What's Your Vision for a Main Library?
The Lincoln City Libraries Board of Trustees has embarked on a Main Library Vision and Concept Study.
Lincoln City Libraries to Celebrate Children's Book Week
 Lincoln City Libraries is celebrating Children’s Book Week, May 7 through 13, with special storytime visits by a live Sock Monkey. Storytime participants are encouraged to bring their own “sleepy-time pal” to meet the Sock Monkey. A free “I Love My Library” bag will be given to any child or adult who checks out 10 children’s books after storytime.
 The Sock Monkey’s visits will take place at the following times:
- Thursday, May 3, 10:15 to 10:45 a.m. - Bennett Martin Public Library, 136 So. 14th St.
- Monday, May 7, 4 to 4:45 p.m. - Williams Branch, 5000 Mike Scholl St.
- Tuesday, May 8, 10:30 to 11 a.m. - Anderson Branch, 3635 Touzalin Ave.
- Tuesday, May 8, 7 to 7:30 p.m. - Eiseley Branch, 1530 Superior St.
- Wednesday, May 9, 10:30 to 11 a.m. - Walt Branch, 6701 So. 14th St.
- Wednesday, May 9, 2 to 2:30 p.m. - South Branch, 2675 South St.
- Thursday, May 10, 10:30 to 11 a.m.- Bethany Branch, 1810 N. Cotner
- Tuesday, May 15, 10:30 to 11 a.m. - Gere Branch, 2400 So. 56th St.
The Sock Monkey visits storytime at Bennett Martin Public Library
e-Books Made Easy: How to Get Library Books for Your Kindle
 Staff from Lincoln City Libraries will provide an overview of how to use library e-books on a Kindle device. Attendees will learn how to search the Lincoln City Libraries’ website for e-books, check them out, and download them to a Kindle. Attendees will also learn how to return e-books prior to the due date. Participants are encouraged to bring their Kindle devices with them and to ask questions throughout. No registration is required.
Classes will be presented at these locations:
Similar presentations for Nooks and other e-book readers will be available in June.
Have you ever checked out an e-Book from your public library?
 The Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project, a non-profit research organization in Washington, DC, is conducting an online survey of public library patrons who borrow e-books. If you have checked out or downloaded e-books from a public library, please consider taking Pew Internet’s survey, available at the link below. All responses will be confidential, although your answers may be quoted anonymously in a future report. The survey should take about 15 minutes.
To take the survey, visit: http://libraries.pewinternet.org/participate/survey/e-book-borrowers
The Pew Internet Project will also be doing broader surveys of public library patrons general, as well as people (including non-library-users) who own e-readers or tablet computers. If you want to participate in those, you can sign up to be notified of future surveys here.
To learn more about the Pew Internet Project’s research on e-reading and public libraries, which is entirely free and available to the public, visit libraries.pewinternet.org.
The survey will be active through May 18.
NET Voter Voices
 During this election year, NET (Nebraska Educational Telecommunications) is gathering community thoughts, perspectives and questions to share with the candidates (and the rest of Nebraska) on TV, radio, web and social media.
Those in the community interested in video recording their point-of-view on an issue and a candidate question, will be able to, beginning Sunday, March 25 at Eiseley Branch Library.
Here are suggestions for those interested in taping comments:
- Each person should summarize one issue that is important to them
- Try to keep comments to 2 minutes or less
- Direct questions to candidates in the U.S. Senate race
Taping times at the Bennett Martin Public Library are:
- Sundays 12:00 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.
- Monday - Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 5:45 p.m.
Taping times at Eiseley Branch Library are:
- Sundays 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
- Tuesdays 10:00 a.m. - Noon
- Thursdays 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
Taping times at Gere Branch Library are:
- Sundays 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
- Tuesdays 10:00 a.m. - Noon
- Thursdays 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
Taping times at Walt Branch Library are:
- Tuesdays 10:00 a.m. - Noon
- Wednesdays 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
- Saturdays 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Other library locations will be added soon.
Annual Report
Lincoln City Libraries' Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2010-2011 is now available.
Lincoln City Libraries Offers Parent-Child Book Groups
 Parent-Child book groups are a great way to encourage your kids to read, as well as share some special time together. Reading the same book as your child gives you a common bond and is a great conversation starter. Lincoln City Libraries offers parent-child book groups year round.
Information about current groups is available here.
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