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 can sign up online using our Beanstack site, or you can sign up in person at the Clarksville or Jeffersonville locations. Be sure to check out our online calendar to see all of the fun events we have planned this summer, too.

Join us in exploring a Universe of Stories!

Main Library Construction Updates

For more information on the Main Library renovation project, visit our renovation project page.

Access Restrictions

The following areas are unavailable either temporarily or permanently:

  • North Program Room – unavailable through June 6, 2019
  • South Program Room – unavailable for the duration of the renovation
  • Gates Computer Lab – unavailable for the duration of the renovation
  • South entrancepermanently closed; emergency exit only

Please note that the meeting rooms at the Clarksville Branch are available for public use during this time, and many Main Library programs have been relocated there. You can use these links to reserve a meeting room or view our online calendar.

Clarksville Branch Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

Join us on Thursday, January 24 at 4:00 p.m. at the Clarksville Branch for our ribbon cutting ceremony and open house to celebrate the completion of our expansion and renovation project!

A brief program will take place from 4:00 – 4:30 p.m., followed by the open house which will go until 7:00 p.m. Light refreshments will be served. All members of the community are invited to come see the fabulous changes that have taken place through the partnership between Kovert Hawkins Architects and Koetter Construction.

With the expansion, the Clarksville Branch now has three rooms that can be used by the community for meetings, two of which have a kitchenette, as well as the addition of three private study rooms. The Town of Clarksville Redevelopment Commission donated $75,000 which was used to purchase new technology equipment for the Clarksville Branch. The Duke Energy Foundation donated $15,000 to establish a rain garden, and Stemler Plumbing also made a donation. The new technology equipment includes the addition of new computers for adults, teens, and children, new self-check kiosks, and a mobile technology lab so that computer classes can be presented at the Clarksville Branch. The interior decorating at the Clarksville Branch Library gives it a fresh and vibrant look that our patrons will enjoy.

Temporary Construction Hours for Jeffersonville

The Jeffersonville Library is under the following temporary hours to accommodate its construction schedule:

Mondays — Tuesdays CLOSED
Wednesdays 9:00 a.m. — 8:00 p.m.
Thursdays 9:00 a.m. — 8:00 p.m.
Fridays 9:00 a.m. — 5:30 p.m.
Saturdays 9:00 a.m. — 5:00 p.m.
Sundays CLOSED

 

Please note that this schedule ONLY applies to the Jeffersonville location and is only for the duration of the renovation project. The Clarksville Branch location will still be open its full normal schedule.

We apologize for the temporary inconvenience, but we are very excited to lead the library into the future with our envisioned improvements. These include a new Makerspace and recording studio, a new meeting room, two study rooms, a new service desk with roaming staff, self-check technology with RFID tags, and a new family restroom on the first floor. Of course, there are countless smaller improvements we plan to make along the way. You can read about all of the planned improvements on our Renovations page.

Stay up to date with our progress by following our Facebook page and Twitter handle.

Top Titles in 2018

Now that 2018 is on the books, we wanted to look back at the most popular titles at the Jeffersonville Township Public Library last year. According to our circulation statistics, the most widely read books last year were:

  1. Hardcore Twenty-Four by Janet Evanovich
  2. The Return of Rafe MacKade by Nora Roberts
  3. Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
  4. Look for Me by Lisa Gardner
  5. Midnight Line by Lee Child
  6. The Rooster Bar by John Grisham
  7. The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn
  8. Count to Ten by Ashwin Sanghi and James Patterson
  9. The Store by James Patterson and Richard DiLallo
  10. Two Kinds of Truth by Michael Connelly

What were your favorite titles in 2018?