Creation Station Grand Reopening

Congratulations to the North Platte Public Library on the Grand Reopening of the Creation Station at the Library!

The North Platte Public Library Foundation is proud to help sponsor this important next step in transforming what libraries are to communities.

The Creation Station offers a place for people to use equipment normal citizens do not necessarily have access to and to gain skills needed in this approaching 22nd century. This is not unlike the revolution that brought public computing into libraries nearly four decades ago. People of all ages should be able to learn about older traditions and newer crafts in a creative and welcoming location. We hope these services become as ubiquitous as public computing has today.

So we would like to help the Library celebrate this moment by spreading the word about this wonderful and now permanent new service of the North Platte Public Library.

May 8, 2019 is North Platte Giving Day!

The North Platte Public Library Foundation is a featured fund participating in Mid-Nebraska Community Foundation‘s 2019 North Platte Giving Day.

Click over to https://www.northplattegivingday.org and help support the North Platte Public Library Foundation. Money raised during the 2019 North Platte Giving Day for the North Platte Public Library Foundation will go towards the North Platte Public Library’s Creation Station capital purchases of equipment, furniture, and supplies.

While you are visiting the North Platte Giving Day site, be sure to check out all the other worthy funds. We are non-profits working hard to make a difference in our community. We do wonderful things with support from people like you!

The North Platte Public Library was busy in 2018! Watch the videos for a synopsis.

Creation Station Fundraising

The 2019 Jigsaw Puzzle Tournament is cancelled because we have so much exciting stuff going on right now, we don’t have time to organize the puzzle tournament this year! But please check back in 2020 for a Jigsaw Puzzle Tournament.

Many of you may have heard about the new Creation Station makerspace at the Library. That space is currently equipped through a Library Innovation Studios grant funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and supported by the Nebraska Library Commission and Regional Library Systems, UNL Innovation Studio, and Nebraska Extension.

This equipment is leaving our Library on January 22, 2019 to travel on to another community library awarded the grant. We have been happy with the community response for this equipment and want to help the Library by fundraising for new permanent equipment for our Creation Station.

There are several ways to donate to this project:

  • Complete the online Donor Pledge Form or Complete and Return the PDF version of the Donor Pledge Form via email to create@npplfoundation.org or with your good check to the address below.
  • Mail a check to:
    North Platte Public Library
    Attn: Creation Station Fundraiser
    120 W 4th ST
    North Platte NE 69101
    Please make checks payable to: NPPL Foundation
  • Make your donation online through the Mid-Nebraska Community Foundation and the North Platte Public Library Foundation at https://midnebraskafoundation.org/how-to-give/donate.html, specify the North Platte Public Library Foundation Fund and if you want your donation to be used for the Creation Station and/or specific equipment, please note that under special instructions or when mailing in your check.
  • Visit the Library and drop your spare change into a jar at the desk or in the Creation Station, every little bit helps!
  • Call Cecelia Lawrence, Library Director, at 308-535-8036 x3321 for an appointment to talk about giving opportunities for this and many other projects in the Library.
  • Email the Library at library@ci.north-platte.ne.us and pledge your donation, please include instructions if you would like us to invoice you for your pledge. An NPPL Foundation member, Library Staff member, or community champion will be contacting you!

If you have questions about the Creation Station Project, please email create@npplfoundation.org.

Two (2) 3D
Printers


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Laser Cutter
and Etcher
 
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Heat Press
and Printer

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Camera and
Green Screen

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Vinyl Plotter 
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Sewing and
Embroidery
Machine
 
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Four (4)
Computers
and
Software
 
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CNC
Router

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Button
Maker

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Small
Laminator
 
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Lego
Mindstorm
 
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The Nebraska Library Innovation Studios: Transforming Rural Communities project is supported in part by the Nebraska Library Commission, partnering with the University of Nebraska Lincoln Nebraska Innovation Studio, Nebraska Extension, and Regional Library Systems. The project is funded through a National Leadership Grant awarded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS grant #LG-95-17-0046-17).