UPDATE: We have shipped two boxes full of eclipse glasses to AWB. The total between the two containers is 706 and we have a few more to send off. We are collecting until the end of September.
We did it! We clicked the button and agreed to be a collection point for gently used solar eclipse glasses.
Share the excitement, bring your glasses by the library today.
PLEASE DO NOT PUT THEM IN THE DROP BOX, DAMAGED GLASSES CANNOT BE SENT. THANK YOU
We will collect glasses through the end of September.
Eclipse Glasses Donation Program
Give your eclipse glasses a second chance!
Astronomers Without Borders and Explore Scientific are collecting glasses to be sent to schools in
South America and Asia when eclipses cross those continents in 2019.
{copied from the AWB website: http://www.astronomerswithoutborders.org/}
We closed the Library for a couple of hours so we could all enjoy watching the eclipse together. We had a few people join us on the lawn.
We managed to remember to take a few pictures while watching the ‘show’.
Have you heard about the 2017 Eclipse?
It’s happening Monday August 21 and Seneca is in the path to experience the total eclipse!!
We will be closed during the event, from 11:30 to 2:30ish, August 21 to enjoy the celestial wonder. We hope those of you who have to work all day can grab a quick lunch or your trusty PB&J and come join us for the fun. We can even write an excuse for your boss if you’re late back from lunch. We will have a limited supply of glasses for those who do join us on the lawn.
You can now download the Flipster app to access all* of our digital magazines on your device.
Start in the app store, search for Flipster digital magazines, and download. Open your Flipster app – it will either give you a list of local libraries (if your location services are on) or let you search. Our account is under NExpress Libraries, Lawrence, KS, so click on that and then enter your *card number* (not your login – this will only work for the official card number on the NExpress account). After you’ve done this, you’ll see all* of our magazines’ covers – clicking on one starts the download process and adds it to your “shelf”.
Have fun!
The Science Activity Time for students who have finished 3rd-6th grades has been popular again this summer.
Here are pictures of the 3 programs held this summer:
The last meeting for our scientists was to deconstruct the electronics our patrons brought in for us. Thank you to everyone who brought in keyboards, old phones, cell phones and whatever for the students to explore! Scroll through to see all the happy faces and at the end you’ll see just how many items were donated!
The second meeting, June 15, was just before Father’s Day. So, we made special cards for our dads! They light up!! Of all the projects this summer this one certainly required the most precision. For those young scientist who like to take the initiative it sometimes meant backtracking, redoing and tweaking the steps until all the rules of circuitry were followed so their cards actually lit up.
The first Science Activity this summer was the building of the Brush Bot. This was a little robot made with the brush of a tooth brush, batteries, mini vibrators and more.
Although some new students were at first frustrated by the lack of precision a”kit” could offer they soon joined the fun of being their own designers and creators.
The students had a great time building and testing their bots.
OneClickdigital will have a large app update & logo change on Tuesday, June 27. After that time, the website & app will be called RBdigital instead.
This update is large on their servers, the company is starting the update process on Monday, 7pm Central. It is possible some people may not be able to use their books until the update is complete overnight.
Computer users: for you, all you will see is the logo changing to RBdigital on the website where you check out books. Any update for you will be later in the year, but one was not needed at this time.
Mobile App Users: (iPad/iPhone, Android, Kindle Fire)
On June 27, you will receive an app update. This is actually a fully new version of the app. You:
may postpone installing the update if you are in the middle of a book (update will lose your place in the book). However, please install the update as soon as you’ve finished that book to avoid version problems later!
will need to login again as the new version cannot retrieve your saved login from the old version (reset a forgotten login here).
What will have changed in the app?
It is a fully NEW version of the app. Expect screenshots with more explanation from the State Library the day of the update, when we can take images of our own accounts.
App name change – will be RBdigital instead of OneClickdigital. Icon will be red & white still (like above).
General colors changed – the app will have a black background, the menu will be red.
Menu key – there will be a menu button on the upper left corner, this is where you’ll view holds list, history.
Audiobooks search – previously you tapped “search” and that opened the OneClick website inside the app. The app will have its own search/browse screen to pull in books – this will work much better for smaller screens like phones, where opening the website in the app’s borders was very tiny.
Why is this update happening?
We only have OneClickdigital audiobooks statewide in Kansas, but Recorded Books (parent company of OneClickdigital) has had other digital services. They have been developing a single mobile app to cover all of their services. It is a good change for us because their tech team will only have one app to fix if there is a problem, and only one app to make improvements for going forward. As you can imagine, that will work out much better for everyone in the long term!
As far back as the 1880’s Seneca was library minded and working towards having a public library. In 1916 C.C.K Scoville, President of the Business Men’s Club began to research Carnegie Libraries. Upon discovering there was no Carnegie money left for libraries, several civic organizations, including the Seneca Women’s Club, joined forces to find alternate sources of funding. The library has an original handwritten copy of several questions sent to municipalities throughout Kansas seeking information on funding. With a new City hall being built the time seemed right to push for a library. An article from the February 1, 1917 Courier-Democrat encouraged citizens to sign a petition to vote for a tax levy. The following week the Library Board had secured 276 names for the petition, according to the Courier-Democrat. The levy would amount to .50 cents per $1000 worth of property. We have a display with copies of some of these articles. We hope you come in and read them. We will share more of the library history over the year as we celebrate – SPOILER ALERT – the passing of the vote in 1917 to establish a public library.
What else was happening around the world in 1917?
The State Library of Kansas? KGI Online Library shared a wonderful blog post, just for us?