Are you a crafter who is running out of reasons to craft? Do you make incredible knitted creations, but have nothing to do with them? Do you paint gorgeous works of art but have no space left on your walls? If so, we just might have the perfect solution for you… donate to NMPL's Santa's Workshop event!
Santa's Workshop takes place once a year in November, and allows kids from the community to "purchase" gifts from NMPL for their loved ones. This 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 means so much to these kids. Without this workshop, some children would have no other way of buying gifts. Typically, NMPL staff members work all year long to create crafts, toys, and ornaments for the event, but we want to open it up to our amazing community. 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 a pet-free/smoke free environment in order to be allergy friendly. All donations can be brought to the front desk. Thank you for making a difference!
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NOW HIRING: Bookkeeper/Office Assistant Position Posting - North Manchester Public Library, North Manchester, IN The North Manchester Public Library seeks a part time bookkeeper who enjoys working in a fast paced team-oriented environment.
Hours: 25 hours per week. Flexible schedule Monday-Friday. Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Qualifications:
Application: Submit a resume and a cover letter to Eileen Sklar, Library Board President, North Manchester Public Library, 405 North Market Street, North Manchester, IN 46962 or via email at employment@nman.lib.in.us
NMPL will host an Open House on Wednesday, February 7th from 4pm to 6pm to help introduce the new library Director to the North Manchester community. Patrons are invited to stop by the library for refreshments and an opportunity to meet Andrea.
Please join the Board of Directors and staff in congratulating Andrea Zwiebel on her new position and welcoming her as the North Manchester Public Library Director. A Tower Garden was installed at the North Manchester Public Library thanks to the Poet Bioprocessing Community Impact Grant! The installation of the garden was a part of NMPL’s Homeschool Science program and the students worked with library staff and members of the Purdue Extension Wabash County to build the garden. Tower Gardens operate on an advanced form of hydroponics called aeroponics. Aeroponic systems use water, liquid nutrients and a soilless growing medium to grow plants in an air or mist environment rather than soil. This method is quick and efficient, using 98% less water, 90% less space, growing 30% more, and 3 times faster than traditional soil methods. There is no need for digging or weeding, which means planting indoors becomes a viable option.
The Tower Garden will make urban farming accessible to the North Manchester community. Library users will be able to reserve tower sections during late winter/early spring (for spring/summer gardens) and late summer (for fall crops) for the purpose of plant starts. As plants reach the size of viability, users can take them home for transplant and a new set of patrons can start their own seeds (which they can choose at no cost from the NMPL seed library). The Tower Garden will be accessible for everyone in the community any time they visit the library, and will provide families with access to fresh produce all year long. The homeschool students planted peas, chard, lettuce, herbs, and tomatoes. The library encourages the community to stop by the library to check it out in person - and stay tuned to harvest fresh produce! The North Manchester Public Library Board is looking for a dedicated and visionary individual to fill the position of Library Director due to retirement.
The library serves about 5,277 area residents in the northern portion of Wabash County. The building is situated in downtown North Manchester, just miles from Manchester University. This active community includes students from birth to college, area business people, and a large retirement constituency. The library director is responsible for managing staff, daily operations of the building, implementing library annual budget, and maintaining state library standards. This person is also an ex-officio member of the library board and reports all activities to the board. This is a full time position requiring at least 35 hours a week, with some night and weekend hours included. Qualifications:
Direct any questions or resumes and cover letters to the attention of: Eileen Meyer Sklar North Manchester Public Library 405 North Market Street, North Manchester, IN 46962 Email: employment@nman.lib.in.us Review of applications begins October 31, 2023 The North Manchester Public Library (NMPL) is excited to announce that they have entered into a Local Reciprocal Borrowing Covenant with the South Whitley Community Public Library for all resident and non-resident patrons. Once a patron has a library card (either resident or non-resident) card at one library, the Borrowing Covenant will allow all patrons to sign up for an account at the other library for free. This covenant becomes effective on October 1st, 2023. Patrons (resident or non-resident) interested in becoming reciprocal patrons only need to bring their home library card to the other library along with a valid ID or proof of address. The only restrictions for reciprocal patrons are that reciprocal patrons cannot borrow Inter-Library Loan titles or check out hotspots. The North Manchester Public Library also has the same agreement with Roann Public Library and Wabash Carnegie Public Library.
“NMPL's reciprocal agreement with the South Whitley Community Public Library is a wonderful collaboration for those who go to school, live, or work in our communities,” said Diane Randall, NMPL Director. “We’re excited to continue to expand our reciprocal services, allowing all our patrons to experience all the wonderful libraries in our area.” "With this new collaboration with South Whitley, our non-resident patrons can now access FOUR libraries for the price of one," said Jeanna Hann, NMPL Adult Department Manager and Marketing Coordinator. "Our resident patrons will have access to the same four libraries, in addition to the 100+ libraries that are on the State Reciprocal Borrowing Library covenant offered through the state library." “We’re excited to have this opportunity to collaborate with NMPL,” said Vicki Builta, SWCPL Director. “Both NMPL and SWCPL have much to offer to patrons, which means residents of both communities are the winners with expanded access to our libraries.” For more information on either library, visit https://www.nman.lib.in.us/ or https://swcplib.com/ It is bittersweet for the North Manchester Public Library and Board of Trustees to announce that Diane Randall is retiring from her position as Director of the library on December 31st, 2023. Diane has been the director at the NMPL for 4 years. In her time at the library, NMPL engaged in many new collaborative partnerships, such as working with the Community Pantry NM, the Purdue Extension, and Master Gardeners. Additionally, she had a strong focus on building maintenance, improving and updating existing technology, and utilizing library grounds. We are grateful for the time that she spent here, and we wish her nothing but the best of luck in her next adventure.
The North Manchester Public Library is excited and honored to partner with the Paint the World™ initiative to host a collaborative canvas at the library.
Paint the World™ is an organization that “activates community-driven solutions by creating opportunities for collective creativity.” They “are on a mission to harness the power of a blank canvas, spark creative confidence, and unlock the collaborative problem-solving capacity of communities around the world. Paint the World has the core belief that a blank canvas has the power to unlock dormant creativity, tap into a community’s collective consciousness, enhance innovative problem-solving skills and provide a unique vantage point into the heart of the world.” A collaborative canvas, along with paints and supplies, will be hung at the library from Wednesday, July 26th through Thursday, July 27th. Community members can come between the hours of 10am and 7pm both days to paint and create on the canvas. Activity cards will be made available so that participants can share their experiences and feelings during their time painting. The finished canvas will be returned to the Paint the World™ organization who will auction it off to continue to support the organization and canvas placements in other communities. "We're thrilled to offer another avenue for the community to create and explore the arts,” said Sarah Morbitzer, NMPL Children’s Department Manager “This has been a big summer for art projects at NMPL! The North Manchester Fine Arts Club and the Community Foundation of Wabash County sponsored our Summer Art Series with Hannah Burnworth. Members of the Knitting & Crochet Group have been teaching library users of all ages each Friday afternoon. Josh Steely, one of our clerks, has led several workshops on Cereal Box Art. We're really giving patrons a variety of ways to explore the world around them and interact with different mediums. This Paint the World Canvas is going to be the cherry on top of our summer of art!" “As we wrap up another amazing summer, we’re excited to have one final event to say farewell to this magical summer of reading,” says Molly Magnus, NMPL Programming Coordinator. “We hope people of all ages will feel welcome to come and add their own artistic touch to this community canvas!” For more information on Paint the World™ visit www.painttheworld.com For more information on NMPL programming, visit www.nman.lib.in.us The North Manchester Public Library is thrilled to be the recipient of a POET Bioprocessing Community Impact Grant in the amount of $2,000. NMPL will use the funds for an installation of a Tower Garden (https://hunter.towergarden.com/tg) at the library. Tower Gardens operate on an advanced form of hydroponics called aeroponics. Aeroponic systems use water, liquid nutrients and a soilless growing medium to grow plants in an air or mist environment rather than soil. This method is quick and efficient, using 98% less water, 90% less space, growing 30% more, and 3 times faster than traditional soil methods. There is no need for digging or weeding, which means planting indoors becomes a viable option. Pictured (left to right): NMPL Programming Coordinator Molly Magnus, NMPL Children’s Department Manager Sarah Morbitzer, David Pyle of POET, NMPL Director Diane Randall “We have big plans for the Tower Garden,” said Sarah Morbitzer, NMPL’s Children’s Department Manager. “The Tower Garden will be accessible for everyone in the community any time they visit the library, and will provide families with access to fresh produce all year long. It will also allow the library to expand our Dirty Diggers garden program for kids, beyond the spring and summer months. We hope to continue to cultivate a love of fresh, healthy greens and herbs in children by giving them the opportunity to grow, harvest, and taste the 'tower-to-table' experience.”
Additionally, NMPL hopes the Tower Garden will show library users the positive partnership between science, environmental care, and food sustainability. NMPL plans to use it as a source of ingredients for cooking classes at the library. “We collaborate with Purdue Extension Wabash County to host Chef University, a dynamic program that gives kids hands-on experience preparing and eating healthy recipes,” said Morbitzer. “The Tower Garden will grow the herbs and leafy vegetables for the recipes, which will give us an affordable, environmentally friendly source for non-seasonal produce.” The Tower Garden will make urban farming accessible to the North Manchester community. Library users will be able to reserve tower sections during late winter/early spring (for spring/summer gardens) and late summer (for fall crops) for the purpose of plant starts. As plants reach the size of viability, users can take them home for transplant and a new set of patrons can start their own seeds (which they can choose at no cost from the NMPL seed library). "We are excited about the benefits a Tower Garden located at the library will bring to our community,” said Diane Randall, NMPL’s Director. “With this project, we seek to broaden the scope of our educational programming, address food insecurity, encourage healthy eating, promote environmental care, and build community connections. We are grateful to POET for supporting our vision and giving us the resources we need to make it a reality!" We’re thrilled to announce that the North Manchester Public Library (NMPL) and the Roann Paw Paw Township Public Library (Roann) have expanded their existing Local Reciprocal Borrowing Covenant to include all non-resident patrons. Once a patron has purchased a non-resident library card at one library, the Borrowing Covenant will allow non-resident patrons to sign up for an account at the other library for free. This covenant becomes effective on May 1st, 2023. Previously, only resident patrons of either library could take advantage of this reciprocal program. “With such a large underserved population in the county, we feel it's so important to provide the opportunity to obtain increased library services,” said Diane Randall, NMPL Director. “We’re excited that Roann has partnered with us to help achieve this goal.”
Patrons interested in becoming reciprocal patrons can do so by bringing their home library card to the other library along with a valid ID or proof of address. The only restrictions for reciprocal patrons are that they cannot borrow Inter-Library Loan titles or check out hotspots. The North Manchester Public Library also has the same agreement with Wabash Carnegie Public Library. "All NMPL patrons can now access THREE libraries for the price of one," said Jeanna Hann, NMPL Adult Department Manager and Marketing Coordinator. "All three libraries have rich, diverse collections and we hope these collaborations are a huge benefit to our patrons." “The Roann Paw Paw Township Public Library is thrilled to continue in a partnership with NMPL, expanding our local covenant to now include non-resident borrowers as well,” said Joy Harber, Library Director of Roann. “We love the idea of working together as much as possible to expand services to our County and patrons. Our goal and mission continues to make libraries a meaningful and valuable asset that rises to meet the ever-changing needs of our communities. We look forward to new and exciting ways to accomplish this now, and in the future.” |
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