Mijo's Library
Sunday, November 5, 2023
Give to your Library
Sunday, September 24, 2023
Every Child a Library Member #ECALM
by Helen McArdle of The Herald
Sunday, September 17, 2023
Library Card Sign Up
National Library Card Sign Up Month 2023
This month the El Paso Public Library celebrates National Library Card Sign Up Month. This celebration started in 1987. At the ALA website it states that it started "as a response to then Secretary of Education William Bennett, who stated, "Let's have a campaign...Every child should obtain a library card and use it." Library cards provide access to all kinds of free resources. In El Paso, libraries have been in operation for 150 years, a Sesquicentennial milestone that our library is also celebrating this year. It is one of if not the oldest running library system in the state of Texas.
This month the El Paso Public Library created a limited edition Lucha Libre library card. Five thousand were created for everyone that's interested in obtaining their first library card, renewing or simply anyone interested in upgrading their card with the new design. With over a dozen branches located throughout the city, there are a number of services that a library card can give you access to. I encourage everyone to visit their neighborhood library and get a library card for you and everyone in your family.
I got mine!
#every1reads
Monday, October 10, 2022
WorldCat.org
I first heard about WorldCat when I was enrolled in my graduate program at NMSU. A friend of mine was using it to search for books and it was something that I too began using to locate certain books. Now that I spend more times day to day with audio books then I do physical ones, I still like to reference physical texts by searching for them locally or regionally through WorldCat. My next step is to set up a profile and to take advantage of this space and time to organize my own personal, academic and professional literary interests.
A link to WorldCat is now visible in the side bar. worldcat.org
Thursday, June 30, 2022
Summer Reading 2022
Summer Reading 2022 @ El Paso Public Library
Check it out! This one's to motivate our participants to make time for reading. Also extending the opportunity to any of our incoming 6th graders and other Canyon Hills Middle School Cobras. During the first week of school, for students that submit their certificate of completion for their reading goals we'll have a prize raffle with your name in it. Don't let the summer pass you by without making some time for reading. Here's an active link include in the flier to elpasolibrary.beanstack.com. You can also register in-person at branch libraries.
We'll have copies of this flier available at our Community Chess Connection meetings at the Richard Burges Branch Library up until July 14th.
Tuesday, June 21, 2022
My Name is Tani
Need something to read for the summer? You can check out the nonfiction book titled My Name is Tani, and I Believe in Miracles, The Amazing True Story of One Boy's Journey from Refugee to Chess Champion. The text is available at the El Paso Public Library's Chamizal Express and at the Dorris Van Doren Branch. Register for the El Paso Public Library's Summer Reading Club 2022 click here.