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The Dorothy Bramlage
Public Library
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230
West Seventh Street
Junction City, Kansas 66441-3097
(785) 238-4311
fax: (785)
238-7873
jclibrary@jclib.org
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Monday - Thursday: 9:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Friday: 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Saturday: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Sunday: 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
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Click
here to set up your online account and search our catalog
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Attention:
grant seekers
The Dorothy
Bramlage Public Library has partnered with the Foundation
Center to connect non-profit grantseekers and grant providers. If
you are associated with a non-profit organization looking for grant funding,
this special library collection offers print materials on fundraising
and nonprofit management as well as two online grant databases from the
Foundation Center.
You
will need Adobe Reader to view these forms 
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Audiobooks & Ebooks
Visit the Kansas EZ Library for downloadable audiobook - One Click Digital - and ebooks - 3M Cloud.
(A Kansas Library Card is required to borrow online books from both programs. 3M Cloud is currently compatible only with Nook, Literati Reader, Kobo Reader and some models of Sony eReader.)
Stay tuned for the summer launch of a new ebook borrowing program that will be compatible with most handheld devices!
(The Audiobook, Music and More program was disbanded on 12/5/11 and is no longer available.) |
Library's
calendar of events
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The Friends of the Library’s
Geary County Landmark Keepsakes series is complete!
The four keepsakes featuring the
Opera House, the George Smith Library, the Buffalo Soldier Memorial
and the High School/Geary County Historical Society Museum building
are on sale now at the library for $5 each while supplies last. Get
yours today!
Interested
in becoming a Friend of the Library? Printable
.pdf application form
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Click
here to navigate to the State Library
of Kansas site where you can set up a new account or renew your current
state library card. This card provides access to free research databases
as well as free access to electronically formatted materials including
audiobooks, movies, music and ebooks. Call our reference desk for assistance.
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Mango
is an online language-learning system that can help you learn languages
like Spanish, French, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, German, Mandarin
Chinese, Greek, Italian, Russian and more.
To establish a new account, you will need to use your 14-digit Dorothy
Bramlage Public Library card. When entering the card number, there
should be no blank spaces. After successfully setting up your
new Mango account, you won't need to enter your card number again.
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Learning Is for Everyone
(LIFE)
Summer 2012 class schedule is online now |
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Getting a Library Card
To
check out materials, you will need a library card. To obtain a borrower's
card, bring photo identification and proof of your current local mailing address
to the library and complete an application. Your new library card will be
issued at the time of application.
Parents may apply for cards for their children age 4 and older.
Library Resources
The Dorothy Bramlage
Public Library serves the residents of Junction City, Ft. Riley, Geary County
and surrounding areas. You are invited to visit the library and browse our collection
of books, magazines, newspapers, videos, books-on-disc, books-on-tape, and reference
materials as well as utilize our high-speed Internet service. You may call
the Reference Desk at (785)238-4311 or contact us via email
(jclibrary@jclib.org)with your questions.
Accessing
Learning Express Library just got easier. Now with 10 easy
steps you too can have access to Learning Express Library. With access
to this awesome service, patrons can improve job search skills,
prepare for career certification, raise college entrance test scores,
and improve 21st century basic skills all possible with just the click
of a mouse.
1. Logon to www.LearningExpressLibrary.com
2. Click the "Register" button under the "New
Users" section at the bottom of the page.
3. Enter your 5-digit zip code in the Username field plus
your 7-digitphone number, excluding the area code, spaces, or dashes (for example:
660101234567). Your username must be a total of 12 numeric characters.
4. Create a password (passwords must be at least 6 characters
long, they can be alphanumeric, and they cannot contain spaces)
5. Verify your password
6. Enter your email address (this is optional but recommended
for password retrieval in the event that you forget your username or password)
7. Click the "Register" button
8. Choose "Kansas State Library" as your subscribing
institution
9. Click the "Continue" button
10. Print/save your registration confirmation page
NOTES:
For future logins, you will enter the LearningExpress
Library site as
a "Returning User" using the username & password you have just
created.
Setting up a personal
account is quick and easy, but there are a couple potential hurdles for home
users. If your computer is protected by a firewall, you may need to disable
it in order to log on and utilize Learn-A-Test. Your computer must also be set
to accept cookies. Learn-A-Test's cookies are not malicious, but are the kind
that permit you to navigate the Web site using your personalized logon name.
If you are unsure how to disable your firewall or enable cookies, you
can contact technical support for Learning Express at 1-800-295-9556.
Books
& book discussion groups (Seasonal reading programs, Family Book Discussion,
Fantastic Realms, Frank Talk Lecture Series, Ladies of the Night, Mahogany Readers,
and Mystery Club)
Frank
Talk Lecture Series
Friends
of the Library book sales
Learning
Is For Everyone (LIFE)
Youth
books & book discussion groups (Seasonal
reading programs, Family Book Discussion, Graphic Novel Club, Kids' Book Club)
More
events for youth
Movies (always free to the public--refreshments provided)
Saturday
@ the Library (children and families)
Special
events
Storytime (children 2 -
5 years)
age 2: Mother Goose
Time for Tots
ages 3-5: Storytime
registration
information
Talk
About Literature in Kansas (TALK) book discussion
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May
2012 Library Calendar
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May 1
-- LIFE Class: English as a Second Language @ 7 p.m. Library Annex
May 2
-- Registration deadline for After Hours on 5/4
-- Board of the Friends of the Library @ 6 p.m.
May 3
-- Mahogany Readers @ 7 p.m. Just Wanna Testify by Pearl Cleage Library Annex
May 4
-- After Hours at the Library @ 6:30 p.m. Intergalactic Scavenger Hunt (Ages 11-15, Register NLT 5/2)
May 5
-- Saturday at the Library @ 10 a.m. Teddy Bear Picnic
May 7
-- Library Board Planning Committee @ 5:30 p.m.
-- Ladies of the Night @ 7 p.m. Turn of the Mind by Alice LaPlante Library Annex
May 8
-- Registration deadline for LIFE Class: Basket Making on 5/22
-- Mystery Club @ 7 p.m. So Cold the River by Michael Koryta Library Annex
May 9
-- LIFE Class: Reiki @ 7 p.m.
May 10
-- Registration & fee deadline for LIFE Class: Stamping Happy Hour on 5/11
-- LIFE Class: Writing Your Family History @ 1 p.m. Library Annex
-- LIFE Class: Basket Making @ 6 p.m. at Hobby Haven (Registration & fee NLT 3/29)
-- LIFE Class: Crochet @ 7 p.m. Library Annex
-- Fantastic Realms @ 7 p.m. Oath of Fealty by Elizabeth Moon Library Annex
May 11
-- LIFE Class: Stamping Happy Hour @ 12 p.m. Hobby Haven (Registration NLT 5/10)
-- Trivia Night @ 6:30 p.m.
May 14
--Library Board of Trustees @ 5:30 p.m.
May 15
-- Sunflower Quilters Guild @ 6 p.m.
-- Registration & fee deadline for LIFE Class: AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy Class-Pre-Assessment @ 6 p.m. 4H/Senior Citizen Center (1025 S. Spring Valley Road)
-- Registration & fee deadline for LIFE Class: AKC Canine Good Citizen (Pre-Assessment) @ 7 p.m. 4H/Senior Citizen Center (1025 S. Spring Valley Road)
-- LIFE Class: English as a Second Language @ 7 p.m. (Registration Closed) Library Annex
*The book drop will be open when the library
is closed for the holidays so materials can still be returned during that
time.
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May 17
-- Amateur Radio-An Introduction @ 7 p.m. Library Annex
May 20
-- Registration deadline for LIFE Class: Computer 101 on 5/21
May 21
-- Registration begins for Beginning Drawing Workshop on 6/20
-- LIFE Class: Computer 101-Mouse Basics @ 10 a.m. (Registration NLT 5/20)
May 22
-- LIFE Class: Computer 101-Keyboard Basics @ 10 a.m.
-- LIFE Class: AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy Class (Registration closed) @ 6 p.m. 4H/Senior Citizen Center (1025 S. Spring Valley Road)
-- LIFE Class: AKC Canine Good Citizen (Registration Closed) @ 7 p.m. 4H/Senior Citizen Center (1025 S. Spring Valley Road)
-- LIFE Class: Basket Making @ 6 p.m. Hobby Haven (Registration & fee NLT 5/8)
-- LIFE Class: English as a Second Language @ 7 p.m. (Registration closed) Library Annex
May 23
-- LIFE Class: Computer 101-Practice Session @ 10 a.m. (Registration NLT 5/20)
-- LIFE Class: Meditation & You @ 7 p.m. Library Annex
May 24
-- LIFE Class: Writing Your Family History @ 1 p.m. Library Annex
-- LIFE Class: Crochet @ 7 p.m.
May 28
-- Library closed for Memorial Day
May 29
-- Registration begins for Intergalactic Slime on 6/27
-- Out-of-this-World Drawing Contest begins
-- Summer Reading Program begins
-- LIFE Class: AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy Class (Registration closed) @ 6 p.m. 4H/Senior Citizen Center (1025 S. Spring Valley Road)
-- LIFE Class: AKC Canine Good Citizen (Registration closed) @ 7 p.m. 4H/Senior Citizen Center (1025 S. Spring Valley Road)
-- LIFE Class: English as a Second Language @ 7 p.m. (Registration closed) Library Annex
May 31
-- Registration deadline for LIFE Class: Basket Making on 6/14
-- Registration & fee deadline for LIFE Class: Stamping Happy Hour on 6/1
The
Library Annex is located at 238 W. 8th Street
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