Summer Reading Program: Physical Therapy

Last week, we had so much fun with Chuck Miller's presentation on preventing sports injuries.  In addition to giving some great tips on stretching, how to make homemade ice packs and heat packs, and showing us some great exercises; he also set up an obstacle course for the kids to do.  They had so much fun going through it and many went back many times to do it again.

What's Happening in Our Library

There is a lot going on around the library this summer.  Be sure to check out our Library and Community Events page on our website for easy access to our calendar and upcoming events!

We're Accredited!

We are so happy to announce that after a few years lull, we are once again an accredited library!  The Standards and Accreditation program exists to encourage the ongoing development o f high quality public library services in Iowa.

Iowa's voluntary public library standards program was established to give public libraries a tool to identify strengths and areas for improvement.  It is also used to document the condition of public library service in Iowa, to distribute Direct State Aid funding, and to meet statutory requirements.

Every three years, each library is asked to report its progress toward achieving accreditation by completing the application and supplying support documents to provide proof of its achievements and service standards.  A fully accredited library must meet 46 standards and an additional 16 out of 33 non-tier standards.

In addition, our library participates in the Open Access Program which opens our library to patrons outside of the Wellman area.  We also participate in the Interlibrary Loan Program, which allows our patrons to check out books from libraries across the state and other libraries to access our books for their patrons as well.

We are so happy to once again have our accreditation and will continue to strive to make our library a better place to serve our community.

The Summer Reading Program is Off and Running

We had an excellent kick of to our Summer Reading Program!  We had about sixty kids make some beautiful sun catchers during our first craft day of the summer.

We cannot wait for our first program on Thursday!  Come out to Parkside and hear Chuck Miller talk about how to prevent sports injuries.  A great program for all your active kids!

A Great Open Skate

Oh my word, we had such a great crowd at today's open skate!  Thank you to everyone who came out to join us!!!  It was great to see all the smiling faces.  We had 87 skaters, as well as many parents, join in the fun.

We will be hosting another open skate in August to celebrate the end of our Summer Reading Program and send out the summer with a blast.  Hope to see you all there!

Time to Skate!

Don't miss out!  Free open skate at the Wellman Skating Rink today from 1:00-3:00.  See you all there!!

Summer Reading Program Activity Logs

Hot off the presses!  The Summer Reading Program is almost ready to begin and the Activity Logs are ready to go.  Be sure to stop by and pick yours up!  Haven't registered for the Summer Reading Program yet?  There's still time!  We are still accepting registrations.  You can either print one from our website or grab one on your next visit to the library.