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Howard County Public Library has joined the Missouri Evergreen Consortium (MEC.)
Read about the new system below. Click HERE to access Evergreen.
To check out e-books, audio books, videos through Missouri Libraries 2 Go,
first-time users should click HERE while returning users should click HERE.
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dig into reading logo Library Staff is Making Plans for

Summer Reading Program 2013
"Dig Into Reading"

Check Children's Page for Schedule!		  
Happy 98th Birthday, Howard County Library

HOCO library building photo by LLfriends adOn April 1, 1915 the Howard County Library officially opened its doors to the public under the direction of Head Librarian Ivadel Grigsby thanks to the efforts of a number of local citizens and a grant from the Andrew Carnegie Foundation.

 In 1910, Lew Wallace Jacobs, Sr., organized a committee  to determine the possibility of obtaining grant money from Andrew Carnegie and in May 1913, the Carnegie Foundation offered Fayette a grant of $10,000 for purpose of erecting a free library.  The city was required to provide a lot for the building and maintenance funds of not less than $1,000 per year.

 In July 1913 the voters approved the concept of a public library and voted a tax increase to cover the expense.  The site for the library was donated by Jordan Coller and construction was started. The building was completed in January of 1915.  Local groups held Book Showers to provide books for the library and many individuals donated from their own collections.

The Children's Wing was completed in 1969 using funds donated by George R. Carson as a memorial to his wife, Anna Kuhn Carson.
Ho Co Public Library Joins MEC Library Board Meeting
 Wed., June 12, 2013
4:30 p.m.
Open to Public
To request that the meeting be moved to an ADA accessible site, contact the library staff at least one week prior to the meeting.
Your local library has joined the Missouri Evergreen Consortium.  This consortium was specifically formed to help libraries like Ho Co Public Library deliver services at a reasonable cost.  As a result of this change, our holdings records, patron records and circulation records are stored on a computer off site.  You may use the same library card and PIN to access the new system.  Only the link and interface has changed.  Once you have logged in you may search the catalog, renew your checkouts and place holds on items you desire. In addition, you may also view all the library items available from other consortium members.  You may place holds on those items and they will be delivered to your local library free of charge.  The consortium has been adding one new library per month for ten months and anticipates continuing to do this for another year.
We encourage you to log into the new system and explore its features.  We ask that you bring your profile up-to-date by providing an email address and a text messaging phone number.  The new system is capable of texting (or emailing or calling) you when an item on hold becomes available.  Creating a wish list and keeping track of the items you have read are all part of the new system.  Stop by the library and get acquainted with the new system.

  Notes from the HOCO Bookworm

Ron Anderson was appointed by the Howard County Commissioners to fill the vacancy on the Howard County Library Board following the death of long-time board member Bill Holman.  Anderson attended his first meeting as a board member on Feb. 13.  Other board members are President Sue Lake, Vice-President Peggy Guest and Treasurer Joe Geist and Secreetary Linda Lembke.  If you have comments or questions regarding the library you may contact any of the board members.

Come read our periodicals, newspapers.  The Howard County Public Library presently subscribes to the following periodicals and newspapers:  Consumers Reports with Buying Guide, Ebony, Entertainment Weekly, Missouri Life, National Geographic, Newsweek, Sports Illustrated, Taste of Home, Time Magazine, The Fayette Advertiser and the Fayette Democrat Leader, the Columbia Tribune and The Glasgow Missourian.  In addition, the library has other periodicals which have been donated by some of our patrons.

New Books - Click here to see the most recent purchases.

Thank you to those who donated books recently:  Click here to see a list of recent contributors.

E-books, Audio Books, Videos Now Available to HOCO Library Patrons

Missouri Libraries 2 Go LogoE-books and audio books are now available to patrons of the Howard County Public Library.  Beginning on Sept. 1 patrons with a valid Howard County Library card may go to the Howard County website to download electronic material to a computer and a variety of other electronic devices. 

 The Howard County Public Library has joined the Missouri Libraries 2 Go Consortium which uses OverDrive, a global distributor of electronic materials, to offer electronic material to its members.  Howard County library card holders may access e-books, audio books, music and videos from the consortium’s collection by clicking on the Missouri Library 2 Go link on the library’s website.  Each of the member libraries will be expected to purchase material for the consortium’s collection.

Library card holders may browse and search the consortium’s website, check out titles and download them to a PC or Mac®.  All titles can be transferred to portable devices – including iPod®, Sony®ReaderTM, NookTM,  KindleTM, and more.  Most of the audio books can be burned to a CD. 

Library Hours

Armstrong Community Center
2nd & 4th Wednesdays
3:30 - 6:30 p.m.

ADA Accessible

Main Library
9 - Noon Saturdays
11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Tuesday Through
Friday

New Franklin City Hall
1st & 3rd Wednesdays
3:30 - 6:30 p.m.

ADA Accessible
     

Sites of Interest

City of Fayette

Central Methodist University

CMU Library

Fayette Public Schools

Fayette Festival of the Arts

The History of Fayette

Fayette Advertiser/Fayette Democrat Leader

Friemonth-Freese
Funeral Service

Boonslick Tourism Site
(Barn Quilts)

Howard County Public Library
Fayette, MO 65248