NWRLS Joined The Mix to Talk About September Events

The Mix

Sarah Burris from the Northwest Regional Library System joined The Mix to talk about September being Library Card Sign-Up Month, the seed to salad kits that the Northwest Regional Library System is doing in partnership with the University of Florida and the “Libby, By Overdrive” app where you can download Ebooks and audiobooks from the NWRLS. 

You can celebrate this amazing back-to-school resource by getting a library card for all members of your family who would like one. Library cards are FREE to residents of Bay, Gulf, and Liberty counties and are valid at any library in the system.  All you need is a photo ID and proof of residency. 

You can check out up to 20 items at a time including books, audiobooks, DVDs, ukuleles, mountain dulcimers, cake pans, telescopes, pre-school launchpads at any Northwest Regional Library System location. There is also access to databases available with your library card on the library website: https://link.edgepilot.com/s/d611a169/pjKz4L-kwk65kX_nEULeQg?u=http://www.nwrls.com/.

From Seed to Salad Kits

During the month of September, your library card allows you to pick up seed packets for FREE at the Bay and Gulf county library locations while supplies last!

“From Seed to Salad Kits” will be available while supplies last at the Bay County Public Library, Panama City Beach Public Library, and Parker Public Library through the month of September in partnership with the UF/IFAS Bay County Extension Office. Pick up one kit per library card at the front desk. Seeds included in each kit are lettuce, carrots, kale, radishes, and arugula as easy to grow Fall varieties. There will be 8 – 10 seeds in each envelope.

Gulf County Seed Libraries

Visit the year-round Seed Libraries at the Corrine Costin Gibson Memorial Public Library in Port St. Joe and the Charles Whitehead Public Library in Wewahitchka (starting this September!). In partnership with the Garden Club of Port St. Joe and the UF/IFAS Master Gardeners, the Gulf County Seed Library offers five seed packets a month (vegetables, herb and wildflowers) to library card holders for free!

Ebooks and Audio Books At The Library

You can borrow eBooks and audiobooks with your library card. First, download the Libby app to your eDevice (phone/tablet). Select Panhandle Library Access Network and then Northwest Regional Library System. Not only can you borrow up to five eBooks/audiobooks, but there is also the ArtistWorks database that provides FREE online music lessons taught by professional musicians for all skill levels.  ArtistWorks is located under ‘extras’ on your Libby app to learn a variety of new instruments including piano, voice, clarinet, ukulele, and more. The music is provided for you for each lesson. ArtistWorks is sponsored by the Ukulele Orchestra of St. Andrews.