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August, 2026 will be so exciting as we change to a new library experience!

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The new InfoSoup catalog launches August 19!  Here’s what to expect during the transition, including important dates for holds, the current app, and catalog access.  Planning to place a hold? Holds can be placed through August 6, but holds placed July 28–August 6 will be suspended until the new catalog launches.  Save this timeline and […]

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Angie holding two diamond art projects

Angie led the diamond art projects on the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend, 2026

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The library staff are so amazing for so many reasons: they are good readers, good problem solvers, and creative thinkers. We are so blessed that staff shows initiative–they speak up and ask, “Can I try this?” In this case, our library star is ANGIE. She created a pop-up program for the Saturday of Memorial Day

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Colette created a button for us to celebrate 3 milestones!

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Thank you to Colette for designing this stunning memento! The first line highlights that we are celebrating the 250th birthday of America! The second line highlights that we are celebrating the 150th birthday of the American Library Association (housed in Chicago). The third line highlights that we have had libraries in the City of Seymour

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Sometimes you discover a very important book at the library!

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For the book group at our library, we met on Saturday, April 11, 2026 to talk about the book The Forbidden Garden: The Botanists of Besieged Leningrad and Their Impossible Choice by Simon Parkin and published in October, 2024. I found a fabulous interview with Simon Parkin on YouTube. Lyn Buchmann is a member of our book

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