Friends of the West Lafayette Public Library

05/17/2022

Hello Friends! Join us next Tuesday, May 24th @ 5pm for our (Virtual) Annual Members Meeting.

We would love your feedback about the Friends and plans for the next year. Please take a few moments to fill out our 2022 Annual Meeting Survey:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfPZCLJzIkqm4iD-_ylqG1AY4YZjVW-PUHRrVdRj71lZO_VRw/viewform

More details can be found on our web site: https://fowlpl.org/2022/05/15/2022-annual-members-meeting/

Thank you for being a Friend!

Update: The Library will also be hosting the virtual meeting in the Staff/Board Meeting room. Friends members can come to the Library and ask at the 2nd Floor Information Desk for the location. The Staff will be happy to direct you to the meeting room.

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04/19/2022

Hello Friends! The West Lafayette Public Library needs help moving some book collections to their new home in the Library. Interested in volunteering?

If you would like to contribute for at least an hour or so, please find a slot below that works for you. Help spread the word if you can!

Want to learn more? Please give the Library a quick call (765.743.2261) and ask to speak to Ashley M. or Ruth about the big book move!

Opportunities this week:

Thursday, 4/21, 12:00-2:00
Friday, 4/22, 12:00-5:00
Saturday, 4/23, 10:00-5:00

Opportunities next week:

Monday, 4/25, 2:00-5:00
Wednesday, 4/27, 12:00-2:00
Thursday, 4/28, 1:00-5:00
Friday, 4/29, 12:00-5:00
Saturday, 4/30, 10:00-5:00

02/19/2022

Good morning Friends! How are you today?

We have been asking Friends to share a book, film, or album they enjoy from West Lafayette Public Library's collection to inspire others to check out the wonderful materials we have available in our local Library.

What is a title you appreciate and want to share? Please take a moment to reply or fill-out the form on our web site.

You can find the form and also check out the titles already submitted here: https://fowlpl.org/2022/02/05/friends-of-wlpl-collection-highlights/

11/30/2021

Hello Friends! How are you today? Can you help us raise $10K to seed our Friends Fund within the WLPL Foundation? The Fund will help support our microgrant program.

As the name implies, these are small grants to help facilitate Library programming for our community. Some of the past programs have been:

The Dune Book-to-Movie Discussion and Viewing Group
Winter Reading Program Prizes and End of the Program Party
Summer Reading Program Bags
Game of Thrones Trivia Night
Adult Craft Nights
End of the Semester Study Snacks
Create Your Own Holiday Cards Table

Learn more and donate here: https://fowlpl.org/2021/11/19/friends-fund/

06/07/2021

Hello Friends! How are you today?

Learn about the latest additions to the West Lafayette Public Library catalog in this week's Wowbrary:

04/22/2021

Hello Friends! How are you today? Back to sunshine and some warmer temperatures today!

We are hosting a series of pop-up meetings to engage with our Friends of the West Lafayette Public Library community.

You will see a post about these short, 30-minute pop-up/pop-in session on our page. You can join us here: https://meet.jit.si/FoWLPL-PopUp

We want to understand how the Friends can help you and help our local Library.

Today's will be until ~2:40pm EST.

If you cannot attend, but would like to share feedback, please do so in our survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfqxLBFQ6F7deZYSYHs3W6ZqwlBekhqfQUsHnBMyqG8Z27KUg/viewform

You can also reach out to us via our web site, fowlpl.org

Thank you again!

04/19/2021

Hello Friends! How are you today? Hopefully you are able to enjoy some of this lovely April weather.

We are hosting a series of pop-up meetings to engage with our Friends of the West Lafayette Public Library community.

You will see a post about these short, 30-minute pop-up/pop-in session on our page. You can join us here: https://meet.jit.si/FoWLPL-PopUp

We want to understand how the Friends can help you and help our local Library.

Today's will be until ~2:40pm EST.

If you cannot attend, but would like to share some feedback, please do so in our survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfqxLBFQ6F7deZYSYHs3W6ZqwlBekhqfQUsHnBMyqG8Z27KUg/viewform

Hello Friend! Thank you for taking a moment to provide this feedback on upcoming initiatives of the Friends.

02/28/2021

The Friends of the West Lafayette Public Library received a 1-Year, 3-Year, and Lifetime membership pledge of support.

Thank you, Friends!

If you would like to join or renew your membership, you can do so online here: https://fowlpl.org/join-the-friends/

We would also love to hear your feedback: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfqxLBFQ6F7deZYSYHs3W6ZqwlBekhqfQUsHnBMyqG8Z27KUg/viewform

02/27/2021

The West Lafayette Public Library is hosting a Last Chance Blow-Out Book Sale from now until they are gone! You can learn more online:

https://wlaf.lib.in.us/last-chance-blow-out-book-sale/

02/27/2021

Hello Friends. How are you today?

We sent our February 2021 newsletter out. If you would like to sign-up for future newsletters, you can do so on our web site: https://fowlpl.org/newsletter/

You can read the last newsletter here: https://mailchi.mp/b5743484f6ca/february-2021-updates-4743713

We are looking for feedback from our members on virtual programming we can pursue, stories about the Library and past/present Librarians, and our upcoming virtual membership drive.

You can participate in our feedback survey here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfqxLBFQ6F7deZYSYHs3W6ZqwlBekhqfQUsHnBMyqG8Z27KUg/viewform

What ideas do you have?

If you would like to renew your membership, you can do so on our web site: https://fowlpl.org/join-the-friends/

Hello Friend! Thank you for taking a moment to provide this feedback on upcoming initiatives of the Friends.

11/02/2020

West Lafayette Public Library is having a pay-what-you-can bag sale with their library discards. The sale is going on now!

More information: https://wlaf.lib.in.us/2020sale/

*this event is being conducted by the Library and is not a Friends book sale

10/27/2020

Good day Friends!

How are you and yours today?

In anticipation of construction beginning in early 2021, the Friends are preparing some strategies to help liquidate the book sale stock of books we have in the West Lafayette Public Library basement.

Two questions: If you were purchasing books in bulk, how many books would you purchase and at what price?

For example, 20 books are usually in box [subjects vary] and you can fit a box (or sometimes two) in a grocery bag during our bag sales.

What would be a fair price that would encourage you to purchase the largest amount of books? 10 boxes? 100 boxes? 1000 boxes?

Please reply with your thoughts or e-mail us at [email protected] if you would like to discuss with us further.

Sign-up for our newsletter if you would like to stay abreast of these developments: https://fowlpl.org/newsletter/

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