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!
Don’t miss our Summer Reading kickoff open house on June 1st! We’ll have games, art projects, and door prizes! This year’s theme is “Unearth a Story” and we are so excited for all of our fun programming. Keep an eye on our events page and stop in for your tracker on June 1st
Come in anytime on June 1st to pick up your Summer Reading tracker and sign up swag, and stay for art projects, board games, and fun! We will have raffle sign ups for door prizes and dinosaur books for everyone to check out!
Saturday June 6
10AM-12PM
The Friends of the Library Book Sale on Saturday from 10-Noon is not one to miss! We have been doing some heavy “weeding” of our adult, children, and tween books and graphic novels, and our sale room shelves are packed tight! Books are only $1 a bag, or buy a special canvas bag for $2 and refill it at future sales for $1.
Mystery Book Club
*DAYTIME*
Monday June 8
1:30PM-2:30PM
*EVENING*
Wednesday June 10
7PM-8PM
“In Insidious Intent, Tony and Carol are on the hunt for a serial killer who forces the duo to confront their most haunting moral dilemma so far. In the north of England, single women are beginning to disappear from weddings. A pattern soon becomes clear: someone is crashing the festivities and luring the women away–only to leave the victims’ bodies in their own burned-out cars in remote locations. Tony and Carol are called upon to investigate–but this may be the toughest case they’ve ever had to face”
Old Favorites Book Club
Wednesday June 17
7PM-8PM
“After Tova Sullivan’s husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up. Keeping busy has always helped her cope, which she’s been doing since her eighteen-year-old son, Erik, mysteriously vanished on a boat in Puget Sound over thirty years ago. Tova becomes acquainted with curmudgeonly Marcellus, a giant Pacific octopus living at the aquarium. Marcellus knows more than anyone can imagine but wouldn’t dream of lifting one of his eight arms for his human captors–until he forms a remarkable friendship with Tova. Ever the detective, Marcellus deduces what happened the night Tova’s son disappeared. And now Marcellus must use every trick his old invertebrate body can muster to unearth the truth for her before it’s too late.”
Friday June 12
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.
Lego Club
June 22
4:30-5:30 PM
Friday June 26
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.
Art Lab –
Monday, June TBA
4:30PM-5:30PM
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 6/1. Call, email, comment on a post, or click “going” on the event to RSVP.
Library Board Meeting
Tuesday, July 7th
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.
Friends of the Library
Wednesday July 22
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!
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.
