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NEWS FROM THE DIRECTOR
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Kristen Thorp
West Slope Library Director
Greetings!
 
Thank you for all the kind words and enthusiasm for our upcoming remodel. We have enjoyed hearing your love for and personal history with our library.
 
The library team will be busy this month! We have loved creating thematic grab-bags of books, audiobooks, and movies for you to reserve and borrow before our temporary building closure.
 
We will be offering Takeout until November 22, working with you to transfer any outstanding holds to other libraries for pickup, and continuing to help you place new holds to be picked up at our neighboring libraries.
 
November 20 and 21 will be our last days to accept returns without a reservation until we re-open our building in February 2021.
 
We will be packing...everything. From collections to pens, everything will need to be boxed up and stored.
 
On a personal note, November also marks my one year anniversary with the West Slope Library community. What a year! I am grateful to be here and excited for what the next year will bring for our library.
 
Take care,
Kristen
 
Guess the number of boxes!

Here are the boxes we've ordered to pack up our library collection. Can you guess how many boxes we ordered?
 
Closest without going over will win a prize! We will announce the winner in our December newsletter.
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Takeout and Returns
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Returns
Friday and Saturdays from 9-4pm. No reservation needed. We are quarantining items upon return. No late fees will be charged.  
 
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Takeout Service
Contact us when you're notified that your hold is available & we will make you a reservation to pick them up! No holds? Pick up grab bags of items selected by library staff!
 
 
 
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Book a Librarian
Schedule a time for one-on-one help! We can help you with your job search or help you learn library resources.
  
 
 
Book Bundles
We are offering themed bundles of random titles for checkout during your next Takeout appointment.  
 
Library staff are curating bundles with a variety of materials from throughout the library collection to surprise and delight you. New bundles are added frequently, so please contact us to learn what we currently have available.
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Programs and more
Storytimes

Every Tuesday at 10am
Adult book Club

November 4, 2:00-3:30pm
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Stay informed
We will continue to send out our monthly newsletter with updated information about our remodel, but you can also follow the progress on our website’s dedicated remodel page and on our Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter accounts.
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Your vote counts!
 
 The ballot box is located on the south side of the library in the school's parking lot. 
 
Your ballot must be in the Elections Office or an official dropsite by 8:00pm Election Day.
 
Postmarks do not count.
 
Visit the Washington County Election website.
Meet our Friends

Friends of the West Slope Community Library is a nonprofit volunteer organization created to increase public interest and participation in our library and to provide support for our library’s collection, activities, and fiscal well-being.
With funds from memberships, donations, bequests, and fundraising events, the Friends help pay for books, programs, and special items and publish a quarterly newsletter. Join us!
 
Until further notice, we are not collecting donated books for our in- house used book sale. Contact us if you would like to pick up some bottle drop bags.

Please note that the library will close for Veterans Day, Nov. 11. For more details or questions, please contact us!

West Slope Community Library

3678 SW 78th Ave Portland, Oregon 97225503-292-6416

www.westslopelibrary.org