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.

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.

Edward G. Griffith’s, 1934 – 2019

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.

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

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!

In honor of 2019 being Lindsborg’s 150th birthday, we are on the search for Lindsborg’s Top 150 favorite books. In February we voted on the 40 nominations of favorite juvenile & young adult books, received votes on an additional 11 favorites, as well as early votes for 6 books in later votes. All together, more than 500 votes were received this month!

In March, we have the third heat of voting for Round 1! Round 1C is now open and everyone is invited to vote as many times as they would like throughout the month. 39 nominations of favorite adult fiction and children’s 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 January, we began voting on the 33 nominations of favorite books for the young & young at heart, and we are excited to announce the results.

With a new month, we begin the second heat of voting for Round 1! Round 1B is now open and everyone is invited to vote as many times as they would like throughout the month of February. 40 nominations of favorite juvenile and young adult 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, go to: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2W2B6LS 

2019 is Lindsborg’s 150th Birthday and we will be celebrating at the Library all year long with Lindsborg’s 150 favorite books. When we asked for titles of your favorite books, we received 268 responses, many of these being so beloved that they received nominations from more than one person.

These 268 nominations amounted to a total of 192 individual books or series of books to consider for the honor of being Lindsborg’s Top 150. Round 1 of voting will be held in 5 heats, January – May 2019 with the 150 books with the most votes across all heats will advance to the next round. In Round 2, 4 heats of voting will narrow our 150 to 25 favorites; Round 3 will narrow to our top 10, and the Final Round will determine Lindsborg’s Favorite Book. With voting all year long, we are excited to be celebrating the wide variety of books loved in our Lindsborg Community!

This month voting starts with 33 favorite books for the young & young at heart. Vote as often as you like at the Library or online now through January 31.

The Lindsborg Community Library is taking applications for a Library Clerk to work Mondays 2-7PM and Thursdays, 2-6PM weekly and Saturdays 10AM – 2PM as assigned. Responsibilities will cover a variety of library tasks, including circulation, patron services, basic technology assistance, library material processing and repair, and other duties as assigned.

Interested in joining our team? Check out the job description here: Library Clerk

Applications are available here: Job Application Form and at the Library.

Submit applications in person at the Library, 111 South Main, Lindsborg, KS by the end of the day Monday, October 22, 2018. For more information, contact Library Director Suzanna Swenson, lindsborglibrary@sbcglobal.net.

Edit: As of 11/26/18, the Library Clerk Position has been filled. Thanks so much for your interest in working at the Library! When positions come available in the future, they will be announced on this website, through our Library Facebook page, and/or onsite at the Library.