Grafton Public Library is remaining open for the current time, but with specific provisions:

Please observe physical distancing - If you are not from the same household, allow 6 feet between yourself and other library patrons.

• No more than 8 patrons at any given time in the Library - If you arrive and there are already 8 patrons in the library, you are asked to leave and return at a later time when the total number of patrons will be 8 or less.
• Hand sanitizer is available in the computer area, bathroom and circulation desk.
• Disinfecting wipes are available in the computer area and you are instructed to wipe down the keyboard, mouse and all surface areas of your computer station when you complete your use of the computer.
• Until further notice, any children ages 13 and under must be accompanied by a parent or adult at all times
• If you prefer curbside service, call ahead and I will deliver or pick up from your car.
• The wi-fi will remain on 24/7

Stay Well   ⁂   Protect Yourself   ⁂   Protect others

The Bridges magazine subscription has been renewed. There were some interesting new titles available, so there have been a few changes.
We have the following through September 2021:

• Arthritis Today
• Backpacker
• Backyard & Garden Design Ideas
• BBC Easy Cook
• BBC History Magazine
• Bicycling
• Bon Appetit
• Car and Driver
• Cardmaking and Papercraft
• Clean Eating
• Conde Nast Traveler
• Cosmopolitan
• Country
• Country Living
• Country Woman
• Crochet World
• Crochet!
• Elle
• Entrepreneur
• Esquire
• Family Handyman
• Field & Stream
• Food Network
• Forbes
• Gardens Illustrated
• Good Housekeeping
• Good Organic Gardening
• Guideposts
• Guitar Player
• Harper's Bazaar
• Health & Fitness
• HGTV
• History Revealed
• Home Business Magazine
• Home Design
• Horse and Rider
• House Beautiful
• How It Works
• Inc.
• Kiplinger's Personal Finance
• Macworld
• Men's Health
• Mother Jones
• Motor Trend
• Mysterious Ways
• New York Magazine
• Newsweek
• O The Oprah Magazine
• OK!
• Outside Magazine
• Oxygen
• PC Magazine
• PCWorld
• Poets & Writers Magazine
• Popular Mechanics
• Popular Science
• Prevention
• Quilters Companion
• Quilter's World
• Reader's Digest
• Road & Track
• Rolling Stone
• Runner's World
• Simply Knitting
• Taste of Home
• The Economist
• The New Yorker
• The Pioneer Woman
• The World of Cross Stitching
• This Old House Magazine
• Us Weekly
• WellBeing
• Wired
• Woman's Day
• Yoga Journal

Once again, the State Library of Iowa was able to cover this cost so it does not come out of the materials budget. Yay!

Want to learn more about computers? Math? How to use your new IPhone?

How to use a mouse? How to kill a mouse? (OK maybe not that)

Everyone can find something useful at GCFLearnFree.org. Take it on the go with their Mobile Apps for Android, iOS or Kindle.

Thanks to the State Library of Iowa and the Institute of Museum and Library Services, our patrons now have access to the Credo Online Reference Service. With a collection of over 1,000 full-text reference titles, as well as thousands of images and videos, Credo offers credible, authoritative information for homework, school projects, job search preparation, and other reference needs. You can access from the library without logging in, or from home with a barcode, just go to https://search.credoreference.com/.

Credo is an easy-to-use tool for research, homework, and other reference needs. Gather background information on your topic from over one thousand full-text encyclopedias and subject handbooks, as well as 500,000+ images and audio files and over 1,000 videos.

Check out the new service we're offering....

No time

to stop in

to check out

a few magazines?

Now available online through Grafton Public Library at Bridges!

Does not count toward your checkout limit

Available 24 hours a day

Reads just like the real thing!

Our E-book and audiobook collection is on BRIDGES - powered by Overdrive.

Free to Grafton library patrons with your library card number! 

Just sign in through Grafton Public Library (your account number is your 14-digit Grafton library card number) and read or listen in a browser online, or download to your device to read or listen offline. There are never any fines because they remove it from your account when it's due. Have you had your book for two weeks but you're not quite finished? - No problem! You may renew if nobody else is waiting for that book. Want a book but it's unavailable? Place a hold and they will email you when it's available for you.

For guides on using your devices and other support pages, visit the help pages.  Call Nancy at the library or stop in if you need any assistance!