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Book Sale reopens Saturday, August 8
Beginning Saturday, August 8 the Friends of the Library Book Sale room will reopen for patrons and visitors alike. Come see the new materials that are now available! The Friends of the Library Book Sale will be held on the second and fourth Fridays and Saturdays of each month from…
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Face masks REQUIRED starting July 27
Governor Holcomb has issued Executive Order 20-37 which requires every Hoosier to wear a face covering while inside a “business, public building, or other indoor place open to the public.” This mandate goes into effect on Monday, July 27. Please refer to the Executive Order 20-37 and the Indiana State…
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Summer Reading Club & Cultural Pass
It’s June and that means it’s time for the Summer Reading Club AND the Cultural Pass! Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all of these challenges will be held 100% online this year through Beanstack. Summer Reading Club Adults and kids have the same Summer Reading goals this year: read 4…
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JTPL Reopening Schedule
We are excited to announce that both locations of the Jeffersonville Township Public Library will soon reopen to the public! We’ve missed seeing you and hope you’ll come visit us once we’re open. However, we want to continue doing our part to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus COVID-19…
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UPDATE: Library CLOSED through May 25th
Due to continuing health and safety concerns due to novel coronavirus COVID-19, both locations of the library will continue to remain closed through Monday, May 25th. We hope to begin providing limited services such as curbside hold pickups soon. However, these plans are contingent on any restrictions from the state…
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Introducing curbside holds pickup
You can still check out materials while the library is closed! In addition to all of our great online resources like Libby and Hoopla, you can now have materials you put on hold delivered straight to your car. Here’s how it works: Put an item on hold either using our…
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Coronavirus COVID-19
UPDATE: 4/7/2020 Due to Governor Holcomb’s stay-at-home orders and continuing health and safety concerns due to novel coronavirus COVID-19, both locations of the library will continue to remain closed through Monday, May 4th. We hope to begin providing limited services such as curbside hold pickups on Wednesday, April 22nd. What…
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Ribbon Cutting & Grand Opening
Join us for the grand opening of our newly remodeled main library and the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Tom & Mary Frances Koetter Makerspace: Light refreshments will be served; however, we ask that guests refrain from eating and drinking in the makerspace. We appreciate your patience throughout this renovation…
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Your library is now FINE FREE!
Have you heard? Starting November 1st, JTPL is no longer charging overdue fines! All we ask is that you bring your items back in a timely manner. We have a whole page explaining this new policy in greater detail, but here are a few frequently asked questions: You said you…
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Support #ebooksForAll
Did you know that JTPL has promoted eBooks and eAudiobooks usage for nearly 10 years, long before it was as popular as it is today? In fact, in the last 12 months, JTPL cardholders checked out 21,313 eBooks and eAudiobooks (that’s 19% higher than the previous 12 months) through platforms…
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New digitization project underway
We are proud to announce the commencement of a new oral history digitization project, running from now until April 30, 2020. At the end of the project, researchers and genealogists around the world will have free online access to audio recordings of interviews with people who lived through the most…
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Top Titles in 2019
Now that 2019 is on the books, we wanted to look back at the most popular titles at the Jeffersonville Township Public Library last year: Top 10 Books Becoming by Michelle Obama Where The Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens Dog Man Unleashed by Dav Pilkey The Reckoning by John Grisham…
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Libraries Transform Book Pick: After the Flood
Our library is joining public libraries nationwide in a new digital reading program, the Libraries Transform Book Pick, which offers access to the same ebook for a two-week period. The first ebook selection is the newly released title After the Flood by Kassandra Montag, published by William Morrow, an imprint…
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Summer Reading is almost over!
Ready to take the next giant leap for mankind? We’re celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing with the 2019 Summer Reading Club, which runs Monday, May 20th through Saturday, August 3rd! There are loads of great prizes for kids and adults who complete the program. You…