Our monthly Overbrook Library Board meeting will be held on the 2nd Monday of December (12/13/21) at 6pm in the Community Room, instead of its normally scheduled date due to the holidays.
May 24
Summer Reading Sign-Ups start May 25th! Activities in June-July!
Summer reading is returning, with sign-ups beginning May 25th and activities starting the week of May 31st for children from 3 years old through 8th grade. Come by and sign up and start tracking all your reading this summer!
This year we will be doing smaller in person activities in addition to tracking reading and providing prizes for hitting reading goals.
We will have all-ages summer reading themed movie afternoons in the Community room on June 8th & June 22nd @ 4pm (July dates TBD), Story Time every Wednesday morning at 10:15am for younger children, and every Thursday June 3rd – July 22nd there will be a drop-in activity or craft for kids to do available any time during library hours.
The full schedule of activities is attached. We hope to see you all this summer!
Apr 21
Story Time Returns!
Overbrook Library will be resuming our in person Story Time for young children on Wednesday May 5th @ 10:15 AM.
We plan to return to our normal schedule of Story Time every Wednesday morning @ 10:15 from that point forward.
Feb 19
A message from the Overbrook Friends of the Library
Friends of the library are now taking new and renewal memberships for the year 2021. Though COVID has slowed us down, we continue to be active in supporting the library. Thank you
Feb 17
Overbrook Library closed Wed. 2/17 due to city water outage
The library will be closed Wed. 2/17 due to the water outage. If water is restored early in the day we may do a late opening, and any updates will be available on this page.
Feb 15
Library Closed Monday 2/15 AND Tuesday 2/16 due to winter weather.
The Overbrook Public Library will remain closed Tuesday 2/16 due to winter weather conditions.
Feb 01
NEW PHONE NUMBER!
Overbrook Library has a new phone number. From now on, please give us a call at 785-862-9840 for all your library needs!
Jan 11
Overbrook Library reopening Monday 1/11/21 @ 10am
We are back open for business as of Monday morning 1/11/21 @10am. We will be back to our regular hours all this week.
Please stop by and see us! We’ve missed you.
The drop box is also available again for returning library materials.
Jan 06
Overbrook Library remains closed due to staff COVID exposure
Due to a positive test of another staff member, the library WILL NOT reopen 1/6 and THE LIBRARY WILL REMAIN CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
We are hopeful that we will be able to reopen sometime next week barring any additional cases. We will update the website / facebook with more information as we have it.
Please keep all library items until we reopen. All due dates will be adjusted to be after this time. If you need immediate assistance during our closure please e-mail our director at ksederstrom@overbrook.lib.ks.us
Dec 31
Library closed due to staff COVID-19 exposure
Due to a positive test by a library staff member, and other staff exposure, the Overbrook Library will be closed until Wed. Jan. 6th at 10am barring any additional positive tests
Please keep all library materials until we reopen Jan. 6th. Due dates for all materials will be updated.
If you need assistance prior to Jan 6th, please e-mail our director at ksederstrom@overbrook.lib.ks.us