Posts Tagged ‘libraries’
What”™s Up at Your Community Libraries
By LINDSEY FENNER Hennepin County Libraries are reopening with limited in-person services. For Updated information on Hennepin County Library (HCL) services during the Coronavirus Pandemic, visit www.hclib.org. All information is accurate as of July 15, 2020 Library Updates: As of Tuesday, July 14, Franklin Library is open for computer use! Call 612-543-6925 to make an appointment. The building will remain locked, but staff will let you in at your appointment time. Masks are required and will be provided if you don”™t bring one. You will need to bring your own headphones. At this time, Franklin Library is open for computer use ONLY. Other areas and services, including book/DVD check-out, are not available. They will be accepting returns during staffed service hours. Franklin Library Computer Hours Tuesday & Wednesday 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Thursday 12-7:30 p.m. Friday & Saturday 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Sunday [...]
What”'s Up at the Franklin Community Library
1314 E. Franklin Avenue 952-847-2925 ”¢ www.hclib.org  By Erin Thomasson Hours: Tues & Thurs: 12 ”“ 8 pm Wed, Fri & Sat: 10 am ”“ 6 pm Children”'s Programs  ECFE: Reading Fun Friday, June 1, 10:30”“11:30 a.m. Register Online or call 612-543-6925. Infants-Preschool. Parents, bring your infants and preschoolers! Come and enjoy Early Childhood Family Education (ECFE) sessions to learn fun, interactive activities you can do at home with your child to build literacy skills.  Presented in partnership with Minneapolis Public Schools Early Childhood Education. Puzzlemania! Thursdays, June 14, 21 & 28, 2 ”“3 p.m. Entering K-grade 6. Enjoy a variety of educational and fun puzzles and games! Read the Book, See the Movie - for Kids Friday, June 15, 2”“4 p.m. Entering grades 3-6. So many books are being made into movies! Come watch the movie at the library and chat about the differences between the book [...]
The Alley Newspaper is Bound for The Future!
Bound for the Future had two meanings for The Alley Newspaper in 2010 and now into 2011. First, it means that the first 30 years of The Alley Newspaper”'s issues are now reprinted on good quality book paper instead of lower quality newsprint paper, and the over 4,000 pages are bound into two sets of 13, hardcover volumes. One set is available to the public at the Downtown Central Library on Hennepin Avenue and the other is available at the Franklin Library on Franklin Avenue. This making of The Alley”'s into hardcover volumes was initiated and paid for by the Hennepin County Library after an Alley volunteer spent hundreds of hours assembling a complete set of those many issues. The next tasks are: 1. Minnesota Historical Society to the complete 35 years of issues onto microfilm. 2. Digitizing of the 35 years of issue. 3. Produce an index for use with all of the reproductions. Secondly, “Bound for the Future” means that The Alley has survived [...]
