Did You Know?

DID YOU KNOW?

1. You can see a list of books that you have checked out over the last 12 months on line.
2. You can set up a “Watch List” by author. An email will be sent to you when the book arrives.
3. You can renew on-line.
4. You can borrow e-books and e-audio from Overdrive/Library2Go on the library website. Streaming movies, e-magazines and other resources are also available.
5. Our staff will find just about any book you want through “Inter-Library Loan.”
6. There are many, many kids programs year round.
7. Our first adult program, “Computer 101” will be on April 14th at Alfred Dickey taught by Justin Batz, a computer whiz.
8. The Bookmobile makes 23 stops each month checking out over 1,100 books. 14 of these stops are in Jamestown.
9. 9,000 patrons visit the library every month.
10. JRVLS checks out 10,000 traditional materials every month.
11. JRVLS has Jamestown High School Yearbooks going back to 1946
12. JRVLS has microfilm of Jamestown newspapers going back to 1878.

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Why A Bookmobile?

The bookmobile serves over 2,000 square miles of Stutsman County. It provides over 35% of the circulation for the James River Valley Library on the days it travels. Early readers, elementary students, high school students through seniors are given an opportunity to read and learn.  This opportunity would not exist without the bookmobile. Bags of requested materials are included with the typical shelves of books and magazines to choose from. These are books that seniors, parents, teachers and students have asked to be delivered. Couldn’t they just go pick up what they wanted at Alfred Dickey or the Stutsman County Library?  No. If the bookmobile did not exist, these early readers, 3rd graders, high school students, parents, teachers, seniors, would go without.

It is one thing to say that the bookmobile is important to the county as I sit at my desk in the Stutsman County Library. It is a totally different experience after I have had the opportunity to visit a few of the 23 locations that  the bookmobile serves. The importance of the bookmobile to the kids in Medina and Cleveland, Ypsilanti, Montpelier and Adrian can only be shown by the expressions on their faces as they find the book they were looking for.

It can only be understood after personally delivering bags of books to the James House after Bookmobile travel was cancelled because of weather. Thanks to Maybelle and Virgina for being patient as their bags of books were delivered. Maybelle says that she is “so happy that the bookmobile comes. I’m not driving anymore.”  Virginia says that the “Bookmobile is my lifeline.”

Maybelle & Virginia At the James House

Often, the love for books makes new friends. Maybelle told Alethea about the Bookmobile and Althea’s first words were, “Get me a schedule!” She went on to explain that “I get great joy out of reading. I am one with the characters.”

Maybelle Tells Alethea About the Bookmobile

The importance of the Bookmobile can only be understood after seeing the smiles and hearing the thank you’s from students and parents. Those thank you’s and smiles deliver the truth about the importance of the bookmobile.Thanks to Bryce, Lane and Jason in Montpelier for their excitement. Thanks to Megan, Makenna, Alexis and Chloee in Medina for their love of books.

Bryce, Lane & Jason

Megan, Makenna, Alexis & Chloee

If you have any doubt about the importance of the bookmobile, make a visit to one of the many locations the bookmobile visits.

For more information, give us a call at 701-252-1531. For a schedule of the days and locations visited, click on this link:   Bookmobile Schedule