Welcome to the Warren Public Library website. From here you can access our catalog, learn about upcoming library events, and find links to other resources. We serve Salamonie Township in Huntington County, Indiana and anyone else with an active Evergreen Indiana library card. Founded in 1916, we are now over 100 years old!
Old Favorites Book Club
Wednesday February 18
7PM-8PM
Frederick Fife was born with an extra helping of kindness in his heart. If he borrowed your car, he’d return it washed, with a full tank of gas. The problem is there’s nobody left in Fred’s life to borrow from. At eighty-two, he’s desperately lonely, broke, and on the brink of homelessness. Fred’s luck changes when, in a bizarre case of mistaken identity, he takes the place of Bernard Greer at the local nursing home. Now he has a roof over his head, three meals a day, and, most importantly, the chance to be part of a family again. All he has to do is hope that his poker face is in better shape than his prostate and that his look-alike never turns up. As Fred navigates life in Bernard’s shoes, he learns about the man’s past and what it might take to return a life in better condition than he found it. Bittersweet and remarkably perceptive, The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife is a feel-good, clever novel about grief, forgiveness, redemption, and finding family, from an exciting new voice in fiction.
Library Board Position Open
The Warren Public Library Library Board has an open seat that needs filled. This end date for this term is Sept 30, 2028.
Library board members help craft long term plans, strategies, and policies for the library. Meetings are once a month for about an hour.
To be applicable, you must live in Warren or Salamonie Township.
If interested, please fill out a form for the commissioners
here.
Applications are available at the Commissioners’ Office or online. Completed applications may be dropped off at the office or emailed to: Gretchen.Lenfesty@Huntington.in.us
Blind Date with a Book is back and flying off the shelves!
The books are wrapped in brown paper with just a few intriguing lines from online reviews written on the outside. No covers, no spoilers, just vibes. We’re including a fun book-review bookmark and a sticker to go with your pick.
New this year: we’ve added young adult selections, and they’re going fast!
Not just romance! Expect a mix of genres and surprises.
So popular today that we’re having trouble keeping the display stocked
Blind Date with a Book runs through the end of February, and it’s the perfect thing to browse when you stop in to pick up your Winter Reading tracker.
Take a chance. Meet your next favorite book.
Snowy days are perfect for stories! Join WPL’s Snow Day Stories Winter Reading Program and track your reading minutes all month long. Readers can earn small prizes along the way and raffle tickets toward a larger prize, plus enjoy special winter events.
Friday February 20
1PM-3PM
Visit the employee cafe at Heritage Pointe during ice cream day from 1-3 pm, and see us there! We will have a booth set up where Heritage Pointe, Town House, and Villa residents (and staff!) can sign up for library cards and check out from a small selection of books. This will be an ongoing event in an effort to reach our patrons at Heritage Pointe.
Winter Reading Indoor Nerf Battle at KBC
Friday February 20
5:30PM-6:30PM
Unleash your inner warrior at the WPL Indoor Nerf Battle! WPL will supply the darts, you bring your own Nerf blaster. Families welcome!
*Please note, darts provided are standard Nerf darts. Nerf products that use half, ultra, or mega darts are prohibited
Monday February 23
4PM-5PM
Come to the library and build! Join in on the monthly challenge, or build something unique. We’ll supply the LEGO, you supply the creativity.
This colorful evening is always a good time! Use our extensive bead collection to create anything you can think up, or check out some inspiration photos. Open to all ages.
Friends of the Library
Wednesday February 25
7PM-8PM
Friends of the Library is a volunteer organization that meets quarterly. They provide help by raising funds and participating in things like running the book sale, helping with the summer reading program, and anything else the library needs extra hands for! This is a fun group of people who are always welcoming new members. Dues are $2 a year and membership forms are available at the library desk. The meetings only happen quarterly, so don’t miss this one!
Library Board Meeting
Monday, March 2
7:00 PM
The Library Board will discuss matters both large and small that impact our library community. All meetings are open to the public.
Come to the library to eat pizza and play board games with friends! The pizza and sodas are FREE, but this event is so popular,
we do require an RSVP no later than 2/2. Call, email, comment on a post, or click “going” on the event to RSVP.
@ Heritage Pointe
10AM-11AM
Would you like help with reading and listening to books on your devices? Learn how to download and operate the free reading apps offered by Warren Public Library. A short instructional presentation will be followed by individual assistance. Bring your device with you.
Held in the Calico Room at Heritage Pointe of Warren.
Art Lab – Theme TBA
March 23
5PM-6PM
Attention – Residents at Heritage Pointe of Warren
Residents at Heritage Pointe of Warren who have difficulty leaving the facility can now have books delivered and picked up at their home! We will even help with library card sign up. Residents can check out books, movies, audiobooks, and magazines – the same as any walk-in patron. Residents will also have access to Libby and Hoopla, for e-books and audio books that they can read or listen to on their devices!
This program is completely free! Call the Library at 260-375-3450 for more information.
We now have a Keurig available for public use at WPL! We have a selection of coffees, teas, and hot chocolates available, with a $1.00 suggested donation. Come and sit in the air conditioning and relax with a book!
Warren Weekly at the Library
Print outs of the Warren Weekly are available at the library. Pick up the current and previous week when you are curious about local news.
Overdrive/Libby Switchover to Indiana Digital Library Instructions
Concerned your digital library says there are only 22 books in the entire app? 20 that have holds, and there other 2 say “not available?” Our digital library has been been moved, and combined with another digital library to give everyone even MORE titles.
Website:
• Click the gold Sign In button
• Select Warren Public Library
• Enter your card number with NO spaces
Libby app:
• Yes there is an app. Download from your phone’s store
• We recommend the Libby app, as the OverDrive app has been retired
• Tap the bottom button of three lines, it should be in the middle
• Under “Add Library,” search for Indiana Digital Library. As of right now the symbol should be a yellow and blue card
• Tap IDL to add it
• Select Warren Public Library
• Enter your card number with NO spaces
Indiana Digital Library – Website link to browse and check your account
The Indiana State Library has announced the formation of a new statewide e-book consortium, the Indiana Digital Library, launching on March 1. Nearly 200 public libraries in the state will all share the OverDrive platform to create a statewide consortium of e-books and magazines. This new consortium – made up of libraries that serve populations under 150,000 – will benefit libraries, taxpayers and library users. Patrons of consortium member libraries will have the ability to borrow materials from both their own library’s collections and the member library collections. The State Library is paying the platform fees for the consortium and 100% of the member libraries’ fees will be spent on materials.
A volunteer library team will also assist with collection development for libraries and will help ensure the efficient usage of the consortium’s funds. Libraries may either purchase titles for their collection on their own or may chose to assign their funds to the collection development team.
“The new Indiana Digital Library consortium will be a great service and benefit to Indiana libraries and the customers of Indiana libraries. This collaboration is a great example of Indiana libraries working together to provide high quality services to library users,” said Jake Speer, State Librarian.
BIG DIGITALIZATION ANNOUNCEMENT
HISTORIC WARREN NEWSPAPERS NOW ONLINE
The Warren Tribune and the Warren Weekly are now available on the Internet via the Warren Public Library’s (WPL) website.
There are nearly 37,000 searchable pages available of The Warren Tribune (1898-1985), and nearly 8,000 searchable pages available of the Warren Weekly (1986-2000).
The website allows you to search, pan, view, zoom in, zoom out, clip, fit to width, fit to height, rotate, view previous object, view previous page, advance page, and print the newspaper pages with the click of your mouse.
NEW LIBRARY SERVICE ANNOUCEMENT
Attention Warren Public Library cardholders, let us introduce you to Hoopla!
Hoopla is a digital service that expands your options even further. Hoopla offers:
- Audiobooks
- Comics
- eBooks
- Movies
- Music
- Television shows
Very simple instructions to get you started on Hoopla:
- To sign up, click the link here. https://www.hoopladigital.com
- Near the top click on “Get Started Today.”
- Put in your preferred email address.
- Set up a password.
- On “Choose Your Library,” select Warren Public Library.
- Enter your library card number.
- Enter your library PIN.Don’t remember your PIN? Call us at 260-375-3450 and we can reset it for you.
- PLEASE NOTE – As of right now, each card is limited to just FIVE checkouts per month.
Online Database Feature – World Book Online
Did you know the library has access to several research databases, some geared for school curriculum? World Book Online lists its mission as such:
“To enhance learning and reading for children around the world by developing trustworthy, engaging content to create products that will engage children of all ages at home, on the go, in the classroom or in libraries worldwide. We aspire to establish World Book as a renowned, global, adaptive, and mission-driven enterprise that helps kids learn and read throughout their entire childhood journey.”
Click on the link, enter your library card number, and have access to this up-to-date classic encyclopedia series.
New AWE Learning Computer is at WPL
Look upstairs for a computer designed with engaging activities for our young readers. Science, technology, reading, engineering, art, and math.
-Ages 1-14: Created specifically for young learners!
-Award-winning content: Providing hours of education and fun!
-70+ Software titles: Over 4,000 learning activities.
-Correlated content: Aligned to STEM/STREAM and correlated to academic standards.
-Safe environment: Self-contained learning solution keeps children away from unwarranted websites and content.
-Engaging and fun! Full of child-friendly images, sounds, songs & videos.
-Ideal for all learning styles: Auditory, visual, tactile & kinesthetic learners.
-Enhances school readiness.
