Posted By merickson on May 23, 2013

The library will be closed 10:00am to approximately 1:00pm Friday, May 24^th so that staff can attend the funeral of Ray Kirtz (Kay’s husband and our dear friend).

Ray’s funeral will be Friday at the Fillmore Free Methodist Church in Wykoff at 11:00am with visitation one hour prior to the service.

We appreciate your understanding during this difficult time.

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Posted By merickson on May 22, 2013

The library will be closed Saturday, May 25th in observance of the Memorial Day Holiday.

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Posted By merickson on May 13, 2013

Information directly from SELCO website:

SELCO is migrating to a new Storage Area Network (SAN) during the week of May 13, 2013. The SAN stores all SELCO data and the virtual servers that provide most of our services. A few points to be aware of:

• Data and server migrations will be carried out each evening (starting on Monday) between 9:00 PM and 6:00 AM. During these hours some SELCO services will be unavailable as we migrate the servers that provide those services.

• Since we are carrying out all migrations after 9:00 PM, we do not expect any SELCO services to be down during business hours. If a given server fails to migrate, we will simply revert to the copy on our existing SAN and try again the next evening after troubleshooting the problem. We realize that patrons use some services from home after 9:00 PM, but disruption during those hours is unavoidable.

• We do not expect all services to be down at all times; servers not actually being migrated will remain up and functional, assuming other servers they rely upon are also up.

• It is extremely difficult to predict how long it will take to migrate a given server and its data. For this reason, we cannot say exactly when specific services will be unavailable. There is a schedule but we intend to be nimble and move more quickly when possible.

• We are starting on Monday night with Horizon-related servers.

•  eBook access will be unaffected by this project.

• We expect to be finished no later than the evening of Friday, May 17, 2013.

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Posted By merickson on May 3, 2013

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Posted By merickson on May 2, 2013

The library is closed today due to the weather.

“No travel advised in southeastern Minnesota.”  In May!!

Stay home.  Stay safe.  Stay warm!

Tis the perfect kind of day to curl up with a good book!

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Posted By merickson on May 1, 2013

Preparations for a great Summer Reading Program are underway!

There will be a break from Friday morning storytimes through May so that we have time to get everything ready for our fantastic  summer readers!

Check this site  for details about Summer Reading later this month.

Summer is coming …

Really.  It is!

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Posted By merickson on April 22, 2013

Happy National Volunteer Week, April 21-27, 2013

National Volunteer Week is a time to celebrate and recognize individuals who give of their time and talents to the benefit of the community.

This past year, our library has directly benefited from generous gifts of time, effort, and/or resources from several folks in our community.  Some of these people and groups, in no particular order, include:

Isaiah Redalen     Stacey & Richard McKnight     Keagan Clarke     Tim & Susan Gossman

Connie Fossen     Mark Manus     Mary Kay Murray     Tim McLaughlin     Lynn Harstad

Sharlene & John Owens     David & Jessica Frank     Lanny Severson     Beth Helgeson

Margaret Viss     Darrell Costello     Mimi Seamens     Denise Mullen     Elaine Stadum

Debra Collum     Donna Cramer     Janice Welch     Karen & Ron Greenslade

Kelly Poshusta     Helene Spelhaug     Rita Charlton     Shirley Clemens     Dora Kammer

Mary Anderson     Gloria Ungemach     Toni Wolski     Library Board

Friends of the Library     Sassy Quilters     City Hall Staff     City Maintenance Crew

Chatfield Center for the Arts Board     Donors of gently used materials

Purchasers of Kwik Trip cards & gently used materials for sale at the library

To all of you, and those who didn’t get mentioned by name, we truly appreciate you.  Our library … our community … is better because of you.

Thank you for all you do!!

(This list will likely keep growing this week as I keep thinking of more people to add!)

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Posted By merickson on April 15, 2013

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Posted By merickson on April 13, 2013

Overdrive welcomes you to the Next Generation of access to your library’s digital collection!  They’re intention is to make it “faster and more intuitive to connect you to the books you love.”
Click HERE to access steps designed to answer your questions and help you get acquainted with the new experience.

Overdrive offers step-by-step help for almost anything you want to do.  Click HERE to check it out.

Additionally, SELCO Staff members have prepared these guides:

Using an eInk Device (i.e. Nook Simple Touch)

Using a Device with Apps (i.e. iPad)

Using a Kindle

Sometimes it can seem confusing or overwhelming to get started, but it is sooooo worth the effort!  Once you get things set up and learn the process, it becomes easy.  Really!!

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Posted By merickson on April 11, 2013

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