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History Tidbit
The new Horace Mann School on Rte 6 northwest of Coal Valley was completed in January 1955 at a cost of $176,451.00. More than 170 pupils were enrolled for the first term.
From: A History of Coal Valley Illinois, June 1956
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SUMMER READING 2009
Pop Open a Good Book!
 Our 2009 Summer Reading Program, "Pop Open A Good Book!" is in full swing! The six-week program is open to all Coal Valley-area children ages pre-school through 6th grade and features special parties, a magician's visit and prizes for all who complete their reading goals. At our final party in July we will have a popcorn wagon with fresh hot popcorn to enjoy while you watch the program.
Stop by the library to sign up and start reading. The program runs through July 17th, so you still have plenty of time to join and POP OPEN A GOOD BOOK!
SPOTLIGHT ON LIBRARY SERVICES
Inter-Library Loan Gives Access To Millions of Titles
Although our library only owns about 40,000 items, we can access millions of titles at libraries across the country and around the world via inter-library loan. In an average month, our library processes about 350 such requests, or about 15 per day. Inter-library loan takes place primarily in two ways:
PALSGroup Loans: These are loans initiated within our local automation system that includes approximately 150 libraries across northern Illinois. Many of these materials are located in the metropolitan Quad Cities and can be obtained in 2-3 business days.
FirstSearch Loans: These loans are initiated when materials are not availalbe in the PALSGroup database, and can be filled by out-of-state or foreign libraries. Naturally these loans take longer to fill, but many can be obtained in 5-10 business days.
As an inter-library loan partner, our library also must agree to lend our materials to other libraries. We have recently completed loans of our books to libraries in Alaska, North Carolina, Massachusetts and many other states.
Please feel free to contact our staff to have us help you locate the materials you are interested in. You may place inter-library loans and holds directly in the PALSGroup system via your home computer, or we can do it for you.
At the present time, you can search the FirstSearch data base but only the library can process a loan request in FirstSearch. Remember, inter-library loan is not restricted to just books. We can also borrow movies, music and much more for you.
BOOK DONATIONS
Policies For Donations
 Our library always welcomes donations of new best sellers, popular DVD's and high-interest non-fiction. However, due to our limited storage space we ask that you contact the library first before bringing large numbers of other types of books. Generally, we cannot use old textbooks, magazines, condensed books, VHS-format videos or cassette tapes. We ask that you hold these types of items until we announce a book sale.
We also ask that you NOT leave items by the door after hours. We often find that the things dropped off are not even suitable for the book sale and must be disposed of.
Thank you for your cooperation
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