Rodman Library invites you to join us for our online book club “Books & Coffee.” The next book club meeting will be on Thursday, September 17 at 10:30 a.m. The selected title will be Becoming by Michelle Obama. Copies are available at the Main and Branch libraries or digitally through the Ohio Digital Library. If you would like to participate in the discussion, send your email address to cduro@rodmanlibrary.com. You will receive a link on how to connect via Zoom.
Get ready for the 2020 “Summer Art Experience” from home! Starting Monday, June 22, children ages 6-13 will be able to view six art lessons via YouTube videos taught by local art instructors. Art supplies for the lessons will be provided free of charge while supplies last, but children are encouraged to participate by using their own supplies as well. To register your child, visit our online calendar, http://rodmanlibrary.evanced.info/signup, or call 330-821-2665.
“Imagine Your Story” is the theme of Rodman Public Library’s 2020 Adult, Teen, and Children’s Summer Reading Program. The program is now underway and runs through Saturday, August 1. This year, participants will register and track their reading online. All participants, regardless of age, may sign up online at https://rodmanlibrary.beanstack.org/ or by downloading the Beanstack app. For tutorials on how to register, visit our YouTube page.
Rodman Public Library is pleased to announce that Drive-Thru service and telephone reference service are now available at the Main Library. The times for this service are:
To use our Drive-Thru service, start by requesting library materials. You may do this by using our online catalog, https://roc.rodmanlibrary.com, or by calling the library at 330-821-2665 with a valid library card. Check our Facebook video for how these services will work.
Are you a teen who loves to read? Join us, as you stay at home, for a virtual Teen Book Club that will meet once a month on Mondays at 4 p.m. The next meeting will take place on June 22. We will be using Google Hangout as our meeting site. To sign up, teens need to email rodmaninfo@gmail.com with their name, age and Gmail account. Teens must have a Gmail account to participate. An invitation to join the meeting will be sent to the email address the teen has provided. Any teen, age 12-18, can join.
Creative ideas flowing? Join us for an online Teen Writing Club that will meet every two weeks on Wednesdays at 4 p.m., beginning on April 15, then again on April 29. To sign up, teens need to email rodmaninfo@gmail.com with their name, age and Gmail account. Because we will be meeting via Google Hangout, teens must have a Gmail account to participate.
The physical building of Rodman Library may be closed, but it doesn’t stop the staff from kicking off an online “Reading Challenge” for all ages beginning on Sunday, April 12, and running through Saturday, May 23. Adults, teens and children are eligible to be entered into a Grand Prize Drawing for one $25.00 Amazon gift e-card per age group. Here's how it works.
Stuck inside? Looking for something to do? Why not catch up on some reading? Join us for the Stay Home. Read Together Challenge with categories for the whole family to enjoy.
During this time when children are learning at home, we offer these web resources to help you and your child find activities from some amazing sites around the country. It's like going on a virtual field trip!
Have a question? Email us at rodmaninfo@rodmanlibrary.com
In mid-November, Rodman Public Library will be joining the SEO (Serving Every Ohioan) Library Consortium. Making this move will provide our library users with access to items from 95 library systems at 241 physical locations throughout 49 counties across Ohio. This also means that the system that we use to check out your library materials, and that you use to search for items in our catalog, will also change.
Below is a recording of the virtual author visit of Christina Baker Kline as a part of the 2020 One Book One Community series. The video was hosted by Rodman Public Library with the help of their sponsors. The event was moderated by Chelsea Char. This video will be available to watch until October 31.
From September through December, Rodman Public Library will offer a variety of “take and make” craft bags for patrons of all ages. These craft bags will include supplies to create themed crafts as well as step-by-step instructions on how to create them.
