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Visit to Pine Island Van Horn Public Library
August 11, 2008 09:06 AM | Public Libraries, Library VisitsMichael Scott, Assistant Director
On July 22, 2008, I had the privilege of visiting the Pine Island Van Horn Public Libraryin Pine Island, Minnesota. As can be seen from the photo above, it was a lovely day for a visit. I was greeted by Jeanne Acker, the director of the library, who gave me a tour of the main floor of the library. The library provides great services to its patrons, including several public access computers for patrons to surf the Web or find information and a large collection of books, audiobooks, and videos (both VHS & DVD.) The library also has a large collection of microfilm of the local newspaper which was being used the day that I visited. As I've stated a number times when I've been out visiting our member libraries, this library was busy! Several patrons were in and out to either to check out books or use the public access computers.
The lower level of the library is the children's area. All the children's books and a few computer workstations are located in this area. I met Jan Sween, the children's librarian at Pine Island and had a great conversation about the services the library provides to children. The day I was visiting the library was the day of one of the programs (a magician) for the summer reading program. In the past, these programs had been held at the library but due to the large draw these programs have, the American Legion made its space available (located only a block away.) There were several children using the children's area the day I visited, which you can see on the SELCO Flickr site.
I thoroughly enjoyed my visit to the Pine Island Van Horn Public Library and thank Jeanne and Jan for being such gracious hosts!
