This is a picture from our 1st Friday Summer Reading Program on June 2, 2017. Wildlife Prairie Park presented Clever Camouflage.
Morrison and Mary Wiley Library
206 West Main Street
P. O. Box 467
Elmwood, IL 61529
elmwoodlib@gmail.com
309 742-2431 Phone
309 742-8298 Fax
Staff
Michelle Armbruster - Library Director
Carroll Inskeep, Pat Keefer and Eulail Huffcutt
Hours
Monday, Tuesday and Friday: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Thursday: 1:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Saturday: 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Please join the Morrison & Mary Wiley Library for a program presented by a representative of the Peoria Astronomical Society about the Great American Eclipse (August 21, 2017) on Saturday, August 5th at 11:00 AM in the conference room. We will give a pair of Eclipse Glasses to each person who attends (up to 90). Plus we will have a drawing at the end of the program for 9 Eclipse Books.
We hope to see you there!
The library is in need of Casey’s pizza box tops (Buy 10, Get 11th Free) to use for our Celebration Parties. If you have any of the box tops you would be willing to donate, please drop them off at the library or let us know you have them & we will pick them up. Thank you in advance for your assistance!
Please remember that Peoria Chiefs Order Forms for the Free Game on July 26th must be turned in by Saturday, July 16th. Money for additional tickets ($7) must be included with the order form. Please make checks payable to Michelle Armbruster. Tickets will be ordered early Monday, July 17th.
If you earned an invitation to the Youth or Adult Celebration Party, please remember to RSVP by July 17th (Adults) & July 20th (Youth).
Thank you to everyone who participated in Summer Reading! Extended Reading Logs will be accepted July 17th-29th & August 7th-19th. Anyone is able to participate (even if you didn't turn logs in during Summer Reading) just stop by for a log!
Congratulations to the winners of the 1st set of prizes:
JUVENILE
# 1 MaKenzie McLeese
# 2 Genevieve Jennings
# 3 Perry Almasi
# 4 Lily McCormick
# 5 Noah Schmider
# 6 Kam Stevenson
# 7 Andrea Glenn
# 8 Lilly Long
YOUTH
# 1 Emma Salverson
# 2 Caroline Colgan
# 3 Ethan Crozier
ADULT
# 1 Steve Williams
# 2 Dolores Goodwin
# 3 Beth Hanlon
We would like to start a program for the men of the community. We would love to hear your thoughts!
Please be sure to check out the links at the bottom of the page to connect with some great online resources! You may use these sites from the library or from home (unless noted below in description). You may need your library card number. Please stop by to get your number or apply for a card if you live in Elmwood Township & don't have one yet! The link to connect to the online catalog is also at the bottom of the page.
New program
Teens' Night Out Programs will be held on the 2nd Thursday of each month from 7:00-7:45 PM.
eRead Illinois Axis 360 Update
Baker & Taylor announced that the updated version of the mobile app is now available for Kindle Fires in the Amazon App store. Please update to the latest version as soon as possible, as this version of the app resolves the issues with being able to checkout, return and renew titles. To check if the app has automatically updated, open your app store, tap on the menu button (the icon with three lines in the top left corner) and then tap App Updates. You should see the Axis 360 app icon with an Open button next to it. If the app did not automatically update, you may manually update it at that time.
Thank you for your patience during the last couple of weeks while this issue was sorted out.
The Morrison & Mary Wiley Library is not supported by tax money. A library card is free to Elmwood Township residents due to the generosity of the Morrison & Mary Wiley family. Rosefield Township pays for their residents to have a library card at our library. To register for a card, please bring a photo ID & one other form of ID with your home address (Ameren bill, water bill, etc.). The library issues family cards, so parents must be the one to register for the card. Please call 742-2431 with any questions.
The library has the following magazines for patrons to check out:
American Girl Martha Stewart Living
Better Home & Gardens Midwest Living
Birds & Bloom People
Country Prevention
Country Living Real Simple
Country Woman Redbook
Family Circle Reminisce
Fine Gardening Taste of Home
Good Housekeeping This Old House
Good Old Days US Weekly
HGTV Woman’s Day
The library offers a delivery service for patrons who are unable to get to the library due to a medical issue. If you are in need of this service, please call the library.
Please check out our two Little Free Libraries. One is located in Central Park near the bench on the NW corner of the park. The other is by the benches by the front door of the elementary school. Please stop by to take a book, leave a book!! https://littlefreelibrary.org/
Little Free Libraries a “take a book, return a book” gathering place where neighbors share their favorite literature and stories. In its most basic form, a Little Free Library is a box full of books where anyone may stop by and pick up a book (or two) and bring back another book to share. You can, too! The library will soon have two Little Free Libraries around town. The first Free Little Library was in Hudson WI in 2010. By 2014 there were around 15,000 around the world! Elmwood has become part of this great movement to promote literacy and encourage community. We are so proud to bring this great idea to Elmwood!
Here is a description of the online resources:
RSA Catalog is the catalog the library uses to check out, renew or request items from other libraries for ILL. You are able to connect from home to renew or request items. You need your library card number & password. Please stop by if you need either of these numbers.
ABC Mouse is an award-winning curriculum designed to help young children (ages 2–7+) build a strong foundation for academic success. It is 100% educational, with more than 4,000 learning activities across all major subject areas-reading, math, science, social studies, art and music. (This resource is only available at the library.)
Driver's Education Program is a program that will help you prepare online for the theory part of the DMV test. It includes: 10 car practice tests, 5 motorcycle practice tests, 3 CDL (Commercial Driver’s License) practice tests, 3 online driver’s manuals (car, motorcycle, CDL) and an FAQ section with detailed answers to 100+ DMV-related questions.
Heritage Quest® is a comprehensive treasury of American genealogical sources—rich in unique primary sources, local and family histories, convenient research guides, interactive census maps, and more. Discover the amazing history of you with Heritage Quest Online. It delivers an essential collection of genealogical and historical sources—with coverage dating back to the 1700s—that can help people find their ancestors and discover a place’s past.
Jobs For Teens is a resource for teenagers looking for jobs. As a teenager, finding a job may seem like a difficult task. Usually the most frustrating thing about the process is that employers want you to have work experience in order to consider you for a job, but if you've never worked before then you don't have any experience. But that's okay, this page is here to help you find a job regardless of your age or previous job experience.
NewsBank America's News is an online site to stay connected with National & Local news. Search the archives for full editions of thousands of newspapers from across the country, including the Peoria Journal Star and over 100 others from Illinois. They may be searched as a collection or individually to find articles, obituaries, editorials and more. Available for use from home as well. We have a link below that will take you to the Peoria Journal Star.
NoveList has reading recommendations for both fiction and nonfiction, for all ages. NoveList's expertise in books and reading means that you'll always get the best help for finding just the right books. To log in from home you must use this link http://search.ebscohost.com & these credentials:
Username: s9066307
Password: password
Rocket Languages is a totally web-based language learning platform. It includes 14 languages and each language has more than 100 hours of lessons. Lessons include: written exercises, spoken exercises, grammar games and more. The lessons can be downloaded to a mobile device or streamed. We have free mobile apps for Apple and Android devices and the service is unlimited and simultaneous use. Languages include: Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, German, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Hindi, Korean, English, ESL programs for both Japanese and Spanish speakers and American Sign Language.
Tuition Funding Sources is a free internet resource. It represents 24 years of scholarship research that has produced the largest source of scholarships in the world. Hard economic times are forcing students to either find a scholarship or get a loan if they want to go to college. Most students have no idea where to find scholarships and choose student loans only to learn after they graduate that it is much easier to borrow money than pay it back.
Tumble Books is a collection of Tumble Books (animated, talking picture books) with fiction, non-fiction and foreign language titles, Read-Alongs (chapter books with sentence highlighting and narration but no animation), Tumble TV which consists of pre-set playlists of a sequence of books and Tumble Puzzles & Games. Tumble Books are created from existing picture books which we have licensed from children's book publishers and converted to the Tumble Book format.
World Book Online is a creative, educational product that meets the highest standards of editorial excellence and ignites and inspires a lifelong love of learning. Learning isn’t ‘one size fits all. World Book Online offers a diverse suite of products for every age, ability and interest to suit the needs of all patrons. World Book Kids has fun, easy-to-read articles, illustrations and activities for the youngest library patrons. World Book Info Finder is an optimal research site for elementary and middle school-age patrons. World Book Reference Center is a powerful tool for all research needs.
P. O. Box 467
Elmwood, IL 61529
elmwoodlib@gmail.com
309 742-2431 Phone
309 742-8298 Fax
Staff
Michelle Armbruster - Library Director
Carroll Inskeep, Pat Keefer and Eulail Huffcutt
Hours
Monday, Tuesday and Friday: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Thursday: 1:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Saturday: 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Please join the Morrison & Mary Wiley Library for a program presented by a representative of the Peoria Astronomical Society about the Great American Eclipse (August 21, 2017) on Saturday, August 5th at 11:00 AM in the conference room. We will give a pair of Eclipse Glasses to each person who attends (up to 90). Plus we will have a drawing at the end of the program for 9 Eclipse Books.
We hope to see you there!
The library is in need of Casey’s pizza box tops (Buy 10, Get 11th Free) to use for our Celebration Parties. If you have any of the box tops you would be willing to donate, please drop them off at the library or let us know you have them & we will pick them up. Thank you in advance for your assistance!
Please remember that Peoria Chiefs Order Forms for the Free Game on July 26th must be turned in by Saturday, July 16th. Money for additional tickets ($7) must be included with the order form. Please make checks payable to Michelle Armbruster. Tickets will be ordered early Monday, July 17th.
If you earned an invitation to the Youth or Adult Celebration Party, please remember to RSVP by July 17th (Adults) & July 20th (Youth).
Thank you to everyone who participated in Summer Reading! Extended Reading Logs will be accepted July 17th-29th & August 7th-19th. Anyone is able to participate (even if you didn't turn logs in during Summer Reading) just stop by for a log!
Congratulations to the winners of the 1st set of prizes:
JUVENILE
# 1 MaKenzie McLeese
# 2 Genevieve Jennings
# 3 Perry Almasi
# 4 Lily McCormick
# 5 Noah Schmider
# 6 Kam Stevenson
# 7 Andrea Glenn
# 8 Lilly Long
YOUTH
# 1 Emma Salverson
# 2 Caroline Colgan
# 3 Ethan Crozier
ADULT
# 1 Steve Williams
# 2 Dolores Goodwin
# 3 Beth Hanlon
We would like to start a program for the men of the community. We would love to hear your thoughts!
Please be sure to check out the links at the bottom of the page to connect with some great online resources! You may use these sites from the library or from home (unless noted below in description). You may need your library card number. Please stop by to get your number or apply for a card if you live in Elmwood Township & don't have one yet! The link to connect to the online catalog is also at the bottom of the page.
New program
Teens' Night Out Programs will be held on the 2nd Thursday of each month from 7:00-7:45 PM.
eRead Illinois Axis 360 Update
Baker & Taylor announced that the updated version of the mobile app is now available for Kindle Fires in the Amazon App store. Please update to the latest version as soon as possible, as this version of the app resolves the issues with being able to checkout, return and renew titles. To check if the app has automatically updated, open your app store, tap on the menu button (the icon with three lines in the top left corner) and then tap App Updates. You should see the Axis 360 app icon with an Open button next to it. If the app did not automatically update, you may manually update it at that time.
Thank you for your patience during the last couple of weeks while this issue was sorted out.
The Morrison & Mary Wiley Library is not supported by tax money. A library card is free to Elmwood Township residents due to the generosity of the Morrison & Mary Wiley family. Rosefield Township pays for their residents to have a library card at our library. To register for a card, please bring a photo ID & one other form of ID with your home address (Ameren bill, water bill, etc.). The library issues family cards, so parents must be the one to register for the card. Please call 742-2431 with any questions.
The library has the following magazines for patrons to check out:
American Girl Martha Stewart Living
Better Home & Gardens Midwest Living
Birds & Bloom People
Country Prevention
Country Living Real Simple
Country Woman Redbook
Family Circle Reminisce
Fine Gardening Taste of Home
Good Housekeeping This Old House
Good Old Days US Weekly
HGTV Woman’s Day
The library offers a delivery service for patrons who are unable to get to the library due to a medical issue. If you are in need of this service, please call the library.
Please check out our two Little Free Libraries. One is located in Central Park near the bench on the NW corner of the park. The other is by the benches by the front door of the elementary school. Please stop by to take a book, leave a book!! https://littlefreelibrary.org/
Little Free Libraries a “take a book, return a book” gathering place where neighbors share their favorite literature and stories. In its most basic form, a Little Free Library is a box full of books where anyone may stop by and pick up a book (or two) and bring back another book to share. You can, too! The library will soon have two Little Free Libraries around town. The first Free Little Library was in Hudson WI in 2010. By 2014 there were around 15,000 around the world! Elmwood has become part of this great movement to promote literacy and encourage community. We are so proud to bring this great idea to Elmwood!
Here is a description of the online resources:
RSA Catalog is the catalog the library uses to check out, renew or request items from other libraries for ILL. You are able to connect from home to renew or request items. You need your library card number & password. Please stop by if you need either of these numbers.
ABC Mouse is an award-winning curriculum designed to help young children (ages 2–7+) build a strong foundation for academic success. It is 100% educational, with more than 4,000 learning activities across all major subject areas-reading, math, science, social studies, art and music. (This resource is only available at the library.)
Driver's Education Program is a program that will help you prepare online for the theory part of the DMV test. It includes: 10 car practice tests, 5 motorcycle practice tests, 3 CDL (Commercial Driver’s License) practice tests, 3 online driver’s manuals (car, motorcycle, CDL) and an FAQ section with detailed answers to 100+ DMV-related questions.
Heritage Quest® is a comprehensive treasury of American genealogical sources—rich in unique primary sources, local and family histories, convenient research guides, interactive census maps, and more. Discover the amazing history of you with Heritage Quest Online. It delivers an essential collection of genealogical and historical sources—with coverage dating back to the 1700s—that can help people find their ancestors and discover a place’s past.
Jobs For Teens is a resource for teenagers looking for jobs. As a teenager, finding a job may seem like a difficult task. Usually the most frustrating thing about the process is that employers want you to have work experience in order to consider you for a job, but if you've never worked before then you don't have any experience. But that's okay, this page is here to help you find a job regardless of your age or previous job experience.
NewsBank America's News is an online site to stay connected with National & Local news. Search the archives for full editions of thousands of newspapers from across the country, including the Peoria Journal Star and over 100 others from Illinois. They may be searched as a collection or individually to find articles, obituaries, editorials and more. Available for use from home as well. We have a link below that will take you to the Peoria Journal Star.
NoveList has reading recommendations for both fiction and nonfiction, for all ages. NoveList's expertise in books and reading means that you'll always get the best help for finding just the right books. To log in from home you must use this link http://search.ebscohost.com & these credentials:
Username: s9066307
Password: password
Rocket Languages is a totally web-based language learning platform. It includes 14 languages and each language has more than 100 hours of lessons. Lessons include: written exercises, spoken exercises, grammar games and more. The lessons can be downloaded to a mobile device or streamed. We have free mobile apps for Apple and Android devices and the service is unlimited and simultaneous use. Languages include: Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, German, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Hindi, Korean, English, ESL programs for both Japanese and Spanish speakers and American Sign Language.
Tuition Funding Sources is a free internet resource. It represents 24 years of scholarship research that has produced the largest source of scholarships in the world. Hard economic times are forcing students to either find a scholarship or get a loan if they want to go to college. Most students have no idea where to find scholarships and choose student loans only to learn after they graduate that it is much easier to borrow money than pay it back.
Tumble Books is a collection of Tumble Books (animated, talking picture books) with fiction, non-fiction and foreign language titles, Read-Alongs (chapter books with sentence highlighting and narration but no animation), Tumble TV which consists of pre-set playlists of a sequence of books and Tumble Puzzles & Games. Tumble Books are created from existing picture books which we have licensed from children's book publishers and converted to the Tumble Book format.
World Book Online is a creative, educational product that meets the highest standards of editorial excellence and ignites and inspires a lifelong love of learning. Learning isn’t ‘one size fits all. World Book Online offers a diverse suite of products for every age, ability and interest to suit the needs of all patrons. World Book Kids has fun, easy-to-read articles, illustrations and activities for the youngest library patrons. World Book Info Finder is an optimal research site for elementary and middle school-age patrons. World Book Reference Center is a powerful tool for all research needs.
