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Are you signed up for the Fall Reading Program? It's not too late! And all the reading you've been doing since October 15th counts! Kids, this includes reading that you do for school! Adults, this includes reading that you do with your kids! ALL reading counts for everyone! We are excited to see how much our community can read collectively, give away more free books (to keep!) and see more Library Champions out there! The Fall Reading Program runs through November 30. Sign up today on Beanstack!
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November is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). Join your fellow writers via Zoom for a well-deserved (NaNoWriMo): Writing Break, Wednesdays, November 11th, 18th and 25th. We'll socialize, share writing tips, play some writing games, and end the hour with a 15-minute writing sprint to get you back in the writing mode! Register once and join us for any or all of the Writing Breaks. Registration is available here.
Urban SUN: Black Voices Book Club is our new monthly book club devoted to creating meaningful conversations about race by exploring works of contemporary and historical African-American authors. November's selections are The Fire Next Time, by James Baldwin, and Between the World and Me, by Ta-Nehisi Coates. It is not required to read both titles, however both are fairly short. Limited copies of both books are available at the library for those who register for the discussion. Please call the Information Desk at 825-0702 to pick up a copy. Register here and Zoom details will be emailed to you. This month's meeting is on Sunday, November 22nd from 3-4pm. Get ready to get uncomfortable and get real!
Join us on Sunday, November 15th from 2-3 for Virtual Beginner's Chinese Calligraphy. San Francisco-based Calligraphy artist, Jojo Liu will teach the art of traditional Chinese Calligraphy. This workshop will be held via Zoom. To attend the event, please register here.
Got some sweaters lying around that you no longer wear? Let's put them to use by re-fashioning them into mittens and fingerless mitts, at the Re-Mitts Craft Workshop on Saturday, November 21st from 2-3pm. Gluing and hand sewing skills will be demonstrated. Give the ornaments as gifts or save them for the wreath making class! This event will be held via Zoom. To attend, please register here.
Do you miss browsing our books? Join us Fridays at noon on Facebook Live when library staff share some great "buzzing" reads on our new weekly "Book Buzz" show! We also post "New Arrivals"- new books that have just arrived at the library- on our Facebook page periodically, to let you "browse" from home.
The Adult Services staff is available to assist you by phone (825-0702) during our Express Technology Service hours, or by email at sunref@sunlib.org. We miss seeing you!
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Live Storytimes run through November! Tune in through the Facebook Storytime Group or on the SPPL YouTube channel. Small Fry Storytime is on Mondays at 10:00 and Storytime is on Tuesdays at 10:30. The archived videos are available anytime!
Sunday Night Stories and Songs debuted on November 1 and is a quiet way to start the week. Featuring quiet, slightly longer books and quiet, longer songs, it's at 7pm on the Youth Services Facebook page or 7:30pm on the SPPL YouTube Channel, always on Sunday Nights.
Preschool Programming-to-Go Bags can be requested at any time along with a Librarian's Choice book request -- we are happy to include one with a curbside pickup! Check out the kids page on the website or our Facebook page for news on Family Adventure Days, Tween Book Club, Teen programs, and more! Also, we know you miss browsing the new children's and teen books...join us every week for Window Shopping Wednesday, live on the Youth Services Facebook page! We feature a variety of brand-new books -- everything from board books to picture books to chapter books to nonfiction to graphic novels and more!
The Youth Services Staff is available by phone (825-0701) during our Express Technology Service hours. We miss seeing you!
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Looking for something new to read? Try out Librarian's Choice! Just fill out the form on our website and librarians will choose books we think you'll enjoy, then we'll contact you and schedule a pick-up time.
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All areas of the library are closed to the public except for Express Technology Services.
Hours
Monday, Wednesday, Saturday: 9am-1pm
Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: 2pm-6pm
Services Offered
- Computer space with 2 desktop computers and 2 laptop computers, available for 1 hour use
- Faxing (FREE), copying, and printing (.10 per page for black and white, .50 per page for color)
- Scan to USB drive or email documents from the printer (FREE)
- Staffed technology-assistance Help Desk
- 24/7 Drive-Thru Book Drop
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All holds can be picked up by scheduling a pickup with Capira Curbside or calling 825-7323 to schedule an appointment. We are no longer offering in-library holds pick-up.
Appointments for curbside pick-up should be made to reduce wait time and contact. If you can't make an appointment during regular curbside hours, stop in during Express Hours and talk to the lobby desk greeter. They will create an appointment for you to pick up curbside within 15 minutes. We cannot accommodate for delivery of holds outside of curbside or express hours.
Curbside Pickup is available from 10am - 1pm, Monday - Saturday and 3pm - 6pm Monday - Friday.
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- Although we do not have daily overdue fines, items still have an overdue status if they are not returned by their due date.
- Items that remain overdue for 29 days automatically become "Lost." When an item becomes lost, your account is automatically charged the replacement cost of the item. This process is automated and can only be changed manually by staff updating each account individually.
- Lost item fees are removed from an account as soon as a “lost” item is checked in. If you have returned an item that is in quarantine, there may be a wait time before the lost item fees are removed. Please contact staff if you have questions about “lost item” fees.
- If you get a message saying that your account will be sent to Collections, please disregard. This is an automated message that we cannot update. We are not sending any accounts to Collections for the remainder of 2020.
- Holds expire after 7 days. We will not be extending expiration dates or due dates, except for renewals.
- We have to quarantine all items for 24 hours, so when you see items on your account that you have already returned, this means they are in quarantine. Please allow 3-5 days for us to check in items before you contact the library with questions.
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The Dream Bus bookmobile is a partnership with Dane County Library Service that provides the opportunity to expand library services throughout the Sun Prairie community. In 2019, the Dream Bus served over 1,000 residents.
Sign-up for a library card, return materials, and get free books, movies, wi-fi and more! Sun Prairie Dream Bus service is generously sponsored by the Sun Prairie Public Library Foundation.
Mondays, 4-6pm C.H. Bird Elementary- In order to maintain social distancing, up to one family is allowed on the Dream Bus at one time. Masks are required and hand sanitizer will be available.
Thursdays, 12:45-1:15pm Vandenburg Heights Park-Visit the table outside the Dream Bus, for touch-less browsing and to check out materials. On-board service will not be offered. Staff will be observing social distancing and wearing masks.
For more details visit our website here.
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