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by Felicia Donovan COVID-19 has brought new ideas to learning and multitasking for both adults and children. Scholastic has created a fantastic free resource for remote learning as parents run out of ideas to make learning fun for their children, while maintaining their work from home. Working remotely during a pandemic is challenging for both […]
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Mesa County Libraries are now offering curbside pick-up of holds. Using our curbside service is as easy as 1-2-3 … and 4! Place your items on HOLD in our catalog. You’ll be notified when they are available. After you’re notified, call your library branch to schedule a pick-up time. Pick up your items curbside! (Appointments […]
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Looking to discover some new variety to spice up your summer reading list? Our dedicated staff here at Mesa County Libraries has compiled a list of over 100 titles they’re excited to read during this upcoming summer season. These titles cover a wide diversity of genres and include picks for Youth, Teen, and Adult reading […]
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Congratulations to our 2020 poetry contest winners! As usual, we had lots of great submissions this year. If you missed entering this year, keep an eye out for our 2021 contest. We had planned on a poetry reading, but with the library closed, that’s a challenge! Stay tuned for information on a public reading later […]
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Early Mesa County settler Zelma (Jones) Parkes collected over 200 kinds of barbed wire, could “witch for water,” and knew De Beque, Colorado like the back of her hand. After her marriage to Elwood Parkes, they moved to a ranch on Clear Creek in 1939 and proceeded to dwell in De Beque for thirty one […]
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“In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt” –Margaret Atwood The Discovery Garden is a special part of Mesa County Libraries on the corner of Fifth Street and Chipeta Avenue in Grand Junction. Within its boundaries you will find a lovely setting for the community to sit and relax, check […]
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In 2019, the Friends of the Mesa County Libraries approached the library’s Art Committee about holding an art display featuring projects made by local creatives using recycled books. The display was so well liked that we decided to hold it again this year and Friends will again provide the generous prize money for first, second […]
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In these days of quarantine and online schooling, parents of antsy, hyperactive kids everywhere are wondering how to provide discipline that works (my own kids have interrupted me several times as I write this blog post. Fun!). Discipline has always been a concern of classroom teachers, but interviews from teachers and former students in Western […]
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As Colorado and our Mesa County community shift to a “safer-at-home” strategy, we want to update our patrons on the status of library services. This week (the week of April 27), some library staff have returned to our facilities to work on plans for resuming certain library services. Some of the most important new developments […]
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Poem in Your Pocket Day takes place every year during National Poetry Month. The 2020 Poem in Your Pocket Day will take place on Thursday, April 30. The Academy of American Poets keeps this initiative going, and on the Poem in Your Pocket Day website you can find a 62-page free guide for celebrating in […]
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