Alcester Community Library - USA

10/15/2026

10/12/2026

Wow! Only 680 pages separate the teams this week! Can Team Shoe take the lead from Team Dog next week? Remember to turn in your pages to help your team out! Happy Reading!!!

10/12/2026

Join us this Thursday, October 15th at 6pm for Book Discussion. We will discuss the Specters in the Glass House by Jaime Jo Wright. I will be revealing our next book discussion book at this meeting!

10/10/2026

Elementary Book Club meets again this Monday at 4-4:30pm. We will continue reading The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster.

10/05/2026

Wow! We have a very tight competition between Team Dog and Team Shoe! The page gap went from 2500 pages last week to only 1200 pages this week! Great job, Team Dog and Team Shoe! Happy Reading!!!

10/05/2026

The library will be closed this Friday, October 9th due to no school. We will be open regular hours on Saturday.

10/03/2026

What a beautiful fall day to read a book or listen to an audiobooks while on a walk! Visit me this morning at the library to check out your next fall read! If you can't make it in this morning, you can always checkout an ebook or audiobook from the Libby app! Happy Reading!

10/02/2026

I was able to renew my librarian certification for 3 more years! Thank you to the South Dakota State Library for providing continuing education opportunities so I can serve Alcester better!

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

10/02/2026

Story Time is tomorrow morning, Saturday, October 3rd! Story Time is designed for ages 3-5 years, but younger and older kids are always welcome! Enjoy some good stories, fun activities, and spend time with friends! Story Time is a great way for kids to work on early literacy skills and practice being in a group learning setting. I hope to see you tomorrow with your littles! See less

10/01/2026

Book Discussion is 2 weeks from today which plenty of time to read the book! We have physical copies at the library and the book is available on the Libby app!