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LIBRARY NEWS
Please check out this page (below) for any events or breaking library notices, the Dixie Fire (Library) page for resources and information about the fire or the Greenville Temporary Location and hours, and the COVID-19 page for the latest information and resources about the pandemic. Local/state notices are now at the bottom of the page.
Hot Spot Issues: Our hotspots use T-Mobile and may be running into the same issues other community members are having due to the tower damage. We apologize for the inconvenience. [March 2023]
Zip Book Program Issues: We are still working on our current program account issues with the vendor Amazon. We hope to have this resolved soon. Please feel free to keep turning in zip book requests and we will complete the orders as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience. [Last Updated May 19 2023]
New Database: We have a new video streaming service called Filmocracy, which lets you attend hundreds of film festivals around the world... from your couch.
EVENTS AND PROGRAMS
FOR PLUMAS COUNTY BRANCHES
COUNTY-WIDE EVENTS
All events listed here are happening at all Plumas County Branches, including the Greenville Pop-Up.
Click on the link for details about the 2023 Summer Reading Program. Reach your weekly reading goal, get a prize, and enter into a raffle for a $30 gift card from June 12th to August 26th 2023. You can also join us at any branch in July and August for fun programs like creating spin art, coding with Ozobots, and more.
Want to find a past activity? Looking for the recorded story times, or the 6 week drawing course? We have a new tab called Programming Archives where you will now be able to access all past digital programming!
BRANCH-SPECIFIC EVENTS
All events at the library are free to the public. Age guidelines may be added to certain events.
Quincy Events
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Quincy Large Triannual Sale
Great bargains on used and nearly-new books, organized by subject and genre.
Thursday August 3 2023 - Saturday August 5 2023
Thanks for a great April sale!
Thurs from 2pm-6pm, members only (you can sign up at the door)
Fri from 10am-5pm
Sat from 10am-2pm
The sale will be held as usual in the Community Room of the Plumas County Library in Quincy.
Children’s Books are FREE! Up to 20 books per family!
Please bring your reusable bag(s) to fill with great books.
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Check out this space for future events!
Chester Events
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Join us for the
Chester Library Annual Book Sale
Saturday June 24 2023 & Sunday June 25 2023
9:00am - 3:00pm
in the Chester parking lot.
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Greenville Pop-Up Branch Events
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Storytime at the Greenville Library!
Come join us for an afternoon story!
When: Sat June 17, 2023 from 11:30am-12:30pm
Where: Greenville High School, Rm #402, 117 Grand St Greenville CA 95947
Please call (530) 283-6310 if you have any questions.
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STORY TIME
Quincy Library -- Baby Bounce & Preschool & Children
Thursdays, 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Closed for Summer Reading Program TBA.
Portola Library -- Baby Bounce & Preschool
Wednesdays, 2:30pm-3:30pm
Closed for Summer Reading Program TBA.
Chester Library -- Children
Second & Fourth Wednesdays of the month, 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Closed for Summer Reading Program on August 9 and 23, 2023.
Greenville Library -- Baby Bounce & Preschool & Children
TBD.
If you would still like to join Story Time through Zoom, Lori at Chester Branch will continue to provide a hybrid story time of in-person and virtual. If you're interested, please contact Lori at pclibc@psln.com or 258-2742 to be added to the mailing list that provides the meeting link.
All story times are paused in July for the Summer Reading Program.
Note: Baby Bounce refers to programs aimed at babies & toddlers 0-36 months, Preschool is aimed at kids 3-6 years old, and Children is aimed at 3-7.5 years old. However, all children - including older siblings - are welcome to any story time. Each program generally includes reading, a simple craft project, and music/movement.
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The Dial-A-Story program offers recorded children stories in English and Spanish. This lets you have story time from any phone, available 24/7, for any age. Just dial 530-394-3077 and press 1 to listen to the stories in English or press 2 to listen to them in Spanish.
El programa de Dial-A-Story ofrece cuentos grabados para niños en Inglés y Español. Esto le permite tener la hora del cuento desde cualquier teléfono, disponible las 24 horas del día, los 7 días de la semana, por cualquier edad. Solo marque 530-394-3077 y oprima 1 para escuchar las historias en Inglés, oprima 2 para escucharlas en Español.
The Galecia Group recognized how challenging it would be for the Library to continue to provide services to our patrons after losing the Greenville Branch, so they offered free use of their LibraryCall service to help us reach everyone in the county, including those without Internet access at home. We hope you enjoy the Dial-a-Story services.
LOCAL/STATE NOTICES
The Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) is the replacement program to help low-income households pay for internet service and connected devices. More information can be found here.
Fire Season & Other Disaster Preparedness: Listos CA offers several disaster preparedness toolkits in a variety of languages - please check them out and get prepared before disaster strikes. You can check out your air quality here or here. Please also look at the County's Office of Emergency Services webpage for more information about how the county - and you - can prepare for emergencies. Firewise has plenty of resources for you and your community too. Virginia Tech’s Recovery Effort After Adult and Child Trauma (R.E.A.A.C.T.) Team created a helpful Guide to Fire Safety, Prevention, and Recovery. (Please note some resources mentioned in the document are Virginia-based only.) Also check out resources through Plumas County Fire Safe Council, the California Dept of Forestry and Fire Protection, and CalFire's Ready for Wildfire. CalOES offers MyHazards, a tool to discover hazards in your area (earthquake, flood, fire, and tsunami) and learn steps to reduce personal risk, and here's a link on how to prepare and deal with pets for disasters like wildfires. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has a disaster checklist here. For one of our 2021 SRP virtual programs we also did a skit with Owlbert and Scared Squirrel about wildfire prevention.