Driftwood Public Library
 
January 2025
 



Library Closings:

Wednesday, Jan. 1 - New Year's Day
 
Monday, Jan. 20 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
 

Oregon Legacy:
The Friends of Driftwood Library will present the literary series Oregon Legacy to the Lincoln County community at Driftwood Public Library at 3:00 p.m. on each of the four Sunday afternoons in February 2025.
 
Thirty-one years ago, Driftwood Public Library completed a move into its current facility at Lincoln Square in Lincoln City. To celebrate the library’s new home and to thank the community for all of its support during the transition, The Friends of Driftwood Public Library created a gift for the community. With little resources beyond the income from their occasional book sales, the Friends underwrote the first literary series ever presented in Lincoln County: Oregon Legacy. Each year they have renewed that sponsorship.
 
All Oregon Legacy presentations are free due to the generous support of The Friends as well as Shearwater Inn, Pelican Shores Inn, and Looking Glass Inn who generously donate lodging for our visiting authors. Each presentation begins at 3:00 p.m.
 
The library is located on the second floor of the City Hall building at 801 SW Hwy 101 in Lincoln City, just across the street from Burger King and adjacent to McKay’s Market grocery store. For further information about the Oregon Legacy series, contact Ken Hobson at khobson@lincolncity.org. Visit Driftwood’s website at www.driftwoodlib.org.

Coffee and Conversation with the Director:
Meet up on Mondays at 10:30 in the Commons outside the Friends Bookstore for coffee and chat with our Library Director.
 

Children's Storytimes:

Music and Movement
Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m.
Children's Room
 
Songs, rhymes, movement and more in a fun class that keeps you movin' and groovin'. Open to all ages.
 
No Music and Movement on Jan. 21.
Saturday Storytime
Jan. 4 & 25 at 10:30 a.m.
 
Can't make it to our Thursday storytimes? Or maybe one storytime a week isn't enough? Join us on selected Saturdays for a weekend storytime session.


 Storytime
Thursdays, 10:30 a.m.
Children's Room
 
Join us for stories, music, and more! Open to all ages.
 
Join us on Jan. 30 for a special visit from Parents As Teachers with crafts and a snack!
 

Winter Break Robots:
Dec. 27 & 28
Jan. 3 & 4
3:30 - 5:30 p.m.
 
 Join us for some robot fun over Winter Break!
 
We'll work on basic coding and programming skills as we navigate our robots through a variety of mazes.
 
All ages welcome.

Family Nights:
Wednesdays from 3:30 - 5:30 p.m.
 
Drop in anytime between 3:30 - 5:30 p.m. in the Community Room for a family friendly activity for all ages.
   
 
1/1 - Library closed due to the holiday
 
1/8 - Kids Cook: Microwave Brownies
Join us to make chocolately brownies in the microwave.
 
1/15 - Kids Finance: Currency Conga
Do you know your money? Test your money and math skills with this fun game night.
 
1/22 - Pokemon Party
Gotta catch 'em all! Join us for Pokemon crafts and cartoons.
 
1/29 - STEM Night
Join us for an activity featuring Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math!
 
Open to all ages!

Homeschool Hangout:
Calling all homeschoolers!
 
Homeschoolers of all ages are welcome to join us for a STEAM activity.
 
1/15 - Kids Finance: Currency Conga
Do you know your money? Test your money and math skills with this fun game night.
 
1/29 - STEM Activity
Join us for an activity featuring Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math!
 

Tween and Teen Programs:
 
Thursdays from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
 
Hang out at the library, eat snacks, and do things.
Open to ages 10 - 18.
 
1/2 - Oreo Tasting Night
Join us to taste and rate Oreo flavors.
 
1/9 - Teen Chef: Microwave Brownies
Join us to make chocolately brownies in the microwave.
 
1/14 - Duct Tape Crafts
Don't get stuck making these crafts.
 
1/23 - Memory Books
Make a mini scrapbook or memory book for the upcoming year.
 
1/30 - Escape Room 
Can you work together to solve the puzzles and escape?
 

Driftwood Bookworms Book Club: 
How not to kill yourself
by Clancy W. Martin

Based on his viral essay“I'm Still Here,” the acclaimed writer and professor of philosophy chronicles his own multiple suicide attempts and discusses how the desire to kill oneself is almost always temporary and avoidable.

Word Surfers Writing Club:
A group of folks keen on learning, improving, and supporting others in the craft of writing. All genres and mediums are welcome.  Meetings are from 1-3 p.m. on 2nd and 4th Saturdays of the month. Contact Chris at ‪(541) 224-6498 for more info.
 

Death Cafe Meetings:
Meetings will be the last Friday of the Month from 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
 
A Death Cafe is a space where people drink tea/coffee/beer, eat cake, and talk about death. The idea originates with the Swiss sociologist and anthropologist Bernard Crettaz, who organized the first Cafe Mortal in 2004. Together we will create community around death, dying, and grief. Our Death Cafe will be facilitated by Crystal Akins a Death Doula who lives in Lincoln City, Oregon. 
 
To register contact Crystal Akins 
EmbraceDeathDoulaCare@gmail.com 
or Text (503) 358-6143.
 

Oregon State Parks Parking Passes
 
Thanks to a partnership with Oregon State Parks, the library now offers day-use Oregon State Parks parking passes for checkout! While most State Parks do not charge for parking, there are 25 parks (many of them local to the Coast) that charge a fee for day-use parking. Library patrons can avoid this fee by checking out one of our four parking passes! For a complete list of State Parks that require a fee or a pass to park, please visit the Oregon State Parks website.

Passes check out for two weeks, and you must be a Driftwood Public Library cardholder. Planning a trip to an Oregon State Park? Stop by the library today and ask for one at the front desk.

Toniebox Kits
 
Thanks to our Friends of the Driftwood Library and Tonie, we now have 6 Toniebox Kits ready for circulation! Each kit comes with a Toniebox, charger, and 4 - 6 Tonie characters for a screen-free song and audiobook experience.
 
Toniebox kits check out for two weeks and you must be a Driftwood Public Library cardholder. Information sheets will be available in the Children's Room or you can ask for a specific kit at the front desk. All kits must be checked out and returned to the front desk as they will not fit in the bookdrop.
 
Kits available:
Roald Dahl - 6 Tonies with Roald Dahl classics
Llama/Peppa/Pete - 6 Tonies with songs, stories, and potty-training
National Geographic for Kids - 6 Tonies each featuring a different topic
Meditation/Mindfulness - 5 Tonies focusing on yoga, breathing, and mindfulness for kids
Bilingual Spanish / Español - 5 Tonies featuring Spanish songs and bilingual stories
Conservation - 4 Tonies featuring conservation themes
 
 

Oregon Coast Aquarium Culture Passes!
 
We realized that it's not possible for everyone to be at the library when we open on the first of the month, so to make distribution of our Oregon Coast Aquarium Culture Passes as fair as possible, we've made some changes to how we’ll distribute them: we will now be drawing names for passes on the first of each month.
 
Only adult Driftwood cardholders are eligible to enter the lottery. To enter, simply visit the library, give us a call at 541-996-2277, or email librarian@lincolncity.org. We'll need your name and phone number, and we ask that only one person per household or family enter their name for the lottery. You'll only need to enter the lottery once: those entrants whose names aren’t drawn will automatically be rolled into the next month’s lottery.
 
Each pass allows the cardholder and three guests free general admission to the Oregon Coast Aquarium. There are four passes available per month.  Passes check out for up to 30 days, and can be checked out once per calendar year. To add your name to the lottery list, call the library at 541-996-2277. Please have your library card ready.
 
For more information, visit https://www.driftwoodlib.org/culturepass.php
 
This program is made possible through the generous support of the Franz Bakery Foundation, U.S. Bank, the Doris & Michael Garcia Fund, the Oregon Cultural Trust, and the Lincoln County Cultural Coalition.
 

Curbside Pick Up Still an Option

Whether you have lingering COVID concerns, or simply find that picking items up at our Galley Avenue entrance is more convenient for you, we continue to offer curbside service to our cardholders as a quick, easy way to pick up your holds.
 
Give the library a call at 541-996-2277, press 1 at the menu, to schedule your curbside appointment. Please call at least 30 minutes before you would like to arrive in order to give staff time to put your order together and check it out for you. Curbside pick up is available at our back door on Galley St. from when we open at 10:00 AM until we close at 6:00 PM.

Did you know?

Library2Go ebooks and e-audiobooks (available through the Libby app) now show up in your catalog search results? When you search for a title such as We Keep the Dead Close by Becky Cooper, not only will you see the library's physical holdings, but our digital holdings as well! If the book is marked with [electronic resource] and includes the information, "Click to access digital title through Overdrive," it is a title that any cardholder can download! Just follow the link and sign into your Library2Go account.

Outreach Services Available
 
 
Driftwood Public Library provides services to patrons living in Lincoln County who are physically unable to come to the library. We also provide rotating paperback book collections to apartment buildings, community centers, senior retirement communities, and more!
 
Driftwood Public Library maintains a collection of fiction and nonfiction in large print, and can certify people with visual disabilities for participation in the free Oregon Talking Book and Braille Library, a division of the State Library of Oregon, funded by state and Federal revenue, and public donations.
 
Simply put, if you can't come to the library, we will find a way to bring the library to you!
For more information, please contact our Outreach Services Coordinator, Star Khan, at 541-996-1255, or skhan@lincolncity.org. 
 

Friends of the Driftwood Library Book Sale
 
Hours: Every Monday from 10am - 2pm
             Book Sale is not open if the Library is closed.
 
Book Prices: Children's .25 ; pocketbooks .50 ; hardback and softcover books $1.00.
 
We have individually priced sections for coffee table books, book sets, rare books, and signed books. We also have VHS tapes for .50, DVDs for $2.00, and CDs for $1.00
 
All proceeds from the Friend's Book Sale go to support the library and its many programs.
 
Contact the Friends of Driftwood Public Library
at 541-996-1215.

Check out our past newsletters!
 
You can now find our past newsletters on our website!
 
Visit https://driftwoodlib.org/newsletters.php to see the most recent Library Happenings and The Good Stuff newsletters as well as as list of all our past issues. 

Driftwood Public Library
801 SW HWY 101 #201
Lincoln City, OR 97367
(541) 996-2277
librarian@lincolncity.org
www.driftwoodlib.org
Hours:
Monday-Saturday: 10:00 AM until 6:00 PM
Sunday: 1:00 PM until 5:00 PM