YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
April 2020 Newsletter
What to do when you're stuck at home and the Library is closed:
We are working hard to bring the Library to you! We have many online resources for reading, entertainment, and study. We are continuing to work on providing some other exciting new features. Stay Tuned!

Please check our website for all the great resources for you and your family during this difficult time. We miss you!
ANNOUNCING: RB Digital!
FREE Magazines and more!
We are very excited to now offer RB Digital providing thousands of magazines online! From The New Yorker to US Weekly, Architectural Digest to Yoga, and ABC Organic Gardener to Vanity Fair. Most of the magazines you enjoyed in print at the Library and many more are now available to you online (adult coloring books, too!). Just create an account with your York Public Library card and start browsing, enjoying, reading, and discovering. Check it out here!
 
 
Ancestry Public Library Edition 
Now available from your home!
Ancestry Library Edition:  
Free to use at home at this time! Ancestry provides instant access to more than 1 billion names, more than 3,000 databases, primary-source document images and a variety of genealogical research features.
For tutorials please click here: Ancestry Library Edition Tutorials

For more genealogy resources check out the Genealogy page on our website.
 
For KIDS and Their Families:
What to do when the Library is closed?  We have lots of ideas here!
While the library is closed, we hope you will visit with us online! This is an unusual time, and it is important to try to maintain routines. On our website each week we will post a "check-in" video for our storytime sessions, so you can still see our faces, hear our voices, and sing along with us. We also have links to a variety of interesting things you can explore online, or do at home offline as a family. We will be adding more links regularly, so check back often!
 
Remember you can still "borrow" books from the CloudLibrary or our new TumbleBooks service, including picture books! We miss all of you, and are looking forward to when we can see you again at the library.

Be well and wash your hands.
Happy reading,
Miss Kathleen, Miss Katie & Miss Barb

For TEENS:
Check out our website for great ideas and online resources while you are stuck at home. Get audiobooks, e-Books and more!
 
Be sure to sign up for RB Digital online magazines! Thousands of titles - FREE!! Just a sampling: The Ultimate Guide to Minecraft, Girls' World, Doodle Emporium: A Stress Relieving Colouring Book, Imagine Fx and so many more!
 
More Important Updates:
For the health and safety of our community and staff,
York Public Library is closed until at least April 30.
Within the context of public health guidelines, we will re-evaluate at that time.
  • In the meantime all dues dates have been extended to May.
  • Please do NOT return anything to the Book Drop.
  • Although the Library is not open, we are still here for you.
    Contact us by calling 207-363-2818 and leaving a voicemail
    or email ypl@york.lib.me.us.  
    Staff are checking messages daily and we will get back to you
    as soon as we are able.
 For up-to-date information, including additional services that will
be offered during our closure, please visit our website
and social media channels.
York Public Library
15 Long Sands Road
York, ME 03909
 
(207) 363-2818
www.york.lib.me.us
ypl@york.lib.me.us
       
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