LCLD Events Calendar

Visit our online events calendar here to see what's happening in the Latah libraries.

Mary Clearman Blew author event on February 1st

Award-winning University of Idaho professor Mary Clearman Blew will read from and sign her latest memoir This is Not the Ivy League at 7:30 pm February 1 in the UI Law School Courtroom at the Menard Law Building, 711 Rayburn St. in Moscow. The event was originally scheduled for Jan. 19. The reading is free and open to the public.

            Blew is the author of the essay collection All But the Waltz and the memoir Balsamroot. Her novel Jackalope Dreams won the Western Heritage Award. Her latest memoir, This is Not the Ivy League was published in 2011. Read the New York Times review of This is Not the Ivy League.

OverDrive is Here

OverDrive, a downloadable audio and e-book service, is now available to our patrons. To see what's currently available and to download an e-book or audio book, click image or here.

 

 

Troy Library Adult Winter Reading Club

Sign ups start Jan. 23. Program ends on April 26th. Read 10 books, 10 hours or 1000 pages to receive a free book and be eligible for more prizes.

ESL English Conversation Hour

English Conversation Hour at the Moscow Library

The free weekly English Conversation Hour at the Moscow Public Library for non-native English speakers wishing to improve their spoken English language skills will now be meeting on Tuesdays at 10:00 am in the adult area. For more information contact Chris  at 882-3925 ext. 16.

Request for Public Comment & Notice of Public Hearing

2012   Draft Annual Action Plan

Idaho Housing and Finance Association and the Idaho Department of Commerce

REQUEST FOR PUBLIC COMMENT & NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

The Idaho Housing and Finance Association, in partnership with the Idaho Department of Commerce, is seeking public comment regarding the 2012 Annual Action Plan for Idaho’s Affordable Housing and Community Development programs. It has been drafted to meet HUD’s reporting requirements. The Public Comment period begins 8 a.m. January 4, 2012 and ends 5 p.m. February 6, 2012. More…

Idaho Housing and Finance Association
Seeks Public Comment for the
Proposed 2012 HOME Administrative Plan

A second Comment Period for the 2012 HOME Administrative Plan will begin January 30th 2012 and end February 28th 2012.

The proposed 2012 HOME Administrative Plan with revised proposed changes will be available on line at http://www.ihfa.org/ihfa/grant-programs/home-program.aspx  
on January 30th.   See more.

Energy Efficiency Kits

Energy efficiency kits are now available at all branches of the library. More ...

Read more about how to use these simple kits in the article by Mike Forbes on pages 29-30 of the Moscow Food Co-op Newsletter

To reserve yours, click link. Energy Efficiency Kits

 

 

 

 

Powerspeak Languages Database

We invite you to try the Powerspeak Languages database!
The Latah County Library District now offers its card-holders a basic language-learning database for French, German, Italian, Japanese,  Mandarin, Russian, Spanish, and ESL for Spanish speakers. Whether you want to learn a language for personal enrichment, for business or to get ready to travel abroad, Powerspeak Languages offers an arsenal of approaches that combine systematic learning processes with innovative, yet proven, methods tailored specifically to each language. And be sure to check out our other database choices! To access the Powerspeak database, please go to our database page at the above link.Your computer should have Adobe Flash version 10 installed to use Powerspeak. Click here to check your version and to download if necessary.