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DOWNTOWN LIBRARY
(605) 394-4171
610 Quincy St.
Rapid City, SD 57701
Hours (Year Round)
Mon-Th: 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Fri-Sat.: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Sunday: Noon to 6 p.m.
NORTH LIBRARY
(605) 716-4098
10 Van Buren St.
(at General Beadle Elem. School)
Rapid City, SD 57701
Hours (School Year)
Mon-Th: 2:45 to 7 p.m.
Friday: 2:45 to 6 p.m.
Saturday: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Sunday: Noon to 6 p.m. | | |
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News and Events Calendar
 Highlights for March
March 8 to March 14 is Teen Tech Week at libraries across the nation, an initiative to promote the competent and ethical use of technology. RCPL will offer a four-day "Build A Robot" robotics workshop for teens, and a look at the hot new video games - a presentation by the gaming experts at Play N Trade.
For adults, we offer a chance to meet celebrated Western author Dan O'Brien at March's Sunday Selection Book Discussion program. Dan will give an author talk and answer questions, and there will be a discussion of his book "Buffalo for the Broken Heart." This book is the One Book South Dakota selection for 2009.
For kids, we team up with the SDSM&T Palentology Club and Museum of Geology, who will present a program called "They're Amazing, They're Fossils and They're NOT Dinosaurs" about ancient mammals that roamed the earth and the fossils they left behind. The library thanks the Paleontology Club, the Museum of Geology and the SDSM&T Casting Company for the wonderful fossil castings available for view in the stairway display at the downtown library.
For more information on dates, times and locations on all our March programs and events, see our calendar below. |
When You Have Business Questions,
We Have Answers
With your RCPL library card, you have access to a great suite of online tools and resources for business needs, including:
Morningstar: Comprehensive coverage of stocks, mutual funds and ETFs. Morningstar covers the New York Stock Exchange, American Stock Exchange and NASDAQ stocks.
TheStreet.com: Source for up-to-date ratings of insurers, health care providers, stocks and mutual funds.
Business Source Premier: Full-text articles online from a wide range of scholarly business journals.
Regional Business News: Full-text articles from regional business publications, business journals, newspapers and newswires. Updated daily.
Thompson Gale Legal Forms: State-specific and multi-state legal forms including wills, real estate contracts, pre-marital agreements, bankruptcy, divorce, landlord/tenant documents, and more. There's also a directory of attorneys and a dictionary of legal terms explained in non-technical language.
Gale Virtual Reference Library: Resource for virtual reference books such as the Business Plans Handbook, Encyclopedia of Business and Finance, Encyclopedia of Management, Encyclopedia of Small Business, Know! Market Research for Small Businesses and Start-Ups, and Tales of Change: Using Storytelling to Develop People and Organizations, and more!
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Need Answers Now? Ask A Librarian! Call 394-4171, e-mail the library at publicservices@rcplib.org, or chat live with a librarian on our website. |
| New Opening Time at the North Library
The North Library, located at 10 Van Buren St. within General Beadle Elementary School, will open 15 minutes earlier on weekdays during the school year. Starting March 1, the library will open at 2:45 pm instead of 3 pm. |
We Want YOUR Opinion!
The Rapid City Public Library is always striving to improve library services and programs. Help us do that by participating in our online library surveys. We'd like to know your thoughts on:
- Library programs or events you might have attended recently. (Click here to take survey now).
- What computer classes, or other adult programs, you'd like to see offered by the library (there's a prize drawing for taking this one, click here to take survey now).
- How we can make the library catalog a tool that better serves our patrons' needs. (Click here to take survey now.)
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| March Events and Programs | |
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LUNCH & LEARN: Women Taking the Lead to Save Our Planet - Presented by the Zonta Club
Wednesday, Mar. 18, noon to 1:00 p.m. at RCPL Downtown in Meeting Room B upstairs
The Zonta Club will show a short film introducing the history of Women's History Month followed by a presentation. Lunch is provided compliments of the "Friends of the Library" organization. If you would like a lunch, please RSVP no later than noon on Monday, March 16. (Call 394-4171)
Sunday Selections: 'Buffalo for the Broken Heart'
with author Dan O'Brien
Sunday, Mar. 15, 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. at RCPL Downtown in the Helen Hoyt Room
Join us for a book discussion, author talk and author Q&A session! This book is the 2009 One Book South Dakota selection. Discussion will be lead by professor Kathy Antonen of the SDSM&T. |
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No School Discovery Day: Fossils
Friday, Mar. 6, 10 to11:30 am, at RCPL Downtown
Friday, Mar. 6, 3 to 4:30 pm, at RCPL North
They're Amazing, They're Fossils and ...They're NOT Dinosaurs!
Join us for a presentation and fun crafts! Presented by the SDSM&T Paleontology Club and the Museum of Geology.
Family Story Time & Pizza Party: Awesome Art
Tuesday, Mar. 10, at 6 pm at RCPL Downtown
Tuesday, Mar. 17, at 6 pm at RCPL North Join us for Stories, Songs, Fun and Pizza!
There are daytime story time events every week at the Downtown Library:
-- Book Buddies Story Time (Pre-school ages) takes place Tuesday morning at 9:30 a.m.
-- Baby Bookworms Story Time (birth to age 3) takes place Thursday mornings at 9:30 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. See RCPL Story Time videos at YouTube |
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COMPUTER GAMING @ THE LIBRARY
Tuesday, March 3 & 17
From 3 - 5 pm at RCPL North
Wednesday, March 4 & 18
From 3 - 5 pm at RCPL Downtown
Come play Wii, Guitar Hero, Dance Dance Revolution or other computer games.
TEEN TECH WEEK: March 8-14
Build A Robot: 4 Day Workshop
March 9, 10, 11 & 13 (No Thursday) From 3 - 5 pm at RCPL Downtown in the Helen Hoyt Room
Only room for 16 participants, so SIGN UP EARLY! 394-4171
Presented by Tana Clark, based on a program created by NASA. Please note that the materials get used in future programs, so participants will not take home the robot that they build.
Latest & Greatest Video Games
Tue., Mar. 10 from 2 - 5 pm at RCPL Downtown in meeting room B
Wed., Mar. 11 from 2 - 5 pm at RCPL North
This program features the the latest and greatest for the XBox 360 including demos! Presented by Play N Trade. |
Coming in April . . .
Friday, April 17 at 7 pm (downstairs): Poetry Coffeehouse and Reading Night - Sponsored by the High Plains Writers Group.
Friday April 17 at 7 pm (upstairs): Teen Open Mic Night. The last one was pretty crazy - come and join in on the fun!
Look for more details in next month's Newsletter. | |
The Rapid City Public Library has served the Rapid City area since 1879 and now offers two library locations. Both offer print and electronic resources for adults, young adults and children as well as computers and internet access and a variety of programs and events.
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