...From the Archives

Beginning Friday, April 15, 2011, the Leesville Leader will begin publishing a series of photos from our Archival Collection. These photos contain unidentified individuals. We are hoping that the public can help us identify these individuals. Presently, we have over 4500 photos on our FLICKR website,  and they have been very popular, averaging 100 to 500 hits a day.

The Vernon Parish Library, helping preserve the history of Vernon Parish.

Download books and more free!

The Library is not offering OverDrive. We have joined with 5 other public libraries in the area to offer this service. You may download e-pub books, audiobooks, some music and video. You may click on an icon on our web page, http://www.vernon.lib.la.us/, and browse the materials available.

For more information, please call the Library, 337-239-2027.

Genealogy

Genealogy is a popular hobby. A new television series celebrates celebrities find out about their history. You can too. The Library has over 20 new additions to its Genealogy Collection.

The collection has census records and indexes, databases, old newspapers, cemetery records, and much more. We have a large collection of Civil War history. Find your family history, perhaps there are heroes, or maybe one or more less savoy characters. We would love to have copies of your findings for our collection.

Funeral Programs

In an effort to help preserve the history of Vernon Parish, and honor those who have lived here and contributed to our history, we are now collecting Funeral Programs. These are housed in the Library's Archives. They are indexed in our online catalog. You may search by name, or search Funeral Programs to find a complete list of names. This collection is added to monthly. Currently over 150 programs are in the collection.

Historic photos on Flickr website

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.

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.

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.

Please let us know how you like this new program.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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