In order to comply with Kansas Governor Kelly’s Stay at Home order, the Lindsborg Community Library building will be closed to the public and both curb-side and delivery services will be discontinued indefinitely.
All library materials currently checked out are now renewed through April 27, 2020. Please do not return items while the Stay at Home order is in place. This will be re-evaluated April 20, 2020.
EDIT March 30, 2020: In order to comply with Kansas Governor Kelly’s Stay at Home order, the Lindsborg Community Library building will be closed to the public and both curb-side and delivery services will be discontinued indefinitely. All library materials currently checked out are now renewed through April 27. Please do not return items while the Stay at Home order is in place.
This will be re-evaluated April 20 and more details will be posted on both our website and Facebook page as they come available. Thank you for your understanding and hope you stay healthy!
The Lindsborg Community Library will be offering curb-side service while social-distancing measures are in place to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus. If you were not able to stock up on Library books or movies in advance, we will still be at work to provide these for you!
Here’s how it will work:
1. Log in to the Library Catalog and place reserves for what you want to check out. To sign in, your username is the number underneath the barcode on the back of your card and your password is preset to the last four digits of your phone number.
When you find the item you would like to check out, click on it to display the full record. There will be a button that says “Reserve this item.” Click it to place your request.
If you need assistance, you can also call a Librarian at 227-2710 on Monday – Friday, 11 – 3.
2. Librarians will check out your items, place them in Ziploc bags with your name on the front, and set them out on the bookcase in the front entry way.
3. Come to the Library front entry to pick up your items. The outer door will be unlocked while Librarians are onsite. If you are unable to pick up your items in person, we will also have delivery service available.
If you are sick, please request delivery service.
4. Return your items to the book drop when you are finished.
5. All materials will be cleaned before returning to the shelves. This process includes sanitizing covers and edges with 70% rubbing alcohol and three day isolation before items are checked in and returned to Library shelves.
Delivery Service Also Available
If you are sick or are unsure if you be able to pickup your items in the time the front entry will be open, we are also offering volunteer delivery service. In order to receive this service, simply add these steps.
1. After you have placed your requests, call or email the Library with your address. If we are unable to answer the phone, leave a message on our answering machine. Our phone number is 785-227-2710 and our email is lindsborglibrary@sbcglobal.net.
2. Librarians will place your requests in a designated location for our volunteers deliver on Monday afternoons, 1-3.
3. Volunteers will place your items near your front door or another weather-protected location you offered when giving your address.
4. If you would like volunteers to pick up your items when you are finished, call or email the Library. Place your items in a weather-proof bag, such as the Ziploc bags they were delivered in, and put them in the designated pick up location near your front door. Volunteers will pick up items on Thursdays, 1-3 PM, so please have them ready at that time. You may also return library items to the book drop at your convenience.
Many thanks to the Bethany College Criminal Justice Department for providing our delivery service!
We thank you for your understanding and hope you stay healthy!
Edited 3/20/2020 for updates in times these services are available.
Edited 3/30/2020 for updates regarding closures due to Stay at Home orders.
In order to follow government recommended social distancing in response to the COVID-19 coronavirus, the Lindsborg Community Library will be closed to the public through Saturday, March 21, 2020. All events are currently cancelled through March 31.
Announcements regarding dates the Library will return to regular hours will be posted on our website and Facebook page.
We thank you for your understanding and hope you stay healthy!
As we approach Thanksgiving, there are many things that we are thankful for at the Library. While we are thankful for Library services, check outs, and programs, the people are certainly at the top of our list. Thanks to our volunteers, our sponsors & friends, and our patrons we serve! Our library is the great place that it is because of you.
We will be closed Thursday so that our librarians can spend the holiday with family and friends; Friday we will be open our regular schedule. Happy Thanksgiving!
The Library circulation system changes are now active and you can explore what your account has to offer!
First, any changes you made to your account information has been reset with the new system. This means that your account username has been reset to the number under the barcode on the back of your library card and your password is the last four digits of your phone number. If you changed it to something easier to remember, you will need to change it again.
Access to the library catalog at https://lindsborg.biblionix.com/catalog/ is available with the reset information. Sign in at the login boxes at the top right corner to change your account information, set up your preferred notification methods, renew or reserve items, and access your reading history. This reading history starts with the new system; if you are interested in a printed list of the history you had in the old system, please contact the Library for assistance.
Access to the Sunflower e-Library should be available to you with the reset username and password. If not, please contact the Library for further support.
Thank you for your continuing patience as we adjust to the changes!
The Library is changing circulation systems this week! Most of these updates will be for librarians, however, patrons will see the improved changes to our online catalog.
The switch starts today and the new system will be active tomorrow (anticipated time is 10 AM), so please call the Library directly if you want to renew materials, reserve items, or have any difficulties accessing your eLibrary materials this week. More information on how the new catalog can serve you will be coming soon!
Thank you for your patience during the transition!
Pictured with the new automatic doors and memorial plaque are three of Ed’s five children: Corey Griffith’s, Carla Wilson, and Cindy Akagi. Not pictured are Chris Campbell and CJ Griffith’s.
Memorials given by the friends and family of Edward G. Griffith’s have provided funding for automatic doors at the east entrance of the Lindsborg Community Library.
Adding automatic doors to the Library has been an improvement desired for many years. Both entrances require patrons to open two doors in close succession, which previously reduced ease of access for patrons with wheelchairs, reduced mobility, and families with strollers, among others. Automatic door openers were added to the west entrance in 2013. While installing automatic doors at both entrances was not possible at that time, improving accessibility at the east entrance remained a goal for Library improvements.
Now having both entrances fully accessible to all patrons is a wonderful gift. The Lindsborg Community Library greatly appreciates honoring the memory of Lindsborg resident and library patron Ed Griffith’s in this way.
In honor of 2019 being Lindsborg’s 150th birthday, we are on the search for Lindsborg’s Top 150 favorite books! In April we voted on the 40 nominations of favorite adult fiction titles and received votes on an additional 15 favorites.
13 votes: The Mitford Series by Jan Karon
8 votes: The Joe Pickett Series by C.J. Box
8 votes: The Sisterchicks Series by Robin Jones Gunn
7 votes: The Sensible Shoes Series by Sharon Garlough Brown
7 votes: The Stephanie Plum Series by Janet Evanovich
7 votes: The Annie’s Attic Mysteries Series by Multiple Authors
7 votes: The Heart of the Frontier Series by Tracie Peterson
6 votes: A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
6 votes: And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
4 votes: Horowitz and Mrs. Washington by Henry Denker
3 votes: Light a Penny Candle by Maeve Binchy
3 votes: Where are the Children? by Mary Higgins Clark
3 votes: The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
3 votes: The Redemption Series by Karen Kingsbury
3 votes: The Source by James Michener
3 votes: The Best of Me by Nicholas Sparks
3 votes: Payment in Full by Henry Denker
2 votes: Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
2 votes: One SUmmer by David Baldacci
2 votes: The Jack Reacher Series by Lee Child
2 votes: A Painted House by John Grisham
2 votes: The Sevenwaters Series by Juliet Marilier
2 votes: The Novel by James Michener
2 votes: Fifty Fifty by James Patterson
2 votes: …And the Ladies of the Club by Helen Hooven Santmeyer
2 votes: After Anna by Lisa Scottoline
2 votes: The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
2 votes: The Covenant by James Michener
1 vote: The Amos Decker Series by David Baldacci
1 vote: The John Puller Series by David Baldacci
1 vote: The Robert Langdon Series by Dan Brown
1 vote: The Last Runaway by Tracy Chevalier
1 vote: Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
1 vote: Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah
1 vote: The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult
1 vote: Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
1 vote: Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
1 vote: Go Down Together by Jeff Guinn
0 votes: The Camel Club Series by David Baldacci
0 votes: The Weight of Silence by Heather Gudenkauf
0 votes: The Blue Bistro by Elin Hilderbrand
0 votes: Stories by Garrison Keillor
0 votes: The Alex Delaware Series by Jonathan Kellerman
0 votes: The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty
0 votes: The Pact by Jodi Picoult
0 votes: Sea Glass by Anita Shreve
Votes for books in previous sections of Round 1 have been added to the earlier totals. Votes for books in Round 1E will be included in the May vote.
Thanks to everyone who has voted so far! As of May 1, more than 200 individual books and book series have been included in the voting. The 150 individual books or series of books with the most votes across all five heats of Round 1 will advance to Round 2 which will narrow Lindsborg’s Top 150 favorites to the Top 25.
In May, we have the final heat of voting for Round 1. Round 1E is now open and everyone is invited to vote as many times as they would like throughout the month. 40 nominations of favorite adult nonfiction & classics have been received; if your favorite was not submitted before December 31, 2018, you still have time to write-in your vote this month.
To vote in person, visit the Library’s Lindsborg 150 display; to vote online, click here.
In honor of 2019 being Lindsborg’s 150th birthday, we are on the search for Lindsborg’s Top 150 favorite books! In March we voted on the 39 nominations of favorite adult fiction & childrens’ classics and received votes on an additional 5 favorites.
38 votes: The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
31 votes: The Chronicles of Narnia Series by C.S. Lewis
29 votes: The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
28 votes: The Little House on the Prairie Series by Laura Ingalls Wilder
24 votes: The Anne of Green Gables Series by L.M. Montgomery
20 votes: Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
20 votes: The Sarah, Plain and Tall Series by Patricia MacLachlan
18 votes: The Children of Hurin by J.R.R. Tolkien
17 votes: Christy by Catherine Marshall
12 votes: The Wizard of Oz Series by L. Frank Baum
11 votes: In the Field of Grace by Tessa Afshar
11 votes: Here Burns My Candle (Series) by Liz Curtis Higgs
11 votes: The Brides with Grit Series by Linda Hubalek
11 votes: A Wrinkle in Time Series by Madeleine L’Engle
8 votes: The Papa’s Wife Series by Thyra Ferre Bjorn
8 votes: The Wingfeather Saga by Andrew Peterson
7 votes: All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
7 votes: Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
7 votes: The Wings of Fire Series by Tui T. Sutherland
6 votes: The Kingsbridge Series by Ken Follett
6 votes: North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
5 votes: To Serve Them All My Days by R.F. Delderfield
5 votes: The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
5 votes: How Green was My Valley by Hugh Llewellen
5 votes: The Quincunx by Charles Palliser
5 votes: Sarum by Edward Rutherford
5 votes: The Secret History by Donna Tartt
5 votes: The Book of God by Walter Wangerin
4 votes: The Enchanted Barn by Grace Livingston Hill
3 votes: Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
3 votes: The Outlander Series by Diana Gabaldon
3 votes: The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
3 votes: The Help by Kathryn Stockett
2 votes: Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
2 votes: The Maisie Dobbs Series by Jacqueline Winspear
1 vote: The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
1 vote: Light a Penny Candle by Maeve Binchy
1 vote: The Tuscan Child by Rhys Bowen
1 vote: The Tudors Series by Philippa Gregory
1 vote: The Wheel of Time Series by Robert Jordan
1 vote: The White Fox Chronicles by Gary Paulsen
1 vote: Dugouts and Daisies (Series) by Robert E. Segerhammar
1 vote: The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
0 votes: Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
Thanks to everyone who has voted so far! The 150 individual books or series of books with the most votes across all five heats of Round 1 will advance to the next round, narrowing Lindsborg’s Top 150 favorites to the Top 25.
In April, we have the forth heat of voting for Round 1! Round 1D is now open and everyone is invited to vote as many times as they would like throughout the month. 40 nominations of favorite adult fiction books and series have been received; if your favorite was not submitted before December 31, 2018, you still have time to write-in your vote this month.
To vote in person, visit the Library’s Lindsborg 150 display; to vote online, click here.
Are you interested in learning more about repairing books? Come join us at the Library for our hands-on book repair class Saturday, April 6, 10:30-11:30 AM!
If you have damaged books, bring them along to learn if they can be repaired, what is required, and get started! If you do not have damaged books of your own, participants are welcome to practice on damaged library books. Some repairs require glue and could be messy, so please dress accordingly or bring an apron to cover your clothes.
Contact us at lindsborglibrary@sbcglobal.net to RSVP or learn more!
