Check out our Flickr website. Over 4500 historical photos and newspaper clippings are available. Click on the link on our home page, http://www.vernon.lib.la.us/ under the reference tab, or go directly http://www.flickr.com/photos/vernonparish.
If you have old photos or documents, please share with us. Help us to preserve the history of Vernon Parish.
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
New Program, Online Book Clubs are now available!
Online Book Clubs are here!
All you need is 5-minutes a day and an e-mail address to join one of our FREE online book clubs!
Vernon Parish Library delivers portions of books to you in your e-mail. Each day, Monday through Friday, the library e-mails subscribers to this free service, a portion of a book that takes about 5-minutes to read. By the end of the week, subscribers have read two to three chapters from the book and if they like it, they check it out from the library. At the end of Friday’s read, the ending page number is given so when you pick up the book from the library, you know where you left off. New books are featured every week.
Vernon Parish Library delivers portions of books to you in your e-mail. Each day, Monday through Friday, the library e-mails subscribers to this free service, a portion of a book that takes about 5-minutes to read. By the end of the week, subscribers have read two to three chapters from the book and if they like it, they check it out from the library. At the end of Friday’s read, the ending page number is given so when you pick up the book from the library, you know where you left off. New books are featured every week.
There are 11 book clubs to choose from. Something for every age and taste: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Good News, Horror, Business, Teen, and Audio Books (that you listen to in your e-mail) and a special sneak preview Pre-Pub Club that lets you start reading books that aren’t even published yet.
This new service makes it easy for people to get back into the habit of reading. It’s fun, and only takes 5-minutes-a-day and the first few chapters are delivered to you in your e-mail.
You can sign up for the service at the library or at our website, http://www.vernon.lib.la.us./ Click on the "Online Book Clubs" icon.
You can sign up for the service at the library or at our website, http://www.vernon.lib.la.us./ Click on the "Online Book Clubs" icon.
Please let us know how you like this new program.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Mobil Computer Lab
The Vernon Parish Library now has a mobile computer lab. The library has 20 laptop computers available for use in our meeting room. They can be used by groups using our meeting room. The Library has a wireless Internet connection and these computers are wireless Intenet ready. They also have Microsoft Word and Excel installed on them.
They must be reserved in advance.
They must be reserved in advance.
Monday, June 30, 2008
Early Literacy Station
The Children’s wing of the Vernon Parish Library now has the Early Literacy Station computer for young children. The computer comes pre-loaded with 34 educational titles. The colorful keyboard and mouse are designed to attract young children. Time limits can be set, and printing limited.
Some of the programs are The Cat in the Hat, which teaches early reading and word recognition; Millie’s Math House, explore numbers, shapes, patters, addition and subtraction; JumpStart Preschool, introduces children to letters and numbers in dot-to-dot games; Sammy’s Science House, introduces early science and thinking skills; Flash Action Phonics Made Easy; Green Eggs and Ham, teaches reading, rhyming, consonants, matching colors; My Amazing Human Body, an educational introduction to the human body; Jump Start 1st Grade; Encarta kids; USA Explorer, teaches U.S. geography; Microsoft Paint; Encarta Dictionary; My First Amazing History, and many more.
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Tom Lenard Collection added to the Archives
The Tom Lenard Collection is the latest addition to the Library's Archives. This collection consists of a photo of Tom as a projectionist at the Pines Drive-In Theatre, Leesville, in the early 1960's, two adult tickets, and two Pines Drive-In and Vernon Theatres Teen Age Book ticket coupons. The dates of these is ca. 1960's.
Tom worked at both theatres after school while attending Leesville High School. He recently donated these items to the Library for its Archival collection of Leesville/Vernon Parish history.
Saturday, May 3, 2008
Archival photos on FLICKR site
Check out our Photos on Flickr.com
We now have over 770 photos about the library, including photos and scanned items from our Archives posted on Flickr.com (http://www.flickr.com/photos/vernonparish/). A link is also located on our home page (http://www.vernon.lib.la.us) under the Reference Tab. These photos are searchable on the Flickr site and using Google Search Engine.Photos include churches and schools in Vernon Parish, Chamber of Commerce members, new businesses, photos of Leesville and Fort Polk, and more.
We now have over 770 photos about the library, including photos and scanned items from our Archives posted on Flickr.com (http://www.flickr.com/photos/vernonparish/). A link is also located on our home page (http://www.vernon.lib.la.us) under the Reference Tab. These photos are searchable on the Flickr site and using Google Search Engine.Photos include churches and schools in Vernon Parish, Chamber of Commerce members, new businesses, photos of Leesville and Fort Polk, and more.
Friday, April 18, 2008
Patron Initiated Inter-Library Loan Requests
Patron Initiated Inter-Library Loan
Instructions for library card holders
Searching and placing requests
1. Go to http://slla-agent.auto-graphics.com/ and log in with your user name and password.
(if you do not have or do not remember your user name and password, ask to have it set at the main branch of Vernon Parish Library.)
(Due to Library policy, your user name will always be First Initial+Middle Initial [if given]+Full Last Name. [ex. John Phillip Smith would be JPSmith] and password is defaulted to your Library Card Number)
2. At the Patron Screen, you are given three search choices:
Keyword Search - searches for any item with any of the words in the text bar.
Browse - searches for any items matching all of the words in the order they are placed in the text bar.
Advanced Search - allows you to search for multiple keywords and words to ignore.
3. Select one, fill in the box, select the search location, then click the “Search” button.
4. Click on one of the titles that matches what you are looking for. This will bring you to the item information page.
(If there are multiple versions of the same title [ie. Large Print or Audio] it will bring up a second list. Which you simply find the appropriate item and click again.)
5. If you want to place a request for this item, click the “Request this item” button on the far right of the item information page.
6. This will take you to the conformation page where you may place any special instructions for the request, and click the “Submit” button to send the request to the Library for approval.
Request Tracking
1. You can check the status of a request or edit your personal settings by clicking on the “Patron Menu” button on the main page.
2. To check the status of a request, click the “ILL Request Tracking” button, click the “Submit” button as it should automatically fill in your name and password. This will take you to a page listing all requests you have made and their current status.
(If your e-mail address is entered in the “My Account” page, you will receive an e-mail automatically when the status of a request changes.)
There is a limit of 10 active requests at a time. Any excess requests will be placed on standby until earlier requests are completed.
Vernon Parish Library
http://www.vernon.lib.la.us/
E-Mail: W1VR@PELICAN.STATE.LIB.LA.US
Phone #: 337-239-2027
Instructions for library card holders
Searching and placing requests
1. Go to http://slla-agent.auto-graphics.com/ and log in with your user name and password.
(if you do not have or do not remember your user name and password, ask to have it set at the main branch of Vernon Parish Library.)
(Due to Library policy, your user name will always be First Initial+Middle Initial [if given]+Full Last Name. [ex. John Phillip Smith would be JPSmith] and password is defaulted to your Library Card Number)
2. At the Patron Screen, you are given three search choices:
Keyword Search - searches for any item with any of the words in the text bar.
Browse - searches for any items matching all of the words in the order they are placed in the text bar.
Advanced Search - allows you to search for multiple keywords and words to ignore.
3. Select one, fill in the box, select the search location, then click the “Search” button.
4. Click on one of the titles that matches what you are looking for. This will bring you to the item information page.
(If there are multiple versions of the same title [ie. Large Print or Audio] it will bring up a second list. Which you simply find the appropriate item and click again.)
5. If you want to place a request for this item, click the “Request this item” button on the far right of the item information page.
6. This will take you to the conformation page where you may place any special instructions for the request, and click the “Submit” button to send the request to the Library for approval.
Request Tracking
1. You can check the status of a request or edit your personal settings by clicking on the “Patron Menu” button on the main page.
2. To check the status of a request, click the “ILL Request Tracking” button, click the “Submit” button as it should automatically fill in your name and password. This will take you to a page listing all requests you have made and their current status.
(If your e-mail address is entered in the “My Account” page, you will receive an e-mail automatically when the status of a request changes.)
There is a limit of 10 active requests at a time. Any excess requests will be placed on standby until earlier requests are completed.
Vernon Parish Library
http://www.vernon.lib.la.us/
E-Mail: W1VR@PELICAN.STATE.LIB.LA.US
Phone #: 337-239-2027
Monday, November 26, 2007
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Saturday, November 24, 2007
From the Archives Publications
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The Library has several publications, "From the Archives" series, available for sale. Subjects include Churches and Education in Vernon Parish, Historic buildings on Historic Register, Self Family, Students of Miss Alyce M. Haight, and Leghorn Times Herald Newspaper. This newspaper was published in Simpson, La. 1944-46. Prices vary. Some are $2.00, most are $10 each, and the Leghorn Times Herald is $40.
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
The Archives is an important collection of the Vernon Parish Library. The Archives Collection contain many interesting and important documents regarding Vernon Parish and other items. Items in the Archives are cataloged, and processed using approved archival methods, and stored in archival boxes housed in a climate controlled room.
Two items of particular interest are two tables from the Franklin estate. Mrs. Franklin’s son, Ben, donated two tables in memory of his mother. The Franklins lived just outside of Leesville on Hwy. 117. She drove a black pickup truck and attended First Baptist Church. One of the tables is a round dining room table, and the other is a side table. The side table is made from Vernon Parish timber, hand milled, and crafted by Master Craftsman M. G. Foster for Mr. D. D. Franklin in 1928.
Other items in the Archives include a large collection of school yearbooks from Vernon Parish Schools and Northwestern University in Natchitoches. There are gaps, and the Library is always seeking additions to this important collection.
Other collections include the Alyce M. Haight Collection. Miss Haight taught school in Vernon Parish for many years, and kept a photograph of every child she taught. The Curtis Bradshaw Collection contains newspaper clippings and some photographs during his years as Superintendent of Vernon Parish Schools. Dolores B. Owen grew up in Leesville. The Dolores B. Owen Collection contains many items from her years in Leesville, including prom programs, old tax records, etc. The Archives also contains original governmental documents, including Leesville City Ordinances, beginning with number 1, Minutes from the City of Leesville and the Vernon Parish Police Jury. Old telephone books, autographed children’s books are other collections.
Recently, the Library has been reproducing some of these important documents and making them available to the public. The photos from the Alyce M. Haight Collection have been published, and perhaps the most popular is the Leghorn Times Herald Newspaper, originally published in Simpson, Louisiana in the 1940's. Originally published for soldiers, it became so popular that local subscriptions were very popular. Mrs. Emma Ruth Parker donated this collection to the Library in memory of her husband, Mr. Robert L. "Bob" Parker. The library has issues from March 1944 thru Sept. 1, 1947. The Archives also contains records from the Enon Primitive Baptist Church.
Four newsletters "From the Archives..." have been published, and are available for sale for $2.00 each. Other publications, Historic buildings on the National Register; Students of Miss Alyce M. Haight; and Dawn of a New Day (the original was published ca. 1944 by the Vernon Chamber of Commerce). Each of these is available for $10 ea. The last is a 250 page collection of the Leghorn Times Herald. This publication is available for $40.
The Library is looking for additional items to add to the Archives, such as old documents related to businesses, schools, churches, family histories or photographs. The Library would like to copy documents and photographs when it is not possible to add them to the collection. This is a wonderful way to preserve valuable Vernon Parish history for future generations.
Two items of particular interest are two tables from the Franklin estate. Mrs. Franklin’s son, Ben, donated two tables in memory of his mother. The Franklins lived just outside of Leesville on Hwy. 117. She drove a black pickup truck and attended First Baptist Church. One of the tables is a round dining room table, and the other is a side table. The side table is made from Vernon Parish timber, hand milled, and crafted by Master Craftsman M. G. Foster for Mr. D. D. Franklin in 1928.
Other items in the Archives include a large collection of school yearbooks from Vernon Parish Schools and Northwestern University in Natchitoches. There are gaps, and the Library is always seeking additions to this important collection.
Other collections include the Alyce M. Haight Collection. Miss Haight taught school in Vernon Parish for many years, and kept a photograph of every child she taught. The Curtis Bradshaw Collection contains newspaper clippings and some photographs during his years as Superintendent of Vernon Parish Schools. Dolores B. Owen grew up in Leesville. The Dolores B. Owen Collection contains many items from her years in Leesville, including prom programs, old tax records, etc. The Archives also contains original governmental documents, including Leesville City Ordinances, beginning with number 1, Minutes from the City of Leesville and the Vernon Parish Police Jury. Old telephone books, autographed children’s books are other collections.
Recently, the Library has been reproducing some of these important documents and making them available to the public. The photos from the Alyce M. Haight Collection have been published, and perhaps the most popular is the Leghorn Times Herald Newspaper, originally published in Simpson, Louisiana in the 1940's. Originally published for soldiers, it became so popular that local subscriptions were very popular. Mrs. Emma Ruth Parker donated this collection to the Library in memory of her husband, Mr. Robert L. "Bob" Parker. The library has issues from March 1944 thru Sept. 1, 1947. The Archives also contains records from the Enon Primitive Baptist Church.
Four newsletters "From the Archives..." have been published, and are available for sale for $2.00 each. Other publications, Historic buildings on the National Register; Students of Miss Alyce M. Haight; and Dawn of a New Day (the original was published ca. 1944 by the Vernon Chamber of Commerce). Each of these is available for $10 ea. The last is a 250 page collection of the Leghorn Times Herald. This publication is available for $40.
The Library is looking for additional items to add to the Archives, such as old documents related to businesses, schools, churches, family histories or photographs. The Library would like to copy documents and photographs when it is not possible to add them to the collection. This is a wonderful way to preserve valuable Vernon Parish history for future generations.
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Leesville City Ordiance #1
From the Archives of the Vernon Parish Library. Page shows ordiance #1 for the city of Leesville. This is page one of the first ordiance book. The Library also has early minutes of the Vernon Parish Police Jury in the Archives.Saturday, March 31, 2007
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