YCL E-NEWS July 2021: Have a look at what's new for York County Library!

YCL E-NEWS July 2021
Have a look at what's new for York County Library!

Register for YCL's 2021 Summer Learning Challenge!
Join the "Tails and Tales" Summer Learning Challenge for "paw-some" prize drawings and reading incentives for all ages! Register online and use our fun, interactive Beanstack service to help us reach our reading goal for 2021 — 2,021,000 minutes! You'll earn digital badges as you progress, get book recommendations by email, and enjoy many other exciting new features!  

Enjoy virtual performances with live animals, magic, puppets, stories, and more! See what we have scheduled below, and find full details for online programs on our Events Calendar. 
 
This Challenge is sponsored by the Friends of the York County Library. Visit www.yclibrary.org/slc for more details. 

Children's Summer Learning Virtual Programs

Pirate Goodie & the Magic Chest
June 28–July 4: Join Pirate Goodie aboard The Story Ship for magic, music, puppets, animation, interactive puzzles, and games! Participants also have the option to download a printable treasure map that can be used for a scavenger hunt and during the show. The show is highly-entertaining even without the map, so it is not absolutely necessary.
 
Animal Tales
July 5–11: Wildlife Encounters
will bring favorite characters from beloved books to life! Join us as we explore epic wildlife and meet incredible animal ambassadors.
 
Origami in Motion:
A Japanese Magical Journey
July 12–18: Yasu Ishida, magician and storyteller, will teach you how to fold "action" origami that animates, jumps, flips and flies! Have any kind of paper from your home ready to follow and fold along with Yasu.

The Boy Who Cried Wolf …
and Everything Else!
July 19–25: Porkchop Productions' fabulously-fractured take on Aesop's classic fable brings the story to life in a whole new way! This original adaptation teaches important lessons about lying and the consequences of not telling the truth.

Doug Berky's Gems:
The World’s Wisdom Stories
July 26–30: Stories should be seen as well as heard! Doug Berky Theatre uses improvisation, mime, masks, voice, and puppetry for a visual feast full of fanciful characters, dramatic and comic twists and turns, and "Gems" of wisdom passed down to us from many peoples around the world.
 
Princess Storytime
July 30, 10–10:30 a.m.: Join Carolina Characters for a virtual end-of-summer learning storytime with the "Oceania Island Princess!" Be sure to leave a comment or question for an interactive experience.

hoopla Expands Collection with New 'Flex' Borrows

YCL has increased the number of hoopla Instant Borrows to 10 per month, but that's not all! Starting July 7, you'll have even more to love about our hoopla digital collection with new "Flex" Borrows! In addition to your 10 monthly Instant Borrows, you'll have 5 Flex Borrows to use on  a vast selection of specially marked, new and popular eBooks and audiobooks that you can borrow now or place on hold to read later.

Instant titles are always available and can be checked out by multiple patrons at once, while Flex titles can only be borrowed by one person at a time. If a copy is out on loan, you may place a hold on the title. YCL cardholders have a limit of 10 Flex holds at a time, so when you return one Flex item you can select a new one in its place. Holds expire in 48 hours. 
 
Visit YCL's Virtual Library or download the hoopla app, and get ready to read, watch, and listen to more than 950,000 eBooks, audiobooks, comics, movies, music, or television titles that are available to stream or download!

New! SC State Park Passports!
Enjoy the great outdoors with a South Carolina State Park Passport! These passports, now available for checkout at all YCL locations, provide unlimited entry to all 47 SC state parks for everyone in the vehicle. 
 
Passports can be checked out for one week on a first-come, first-served basis and must be picked up and returned at the same library. To borrow a passport, simply search our online catalog for "SC Park Pass."

This project is made possible in part by a Library Services and Technology Act grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services administered by the South Carolina State Library. Additional support for this program comes from South Carolina State Parks.

YCL Joins World's Largest Digital Book Club

Join readers around the world for the Big Library Read! Through July 12, YCL cardholders can borrow an ebook copy of the thrilling and suspenseful The Quiet Girl with no waitlists or holds. Visit our Virtual Library to access OverDrive or download the Libby app and solve a compelling mystery in S. F. Kosa’s debut thriller. Join the discussion now, and register for a live interview with S. F. Kosa, July 7 at 12 p.m. EST. 

You can also get a chance to win a tablet and a signed book from the author! Just use #biglibraryread on social media. See contest rules.

York County Library Hours
Monday–Friday: 10 a.m.–6 p.m. • Saturday: 10 a.m.–2 p.m.
 
Independence Day: All YCL locations will be closed Saturday, July 3, through Monday, July 5.
 
Main Library Maintenance: The Main Library in Rock Hill will be closed Monday, July 5, through Sunday, July 11, for building and facility improvements, thanks to York County funding. During this closing:
 
Curbside services and mobile printing will be available Tuesday, July 6, through Friday, July 9.
Book drops will remain available all week. No fees will be charged while the Library is closed.
Holds will remain at the Library until reopening, but holds in transit cannot be redirected to another location.
Items can be returned at other branches or held until reopening.