Join us in celebrating National Library Week! The dedicated and hardworking staff of the Minot-Sleeper Library with the support of the Library Board of Trustees has put together the materials below. We hope you enjoy them!
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Get to Know Our Trustees
The Library's Board of Trustees is comprised of members from varying backgrounds and have different reasons for loving libraries. Get to know them in these short interviews. Click the four arrows in the bottom of the box to see the interview as a full page. You can also download the documents by clicking the downward arrow with the line below it at the bottom of each staff's interview. For mobile users, click the link below to view as a PDF. |
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Get to Know The Friends of the Library
Several of the many volunteers who make up the Minot-Sleeper Library Friends of the Library share a little about themselves and how they have found their place at the library. For mobile users, click the link below to view as a PDF. |
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Get to Know Our Staff - Even Better Than You Already Do!
In these interviews staff share how they came to work at the Minot-Sleeper Library, their favorite or funniest memory from working at the library, the best question they were ever asked at work, how their lives would be different if they didn't work at the library, and more. Click the four arrows in the bottom right of each box to see the interview as a full page. You can also download the documents by clicking the downward arrow with the line below it at the bottom of each staff's interview. For mobile users, click the links below to download the interviews as PDF files. |
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The following appeared in the Newfound Landing newspaper on April 16, 2020 thanks to the chair of the Library Board of Trustees, Rosemary D'Arcy.
Take Our Quiz!
How well do you know the Minot-Sleeper Library? Take the quiz and see how well you know your library. https://qz.app.do/pg/how-well-do-you-know-the-library
How well do you know the Minot-Sleeper Library? Take the quiz and see how well you know your library. https://qz.app.do/pg/how-well-do-you-know-the-library
Great Works of Art
With more time at home, why not get creative and recreate a great work of art? Our Interlibrary Loan/Circulation Librarian Cindy created her own and has encouraged others to make theirs, too! Share yours with us by tagging us on Facebook or Instagram or emailing minotsleeperlibrary@gmail.com.
With more time at home, why not get creative and recreate a great work of art? Our Interlibrary Loan/Circulation Librarian Cindy created her own and has encouraged others to make theirs, too! Share yours with us by tagging us on Facebook or Instagram or emailing minotsleeperlibrary@gmail.com.
Below is Christen Dolloff with her cat. The painting is 'Women with a cat' by Renoir.
Here is "The Nightmare" by Henry Fuseli. Thank you Gretchen and Adalaide McGowen!
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"Lady with an Ermine" by Cecilia Gallerani. Recreated by Kendra LaPlume!
Sharon Lee made the recreation of "Potrait of a Man in a Red Turban."
Library-themed Story Time
Join us for a couple special recorded story times with library-themed children's books.
Join us for a couple special recorded story times with library-themed children's books.
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State of Libraries
The American Library Association has released its 2020 State of American Libraries report. It includes current trends in libraries, concerns facing libraries, and the Top Ten Challenged Books in 2019. The report can be viewed at: www.ala.org/news/sites/ala.org.news/files/content/State-of-Americas-Libraries-2020-web-2.pdf. 
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Volunteer for the Library Of Congress!
Volunteer for the The Library of Congress from your own home! Our country's largest library is inviting people to help transcribe some of their historic documents. No registration required, it can be done anytime, anywhere with an internet connection!
https://crowd.loc.gov/
Volunteer for the The Library of Congress from your own home! Our country's largest library is inviting people to help transcribe some of their historic documents. No registration required, it can be done anytime, anywhere with an internet connection!
https://crowd.loc.gov/
