Whitefish Community Library

Whitefish Community Library has added over 400 brand new juvenile nonfiction books and juvenile audio books to our collection. These books were purchased thanks to a grant the Whitefish Library Association received from the Whitefish Community Foundation’s 2019 Great Fish Challenge. We were able to update material on coding, planets, mythology, sports figures, plants, transportation, the environment, human rights, insects, history, math, ancient civilizations, and many other subjects.

We’re starting something new! Our outside Storytime Stroll will allow us to maintain a safe distance while enjoying each other’s company, hearing a story, and doing something fun afterwards on the Library’s East Lawn. Thursday, July 23, at 11 a.m.is our inaugural Storytime Stroll.
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As of June 24, 2020, patrons using the library will be required to wear a mask as per CDC guidelines . If patrons are unable or unwilling to wear a mask while in the library we are encouraging the use of our curbside service. Call the library at 862-9914 for more information.

Temporary open hours are Monday-Thursday 10am-2pm, Friday 11am-5pm.

Before you can read, many people read to you. And boy, do we like doing that for our toddlers at Whitefish Community Library. We love the reactions, we love the crawling away and the crawling back, we love the growing attention as time goes by and toddlers learn to focus, and we love singing those silly songs. Catch us doing that, from our kitchen, or wherever we can, on our new YouTube channel, WCL Kids. We’re just starting, but give us some time and plenty of feedback, and we think we’ll have something that our youngest patrons can really enjoy.

Staff will be pulling holds and contacting patrons. Patrons will be able to pick their items up on Monday through Thursday from 10am to 2pm amd Friday 11am to 5pm. WCL will be following all Phase 2 City and State safety directives.

When you pick up your materials you will be asked to ring the doorbell at the entrance of the library. Please put your last name (phone number or last 4 digits of your library card if you have it) on the scratch paper (located on the table) and be prepared to show it to the librarian. When the librarian comes to the window, please show her the paper and then step back behind the 6’ marker. Your items will be placed on the table for you to pick up.

Protocol for a soft opening are in progress. Please watch this page for further updates.

We miss you! For the past week our staff has been formulating a step-by-step procedure for a ‘soft opening’. Like the rest of the country we will need to take into consideration the safety of our patrons and our staff, and it may take several weeks before we can actually open our doors to foot traffic. We have several thousand items checked out that need to be checked in and shelved. We have several hundred items that are in-transit between our Partners’ libraries. Once those two steps are completed, the next step will be to offer curbside service until we feel comfortable proceeding with opening the doors on a limited basis. We will be following the safety procedures outlined by the State and City of Whitefish. We appreciate your patience and understanding. Please check our website periodically for updates. Meanwhile, stay well and know we look forward to serving you again.

Just a reminder that Learn to Code class is meeting remotely in the WFLearnToCode slack organization from 3:30-5:30pm today and every Wednesday.