Our September Activity Kits are now available.  We have kits for the whole family!!

Adult Kits: Dandelion Painting – All the supplies you need to create your own masterpiece.

Teen Kits: DIY Toilet Paper Pumpkin

Elementary Kids Kits: DIY Indian Corn Craft

Story Hour Kits: Pirate Hats and Masks

All kits are available while supplies last.

We would love to see pictures and videos of your creations!  Send them to us via email at helpdesk@pcplibrary.org or by Facebook message and we will post them on our social media pages!

We would like to thank the Kentucky Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities for providing the funding for our PPE and cleaning supplies to ensure a safe experience for our patrons and staff.  This funding was supplied through the KY Humanities CARES Act grant. 

“This project partially funded by Kentucky Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this activity do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities or Kentucky Humanities.”

In this unprecedented time, the needs are many and great throughout our county.  So to help in a small way, we are offering you the August Giveaway!

During the month of August, when you check out materials from the library or the bookmobile, you can complete an entry for to enter a drawing for gift certificates from many local business’.  The forms are available at the circulation desk, drive-thru, and bookmobile.

Rules and Regulations:

* You must check out materials at the time you complete your entry form.  You cannot return or call later to fill out your entry form.
* There is no limit to how many times your name can be entered in the drawing.
* If you choose to enter more than once on the same day, you must leave the library property between visits.
* One prize per person.

KYVL is pleased to share a courtesy summer offering of virtual comic books, graphic novels and more from BiblioBoard. Available at kyvl.org/comics, the collection includes thousands of high-quality graphic novels, comics, and visual YA and children’s content with free, unlimited access across Kentucky.

Along with this online content, BiblioBoard is planning a free Virtual Library Comic Convention (VLCC) for enthusiasts of all ages. Scheduled for July 30, the virtual event will be led by industry experts including publishers, writers, and illustrators. Potential topics include:

• Learning to draw comics (by age group) with leading illustrators

• Virtual meet and greets with leading comic and graphic novel authors and illustrators

• Insider sessions with graphic novel and comic publishers about the future of comics

• Live drawing sessions with illustrators from across North America

Registration details will be forthcoming.

PCPL wants to thank KYVL, BiblioBoard and their publishing partners for making these resources available to our community.

If you have any issues accessing this resource, BiblioBoard asks that you contact them direct for assistance at support@biblioboard.com.

Sandy will have the Bookmobile back out but with limited services. She will be following the schedule below beginning Tuesday, June 23.

The Bookmobile will offer pick-up service only. Patrons will need to specify pick-up at the bookmobile when they reserve items online or they can call the library. Due to social distancing restrictions, there will be no browsing on the bookmobile.

Free WiFi will be available at all of the stops!

**Updated **

We are reopening our building to our community.  Of course, just like our neighbors, we will be limited on what services we can offer temporarily.   We want to help our community as much as we can, so we have created a list of our services and instructions to help make the most of your visit.

Current hours thru July, for both the library and the drive-thru…

Monday:       11 am – 7 pm
Tuesday:       11 am – 7 pm
Wednesday: 11 am – 7 pm
Thursday:     11 am – 7 pm
Friday:           9 am – 5 pm
Saturday:       9 am – 5 pm
Closed on Sunday

Borrowing Library Materials:

  1. Reserve items in advance by:
* Online Catalog reservations: instructions below
How To Reserve Library Materials Online
*  Email our Help Desk at helpdesk@pcplibrary.org.  Our staff can offer selections and suggest authors as well, if you like.
*  Call us 859.654.8535

2.  Pick up your reserved items at:
*  Drive-thru
*  Circulation Desk
*  Bookmobile (No browsing)

3.  Browse in the library and choose your items:
*  Use our Self-Checkout station
*  Checkout with staff at our Circulation Desk

Please return all items to one of our two drop boxes.
*  One located in the Library parking lot
*  One located at Heritage Bank in Butler

Need Access to the Internet:

     1.  WiFi from our Bookmobile
*  WiFi name: pcplbookmobile
Password: pcplbookmobile

     2.  WiFi from the Library parking lot
*  WiFi name: PublicLibraryWireless
No Password needed.

     3.  WiFi in the Library – using personal computer or device
*  WiFi name: PublicLibraryWireless
No Password needed.
*  Limited seating available to ensure social distancing

     4.  WiFi in the Library – using the Library public computer
* WiFi is automatically connected.
You will need your library card and password or we can give you a guest pass
*  Limited public computers available to ensure social distancing
*  One hour time limit on public computers
*  We encourage you to reserve a computer prior to your visit by calling 859.654.8535

Limited Staff Assistance:
*  Staff will be available to assist with quick questions only.  If you need in depth assistance, we encourage you to bring someone with you to help.
*  Tech Assist One-On-One appointments will not be available at this time.

Genealogy/Research Room:
*  The Genealogy Room will be for Genealogy research use only.
*  The Genealogy Room will be limited to one (1) person/family unit at a time.
*  Staff will be available to assist with quick questions only.  If you need in depth assistance, we encourage you to bring someone with you to help.
*  Genealogy Research One-On-One appointments will not be available at this time.

Need to Print?

    1.  Through the Drive-thru:
*  Email the document to helpdesk@pcplibrary.org
*  We will reply to your email when your document is ready for pick up
*  Come to the drive-thru window to pay and pick up your document

     2.  In Library Pick-Up:
*  Email the document to helpdesk@pcplibrary.org
*  We will reply to your email when your document is ready for pick up
*  Come to the Circulation Desk to pay and pick up your document

     3.  In Library Printing and Computer Use:
*  Pay at Public Printer
*  Limited public computers available to ensure social distancing
*  One hour time limit on public computers
*  We encourage you to reserve a computer prior to your visit by calling 859.654.8535

Need to Fax?

    1.  Through the Drive-thru:
*  Bring the document to the drive-thru window
*  We will fax the document for you.  The cost is .25 cents per page
*  After faxing, the original document will be returned with a verification page

     2.  In Library:
*  Bring the document to the Circulation Desk
*  We will fax the document for you.  The cost is .25 cents per page
*  After faxing, the original document will be returned with a verification page

Need to Copy?

    1.  Through the Drive-thru:
*  Bring the document to the drive-thru
*  We will copy the document for you.  The cost is .10 cents per page for black and white/ .30 cents per page for color
*  After copying, the original document and copies will be returned to you

     2.  In Library – Staff Assisted:
*  Bring the document to the Circulation Desk
*  Pay at Copier – the cost is .10 cents per page for black and white/ .30 cents per page for color
*  We will assist with the set up of copies

     3.  In Library – Self Service:
*  Pay at Copier – the cost is .10 cents per page for black and white/ .30 cents per page for color
*  Choose copy specifications and number of copies
*  Push green Start button

All scheduled programs and meeting room use remain cancelled at this time.

We will post updates on Facebook, our marquee, and pcplibrary.org.

Thank you for your patience and your support as we navigate this new normal, together.

Many have asked us about offering hoopla and we have answered with a resounding YES!  Here it is!

hoopla is a groundbreaking digital media service offered by your local public library that allows you to borrow movies, music, audiobooks, ebooks, comics and TV shows to enjoy on your computer, tablet, or phone – and even your TV! With no waiting, titles can be streamed immediately, or downloaded to phones or tablets for offline enjoyment later. They have 750,000 titles to choose from, with more being added daily. hoopla is like having your public library at your fingertips. Anytime. Anywhere.

PCPL patrons can borrow up 5 ebooks, audiobooks, movies, TV seasons, or music albums each month.

Check out times:
Videos – 3 days
Music albums – 7 days
Audiobooks, ebooks, and comics – 21 days
Items are automatically returned so no late fees.

Get set up today at https://www.hoopladigital.com/

Download the app on your device
Click Get Started today
Enter your email address and confirm your email address
Set a password and confirm it
Click Agree
Select Pendleton County Public Library
Click Next
Enter your library card number
Enter your pin/password

You will only have to enter your library card information when you set up your account.  After that, you will just need your email and password you set up with hoopla.

Tolerance, equality and diversity: these three words reflect the core values of our culture.  We at PCPL, are providing a list of resources to promote these core values and strengthen communities.

“Knowledge is power. Knowledge shared is power multiplied.”  ~ Robert Boyce

General Resources

American Public Health Association (APHA)
Anti-Defamation League
Color of Change
Human Rights Campaign – Hate Crimes
Institute for Religious Tolerance, Peace, and Justice
Know Your Rights Camp
Live Free USA
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
National Bail Out Collective
Partners Against Hate
Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), Hate and Extremism
Society for Human Resource Management – Diversity and Inclusion
The Boniuk Center for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance at Rice University
The Leadership Conference
The Loveland Foundation
The Marshall Project
United Nations – Protect Human Rights Page

Resources for Educators, Parents, and Families

Educators Against Hate
Protecting Students from Harassment and Hate Crime: A Guide for Schools
Preventing Youth Hate Crime: A Manual for Schools and Communities
Teaching Tolerance

Resources for Law Enforcement and Prosecutors

A Policymaker’s Guide to Hate Crimes
American Civil Liberties Union
Law Enforcement Against Hate
National Criminal Justice Reference Service – Hate Crime Training Resources
Promising Practices Against Hate Crimes

PCPL is aware of the limited number of physical resources that we have available regarding this subject and are currently working to increase those resources.

Our physical nonfiction books include:
• Our town : a heartland lynching, a haunted town, and the hidden history of white America / Cynthia Carr.
• Black Klansman : race, hate, and the undercover investigation of a lifetime / Ron Stallworth.
• Racial violence in Kentucky, 1865-1940 : lynchings, mob rule, and “legal lynchings” / George C. Wright.
• Black southerners, 1619-1869 / John B. Boles.
• Black like me / John Howard Griffin.
• Slaves in the family / Edward Ball.
• A history of Blacks in Kentucky : from slavery to segregation, 1760-1891 / Marion B. Lucas.
• By duty bound : survival and redemption in a time of war / Ezell Ware, Jr., and Joel Engel.
• Dreams from my father : a story of race and inheritance / Barack Obama.

We also have a number of e-books and e-audiobooks available through KY Libraries Unbound. Some, but not all, titles include:
• America’s Original Sin : Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to a New America / Jim Wallis.
• Racial Profiling : Everyday Inequality / Alison Marie Behnke.
• Stamped : Racism, Antiracism, and You / Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi.
• Me and White Supremacy : Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor / by Layla F. Saad.
• White Fragility : Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism / by Robin DiAngelo.
• How to Be an Antiracist / by Ibram X. Kendi.
• Stony the Road : Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow / by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
• On the Road to Freedom / by Charles E. Cobb Jr.
• Tears We Cannot Stop : A Sermon to White America / by Michael Eric Dyson.
• Death of Innocence : The Story of the Hate Crime that Changed America / by Mamie Till-Mobley and Christopher Benson.
• Blood at the Root : A Racial Cleansing in America / by Patrick Phillips.
• The New Jim Crow / by Michelle Alexander.
• Blindspot : Hidden Biases of Good People / by Mahzarin R. Banaji and Anthony G. Greenwald.

The following lists from KY Libraries Unbound may be of interest as well:
• Adult African American Nonfiction: https://kyunbound.overdrive.com/search?subject=111&subject=102&sortBy=newlyadded
• Adult African American Fiction: https://kyunbound.overdrive.com/search?subject=26&subject=41&sortBy=newlyadded
• Juvenile African American Nonfiction: https://kyunbound.overdrive.com/search?subject=45&subject=102&sortBy=newlyadded
• Juvenile African American Fiction: https://kyunbound.overdrive.com/search?subject=43&subject=41&sortBy=newlyadded
• Young Adult African American Nonfiction: https://kyunbound.overdrive.com/search?subject=128&subject=102&sortBy=newlyadded
• Young Adult African American Fiction: https://kyunbound.overdrive.com/search?subject=127&subject=41&sortBy=newlyadded

Hoopla Resources
Conversations About Race
Conversations About Race: Key Titles for Adults
Conversations About Race: Key Titles for Young Adults

Here is a preview of our Page Turner Adventures Virtual Library Program. Stay tuned for more information!!