What are we up to at BPL?

Have you 'Liked' us on Facebook?
https://www.facebook.com/BedfordPublicLibrary

Are you following us on Twitter?
https://twitter.com/bedfordlibtx

Did you see those new photos we posted on Flickr?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bedfordlibrary/

Stay up to date on BPL events! Get alerts on new books, DVDs, books on CD, music CDs, and more! Stay informed of Library news! Follow us on one (or all!) of our social media channels!

Summer Reading Club 2013 is in full swing!

Dig into reading by participating in SRC 2013! The whole family can sign up to read, log hours/books, and win fun prizes!

Sign up for SRC 2013 here!

Prizes, you ask?
Kids:
Prizes

• 15 hrs. - Program Certificate, a Reader Ribbon and Coupons from our wonderful Sponsors
• 30 hrs. - Rubber Ducky, Pencil, New Book and a chance to win a 2014 Bedford Splash Family Season Pass
• 40 hrs. - Super Reader Medal and an Invitation to the Super Reader Party

Teens:
Prizes

• Read and log your hours and you will be entered in our Weekly Random Drawings for fabulous prizes!
• 40 hrs - entered in Grand Prize Drawing!

Adults:
Prizes

For every book logged, you are entered in the Weekly Random Prize Drawings.
Read 5 or more books and you are entered in the Grand Prize Drawing.

Happy Independence Day (tomorrow)!

The Library will be CLOSED July 4th for Independence Day. The Library will resume normal operating hours the next day.

If you're in Bedford, come join the celebration at 4thFest! For more information, go to http://www.bedfordtx.gov/4thfest  The fireworks start at 10pm!

Enjoy the food, fireworks, and fun!

We're on Facebook! >>>

"Like" us on Facebook and start talking to us! We want to hear your thoughts!

We're also on Twitter!

Follow us on both to hear Library news and updates, alerts about new materials, reminders about Library programs and events, etc. Tell us what you're reading/watching/doing! Tell us what you'd like to see added to our collection... programs you'd be interested in attending... suggestions about our services... anything!

Links to each in right column >>>

Summer is officially here!

You've got no excuse to feel bored this summer! The BPL has fun and informative programs every day! Make sure to check out Events calendar (link found at the top of our homepage) for interesting things to do at your Library.

The Summer Reading Club is in full swing! Make sure you register, read, and reap your rewards! Kids can win fun prizes and teens and adults can enter to win a Kindle Fire! Register online using the "SRC 2012" link on our homepage.

What can you do with your Library card online to save you a trip to the Library? You can...

• Search the Library catalog
• Begin the Library Card Application process (Last steps are completed at the front desk)
• Renew materials (that do not have holds on them)
• Place holds on materials
• Request materials
• Submit comments and suggestions to the Library
• Sign up for 'Library ELF' alerts (so you have a heads up before your items are overdue)
• Download eBooks
• Look up info about your account (items checked out, their due dates, fines, your holds)

Of course you can also come to the Library and do any of these as well if you'd like assistance.

Stay cool, stay hydrated, and put on that sun block!

Summer Reading Club Begins

Last night, Mayor Jim Story, read the Summer Reading Club Proclamation declaring Summer Reading Club Season for June and July.  Thank you to Bea Cochran and her fabulous Shady Brook readers for accepting the proclamation on behalf of the Bedford Public Library.  Registration for Summer Reading Club is open!   Children who register by May 17 will be able to attend a party at Splash.  The "Members Only" Splash Party is on Friday, May 18 from 5:00 - 8:00 pm.

Strike a Pose

Kyrahlyn strikes a pose with the Need to Know statue.

One dark and stormy night, a mysterious patron dropped a picture of the bronze sculpture "The Need to Know" (by Hollis Williford) into the book drop of the Bedford Public Library located at 1805 L. Don Dodson Drive. Although staff members from the library searched everywhere trying to find out who wrote "Wouldn't this be a lovely addition to the Bedford Library?" on the back of the picture, the mystery remained unsolved for several months.  Ann Wiegand, the former Library Director, and Suzanne Blackman, another Bedford Library patron, led a group of Bedford Library volunteers in fundraising projects across the city. Finally, over two years after the picture of the sculpture was first deposited in the book drop, the library raised enough funds to purchase the sculpture.

The statue was moved from the L. Don Dodson location to the new Bedford Public Library in January 2011.  It was so heavy it cracked the new sidewalk!