LANPHER MEMORIAL LIBRARY MAIN ST. HYDE PARK, VT 802-888-4628 CURBSIDE HOURS STARTING JUNE 6: MONDAY 1-4 TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY 10-4 SATURDAY 11-1 - Lanpher Memorial Library, 141 Main Street, Hyde Park, VT 888-46285 Monday 12-7; Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 10-5; Saturday 10-1

Children's books to support conversations about racism, antiracism and promote greater understanding

6/3/2020

Children are naturally curious about the world around them. Books for young children can provide a context for more complex ideas and help them make sense of the world.
If you and your child are ready to talk about racism and white privilege, picture books can be a springboard for greater understanding and conversations.
While most of the books below are specifically chosen to discuss racism and antiracism with young children, the Lanpher Library also has many books in our collection that do not focus directly on racism, but will still raise awareness and give children exposure to diversity and promote inclusion. Books with characters who are representative of racial diversity, but whose stories are relatable to the feelings, hopes, curiosities and experiences of all children are plentiful in the Lanpher Library as well.
We also have many picture book biographies about famous men and women of color, historical picture books, and more.
Please contact us, or search our catalog for more great selections:lanpherlibrary.kohavt.org hydeparklibrary@yahoo.com
Below are pictures of book covers that are either in the Lanpher Library collection and available to borrow, or have been ordered/pre-ordered and will be available soon. If you have a library card with us, you can place a hold to reserve any of these titles by going to lanpherlibrary.kohavt.org, log in to your account, and reserve. If you need help logging in, please contact us: hydeparklibrary@yahoo.com
You may also search the Library Catalog for books for adults on racism, antiracism, white privilege, civil rights movement, biographies, and more. Please feel welcome to contact us if you don't know where to start, or just need some guidance. hydeparklibrary@yahoo.com
With Care, -Amy

Curbside to Resume Friday May 15th!

5/12/2020

We are excited to announce that we will resume lending Library materials through curbside service beginning Friday, May 15th.
Please review the rules and guidelines below.

Thank you for your patience and understanding and for helping us stay safe.

SAFETY FIRST! If you are experiencing COVID-19 symptoms, such as: fever, coughing, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, chills, muscle pain, sore throat, new loss of taste or smell; or if you have been exposed to someone who has tested positive to COVID-19, please do not request or pick up library materials. Please go to: cdc.gov/coronavirus to learn more.

Hours of Operation
Wednesdays and Fridays beginning Friday, May 15th
Request Items: 11:00-1:00
Pick Up Items: 1:00-3:00

New Materials will be posted on our website regularly:
https://www.lanpherlibrary.org/new-materials.html
How to Request Items

Online any time. (you can request online any time, but we will be readying curbside orders for pick up on Wednesdays and Fridays only for now)

You can log in to your account on our catalog: lanpherlibrary.kohavt.org
Your login: is your library card #
2VSRC000000000
Your Password: set up as your first and last name with no spaces
lanpherlibrary

Search for items by author or title. When you see the item you want to place on hold, click on it.
On the right side of the page, there will be a Place Hold option. Click Confirm hold.
We will get your request and after you receive an email confirmation, you may pick up your request on Wednesdays or Fridays between 1:00-3:00. (beginning Friday, May 15th)

By Phone
Give us a call 802-888-4628 Wednesdays and Fridays 11:00-1:00
You can ask for specific titles, or authors, or you can let us choose for you.
We will get your items ready and let you know when to get them.


How to Pick Your Reserved Items Up
       WHEN? Wednesdays and Fridays from 1:00-3:00
       WHERE? On days when the weather is good, you can pick your bagged order up on the cart that will be located outside of the door on Church Street. If    the weather is rainy, or wet, you will need to knock on the Church St. door when you arrive, and we will hand you your bagged order through the door.

SAFETY FIRST!
All of our circulating items will have been quarantined for 7 days before going back into circulation. We will be wearing and adhering to regular hand washing and sanitizer use. However, as an added precaution, you may consider letting your borrowed materials sit in the bag for up to 72 hours before removing them.

Returns
SAFETY FIRST!
If you are experiencing COVID-19 symptoms such as: fever, coughing, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, chills, muscle pain, sore throat, new loss of taste or smell; or if you OR THE RETURNING LIBRARY MATERIALS have been exposed to someone who has tested positive to COVID-19, please do not return the materials to the library until at least 14 days after recovery of the virus, or another, later agreed upon time.

We will accept returns on Wednesdays and Fridays, beginning Friday, May 15th from 1:00-3:00.
If the weather is nice, please return your items in the bin that will be located outside of the door on Church Street.
If the weather is wet, or rainy, you may return your items through the return slot on Wednesdays and Fridays only, beginning May 15th.
SAFETY FIRST! There is a handle on the return slot. Please be aware that others may have touched the handle . You might want to consider bringing a wipe, or paper towel with you to act as a barrier. Please make sure to use hand sanitizer and wash your hands.

Wishtree 2020! Compost Literacy Virtual Book Discussion info! and UPDATES!!!

4/28/2020

WISHTREE 2020!

Last year the Lanpher Library started a tradition for May 1st.

Inspired by the book "Wishtree", by Katherine Applegate, we invited children from HPES and community members of all ages to come to the Library and write their wishes on strips of fabric. They then got to tie their wishes in the branches of our Pin Oak tree...just like the community members in the book had for generations and generations.

This year is different, but we're still going to have a Wishtree!

If you want to make one wish for us to write down on fabric for you, please fill out the anonymous online form below. Mrs. Bryce, the Librarian at Hyde Park Elementary School created the form for students, teachers and families, but please use it no matter who you are. Click "family" please if you're not a student or teacher. We're all one community family afterall!

We'll start putting wishes in the tree on May 1st, but we'll accept wishes for a few weeks!
Mrs. Bryce included links to more info. about the book "Wishtree", by Katherine Applegate on the form, including a way that you can borrow and download the ebook with your library card!
Please let me know if you have any questions: hydeparklibrary@yahoo.com

Click here to Make Your Wishtree Wish!

Our community partners, the Lamoille Regional Solid Waste Management District, are hosting a virtual book discussion with author Judith Schwartz, about her book "Cows Save the Planet" on May 7th at 6:00 p.m.
Copies of the book are available to borrow for free through the National Emergency Library: archive.org
If you would like to join the discussion, please register:

Register for Cows Save the Planet Discussion

NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK...FIND THE LIBRARY AT YOUR PLACE!

4/17/2020

While our doors are closed, the Library is still doing business! Find us at your place with virtual programs, online classes, databases, downloadable books, outreach and more.
Keep scrolling.....

VHM Student Essay Contest Guidelines

Our Community Partners at the Vermont Holocaust Memorial is having an essay contest, open to students grades 4 - 12. VTHM invites Vermont students to honor an individual or group they may know or have encountered in their community, by sharing a story of modern day “rescue.” This may be a doctor, house of worship, nurse, grocery clerk, shopper, postman, neighbor, friend, organization, parent, delivery person – or others. Ordinary people CAN DO extraordinary things. This is the only way people survived during the Holocaust, and the way people will survive this current crisis.

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health (D-HH) has launched a mental health webinar series in response to the COVID-19 global pandemic. The series features Dartmouth-Hitchcock (D-H) and Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine experts who discuss the challenges and concerns brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic and social isolation. This webinar is a six-part series streaming live each Wednesday, beginning April 22, 2020.

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Webinar Series

It takes a Village...and Vermont Libraries are supporting each other in all kinds of ways! Our dear friend, Abby Johnson, the Children's Librarian at the Cobleigh Library in Lyndonville and their dear friend, VT Author, David Martin have cooked up some Story Time fun and put it out there for all of us to share. THANK YOU DEAR FRIENDS!!!! Please enjoy!

Story Time Link

Click the link above to go to David Martin's Story Time with his friends, Lamby and Beary.
Learn more about David Martin and the books he's written: www.davidzmartin.com/

VIRTUAL POETRY SLAM!

4/9/2020

Every other year, the Lanpher Library hosts a Poetry Slam. The Varnum Library in Jeffersonville (our Slam Sister Library) is taking the even years so that our communities can have a Slam every single year during April's National Poetry Month.
Here is the info. on the creative way the Varnum Library is planning the Slam!

Varnum's Virtual Poetry Slam!

Here's how it works-
Participants send in a video of your own original poem. Poem length is a maximum of 3-4 minutes. The deadline is noon April 20, 2020. (That's just 2 weeks folks!) A panel of 5 Socially Distanced judges, possibly in there pajamas, will rank each poem. The poem with the most points wins! There will be 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners. If we get an avalanche of poetry, we can always dream, there may be more winners. Hooray! Winners will be announced April 30.
Parents get your kids to enter. Kids get your parents and grandparents to enter. Dare each other. Challenge each other. Inspire each other. Have fun with poetry.
RULES:
All poems/videos must be originals and not exceed 3-4 minutes in length. Good news is there is no minimum length!

Videos do not need to filmed with special cameras or include any fancy edits – we welcome all videos, however homemade! If you have a phone just flick to selfie mode and start recording. Don't stress yourself. Hit record and express yourself!
So, after you record, download your video to your Google Drive and share it with the Varnum's Poetry People email: beyondtheyellowdoor@gmail.com
Please label the videos of your poems with:-
your name
the poem's title
the town you're from
Include a transcript of your poem with your submission.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Entries received after midday, high noon -12:00, on Monday April 20 2020 will not be eligible for this Digital Slam competition.

Writers may submit only once. We're working fast here!
Record your video. Upload it to your Google drive and share with the Varnum Poetry People email- beyondtheyellowdoor@gmail.com
Writers retain full copyright of their work and we will only share work on the Varnum Memorial Library, the Lanpher Memorial Library (Our Slam Sister Library) and the Cambridge Arts Council (Our Sponsor) newsletters and social media platforms with the permission of each writer. Entering this Digital Slam Contest acts as a writer giving permission to the contest to share their submitted poetry.
This community competition is open to All- all ages, all ethnicities, and all genders. Writers must be a member of the communities we serve. We're talking Cambridge, Johnson, Hyde Park, Waterville, Belvidere and Fletcher.
There is no entry fee and no purchase necessary.
Send questions to beyondtheyellowdoor@gmail.com

Information and Resources while the Library is Closed

4/6/2020

The Lanpher Memorial Library is closed until further notice, but we're still working to help provide resources to you!

This is tax time, and usually a busy time at the Library as we help folks find the forms and information they need.
For some COVID-19 updates and information from the Vermont Department of Taxes, please visit their
website: tax.vermont.gov/coronavirus

For those needing help and advice from the Vermont Department of Labor regarding unemployment claims, they just today (4/6/2020) put out a FAQ booklet to help. Please click the link below to learn more.

vdol_covid-19_claimant_faq_book_vol_1__april_6_2020_.pdf
File Size:	435 kb
File Type:	pdf

And of course, it is 2020 U.S. Census time.
The results of the Census help determine many different factors, including funding that effects local libraries.
To complete the Census online, please visit this link: my2020census.gov/

You can scroll down on this page to learn more about how to download free audiobooks and ebooks. Please email us with any questions: hydeparklibrary@yahoo.com

Please know how much we miss you and how much we think about you, our community, every day!
Until we are able to open our doors to you again, please
Stay Home and Stay Safe.
With Care.

Updates: Library Closed- Stay Home & Stay Safe

3/25/2020

The Lanpher Library will no longer be able to provide curbside service (check out/pick up/delivery) until further notice.

Governor Scott issued a "Stay Home and Stay Safe" order restricting all unnecessary activities outside of the home or place of residence.

While under normal circumstances we feel very strongly that the Library is a necessity, in this situation we find ourselves best serving our community by not offering, what is described as a "non-essential errand".

If you have items checked out: PLEASE DO NOT RETURN LIBRARY MATERIALS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
We have set our automatic renewals to June 1st, however if you receive overdue email notices, please disregard them.
We use special gloves and cleaning supplies to disinfect returns, and those are best diverted to departments that need to be open for our health and safety.

It is heartbreaking for us to cut off this service at a time when many need it. "While our physical doors are closed, our hearts are open"

Please remember that we offer GMLC Overdrive downloadable audio and ebooks free for check out with your library card. www.lanpherlibrary.org/gmlc-overdrive-ebooksaudiobooks.html

Go the page on the left to learn more. If you can't remember your library card number, please email: hydeparklibrary@yahoo.com and we will get back to you. If you don't have a library card, please contact us at the email above and we will help set one up for you.

There are other free downloads:
National Emergency Library blog.archive.org/2020/03/24/announcing-a-national-emergency-library-to-provide-digitized-books-to-students-and-the-public/

Project Gutenberg www.gutenberg.org/

Keep checking our website for updates, and if you're able, follow us on Facebook:

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Library Material Pick Up Hours

3/18/2020

The Lanpher Memorial Library is offering pick up of library materials to our Library Patrons and home delivery to Hyde Park residents who cannot get to the Library.

Here's how it will work:
1. Request a pickup/delivery---Call us 888-4628 or reserve items from our catalog lanpherlibrary.kohavt.org
You can reserve specific items, or ask us to make some selections for you.
2. Pick-up hours are: MONDAYS 12-4, WEDNESDAYS 10-4, SATURDAYS 11-1.
Please specify the day you would like to pick up your items and try to be specific with the time you are coming.
3. We will check your items out for you, place them in a bag and have them ready for you to pick up on the designated day. You can knock on the Church St. door when you arrive and we will hand your delivery to you.
(We'll give a friendly wave through the glass, but not stop to chat!)
4. If you want a delivery, please give us your address and date to deliver. A Friend of the Lanpher Memorial Library volunteer will will come to your door, knock and leave the items at the front door.

PLEASE NOTE: We have a process for cleaning materials when they enter the Library. Current data indicates that this is likely to kill the coronavirus, but the data is changing all of the time. For an extra level of safety, you could wait up to 3 days before opening the library delivery.

ALL RETURNS MUST BE MADE THROUGH THE DROP SLOT AT THE CHURCH STREET ENTRANCE

IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING SYMPTOMS: FEVER, COUGH, AND DIFFICULTY BREATHING, PLEASE DO NOT RETURN LIBRARY MATERIALS UNTIL YOUR SYMPTOMS HAVE CLEARED.

Thank you all for helping us so that we may keep serving you.

Hyde Park Helpers

3/18/2020

Many of you have reached out to the Lanpher Library letting us know that you're willing to help...donate food, grocery shop for house bound people, etc.

A group of community minded Hyde Parkers have set up a formal site where you can sign up both for helping, and if you need help. Just click below to sign up to receive help OR to offer to help.
If you know someone who can benefit from signing up to help, please let them know about this, and maybe even help them sign up!

Hyde Park Helpers

Lanpher Library will be closed until further notice

3/15/2020

The Lanpher Memorial Library will be closed, effective immediately, until further notice.

This decision has not been made lightly, and we are feeling sad and heartbroken.

The last week has been full of uncertainty and stress for many of us as we try to make sense and keep up with the information about the spread of coronavirus. At the Library, just a few days ago we struggled with the decision of whether to cancel library programs, and now, we are announcing a closure, that brings tears to my eyes to write about.

We strive to make decisions that meet the needs of our community, and right now, we are closing the Library to limit exposure of our beloved Library Partons to the virus, and data that indicates that preemptive closure of gathering places can be effective in reducing or slowing the spread of the virus.

Under normal circumstances, community gathering at the Lanpher Library would bring comfort and sense of normalcy to confusing times, and this is part of what makes the Lanpher Library a powerful community place, however, it is also because of this that we cannot stay open in this circumstance.

While we have been doing everything we can to increase our disinfection of surfaces at the library, we cannot guarantee that the virus will not spread through exposure at the library. Because the library attracts school children, visitors from out of town, the aging populace in town, and almost everyone in between we are concerned that we are a likely place for the virus to spread from one group of people to another.

We have free 24/7 wifi, and it is accessible outside of our building.

Don't forget about GMLC Overdrive, downloadable audio and ebooks
www.lanpherlibrary.org/gmlc-overdrive-ebooksaudiobooks.html

Read the post below to learn about how you can still check out materials from the Library, keeping in mind that we cannot guarantee that we can fully make sure that they are virus free.

We will change our catalog settings so that you do not receive overdue notices, although you can still return materials in our drop box. However, if you are experiencing symptoms of the virus, please do not return library materials until you are recovered.

Check this website often for any changes or updates, and please feel welcome to call us at any time 888-4628.