The North Manchester Public Library would like to recognize and congratulate several staff members for reaching important milestones here at the library! Julie Mobley, Custodian, celebrated her 20 year anniversary here at NMPL. Molly Magnus, Programming Coordinator, hit the five year milestone. Sarah Morbitzer, Children's Department Manager, has been at NMPL a total of 20 nonconsecutive years. Angie Sincroft, Clerk, reached the 10 year milestone. Dawn Reed (not pictured), Clerk, has been here 8 years, and received her 5 year award.
At the February NMPL Board Meeting, each staff member was presented with a special award, along with the congratulations of the Board and NMPL Director, Andrea Zwiebel. Happy work anniversary, Julie, Molly, Sarah, Angie, and Dawn! Your hard work and dedication have been essential to the library’s success over the years. We truly appreciate everything you do and are so grateful to have you as part of our team!
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Due to the forecasted Winter Weather Advisory, the North Manchester Public Library will be closing at 12pm (noon) on Wednesday, February 12th. The computers, playroom, and meeting rooms will close at 11:45am. We will open late on Thursday, February 13th at 10am, to allow time for the roads to be cleared. The computers, playroom, and meeting rooms will open at 10:15am.
As always we encourage you to check our website at www.nman.lib.in.us as well as our social media pages in case of updates. We will also send out text alerts to notify patrons of any library closures. Stay informed by signing up for Library Closures text alerts - just text the message @nmplclose (don't forget the @ sign!) to the number 81010 to sign up. Please do not venture out to return due or overdue items while we are closed! NMPL is fine free and NO overdue fees will be charged. Stay safe and stay warm North Manchester! Stuck at home? Remember you can download books, audiobooks, music, magazines, and more from the library! Download our free Hoopla & Libby e-library apps to get started! Due to the unsafe icy road conditions the North Manchester Public Library will be closing at 11am on Saturday, February 8th. The computers, playroom, and meeting rooms will close at 10:45am.
As always we encourage you to check our website at www.nman.lib.in.us as well as our social media pages in case of updates. We will also send out text alerts to notify patrons of any library closures. Stay informed by signing up for Library Closures text alerts - just text the message @nmplclose (don't forget the @ sign!) to the number 81010 to sign up. Please do not venture out to return due or overdue items while we are closed! NMPL is fine free and NO overdue fees will be charged. Stay safe and stay warm North Manchester! Stuck at home? Remember you can download books, audiobooks, music, magazines, and more from the library! Download our free Hoopla & Libby e-library apps to get started! Due to the unsafe icy road conditions the North Manchester Public Library will be closing at 7pm on Wednesday, February 5th. The computers, playroom, and meeting rooms will close at 6:45pm.
We will be opening late at 11am on Thursday, February 6th. This will allow time for the roads to be cleared so that everyone can get in safely. The computers, playroom, and meeting rooms will also open at 11am. As always we encourage you to check our website at www.nman.lib.in.us as well as our social media pages in case of updates. We will also send out text alerts to notify patrons of any library closures. Stay informed by signing up for Library Closures text alerts - just text the message "@nmplclose" (don't forget the @ sign!) to the number 81010 to sign up. Please do not venture out to return due or overdue items while we are closed! NMPL is fine free and NO overdue fees will be charged. Stay safe and stay warm North Manchester! Stuck at home? Remember you can download books, audiobooks, music, magazines, and more from the library! Download our free Hoopla & Libby e-library apps to get started! The North Manchester Public Library is pleased to announce that Wolf Park, Science Central, Wabash County Museum, Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory, and Fort Wayne Museum of Art passes are now available for checkout with a library card Andrea Zwiebel, Director, shared, “We look forward to hearing about the doors that will open to our patrons as they explore local history, the arts, nature, science, and wildlife conservation! As a public library, we are dedicated to lifelong learning and always looking for ways to make educational opportunities accessible to our community.”
“With these partnerships, admission and gift shop discounts are available to our patrons at no charge,” said Molly Magnus, Program Coordinator. “The passes work for individuals or two adults with children or grandchildren. We know these kinds of outings can start to financially add up, so we’re happy to bridge the gap and buy these passes so our library users can take advantage of these amazing places.” “There are many, many benefits to having a library card,” commented Jeanna Hann, Adult Department Manager. “Your NMPL library card isn’t just a doorway to books, movies, magazines, newspapers, genealogy services, language classes, and streaming services. Now it’s also a ticket to museums, conservation sites, and an interactive science center!” “I’m very excited!” said Sarah Morbitzer, Children’s Department Manager. “Individuals and families in our community will be able to enjoy five different cultural and educational experiences, all within a reasonable driving distance. Whether it’s a 20 minute drive to the Wabash CountyMuseum or a 75 minute trip to Wolf Park this is a great opportunity to explore what our corner of Indiana has to offer!” The North Manchester Public Library is open 9am - 8pm Monday through Thursday and 9am - 5pm Friday and Saturday. Anyone wishing to apply for a library card is invited to call or visit the library for more information. For more information on the Annual Passes, please click HERE. To stay up-to-date on all library closings, please text the message "@nmplclose" (don't forget the @ sign!) to the number 81010.
Also, don't forget, our two free e-libraries, Libby & Hoopla, are available 24/7 to all card holding patrons. Just download the FREE apps and log in with your library card to get access to thousands of books, movies, children's material, and more! Happy Holidays, North Manchester! We had the most magical and festive Saturday with you all at our Santa's Workshop event! Not only did 347 shoppers show up, but we raised $249 dollars for the Friends of the Library! Considering the purpose of this event is to allow kids to be able to shop for free for their families, being able to raise a little money any way is SUCH an awesome and unexpected thing. If you were one of the adult shoppers that spent actual cash, thank you! Your support helps us to keep this program rolling!
So how did it all go? Well, we sold almost 3/4 of our stock in the first hour! Kids were able to buy incredible handmade goods, toys, decorations, and ornaments with free NMPL bucks they received at the door. They agonized over purchases, added and re-added their items, planned, budgeted, and basically shopped their hearts out! Elsewhere throughout the library, all sorts of holiday fun was happening! The annual scavenger hunt was a big hit, as was the Book Nook giveaway, and our 4 crafting stations. A team of volunteers were kept busy in the wrapping station, ensuring all the kids had beautiful gifts to give their loved ones. The community puzzle table was a good place to relax, and our photo nook was The Spot for families to snag that perfect holiday photo. It was an AMAZING event and we're so grateful to the volunteer crafters who have been working all year making items for this event. These items were the first ones gone and they got RAVE reviews from the shoppers. Santa's Workshop is an AMAZING program for multiple reasons, but the main one is that EVERY CHILD, no matter what financial insecurity they may be facing, is able to "buy" gifts for the people they love. This is only possible because of you, our Community Crafters. Thank you for dedicating your time, materials, and talents towards making this event a success. It means more than you can EVER know. P.S. Want to Donate to Santa's Workshop? This is the perfect opportunity to craft your heart out AND have an outlet for all your creations. Donations should be clean, neat, and from smoke free environment and kept away from pets/pet hair in order to be allergy friendly. All donations can be brought to the front desk. This is an annual event, so we accept donations constantly, every year, all year long! Need some ideas? Knitted goods, paintings, wood working, cross-stitch or embroidery pieces, scarves, hats, blankets, crocheted animals, resin or polymer clay pieces, homemade home décor, we'll happily take it! Photos by Jeanna Beginning in 2025, the North Manchester Public Library Board of Trustee Meetings will be held on the third Tuesday of each month at 12pm. Special meetings and public hearings may be held at other times. All meeting dates are posted at the library and on the library website.
Except for executive sessions, all board meetings are open to the public. Meeting minutes will be posted to the library’s website once approved by the board. For more information on the NMPL Board of Trustees, please visit our Board of Trustees page. It was the perfect fall night at yesterday's Retro Halloween Party! 493 friends showed up to eat delicious food from Tacos Los Gordos, enter our costume contest (how are we ever going to choose the winners!?), go on horse rides, explore North Manchester with wagon rides ("Best wagon ride EVER!"), get their face painted, play ghostly games, make crafts, navigate the spider web obstacle course, spin the wheel of fate, and have fun with friends.
We had such a great time with you all, so thank you for coming out and celebrating our favorite spooky month with us! Photos by Jeanna Hann NMPL is a proud recipient of the 2024 Advancing Racial Equity Collection Development Grant from Indiana Humanities. Multiple libraries, schools, universities and nonprofit organizations across Indiana have been awarded Advancing Racial Equity Collection Development grants, which supply funds to add to their circulating collections digital or physical resources addressing topics such as race, systemic racism and the Black experience in Indiana and beyond.
These books are available to check out at the library with your NMPL library card.
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