Hollis and Helen Baright Public Library

5555 S. 77th St.

Ralston, NE  68127-3645

402-331-7636

402-331-1168 fax

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Monday - Thursday

Friday - Saturday

Sunday

10:00 am - 9:00 pm

10:00 am - 5:00 pm

  1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Welcome to Ralston's Baright Public Library

Thursday, May 17th, the Library will open later, at 1 pm.

Have you ever checked out an e-book from your public library?

From April 16 through May 18, the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project, a non-profit research organization in Washington, DC, is conducting an online survey of public library patrons who borrow e-books. If you have checked out or downloaded e-books from a public library, please consider taking Pew Internet’s survey, available at the link below. All responses will be confidential, although your answers may be quoted anonymously in a future report. The survey should take about 15 minutes.

To take the survey, visit: http://libraries.pewinternet.org/participate/survey/e-book-borrowers

The Pew Internet Project will also be doing broader surveys of public library patrons general, as well as people (including non-library-users) who own e-readers or tablet computers. If you want to participate in those, you can sign up to be notified of future surveys here.

To learn more about the Pew Internet Project’s research on e-reading and public libraries, which is entirely free and available to the public, visit libraries.pewinternet.org.

One Book One Baright

Monday, May 21

A reading program sponsored by the Baright Public Library Foundation to encourage community reading. This year's selection is Kate DiCamillo's Because of Winn- Dixie. The first 100 families to come to the Library and ask will get a a FREE copy of the book.

"Trivia Tuesday" - Weekly prizes and a drawing for an iPod Touch

A "Trivia Tuesday" contest will be held to see who can answer a weekly question about the book. Prizes awarded weekly. Participants who answer one of the weekly questions correctly will be registered to win an iPod Touch!! Ready any copy of the book to participate. The first question will be available on Wednesday, May 30 at 1:30 p.m. A winner will be announced July 18, following Adam White's Comedy & Magic Show at the Library at 1:30 p.m.

Wild Encounters @ Your Library

Wednesday, May 30, at 1:30 p.m.

Kick off the summer @ your library with the Wild Encounters wildlife show. Meet with animal ambassadors and learn about each animal's habitat. This program is free, no registration required. This event is part of Baright Public Library's Children's Summer Reading Program.

Writers' Workshop: Evolving Story & Character from Life

Saturday, June 2, 9:00 am-4:30pm
(Doors open 8:30 am. Lectures start at 9:00 am sharp)

When people tell you to write what you know, what better material can you find than your own life? This one-day workshop will teach you how translate your life into story and characters that will speak to the experiences of others. Exercises and discussions/feedback will motivate you to "What if" countless story possibilities. The workshop is taught by Sally Walker, a published author and for 25 years facilitator of a weekly Nebraska Writers Workshop at the Baright Library. More details.

Cost: $30 per person

Register by May 31 by calling the Baright Library at 402-331-7636. Please make checks payable to "Baright Library Foundation." All proceeds will go to the Baright Library.

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Schedule of Activities

One Book, One Baright. A reading program sponsored by the Baright Public Library Foundation is encouraging everyone in Ralston to read Kate DiCamillo's Because of Winn- Dixie. As an incentive, on May 21 the first 100 families who ask at the Library's Circulation Desk, will get a free copy of the book. As an added incentive a weekly trivia contest will be held and prizes awarded.

First trivia question for One Book, One Baright's Trivia Tuesday contest will be available. Each week a question about Kate DiCamillo's Because of Winn- Dixie will be posted at the library. Enter to win a chance for one of the weekly prizes and have your name added to a drawing for an iPod Touch.

Our Mission Statement

The Hollis & Helen Baright Public Library strives to inform, enrich, and empower the Ralston community and surrounding area residents by providing educational, informational, cultural, and recreational library services, materials, and activities in an accessible and efficient manner.