Library News

The original Overdrive app is being retired, if you haven’t started using the Libby app you can download it through your app store. Libby streamlines borrowing – check it out today. There are thousands of ebooks, from the most popular to back titles, audiobooks, over 3000 magazine titles and streaming video.

If you need assistance, stop by the library!

The digital library, Hoopla, now has BingePasses available for magazines, the Great Courses and thousands of documentaries and non-fiction series. With one checkout you can stream, read or watch as many of the Binge holdings as you like in seven days! Your library card number and PIN give you access! Hoopla also has thousands of ebooks, audiobooks, music, movies, television series, comics and graphic novels – and, HooplaDigital is available through Chromecast, AppleTV, FireTV, AndroidTV and Roku.

Wi-Fi mobile hotspots are available for circulation. The devices checkout for 7 days and have a zero-tolerance overdue policy. A Niobrara County Library card in good standing is required for checking out the devices, for more information stop by the library.

Kay Hooper’s latest novel is “Curse of Salem.” The small town of Salem has been quiet for months – or so Bishop and his elite Special Crimes Unit believe. Then Diana Hayes receives a warning that a twisted killer is stalking the five families that founded the town. This time Bishop and his wife, Miranda, will lead the team to hunt down this killer and uncover an ancient dark curse haunting Salem. “Curse of Salem” is also available on CD and digitally in Libby.

  Other new fiction books include “Watching Over You” by Lori Foster, “Red River Deep” by Carolyn Brown, “The Dime Novelist” by Clay More, “The Sorority Murder” by Allison Brennan, “Duke Gone Rogue” by Christy Carlyle, “The Paris Detective” by James Patterson, “Last Dance with a Cowboy” by Sara Richardson and “Fortune Favors the Duke” by Kristin Vayden.

  New non-fiction titles are “How to Live When a Loved One Dies: Healing Meditations for Grief and Loss” by Thich Nhat-Hanh, “Betty Crocker Best 100: Favorite Recipes From America’s Most Trusted Cook” by Betty Crocker and “Knives 2022” Edited by Joe Kertzman.

The Lennea Lewis Slagle Children’s Library has these new junior titles “Grown Sweet Home” by Paul Tobin, “The Haven Trials” by Suyi Davies and “Cat Kid Comic Club: Perspectives” by Dav Pilkey. Some of the newer easy books are “Building a Home’ by Polly Faber, “Dogs Love Cars” by Leda Schubert, “Otter B: Brave” by Pamela Kennedy and “Thanks for Nothing” by Ryan T. Higgins.

“Hearts” is the theme for Storyhour on Tuesday, February 15, 2022.  Storyhour is held from 10 to 11 a.m. every Tuesday throughout the year. Call 307-334-3274 anytime to hear a recorded story. Dial-A-Story is sponsored by the Friends of the Library.

Browse all of the library’s online databases including local history and genealogy by going to: http://niobraracountylibrary.org. Your library card number and PIN will give you online access to your account, the online databases through GoWyld.net, Wyoming-specific Legal Forms and Libby and Hoopla. Stop by if you would like more information about any of these resources!

Library hours are Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Wednesday 12 p.m. to 7 p.m.