COVID-19 Update

Posted by on 11 December 20

Winter Reading Challenge and Scavenger Hunt has Begun!

Posted by suzanne on 10 December 20

Cozy up with some good books this winter. Register the whole family at https://henrylibrary.beanstack.org/reader365 because all ages are invited to participate. The challenge lasts from December 5 through January 31.

Log the time you spend reading and earn a digital badge for every hour you read. Each badge earned also gets you an entry into the weekly prize drawings for gift certificates and prizes donated by local businesses. Read 3 hours to earn a Winter Stress Relief Kit with a mug, chocolate, lip balm, and more. 10 hours and 20 hours also earns you your choice of library swag.

Complete the Snowflake Scavenger Hunt to earn a bonus entry into the weekly drawings. To complete the scavenger hunt read through the clues and drive around beautiful Henry County looking for snowflakes posted in the windows and doors of local businesses and organizations. Clues are found in the Activity Badges tab. Each snowflake features a different object in the center. Answer questions about where you found the snowflakes and what was in the centers to complete each clue. Find all eight snowflakes for your bonus entry.

HCPL Proposal for Library Marquee Addendum 2

Posted by on 02 November 20

Proposal for Library Marquee Addendum 2

Proposal for Library Marquee Addendum

Proposal for Library Marquee

COVID-19 Update

Posted by on 28 October 20

Program Survey

Posted by suzanne on 08 September 20

Let us know if you’re enjoying our virtual programs and help us plan for fall by filling out our new survey. Whether you picked up a kit on our porch, answered a trivia questions, or haven’t had a chance to participate yet we would love to hear from you. Take the survey at http://www.123formbuilder.com/form-5604128/form

Updated Library Hours

Posted by suzanne on 04 September 20

Updated Hours and Updates from the Director

Mask Mandate

Posted by on 10 July 20

Library Opens June 22nd

Posted by on 18 June 20

To our Library patrons,

We cannot express enough gratitude for the way you have supported us over the last few months. You have been so understanding of the new way we have been providing materials and services to you. We hope we have been able to meet your expectations. We have missed you all greatly!

With the release of Healthy at Work for educational and cultural guidelines, we have again reevaluated what is the best course of action we can take for the health and safety of our patrons and employees while trying to return to a more normal way of providing services. We want to remind you that all guidelines are temporary and subject to change.

Although we still encourage you to use our curbside pick-up for materials, we have decided to open our building to limited traffic on Monday, June 22nd.

It is limited traffic because we are required to limit the number of patrons in the library at any one time. The hours of the library will look a little different for the summer.

The library hours will be Monday, Wednesday & Friday: 10 am – 3 pm.

However, you can still use our curbside services Monday – Friday 10:00 am – 4:00 pm.

What you need to know:

We ask you to return all items to the outside drop box. We will be unable to take return items at the desk. We are quarantining returns for 7 days and will need to do this for the foreseeable future.

In addition, we are practicing Social Distancing. Please try to remain 6 feet away between you, other patrons, and library employees. At this time we will not be able to offer computer help or help setting up new electronic devices. Remember that these are all temporary measures to keep us safe.

We also encourage patrons that can wear a face mask to do so before entering the library.  All library staff members are required to wear a mask to follow the Healthy at Work guidelines and we ask that you do your part to help keep each other healthy and safe. We also ask that you use hand sanitizer upon entering the building. We will have hand sanitizing areas throughout the building.

We would like our first hour of operation from 10:00 am to 11:00 am to be visiting hours dedicated to seniors and other patrons at higher risk for the coronavirus, including pregnant women and those with compromised immune systems. We are asking that everyone do their best to respect this designated time for those who are considered high risk, but we understand that some of you may need to use that hour due to other needs.

Our reopening philosophy is “Grab and Go” to keep the number of patrons in the building at one time to a minimum to prevent the spread of germs and to continue social distancing. The use of tables and chairs will be unavailable at this time along with browsing magazines and newspapers. We ask that you limit your stay to 30 minutes or less for now.

Computer use will be available, but we will only have access to 9 public computers at this time. We have to clean between each person, so we apologize ahead of time for those who will have to wait. We will have 30-minute sessions on the computer, no more than 1-hour total per day. We ask that you have only one person at the computer.

All in person programs are suspended until further notice. Also, we are unable to offer meeting room space for the foreseeable future.  Our meeting room and study room spaces are being used to social distance our computers so we can offer more computer access.  We are really missing our programs, but will be continuing on with our Summer Learning program and other virtual programming at this time.

Thank you again for your patience, understanding, and continued support as we try to return to a more normal way of conducting our library services.

Tony Jones

Henry County Public Library Director

Pick Up Your Summer Learning Prizes Now

Posted by suzanne on 15 June 20

Call us at 502-845-5682 or stop by our circulation desk during business hours to let us know you’re ready for your prizes.

We will give you a call when your prize package is ready to be picked up.

Amnesty For All

Posted by on 21 May 20

We know the stress you’ve been dealing with right now.  We’ve felt it, too. That’s why we are waiving all fines and fees for lost or damaged materials prior to February 10, 2020 when we closed due to our move and had to stay closed because of COVID-19.

We want you to be well, and we want you to be able to use your library when we reopen.  In the meantime, take care of yourselves and your loved ones.  We’re taking care of all your fines.