Stilwell Public Library

Welcome to the Stilwell Public Library.

The Stilwell Public Library has been a part the the New Sharon community since 1915. We continue to strive to serve New Sharon and the surrounding area. The library is your one stop source for all of your informational needs. We have a large selection of books, magazines, newspapers, and electronic resources available to be checked out by our library card holders. Here you will also find electronic resources, news, announcements, and a calendar of upcoming library events!

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2021 Year End Review

2021 at the Stilwell Public Library brought several changes and lots of new and exciting things.

First, back in November of 2020 a group of volunteers came in and gave the "children's" room a new coat of paint as part of our new refresh project to try to make our small space as mutli-purpose as possible. New comfy chairs, lighting and artwork, and other furniture were added in attempts to make the room comfortable and functional for people of all ages. The front room walls were also painted and the refresh project is still continuing.

To help us serve our patrons better due to the pandemic, we installed an outside pick up box so people were able to still use our library to get books without having to come into the library.

We were able to get a digital catalog of all our collection to make checking in and out books faster and easier but also allowing us to run reports, search for specific items and much more... which also included having laminated library cards.

Programs this year consisted of Summer Reading in which 70 patrons signed up, 37 participated (31 being children and 6 adults), a total of 582 books were read. In June and July, Story Time was held at the city park and we saw a total of 87 kids participate. We also held a Absolute Bubble program where we had a total of 45 people participate and it was a blast. Adults programs included Guac your World and Inviting Spaces where we had 19 people participate.

July consisted of the ISU insect zoo and the ISU Extension Story Walk in the park where we had 97 join in. All of these along with our other little take and make programs we have had throught the year.

We are continually trying to come up with new and fun programming ideas but we can't do it without you. Volunteers and donations are needed to offer these and other fun community events to make our library and town even better!

Thank you all for a wonderful 2021 and here's to a bright future in 2022.