help Our Community Northeast Ohio staple Dave’s Market recently announced the closing of its Euclid Beach location. While a new site will open about 10 minutes from the previous spot, this change will impact those who live near the family-owned market. Seniors who live in the residential high-rise buildings in proximity depend on […]
We’re All Adults Here Book Recommendations & Other Musings by Carol Tuttle OverDrive app users, changes are coming! The legacy OverDrive app will soon be replaced with Libby, OverDrive’s newer reading app. You can still use the legacy OverDrive app for now, but we recommend making the switch to Libby. It’s easy to use and […]
We’re All Adults Here Book Recommendations & Other Musings by Carol Tuttle Our popular WE Holds program and has gotten some fresh updates to the author list. Are you familiar with WE Holds? It’s kind of a library subscription to upcoming books from popular authors. You choose from our curated list of authors one time, […]
We’re All Adults Here Book Recommendations & Other Musings by Carol Tuttle We are greeting 2022 with a new addition to our WEPL digital collection that brings access to the current day’s issue of our local paper, The News-Herald. Previously, logging in to the NewsBank database offered full text searching of past issues without photos. […]
We’re All Adults Here Book Recommendations & Other Musings by Carol Tuttle The pandemic has resulted in numerous changes in our world, and one we are noticing in libraries is an acceleration of format change. The biggest shifts are away from CD and DVD formats toward Blu-ray and digital format for AV material. Audiobooks on […]
We’re All Adults Here Book Recommendations & Other Musings by Carol Tuttle Have you placed a hold on a library eBook and then been dismayed to see the estimated time when it will be ready as “several weeks”? And then been surprised when the book drops into your account sooner than expected? Don’t despair, go […]
We’re All Adults Here Book Recommendations & Other Musings by Carol Tuttle Yes, I’m on My Phone Again..READING! You’re on your phone too much. Have you heard that from someone or from the little voice in your head? I would like to make a point: we shouldn’t judge phone usage by time alone. We need […]
We’re All Adults Here Book Recommendations & Other Musings by Carol Tuttle Authors and Librarians are Mutual Fans. Authors are the rock stars of the library world, and librarians (along with avid readers) are their devoted fans. But many authors are also fans of libraries. Authors appreciate the help librarians provide during their writing process, […]
We’re All Adults Here 2021 Adult Reading Challenge: 10 to Try by Amanda Schoen As we move into spring, we at WEPL are at the advent of a new reading journey to challenge our biggest readers. If you are a diehard reader, try the 2021 WEPL 10 to Try challenge. Participants have until December 15, […]
