Bosler Memorial Library

The library's information services department assists patrons with directional, informational, and research questions through in-person, over-the-phone, postal, and online interactions. The information services staff provide direct assistance with topics that include job/career searching, job skill development, continuing education/higher education coursework, health, finance, business, social services/resource identification, and more. The staff also provide proctoring for students in distance education learning programs. Librarians use a variety of resources to answer questions including the library's collections, the internet, subscription databases, e-books, computer software, and computer hardware. They also produce instructional materials such as bibliographies, pathfinders, and "how-to" guides for the public. The information services librarians also promote library resources through displays and printed materials. The information services staff participate in the collection development process of selecting materials for the library's collection. When desired materials are not available in the library's collection, the information services staff provide interlibrary load service that allows patrons to obtain items from other libraries. In 2024, the information services staff answered more than 25,300 reference questions.

The library makes it a priority to ensure that all children enter kindergarten with the language, cognitive, and early reading skills needed for success in school. The library provides collections, programs, and services that are designed to meet the educational, developmental and socio-emotional needs of children at all ages and uses both state and national standards, benchmarks, and practices to conform the design and implementation of these collections, programs, and services. The youth services department provides quality learning and engagement experiences for families of children of all ages. Collections, programs, and services are provided that support infants, toddlers, preschoolers, early elementary age, tweens, and teens. The youth services department offers preschool/early elementary age children access to specialized computers that engage them in a cross-curricular set of software packages that are fun and educational. These programs are benchmarked to the national learning standards to ensure high quality learning experience while encouraging technology skill development. In 2024, these awe early learning computer stations were used by children more than 10,375 times. The youth services staff provide programs that engage young minds in a wide range of subject areas and a broad range of topics that include: socialization, fine/gross motor skills development, early reading skill development, math, science, art, music, ecology, dramatic play, cultural awareness, civic engagement, history, and more. During the summer months, the library provides a summer learning challenge that engages children/students of all ages in activities and experiences that maintain and improve their reading and learning level through the summer months when children can experience learning losses deemed the "summer slide." in 2024, 21,750 children, teens, parents, and caregivers attended 960 programs offered by the bosler memorial library.