Celebrate Kansas Day!

January 18, 2012 in Adults, Library News, Slideshow

Sunday, January 29
2:00 p.m.
 Learn about local history with
Bertha Cameron
of the Monticello Community
Historical Society

Everyone is welcome!
Refreshments will be served.

Sponsored by Friends of the Bonner Springs City Library

Downloadable eBooks are here!

January 18, 2012 in Library News, Slideshow

Downloadable eBooks are now available for the iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Android phones and tablets.

Visit the Kansas EZ Library website for more information and how to download the 3M Cloud Library app to your device.

eBooks for the PC, Nook Color, Nook Tablet, Sony eReader and Kindle will be available soon.

 

 

National Library Week Bookmark Contest

January 16, 2012 in Events, Kids, Storytime, Teens

Create your own story about the Bonner Springs City Library! Tell us your story about the library in pictures using crayons, watercolors, markers, charcoals or paint to create an original bookmark. (No computer generated images, please.) Make it wonderful and colorful!

Artists from preschool to age 18 are invited to participate. Details and entry forms will be available at the library beginning Wednesday, February 1. All entries are due by Wednesday, February 29.

Beginning March 8 – March 28, Library patrons will vote on their favorites and winners will be announced during National Library Week, April 8 to 14.

Friends of the Library “Found Treasures” Weekly Used Book Store

January 14, 2012 in Events, Library Friends, Library News

Image used under Creative Commons from Stewsnews

Image used under Creative Commons from Stewsnews

Thursdays, 5pm – 7pm

Starting February 2, Found Treasures, a bookstore filled with gently read books will be open Thursdays, 5:00pm – 7:00pm in the storm shelter.

Operated by the Friends of the Library

 

The New Downloadable Audiobooks are here!

January 13, 2012 in Library News, Slideshow

Scroll down for directions on downloading audiobooks. 

Getting Started with our new downloadable audiobooks on OneClickDigital.

Registration is only required once!

Click “Nexpress” button on the left-hand side of Bonner Springs Library’s website.

  1. Log in to your library account with your library card and password.
  2. Click “Kansas EZ Library” listed in tabs on the left-hand side of the screen. This will take you to the OneClickDigital registration screen.
  3. Select your operating system. (Mac users—The media manager is not ready yet, manual download will occur.)
  4. Personal information:
    1. Username—you may use your library card number or any username you’d like.
      Librarians are unable to look up your username.
    2. Password—must contain some letters, so you cannot use your birthdate in MMDDYYYY format. Passwords can be changed at any time.
    3. Email address—you will be sent notification of holds and OneClickDigital has the ability to email a new password to you if you forget it.
  5. Click “Create an Account” to complete your registration.

Downloading Audiobooks

To log in to your account to download audiobooks simply click on the “Kansas EZ Library” button on the
right-hand side of the Bonner Springs City Library website and log in with your username and password.

 Downloadable eBooks will be available soon!

 

Alphabet Express Storytime

January 13, 2012 in Slideshow, Storytime

Image used under Creative Commons from Kei!


All Aboard the
Alphabet Express!

Toddler Story Time (age 1-2 years)
Tuesdays at 10am.
Preschool Story Time (ages 3-5 years)
Tuesdays at 11am and Wednesdays at 10am.
Family Story Time
(up to 6 years)
Wednesdays at 11am.

Kidscape – Valentine’s Day Gifts and Cards

January 12, 2012 in Events, Kids

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Grades K-5
Thursday, February 9
4:30-5:30pm

Make a variety of cards and gifts for Valentine’s Day.

Sign up at the Library!

Sweetheart Snack Book & Cook

January 11, 2012 in Events, Storytime

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Ages 3-5 with an adult
Friday, February 17

11am

Join Ms. Jeanne for a Sweetheart Snack Book & Cook Fun Friday.

We will be making sweetheart smoothies and mini muffins

Sign up at the library!

Free eBooks available for your eReader

January 10, 2012 in Library News

Did you get an eReader for Christmas? The library has free eBooks available. EBooks through the 3M Cloud Library will be coming soon. With this service, you can choose to use a direct wireless connection or download to a computer and transfer. Kindle compatibility should be coming soon. In the meantime, hundreds of free (Project Gutenberg) ebooks and digital audiobooks have been loaded into NExpress.

More about that and instructions are available here.

Other links of interest for eBook readers:
Project Gutenberg (look for .epub file format for ebooks for Nook users or Kindle version for Kindle users)
Kansas EZ Library info

Meet the Artist Reception – Bonner Springs Elemantary 3rd Grade Students

January 10, 2012 in Events

Sunday, February 19
2:00-3:00 pm
All ages welcome

Come honor the Bonner Springs Elementary 3rd Grade student artists who created the Bonner Springs History Timeline on display at the Library, February 1 -March 31.

Refreshments will be served.

This event is sponsored by Friends of the Library.