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Community Library Network District Newsletter
December 2024
From The Director's Desk
“Of all the months of the year there is not a month one half so welcome to the young, or so full of happy associations, as the last month of the year." Charles Dickens
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On December 9th, the Community Library Network will celebrate the grand reopening of the Post Falls Library. Closed in January 2024 to repair the damage caused by flooding, the Post Falls branch of the Community Library Network has seen a dedicated team work to restore and improve your local library.
I would especially like to thank Randy Zepeda, the CLN Facilities Manager, for all that he has done to coordinate the many crews involved in this extensive project. Thanks also to Lindsey Miller-Escarfuller, the CLN Assistant Director, and Jennifer Craft, the Post Falls community librarian, who led the efforts to keep library services going through the closure and to bring us successfully to the grand reopening. Please join us on December 9th from 12pm – 2pm for our ribbon cutting ceremony and festivities. As we close out 2024 and look forward to 2025, I hope that we can all enjoy the restoration of the Community Library Network—safe and welcoming to the young and full of happy associations.
 
-Martin Walters
 
Digital Literacy
While traditional literacy focuses on the ability to read and write, digital literacy encompasses a broader range of skills essential for proficiency in today's digital age. 
 
These skills include:
  • Basic computer skills
  • Internet navigation
  • Information evaluation
  • Internet safety
  • Digital communication
  • Media literacy
  • Data literacy
  • Digital citizenship
  • Familiarity with digital tools and software
  • Critical thinking
As our world continues to evolve in the digital landscape, we are all on a journey to develop and refine these skills.
 
Resources
 
You can access digital literacy resources through our catalog here.
 
Library Services

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Noon Years Eve 
Say Goodbye to 2024 and Hello to 2025 with our morning at the Met event. 
 
Pinehurst Library
Friday, December 27, 11am- 12pm
 
Spirit Lake Library
Friday, December 27, 11am- 1pm
 
Hayden Library
Monday, December 30, 11am-12pm
 
Check-out all our other awesome programs here.
 
Announcements and News
 
You are cordially invited
to the ribbon cutting ceremony and celebration of the
Grand Reopening of the
Post Falls Library.
 
Monday, December 9, 2024
12-2PM
 
At the Post Falls Library.
 
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Note: The Post Falls Library is temporarily closed through Sunday, December 8th
in preparation for the Grand Reopening.
 
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All Community Library Network Libraries will be closed:
  • Tuesday, December 24, in observance of Christmas Eve
  • Wednesday, December 25, in observance of Christmas
All Community Library Network Libraries will close early:
Tuesday, December 31, at 5 pm in observance of New Year's Eve
 
Staff is Reading...
Pests
by Brookshire, Bethany

At the intersection of science, history, and narrative journalism, this eye-opening study reveals why we deem certain animals "pests" and others not, and what this tells us about our own perceptions, beliefs, and actions, as well as our place in the natural world
Master slave, husband wife
by Woo, Ilyon

Presents the remarkable true story of Ellen and William Craft, who escaped slavery through daring, determination, and disguise, with Ellen passing as a wealthy, disabled white man and William posing as "his" slave
Upgrade
by Crouch, Blake

When his DNA is rewritten with a genetic-engineering breakthrough beyond anything the world has seen, Logan Ramsey finds his transformation threatening everything around him as he is forced to take sides in a fight to save humankind. (suspense). Simultaneous.
Going rogue
by Evanovich, Janet

Stephanie Plum must retrieve a mysterious missing coin in order to pay the ransom for her co-worker who has been kidnapped
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Community Library Network
821 N Spokane St
Post Falls, Idaho 83854
208-773-1506
https://communitylibrary.net