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GLENDIVE
PUBLIC
LIBRARY
- 200 South Kendrick Ave
- Glendive, MT 59330
- Phone: (406) 377-3633
- Fax: (406) 377-4568
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Glendive Public Library Hours
- Monday - Wednesday 10 am - 7 pm
- Thursday -
Friday
10 am - 5 pm
- Saturday
1 pm - 5 pm
- Sundays &
Holidays
Closed
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"A library is a
community's gift to its future."
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- The Mission of the Glendive Public Library is to serve our region by providing
- (1) a center for books and reading;
- (2) free public access to information, and
- (3) a facility open to public activities which enhance living in this
community.
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- Gail Nagle, Director
(pictured left)
Susan Germann
Becky Iwen
Dawn Kingstad
Alesha Maddock
Many wonderful part-time volunteers.
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Chairman: Bruce Russell
Jo Ann Arthur
Mike Janeway
Sheila Newman
Lou Anne Tweten
- *The Board of Trustees meets on the third Thursday of every month
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- 4:30 pm in the Montana Room of the Library. Meetings are open to
the public.
- The latest arrivals can be checked out for 10 days. All
others are available for four weeks. We offer a variety of large print books. If we don't have it, someone else might. We offer inter-library loans.
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- Planning a trip? Try our selection of audio books
--listen to them while driving.
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- Newspapers - Glendive "Ranger Review", "Billings Gazette", "Great
Falls Tribune", and "USA Today". Back issues of local newspapers from 1882
are available for browsing.
- Magazines are available in print as well as on our electronic
database.
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- Talking Books are available through the Montana State Library in Helena.
Eligible Montana residents who are unable to use standard print materials
due to visual, physical and/or reading disabilities can apply to the Montana
Talking Book Library to receive free mail loan of recorded books and
playback equipment.
Videos and DVDs
The videos and DVDs cost nothing to check out. Watch them as many
times as you like for a full 4 weeks.
Computers
Internet access is free.
Our staff will be happy to show you how to use our on-line databases that
are available to use in the library, at home, or anywhere in the world.
Over 6,000 on-line magazines are available through InfoTrac.
Auto repair manuals with over 23,000 different year, make, and model
combinations and 100,000 factory drawings are included in an automotive
database.
Montana Shared Catalog
Browse our materials as well as other libraries' materials through the
on-line catalog. See when your items are due and renew them.
Endowments
We appreciate your gifts, memorials, and donations to the library; they are
included in the endowment fund. Our memorial stand commemorates those who
have donated money or gifts. Remember loved ones with memorials.
Newspaper Index
The newspaper indexes include information from the Dawson County newspapers
dated 1882 through the present. News items are available on card index by
subject, 1882-present. Library staff and volunteers are currently entering
the information into an online database. Vital Statistics from 1882-present
are available on card index format.
Community Room
The community is welcome to use the attractive, handicapped-accessible
meeting room which seats up to 50 people and is equipped with a full
kitchen. A deposit of $25 is required and will be returned after the room
has been inspected. There is no other charge to use the room. Call for
reservation no more than four weeks in advance.
Story Time
The library hosts Story Time each Tuesday morning from 10:30 - 11:00 am for
preschool through Kindergarten age. Volunteer presenters offer a variety of
programs for the children.
Summer Reading Program
Every summer toddlers through fourth grade children are invited to register
for a summer reading program. Prizes, reading incentives, and parties
encourage young people to maintain and improve reading skills.
Teen Summer Reading Program
Every summer fifth to twelfth grade teens are invited to
register for a summer reading program. Writing contests for short stories
and poems are held and prizes are awarded to the first three winners in both
categories.
Foundation
The Dawson County Public Libraries Foundation accepts gifts to
enhance the services of the Glendive and Richey Libraries. For more
information concerning the Foundation please contact Lea Ringen at
Lea@aemt.org
Friends of the Library
The Friends of the Library support the library through fund raising
events, grant applications, and memorial gifts. The Friends sponsor public
book discussion groups. Membership is open to anyone. For more information
concerning the Friends please contact Lou Anne Tweten, Secretary,
gtweten@midrivers.com
Genealogy
The local Dawson County Tree Branches, a local genealogy group,
maintains a helpful selection of books, periodicals, and videos in the
basement Genealogy Room. The public is welcome to all resources. For more
information concerning the Tree Branches please contact Shirley Westlund at
ninarudeen@yahoo.com
Richey Branch Library
Betty Keyser, Librarian
Main and Meadowlark
PO Box 149
Richey, MT 59259
Phone: (406) 773-5585
Hours: Monday, Wednesday, Friday - 12:30 - 4:30
Services include free internet access.
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