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Morning Stretch & Flow Yoga w/ Bee at the Tower Center @ Unity Square
Monday Citizenship Free Classes at the Bartlesville Public Library
Free Spanish Class on Zoom
Rev + Flow w/ Ashley & Rosa @ Tower Center at Unity Square
On Tuesday, Sept. 11, instructor Leslie Calhoun will demonstrate how to search on the Overdrive’s website and how to check out and download e-books and audiobooks. Overdrive is a service offered by the Library that lets you borrow e-books and audiobooks for free. You are welcome to bring your charged and registered tablet and e-reader to class. The class will be held from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Library’s meeting room C.
Registration is appreciated but not required. To register, please call the Reference desk at 918-338-4169.
On Thursday, Aug. 16, learn about what online resources and services that the Library has to offer to you for free from the Library’s website. Resources include e-books, audiobooks, authoritative reference material for 
research papers, health information, small business plans, investment reports, tutoring in schoolwork, coaching for job interviews, family history, arts and crafts ideas, legal help, home improvement resources, and much more. This class will be held from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Library’s meeting room C.
Class size is limited so registration, while not required, is appreciated. For more information or to register, contact the Reference desk at 918-338-4169.
On Wednesday, Aug. 15, learn how to search on the Overdrive’s website and how to check out and download e-books and audiobooks.
Overdrive is a service offered by the Library that lets you borrow e-books and audiobooks for free.
You are welcome to bring your charged and registered tablet or e-reader to class.
This free class will be held from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. in the Library’s meeting room B.
TOMORROW! Join us at Sooner Park for the Summer Reading Program Grand Finale concert! Enjoy the Usual Suspects rock ‘n roll band, free balloons from Captain Armando Diego Lopez Guerra Garcia Benavides Lerman de la Garza, food & drinks from Shorties Grille, frozen treats from the Bartlesville Ice Cream, rock-painting and more! (NOTE ON THE WEATHER: If rain interferes, the whole party will be moved to the Bartlesville Public Library and the time will be changed to 6:00-8:00, with all activities and vendors still participating. We’ll keep you posted on the BPL Facebook page.)
Have you heard about BPL’s Youth Launchpads,
the latest addition to our Library of Things Collection?
They are a wonderful resource with pre-loaded educational games, helping youth of all ages have fun while learning on “their own tablet”!
To view BPL’s selection of Launchpads, click here.
If you have questions or for more information, please call our Reference Department
(918) 338-4168. To check out a Playaway Launchpad, stop by the BPL Reference Desk.
Learning has never been so much fun!
The Bartlesville Public Library invites the public to help celebrate the close of the Summer Reading Program with a grand finale — a free rock concert at Sooner Park.
The event will be held at the Sooner Park band shell on July 28 and will feature the band “The Usual Suspects,” vendors and activities. Activities will start at 4 p.m. with the band playing from 5-8 p.m.
“The Summer Reading Program ‘Libraries Rock’ was a record-breaking success this year with more than 1,240 kids signed up,” said Youth Services Librarian Laura Pryce. “These were kids of all ages, from a few months old to 19.”
Pryce said the number of kids participating this season far surpassed previous years.
“I remember barely reaching 1,000 registrations once in my 20 years at the library,” she said. “We usually have anywhere from 600-800 kids participating, which is great, but the more young people we can reach out to, the better.”
Shorties Grille and Bartlesville Ice Cream trucks will be selling food, beverages and treats at the upcoming concert, and Captain Armando will be making free balloon creations. The library will provide other activities such as rock painting and a photobooth.
“The Summer Reading Program’s purpose is to encourage kids to continue reading throughout the summer in order to avoid the ‘summer slide’ while they’re out of school. Participants are accountable for their reading and get prizes for reporting what they’ve read, or had read to them, each week,” said Pryce.
Not only that, the library provides lots of fun events throughout the program, Pryce said.
“We’ve had everything from a juggler to a magician, storytelling to karaoke, big trucks to cool rocks, swimming and dancing to science and theater,” she said.
Pryce said the citizen volunteer group Bartlesville Friends of the Library has a lot to do with the program’s success.
“I would like to express my appreciation and gratitude to the Bartlesville Friends of the Library for funding our Summer Reading Program each year,” she said. “These are volunteers who work hard to raise money for the library through their annual membership drive and bookstore. Much of this program’s success is because of their ideas, support, enthusiasm and dedication.”
The bookstore is open during regular library hours, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and 1:30-5:30 p.m. on Sundays September through May. (The library is closed on Sundays during the summer months.)
The Bartlesville Public Library is located at 600 S. Johnstone Ave. in downtown Bartlesville. For more information, see www.bartlesville.lib.ok.us.
The Youth Services department has recently improved the Teen area by adding iPads, a Smart Table, and video games to check out. But we’re not stopping there! Future plans include expanding the space, adding new furniture and décor, establishing a separate BPL Facebook page for teens, and boosting programming and resources for our community’s middle- and high-schoolers. KIDS, WE NEED YOUR HELP!
The library will soon create a Teen Advisory Board, or TAB, made up of TEENS who are interested in becoming more involved with our community and our library. This group will work with Youth Services staff to decide what they would like to do. They will give input on the Young Adult collection, help create and lead programming, volunteer at library events, contribute to library publications and social media, and organize community service projects. The board will have regular meetings and greatly influence how BPL serves teens in the future!
Applications will be available at the Youth Services desk August 1. For more information, call 918-338-4170.
Learn what the Library has to offer to help you with your job search, including the Library’s subscription to “JobNow,” which features live coaches to help you with your resume writing and interviewing skills. This free class will also cover information on using social media and the most notable websites to use for different phases of your
job search.
This class will be held on Wednesday, July 18 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Library’s Meeting Room C.
Class size is limited so registration, while not required, is appreciated. For more information or to register, please contact the Reference desk at 918-338-4169.