…Homework Resources for SPS Students

This year we’re introducing a new aspect to our continuing partnership with Spokane Public Schools: Digital Access Library Cards for all middle and high school students. These specialized library cards give students online access to most of our digital learning resources which are ideal for research and homework. By partnering with the schools in this way we’re giving students a leg up in their work to advance their education. Students will have access to resources such as Opposing Viewpoints, Demographics Now, MasterFile Complete (full-text magazine and periodical source), and Small Engine Repair and Chilton’s Library.

The partnership for these cards is twofold. We worked with local artist Tiffany Patterson (pictured above) to design a card that would appeal to students and make it “cool” to use the library. We think Tiffany nailed it! Students can get one of the digital access cards from their school librarian who will also help them access the resources.

Do you have a partnership idea that will help spread library knowledge to our community? Give us a call – 444-5300 or email us.

Join us for two presentations by award-winning author Emily St. John Mandel on October 29 for this year’s Spokane is Reading program. She will be reading from and discussing her book, Station Eleven as well as answering questions and signing copies of her book. Be part of this community-wide reading event because, as quoted in the book, “survival is insufficient,” we need art and literature to make survival worthwhile.

Special thanks to the Friends of Spokane Public Library for their generous support of this program throughout the years. The Friends certainly know that survival alone is not enough and so they continue to support bringing great authors to Spokane!

The Friends raise funds through the bookstore they run in the lobby of the Downtown Library and by holding two large book sales each year. Please come to the Fall Book Sale and support the Friends because they support the library with all their heart!

A few things you might not know about the Friends of the Library:

• The Friends of the Library pay for all the Summer Reading giveaway books that kids and teens get when they complete their summer reading challenge.
• The Friends of the Library are all volunteers and over the course of a year they donate more than 1000 hours of their time to the library.
• Volunteers from the Friends of the Library were instrumental in passing the library levy in 2013 that made it possible for libraries to expand open hours.