Looking for a great gift? The Friends of the Olathe Public Library book bags fit the bill. They are now on sale for only $4 a piece. Attractive, sturdy and perfect for your book lover friend or family member. Buy today at either library checkout desk.
Are you picturing a library pit crew waiting for you as you pull in to drop off books? Tires rotated, oil changed, and an engine tune-up in 30 minutes or less? Okay, that’s not a reality, yet. But the library does have fantastic resources for Do-It-Yourself car repair.Olathe Main Library has a complete set of Mitchell and Chilton’s car repair manuals located in the automobile reference section. The Indian Creek Branch Library also has a reference book set of the Chilton’s manuals. These reference books can’t be checked out but copies can be made of individual pages.
Both libraries have books on general car maintenance that can be checked out including the ‘Complete Car Care Manual’ published by Popular Mechanics. These books are shelved in the non-fiction area using the Dewey Decimal Numbering System beginning with the numbers 629.
Online car repair information is available through the library’s subscription to Mitchell on Demand. This online site, only available at the library, makes car repair information easy to search and print-off using the library’s public access computers.
Another online resource, available at-home or at the library, is the Chilton Library resource. On the Olathe Library website, select the Online Resources tab, then select Electronic Databases from the drop-down box. Scroll through the alphabetical listing of databases until you find the Chilton Library entry. A library card number and PIN are required to access the online databases.
Even though the library staff isn’t available to assist with the actual car repair we are ready and willing to help you find the right information. Give us a call or stop by the library to get going on your next car repair project.
The winter holidays are filled with traditions, and one of the most popular may be snuggling up together on a cold winter night and sharing a movie. Movies have become part of the magic of the holidays; often it’s something we remember from our childhood. This year, we’re trying to make it easier to get your favorite holiday movie. We’ve purchased several copies of the most popular movies and made them “hot picks.” No one can place holds on a hot pick, everyone has an opportunity to check out the movie whenever it’s on the shelf. The titles are listed in our online catalog as “popular audiovisual.” When you’re out running those errands during the next couple of months, be sure to stop at the library and see what’s available to watch with your family or friends on some cold winter night, and continue the tradition.
This is your last chance of the year to pick up reading and viewing materials for the winter months ahead. Purchase used and hardly used materials at bargain prices.
The last “mini” book sale will be Saturday, Nov. 15 from 10 am to 3 pm at the Indian Creek Branch meeting room - 12990 S. Black Bob Road. The sale begins at 10 am and the doors to the meeting room will close at 12:30 pm to prepare for the book sale. Beginning at 1 pm, the “Five Bucks A Bag” Sale begins. Purchase a plastic bag at the door for $5 and fill with materials. Buy 2 bags, get 1 free. The sale will close before 3 pm if sold out or material selection is low.
Can’t make this sale? Then, see you next year at ICB for the first sale of 2009 on Feb. 14 for the “Sweetheart of a Deal” Sale. Treat yourself to something nice on Valentine’s Day!
These sales are sponsored by the Friends of the Olathe Public Library. For more information, call 913-971-6879.
For months, political candidates and their supporters have worked tirelessly preparing for one day—Election Day! On Tuesday, November 4th, all eligible American voters will be able to cast their votes for President, as well as, state’s govenors, senators, representatives, and local public office holders. For children, campaign strategies and election procedures can be confusing. Fortunately, the library is full of materials to help them understand this vitally important democratic process. Here are a few election-related resources found in the Children’s Department at the Indian Creek Public Library.
DVD J 320.973 School House Rock! Election Collection
DVD J 324.973 Election Day
DVD J 791.433 You’re Not Elected, Charlie Brown
Video J 352.23 A History of the Presidency
Video J 394.23 Election Day
J324 Christelow. Vote!
J324 Steele. Eyewitness Vote
J324.6 Nobleman. Election Day
J 324.6 Stier. If I Ran for President
J 324.6309 Henry. Presidential Elections
J 324.973 Maestro The voice of the People: American Democracy in Action
This summer, 5,976 children in Olathe and surrounding areas participated in the Olathe Public Library’s Summer Reading Club, “Catch the Reading Bug,” marking a 34 per cent increase over last year. Each child returning his/her reading club folder in August was given a free paperback book – 1,802 children received paperback books, a 15 percent increase over the previous summer. Heatherstone Elementary students returned 137 folders, marking the highest number from one Olathe school.
Children’s programs were highly attended as well. Thirty-six story times drew 1620 people at “Storytime in the Park” in the two area parks and evening story time at the Indian Creek Branch Library. In order to accommodate more children, three programs were held at the American Legion with 714 attending. At the other sixty-six programs held at the two Olathe libraries, 2921 participated.
The Olathe Public Library Foundation, Olathe Reads and Comcast sponsored the summer reading club program. The Comcast Foundation gave an $11,000 grant and the OPL Foundation donated $5,000 for the summer reading program. Olathe Reads is a partnership formed by the City of Olathe, Olathe District Schools, and the Olathe Public Library to promote the value and importance of reading.
At the foundation’s fundraising event in September, it presented a grant of $5,000 to the children’s department for the 2009 Summer Reading Club. The 2009 theme will be “Be Creative @ Your Library.”
The Summer Reading Finale, featuring magician Devin Henderson and singer Craig Toungate, was held at Olathe East in August, drawing 345 participants. Sponsors of this event were Olathe Reads and the Friends of the Olathe Public Library which donated $1,500.
The children’s department was named a winner in the 2008 Library Summer Reading Partnership , sponsored by American Century Services, LLC, in partnership with Learning Quest Kansas . The $529 award is to be used towards books or other library supplies.
For the most up-to-date information, click here. To better serve you, the Olathe Public Library will be upgrading the catalog soon. Starting at 5pm on Saturday. October 18, online & phone access to your Library Account (My Account) will be affected.
To avoid delays or interrupted acces:
‘My Account” & placing holds will not be available during the upgrade.
The Library Catalog will be available to locate Library materials.
Questions? Contact staff at (913) 971-6850.
Bring on the steming hot chocolate. Where are my fuzzy slippers? Are these the sounds of winter? The nights are already getting chilly - do you have enough reading materials to make it through the winter? Do you have your craft books purchased for making gifts for Christmas? How about some new recipes for the holiday meals up ahead?
The Friends of the Olathe Public Library can help you out with everything! Come to the used book sale Saturday, October 11 and stock up on your winter reading. The sale will be in the meeting room of the Indian Creek Branch Library, 12990 S. Black Bob Road. The sale will open at 10 a.m. and the doors will close at 12:30 p.m. to prepare for the bag sale. The doors will reopen at 1 p.m. and the “Five Bucks A Bag” Sale begins! Purchase a plastic bag at the door for $5 and stuff it full…buy 2 bags, get 1 free. The sale will end at 3 p.m., or before if sold out or the material selection is low.
The last “mini” sale of the year will be Nov. 15 - same place, same time. Next sale won’t be until February, so be sure you purchase plenty of reading materials to make it through the winter.
Do you enjoy reading to children? If so, have I got a volunteer opportunity for you! The library’s Daycare Storytime Outreach Program is in need of a few good people to go read stories to preschoolers at daycares in Olathe. Volunteers make once-a-month visits to an area daycare and read to one or two groups of children each time. Each month the library will provide volunteers a selection of quality picture books on a certain theme. The program runs from October 2008 through April 2009, so a seven month commitment is desired. If this sounds like something you might be interested in doing, call Gregg at (913) 971-6874 for more information.
Olathe Reads, the partnership of the city, the schools, and the public library, had one of the first floats in the Old Settlers Parade. Nineteen second graders who “read with Mayor Mike” rode on the float, along with the Mayor and his family, the Indian Trail JHS Cougar, Emily Baker, OPL Director, and Earl Martin, OSD. The float was decorated by the Indian Trail Ambassadors and adorned with wonderful papier-mache insects!