Round Lake Area Public Library

Experience the passion and drama of Tango!  Sunday, September 18, 2011  • 2:00 p.m.   …more info

Saturday, September 10, 2011 at 2:00 p.m.

Join us in our third season of the Wanderlust Travel Series.  In this presentation, travel to the country of Wales where you will experience the natural beauty of the countryside, see plenty of sheep, and traverse through castles and megalithic sites.  Refreshments will be served following the presentation.

Join library representatives and the community on Sunday, September 11 at 5:00 p.m.   …more info

The first Wednesday of the month is Teen Craft night here at the library. Stop in September 7 at 6:00 p.m. to make and eat a tasty caramel apple.

Dear Patrons of the Round Lake Library,

My name is Briana and I have worked here for nearly nine years, having dedicated most years of my service to the Children’s department.  I regret to inform you that I am now leaving this library in order to continue my education in archaeology.  It has been a pleasure working here, striving to bring exciting programs to the children of this community.  Having grown up in Round Lake myself, it is a wrench to leave this town.  We have some smashing people here and I am glad to have met many of you.

I am especially pleased that I was able to teach some archaeology and ancient history to some of the Tweens of this and surrounding communities.  That was by far my favorite part of my job in the Youth department!

Thanks for an excellent nine years!

~Briana

Come in Monday, July 18th at  6:30 to learn what’s involved in SCUBA diving, training, certification, equipment, and most importantly FUN! You will have a chance to look at, play around with equipment, and talk to some veteran instructors.

Monday, July 18 & July 25  • 1:00-1:30 p.m.  •  Safety messages presented by the Round Lake Police Department   …more info

Newborns to adults are invited to sign-up.  Read and win prizes!   …more info

The Round Lake Library and SWALCO would like to thank our patrons for participating in April’s ReUse-A-Shoe, shoe recycling program.

We were able to collect multiple bags of shoes to be recycled and reused through two different programs, Nike’s ReUse-A-Shoe, and Share Your Soles. These were brought to SWALCO, where approximately 41,000 shoes were collected this year, weighing 8½ tons. That’s 17,000 pounds of shoes kept out of the landfills and sent to Nike to be ground up and reused as other products. Also, nearly 4,000 pairs of gently worn shoes were sent to Share Your Soles for those in need, many of which are on their way to Joplin, Missouri to aid victims after the recent tornadoes.

Thank you again to all who participated and we look forward to receiving more of your used shoes next April!

As a celebration of Poetry Month, the Round Lake Area Library is proud to  announce a poetry contest for kids in grades 3 – 8!

This contest begins April 2 and ends April 23.

Please pick up guidelines at the Youth Reference Desk.  Or you can download them here.

Good Luck, poets!

Winners will have their poems displayed on our website; grand prize winners will receive a surprise!