Spend more time learning!

Our mission at the Library is to deliver high quality education for all members of our community.

One way we deliver on this promise is to provide free access to online training and certification programs. Gale Courses offer a wide range of highly interactive, instructor led courses in hundreds of topics.

From graphic design and digital photography to language learning or parenting skills, these courses allow you to work at your own pace with instructor supervision and peer discussion.

Courses run for six weeks at a time and new sessions begin every month. You will earn a certificate for each course successfully completed.

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Home stretch for Summer Reading

As summer slowly winds down, so does our annual Summer Reading program.

More than 8000 of you have signed up for Summer Reading, collectively logging over 40,000 hours! You have earned 31,880 badges so far and completed 6,244 challenges.

Congratulations to all the Summer Reading participants! But don’t give up yet. You have until the end of August to finish up your 15 hours or complete a few more challenges.

Still haven’t signed up? Sign-up today and see how much you can read in the next few weeks!

Indian Trail: How to make infused oils

Endless culinary possibilities exist for preparing and using infused oils at home. Infused oils have the potential to cause botulism, however.

Before getting too creative, come and chat about how to make sure your infused oils are safe to eat by following food safety guidelines at the Indian Trail Library, Saturday, August 20th at 2pm.

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Hillyard: How to preserve fruit

Learn all the ways to preserve the bounty of fruit available here in the Inland Northwest! Whether you have your own orchard, picked a box or two at U-pick, or picked up a bushel of fresh fruit from the farmer’s market, the bountiful harvest will only last a short while if you do not take steps to preserve it.