May Newsletter is here!

2021's Challenge is Reading Through the Decades! Read a book published in each decade beginning with the 1900s and ending in the 2010s. You can start at the beginning, or you can go in reverse. You can even scramble it up, but we're going to go in chronological order with our suggestions; May's titles all come from the 1940s. Visit LitHub's Century of Reading series to see some more of this decade's best reads!

May: 1940s

(clicking on the titles below will take you to their listings in our catalog)

Mildred Pierce (1941)

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1943)

The Little Prince (1943)

Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949)

New library card design celebrating the library's 100 year anniversary are here!

You can replace your old card for $3.00! Ask for more details at the circulation desk, today!

Or download it by clicking on the link above! We are taking a very limited number of volunteens this summer, so be sure to get your application in early!

The list of nominees is out! We will have all the titles available in some format soon—we will up date the links to the catalog as these titles come in—so start reading now, and be sure to vote for your favorites in August!

Do you have ideas about the YA section of the library or the teen services we provide? Are there things you would like to read or programs you would like to take part in? Do you want a say in how things are set up or the look and feel of this area? If you are 13-17 years old, you are invited to join our Teen Advisory Board. Currently, TAB is virtual due to covid, but there will eventually be meetings in person! Ask Misty or Jessica how to join!

The importance of writing a good obituary.

Wednesday, May 5th @ 12PM.

Genealogy Library 301 N 8th st

Zoom option available!

Tax Filing dates have been extended to May 17 for Federal and June 15 for Oklahoma

CLICK THE GRAPHIC ABOVE FOR MORE INFORMATION!

FOR THE PROTECTION OF OUR PATRONS AND OUR STAFF, PLEASE DO NOT ENTER THE LIBRARY TO PRINT OR FAX YOUR QUARANTINE ORDERS. DON'T WORRY, WE CAN STILL HELP YOU! JUST CALL US (580-255-0636) AND WE WILL MEET YOU CURBSIDE TO HELP YOU GET YOUR PAPERS SENT WHERE THEY NEED TO BE SENT!

Did you know the library has three notaries on staff?
Chances are, at least one will be available when you need to have something notarized!
Be sure to wait to sign your documents when the notary is present, and bring your ID!
This is a free service!

Did you get a new cellphone or E-reader? Did you go from a laptop to an iPad? Do you just want to know more about a device you have had for a while? Would you like to sit with someone who can walk you through how to use your technology? You can now use the form on our website to request a one-on-one tech help session with Rich! (click on the logo above!)

Storytime takes place at 10:30 every Thursday we are open!

Masks to be worn by anyone age 3 and up.

While we wait for Miss Darbie's return, Miss Jessica will be filling in!

Come check it out! 

Joining the Friends of the Duncan Public Library costs $10 a year! Membership now begins the moment you sign up rather than from March to March as it had been previously. You get longer checkouts, extra movies per checkout, and the pride in knowing that you are helping to fund the library's programming and special events and installations like the Book Sale and the Storywalk®. You are not required to participate in any activities or meetings, but serving on the board and participating won't be discouraged! Ask how you can join, today!

LIttle Free Libraries are all over Duncan! Take a book and leave a book. When you finish a book, leave it in one of these little libraries for someone else to enjoy! If you know of one we don't have listed, let us know!

Please remember that the books in these little libraries are protected only when they are inside and the doors are shut. Sadly, we've discovered a few ruined books that were left out in the wind and the rain.