Piedmont Valley Library

10/09/2026

The first meeting for Kid's Newspaper is Tuesday!

10/08/2026

Our October Homeschool Event is tomorrow!

10/07/2026

Today is the last day to RSVP for pizza for T(w)een Night tomorrow!

RSVP by emailing [email protected] or message us here on Facebook with the number in your party and if cheese or pepperoni pizza is preferred.

10/06/2026

Our Storytime on Thursday is in honor of Fire Safety Week! We are having the Fire Department and Fire Trucks here for the morning too!

10/06/2026

The Piedmont Valley Library is proud to announce that we have received accreditation from the South Dakota State Library again! To add icing to that cake, the director renewed her librarian certification, and both assistants received librarian certification this year!

Congratulations to the 10 libraries and 35 librarians who obtained accreditation and certification!

The following libraries earned accreditation:
✔ Canton Public Library
✔ Custer County Library
✔ Deadwood Public Library
✔ Lemmon Public Library
✔ North Sioux City Community Library
✔ Piedmont Valley Library
✔ R.E. Rawlins Municipal Library (Pierre)
✔ Scotland Community Library
✔ Tripp County Library Grossenburg Memorial
✔ Wall Community Library

The following librarians earned certification:
🏅 Paige German, Alcester Community Library
🏅 Tiana McKinney, Canton Public Library
🏅 Sarah Myers, Custer County Library
🏅 Kathy McKillip, Deadwood Public Library
🏅 Monica Nepper, Deadwood Public Library
🏅 Kennedy Penk, Deadwood Public Library
🏅 Shanai Schwindt, Deadwood Public Library
🏅 Jessica Tolar, Deadwood Public Library
🏅 Natasha Noethlich, Doland Community Library
🏅 Kelly Namminga, Evelyn Lang Public Library (Springfield)
🏅 LeeAnn Kostur, Grace Balloch Memorial Library (Spearfish)
🏅 Amber Wilde, Grace Balloch Memorial Library (Spearfish)
🏅 Shonda Kelly, Harrisburg Community Library
🏅 Angela Bailey, Huron Public Library
🏅 Jennifer Littlefield, Huron Public Library
🏅 Mary Jo Parker, Lake Andes Public Library
🏅 Kevin Kenkel, Mitchell Public Library
🏅 Margaret Meiers, North Sioux City Community Library
🏅 Hannah Mosterd, North Sioux City Community Library
🏅 Kristin Britt, Piedmont Valley Library
🏅 Emily Marshall, Piedmont Valley Library
🏅 Megan Stietz, Piedmont Valley Library
🏅 Abby Edwardson, R.E. Rawlins Municipal Library (Pierre)
🏅 Krista Licht, Rapid City Public Library
🏅 Sarah Jones-Lutter, Redfield Carnegie Library
🏅 Tanya Bult, Scotland Community Library
🏅 Billie Jo Hays, Scotland Community Library
🏅 Alysia Boysen, Siouxland Libraries (Sioux Falls)
🏅 Jayde Hart, Siouxland Libraries (Sioux Falls)
🏅 Hannah Voudry, Siouxland Libraries (Sioux Falls)
🏅 Janet Schmidt, Sisseton Memorial Library
🏅 Sierra Frazier-Riggs, Sturgis Public Library
🏅 Daniel Burniston, Edith B. Siegrist Vermillion Public Library
🏅 Ester Johannesen, Wall Community Library
🏅 Maria Gruener, Watertown Regional Library

10/05/2026

It is Banned Books Week once again, when we bring awareness to some of the challenges libraries across the nation face when it comes to our collections.

*Pictured below are the censorship statistics provided by the American Library Association that they collected last year.

10/04/2026

We had such fun at the library this past week!

Next Week's Line-up:
*Banned Books Week
*Fire Safety Preschool Storytime 10/8 - 10 a.m.
*Elementary Book Club 10/8 - 3:30 p.m.
*T(w)een Night 10/8 - 5 p.m.
*Homeschool Event 10/9 - 1 p.m.
*Yoga (Piedmont Community Center) 10/10 - 9 a.m.
*D&D Club 10/10 - 10:30 a.m.

10/03/2026

Yoga and D&D will both be at the Piedmont Community Center again!

10/02/2026

It is looking like a perfect weekend to spend soaking up all the beauty of the changing seasons! Support your State Parks and local library by checking out a State Park Pass before you go!

10/02/2026

Pokemon Club is back tomorrow!