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12 1, 2020

How Do I Renew My Card?

By |2020-12-01T11:42:15-05:00December 1, 2020|

Do you see this message when you sign into your account?

Do you see this message when you sign into your account?

You may have received an update telling you that your library card privileges are set to expire. Like every CLEVNET library, we occasionally need to update our patrons’ contact information and we do that when we renew your card.

Typically, you have to bring your driver’s license or other proof of address to the library to renew your card. But (as you’ve likely noticed) these are not typical times. If your privileges are about to expire, you can come to one of our branches (when they’re open to the public) or bring your license or proof of address to the drive-thru at our Main Branch for renewal.

You can also temporarily renew your card online by going to https://forms.clevnet.org/renew/. After you have entered your card number it will be renewed temporarily. Your card must be expired before you can temporarily renew it.

Before your temporary renewal expires, you will need to contact your local CLEVNET library. You will not be able to renew your card through the website a second time until you have followed up with your library.

You'll need to know your library card to temporarily renew it.

You’ll need to know your library card to temporarily renew it online.

11 28, 2020

All Booked Up With Cailey & Meg: Favorite YA Audiobooks

By |2020-11-28T12:00:30-05:00November 28, 2020|

A change of pace this week, because Cailey and Meg are talking about audiobooks. They share four of their favorite YA books to listen to, including:

  1. Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson and performed by Mandy Siegfried
  2. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz and performed by Lin-Manuel Miranda
  3. Batman: Nightwalker by Marie Lu and performed by Will Damron
  4. Broken Things by Lauren Oliver and performed by Sarah Drew, Erin Spencer, and Saskia Maarleveld.

Most of the books they discuss can also be borrowed as ebooks using OverDrive or Libby. All you need is your Mentor Public Library card.

11 21, 2020

All Booked Up With Cailey & Meg: Thanksgiving Cookbooks

By |2020-11-21T12:00:52-05:00November 21, 2020|

We’re cooking comfort food (and not counting calories) this week, because Cailey and Meg our sharing their favorite Thanksgiving recipes from a quartet of delicious cookbooks, including:

  1. Modern Comfort Food by Ina Garten
  2. Taste of Home’s Slow Cooker Throughout the Year
  3. The Meat-Free Monday Cookbook
  4. A Year of Pies by Ashley English

Most of the books they discuss can also be borrowed as ebooks using OverDrive or Libby. All you need is your Mentor Public Library card.

11 20, 2020

Holiday origami at Mentor Public Library

By |2020-11-20T16:00:59-05:00November 20, 2020|

Welcome to our online Holiday Origami series with Jenn Cline from the Ohio Paper Folders!

Every week from Nov. 20 until Christmas, Jenn will share a new craft that you can make with paper (and occasionally some scissors and glue.) We’ll post a new Holiday Origami video at 4 p.m. each Friday on our Facebook page, YouTube channel, and right here!

We’ll even provide the paper if you want to make some of these crafts on your own. You can pick pages up from the Reference Desk at our Main Branch. Or, if you prefer, call ahead and we can have paper ready for you in our drive-thru.

Jenn’s crafts will be:

(The bold links will go live at 4 p.m. on their respective Fridays.)

You can also follow Jenn on Twitter and Facebook for more origami inspiration.

By the way, if you are looking for craft ideas that you can make at home, check out our Artpocalypse series. At noon each Tuesday, Mr. Josh shares a video with ideas for crafts, art projects, and science experiments that you can do at home!

11 19, 2020

Re-Electing Abraham Lincoln

By |2020-11-19T16:00:01-05:00November 19, 2020|

The presidential election of 1864 had no precedent. Waged during a Civil War, both the Democratic and relatively young Republican party suffered from fissures in their bases and platforms. President Abraham Lincoln was convinced that he would lose the election to George McClellan, a general who he had fired twice.

Find out why Lincoln was wrong during this presentation from the experts at James A. Garfield National Historic Site.

Our monthly Civil War series with James A. Garfield National Historic Site continues at noon on Wednesday, Dec. 9. The topic will be General William Tecumseh Sherman’s March to the Sea. The talk will be hosted via Zoom. Registration is required. You can sign up online or call us at (440) 255-8811 ext. 247.

History buffs will also enjoy our upcoming conversation between Dr. Benjamin T. Arrington and Dr. John Foster on Arrington’s new book about the presidential election of 1880which saw James A. Garfield elected to our nation’s highest office. The conversation will be hosted via Zoom at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 7. All are welcome.

By the way, if you’re interested in Civil War history, several talks in our Civil War series can be viewed online in their entirety, including:

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