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(October 15, 2012)   The Minerva Public Library fall book sale runs all this week.  There are many books for sale for ages and interests, as well as audiobooks, DVDs, VHS tapes, CDs, and this fall, a collection of vintage 78's and LP's.  New items are added to the sale every day, so plan to visit more than once.  On Saturday, October 20, the final day of the sale, you may buy a grocery bag full of the remaining items for only $1.00.  All proceeds from the sale are used to purchase new materials this year for you to check out and enjoy. 

(October 4, 2012) A reminder that the library will be closed Monday, October 8 as a day of unpaid leave for all library staff.  This is the third mandatory furlough day this year imposed by the library Administration and Trustees as a cost-saving measure.  No library materials are due on any day that the library is closed. 

(September 18, 2012)  A reminder that the deadline to register to vote in this fall's general election is Tuesday, October 9.  The library has both voter registration forms and absentee ballot request forms.  If you have questions about your registration, where you vote, or other election issues, please contact the Board of Elections in Carroll, Columbiana, or Stark county, or the Ohio Secretary of State's Office. 

(September 15, 2012) Do you love building with Legos? You can get together and create with other kids who like them too!  Minerva Public Library will be hosting a Lego Day on Saturday, September 22 from 2:00-3:30 pm in the Community Room on the library's lower level. This entertaining activity is designed for ages 6 and up.  Parents are encouraged to attend.  Space is limited.  To sign up call 330-868-4101 and ask for Youth Services.

(August 27, 2012) We'd like to welcome back all the Minerva students for another year.  The library provides all sorts of books and materials to aid the industrious student, and library staff are happy to help with your school projects or leisure interests.  The Ohio Web Library offers a great assortment of online tools to help with classwork and research, including the World Book Encyclopedia, access to many magazines and newspapers, Mango in-depth foreign-language instruction, and Learning Express online test preparation and practice.   All are free with your Minerva Public Library card.  If you don't have one, stop in and sign up today. 

(July 3, 2012)  The library is closed Wednesday, July 4, in observance of Independence Day.  No library materials are due on any day that the library is closed.

(June 18, 2012) As we have for years now, the library will close at 5:00 pm this Wednesday, June 20, the first day of the Minerva Homecoming, to make way for the Homecoming Parade.

(June 18, 2012)  To celebrate the Minerva Homecoming, the library is holding its summer lightening book sale.  Four days only to choose from books for all ages and interests at attractive prices.   Proceeds support library programs and the purchase of new library materials for you to check out and enjoy. 

(June 8, 2012)  As of this afternoon the new SEO library catalog is up and running.  There will be the occasional hiccup over the next few days as consortium staff adjust settings and fix surprise problems, but we are back to checking library materials in and out, placing holds, sending and receiving items in delivery, and searching the catalog.  Please take a look at the new library catalog and give it a try.  Your account is again available to you, and we hope that you'll enjoy the new catalog search features.  Thank you for your patience during the switch.

(May 31, 2012) The library is moving to a new online catalog over the next week along with the other 78 libraries that are members of the SEO library consortium.   It's a big project to move the records for over 6.7 million items and over 700,000 library patrons from one system to another, and there will be some limits to our services during the next few days.

• The library will be open its usual hours, and we will be able to check out library materials to you.  Internet access in the library will not be affected by this project.

• However, we can not check in things you might return between June 3 and June 7.  Nothing is due from June 3-10 so we ask that you give the library materials an extended vacation at your house and not return them until they are due.

• The online catalog will not be available from June 1-7 either at home or in the library.  During this time, you will not be able to place holds on library materials.

• However, library staff will be able to look up items for you and we will keep a list of holds on paper to enter in the catalog as soon as we can. 

Thanks for your patience during  this transition.