Reardan Memorial Library

Reardan Memorial Library serves as a public information provider for our community, using traditional and innovative technology to encourage curiosity, free inquiry and lifelong learning in a friendly environment.

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Welcome Back to the Library!

We are happy to be helping you again!

We are open during our regular hours.

Guidelines for library use

Masks covering nose and mouth are required.

We have masks inside.

My mask protects you, your mask protects me. Thank you for helping keep everyone healthy!

Use hand sanitizer upon entering.

Time in library is currently limited to 30 minutes. (Exceptions are sometimes granted, please ask.)

Only 5 patrons at one time (exception given to larger families).

Please remember to stay six feet away from others.

If you are sneezing, coughing, sniffling, or feel ill, please do not enter the library. We look forward to being here when you are feeling better.

What are you reading this year?

Challenge yourself to read:

Non-fiction books

Different genres

Young Adult Books

Children's Fiction

Graphic Novels

Classics

This month's recommendation is Historical Fiction:

Resistance by Jennifer Nielsen

Fall of Giants by Ken Follett

Honolulu by Alan Brennert

The Steel Wave by Jeff Shaara

Refugee by Alan Gratz

Have you explored our

Online Catalog?

You can now go online to look at our catalog. Please go to catalog on the horizontal menu bar of the website. You will leave the website page and be taken directly to the catalog.

To Log On the first time:

firstname.lastname for log in. (No capital letters.)

your password is your Last name. (Capitalize the first letter.)

Go to "change your password" on the left side, and change your password.

Now you can:

place holds
renew items
see what you have checked out
update your personal information
suggest books for the library to buy
receive notices of overdue books

all on line!

Please also enter your email address. This will enable you to get notices about when books are due, overdue books or holds that are available.

When you change your password in our system, that will change the password with Overdrive and Lynda.com also.

The above login procedure also works for our new Lynda.com online training.

What do you want to learn?

Take Classes from home via the

library!

At lynda.com online software training you can explore topics, learn a software program that you have been wanting to learn, or discover new interests. A few of the topics include

Computer Literacy for Windows 10
Time Management
Communicating with Confidence
Graphic Design Tips and Tricks
Photoshop Essentials

Explore all the possibilities online at lynda.com. The Washington State Library Division of the Secretary of State helps make this service available to patrons of Reardan Library by partnering with us in the cost.

Proquest is another resource that is available to library patrons. Proquest is an online database. See "Research Databases" on the left side of the menu to access Proquest.

You can access these resources at home with your library card, or you can come in and use one of our three desktop computers, one of our many tablets, or our laptop.

Wondering What to Read Next?

Have you read all the books by your favorite author? Did you just finish a book that you really loved? Do you want to read another book just like it, but you don't know what to try? The following sites can help you find a book that you will enjoy!

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com Get recommendations from what you've read or what your friends are reading, rate books that you've read. Also, find the Choice Awards. These are books that have been voted on by readers like you. Goodreads has a yearly reading challenge. You determine how many books you would like to read for the year. Then as you finish your books, record them on Goodreads. An easy way to keep track of the books you read!

LibraryThing: https://www.librarything.com Get recommendations based on what you've read.

What Should I Read Next:https://whatshouldireadnext.com One of the best things about What Should I Read Next is that you don’t need an account to sign in. You just type in a book you like or that you’ve read, and it populates a list of similar books.

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