Cozby Library and Community Commons

10/30/2020

Looking for some spooky stories this Halloween? Browse our catalog for some great horror fiction.

10/26/2020

This week’s storytime theme is Halloween! Go to our virtual storytime room for themed books, songs, and crafts. http://www.coppelltx.gov/library/library-at-home

10/26/2020

We had so much fun being part of the Candy Cruise! So many great costumes and decorations.

10/19/2020

Pick up a Halloween Family Fun Night bag and then join us virtually on Tuesday, October 27 at 6:30 pm to hear stories and songs! Bags are available while supplies last. Go to cozbylibrary.librarymarket.com to register.

10/19/2020

About the Library | City of Coppell, Texas

Available Services:
• If you are wanting to browse the shelves, make an appointment here: bit.ly/cozbybrowsing
• If you want contactless curbside service, make an appointment here: bit.ly/cozbycurbside
If you are wanting to use a computer or print, make an appointment here: bit.ly/cozbycomputers
• If you are wanting to use a study table, make an appointment here: bit.ly/cozbystudytable
• If you just want to quickly pick up your holds, stop by the library anytime during our Lobby Hours.
• Hours are Monday, Wednesday, & Friday: 12 pm - 6 pm and
Tuesday & Thursday: 12 pm - 7 pm
• Remember to bring your library card (and any other cards if
you are picking up books for family members)
• Don't forget your mask!
• You can also return books at this time too.
• More details here: http://www.coppelltx.gov/library/library-news

The William T. Cozby Public Library was established in 1974 as the Coppell Public Library in an old frame home located at 561 N. Coppell Road. The library was a volunteer effort opening its doors with 3,000 books.

10/19/2020

This week’s storytime theme is Monsters! Go to our Library at Home page to find our virtual storytime room! http://www.coppelltx.gov/library/library-at-home

10/16/2020

Needing some extra help with school? Try our FREE tutoring service! Go to http://bit.ly/cozbytutor to get help today! All you need is your library card number to create an account.

10/15/2020

October Teen Craft Bags

October Teen Craft Bags available now!

Includes:
*Monster Mouth Sewing Kit
*Supplies for 10/24 virtual teen crafternoon (canvas painting!!)
*Mini Top Hat supplies
*Halloween stickers Ghost

For teens 6th-12th grade. Pickup in library lobby while supplies last. Mask required.

10/13/2020

It’s New Book Tuesday! Browse the catalog and place some on hold! #cozbylibrary #coppelllibrary #newbooktuesday

10/13/2020

Did you know that kids can vote at the library for our mock election? Stop by the library to have your kids vote on Cats vs. Dogs. Then you can stop by Town Center or the Coppell Arts Center to vote early for the November 3 election. #cozbylibrary #coppelllibrary #mockelection #catsvsdogs #cats #purrfectchoice #dogs #everyonesbestfriend

10/13/2020

Early Voting starts Today! Early voting for the November 3 election is from October 13 - October 30. You can vote at Coppell Town Center or Coppell Arts Center for Dallas county.

Needing more information about candidates before you cast your vote? The League of Women Voters guide is available online here: https://my.lwv.org/texas/voters-guide. It’s available in English and Spanish. These guides are non-partisan and anyone running for office can answer questions. This guide doesn’t cover every race on every ballot so to get more personalized information about who’s running for office in your area, go to www.vote411.org.

Remember, any election information specific to Coppell can be found here: http://www.coppelltx.gov/Pages/Election-Information.aspx.

10/12/2020

The Cozby Library and Community Commons is excited to offer Flipster for access to digital magazines. All your favorite magazines are available through the app. Download the app and login with your library card today! Our subscription for RBdigital magazines will end on November 30. ​
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#cozbylibrary #coppelllibrary #flipster #digitalmagazines

10/12/2020

We are so excited to debut our World Languages collection. Search the catalog by language, title, or author and use the filters to narrow down your search. Or browse the collection in person by appointment starting Monday, October 19. The collection includes books for adults in Spanish and Hindi and books for children in Spanish, French, simplified Chinese, and Hindi.
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#cozbylibrary #coppelllibrary #worldlanguages

10/12/2020

This week’s storytime theme is Spiders! Go to our Library at Home Page to find our Virtual Storytime Room.
http://www.coppelltx.gov/library/library-at-home

10/10/2020

Teen Mental Health Series: Part 1

October 10th is World Mental Health Day, an international day dedicated to mental health education, awareness, and ending social stigma surrounding mental health.

This past Tuesday, we concluded the Teen Mental Health Series presented by Chris Guzniczak, LPC. If you missed the programs, you can view them on YouTube. The content was geared toward teens and parents of teens, and Chris introduced powerful tools and concepts for beginning the journey of improving your mental health.

We all need a little help sometimes. #worldmentalhealthday #mentalhealthawareness #reducingstigma

Part 1: https://youtu.be/sDAdfuQnl_s
Part 2: https://youtu.be/guylS3cL2DQ
Part 3: https://youtu.be/VN_dfvSUwsc

We all need help with coping strategies and learning the best methods to take care of ourselves. Teen Mental Health Series: Part 1 explores the question, "Wh...

10/08/2020

We are excited to announce Browsing by Appointment will start Monday, October 19!

Browsing appointments will be from 10:15 am - 5:30 pm Monday - Friday. Appointments are for 30 minutes. Scheduling appointments will begin on Friday, October 16.

Go to http://www.coppelltx.gov/library/library-news to learn more.

Keep your eyes out for more exciting reopening news in the coming weeks!

10/06/2020

There’s a new book in the Storybook Walk! Read “Banana Boy” by Nathanael Tony. This is the 2nd place winner of the K-5th grade 2020 Picture Book contest.
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#cozbylibrary #coppelllibrary #storybookwalk #towncenterplaza

10/06/2020

It’s New Book Tuesday! Browse the online catalog and place some on hold. #newbooktuesday

10/05/2020

There’s a new STEAM bag to pick up in the lobby this week! All the supplies you need are included. For kids in grades K - 5.
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#cozbylibrary #coppelllibrary #steamforkids #libraryathome

10/05/2020

This week’s storytime theme is Pirates! Go to our Library at Home page to visit our virtual storytime room! http://www.coppelltx.gov/library/library-at-home

10/02/2020

It’s Banned Books Week! Looking to read commonly banned or challenged books, but don’t know where to start? We’ve got a cloudLibrary virtual shelf available on the app! Browse the shelf and Find Your Freedom to Read! #cozbylibrary #coppelllibrary #bannedbooksweek #freedomtoread #cloudlibraryapp #cloudlibrary #libraryathome

09/30/2020

Author visit with Erin Yun

Missed the author visit with Fabled Films Press's Erin Yun? You can now watch the recording! Learn from Erin as she dives into fractured retellings, character development, and point of view. There's also a very lively Q&A at the end! #pippapark #pippaparkraiseshergame

This video is a recording of the Cozby Library's live author visit with Erin Yun, author of Pippa Park raises her game. During the author visit, Erin discuss...

09/29/2020

It’s New Book Tuesday! Browse the online catalog to find your next read!
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#cozbylibrary #coppelllibrary #newbooktuesday

09/28/2020

This week’s storytime theme is Colors! Go to our website to visit our virtual storytime room with links to books, crafts, and more!
Coppelltx.gov/library/library-at-home

09/26/2020

City of Coppell, TX Municipal Government

In early September, the City of Coppell announced that it would begin passing credit card transaction fees on to customers effective October 1, 2020. Due to unforeseen circumstances and technological delays with our vendors, we have decided to delay the transfer of fees to customers until November 1, 2020.

Why are we making this change? Historically, credit cards fees charged to the City when residents elected to pay for services via credit card were absorbed by the City, meaning that all Coppell taxpayers and utility customers have contributed to these fee payments through property taxes and utility rates. In order to be more equitable, we will begin passing these transaction fees along to customers of the facility or service. Read more at http://bit.ly/coppellfees

09/25/2020

The Cozby Library and Community Commons is pleased to announce that the library’s eMagazine collection currently provided by RBdigital will be offered by Flipster beginning October 12.

By subscribing to Flipster, we will now have exclusive access to the popular Meredith magazine titles including People, Time, and Better Homes and Gardens. We will also be able to offer this award-winning digital magazine platform to our community at a significant cost savings. Stay tuned for more news about Flipster!
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#cozbylibrary #coppelllibrary #flipster #digitalmagazines

09/25/2020

We’ve added more computer appointments on Tuesday and Thursday evening! Computer/printing appointments are available Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 10 am - 5 pm and Tuesday and Thursday from 10 am - 6:30 pm.
bit.ly/cozbycomputers

09/25/2020

We sincerely thank the @texasbookfest and the @txla_1902 for selecting the Cozby Library and Community Commons to receive a 2020 Texas Book Festival Grant!
The grant awards the library $2,500 to purchase adult books written in Spanish and Hindi. These books will be part of the forthcoming World Languages Collection. Based on survey responses from our community, the World Languages Collection will also include children’s books in Spanish, French, simplified Chinese, and Hindi. This collection will debut in early October.
#cozbylibrary #coppelllibrary #worldlanguages #texasbookfestival #texaslibraryassociation

09/24/2020

We are excited to start offering Study Table Appointments next week! Appointments are available Monday - Friday, 10 am - 1 pm and 2 pm - 5 pm.
bit.ly/cozbystudytable

Important Details:
🔹Masks must be worn at all times.
🔹Appointments are for the use of a study table only.
🔹Staff will clean tables between appointments.
🔹Group members must enter together and may not be exchanged for a different group member during the appointment time.
🔹Please only sign up for one appointment at a time. You must complete an appointment before signing up for the next one.
🔹One appointment per day for each person is allowed whether alone or as part of a group.

09/24/2020

Heads up, credit card users! The City's credit card processors, Automated Merchant Systems (AMS) and ActiveNet, charge a fee each time a credit or debit card is used to pay for a bill, fee, or service both online and in-person. Our credit card processor is working to conduct a study to determine the fee rate, but it is expected to be 3-3.5%.

To avoid these credit card fees at the Library, pay with cash for your printing and copying.

These fees, which are currently paid by the City and added up to $231,000 in fiscal year 2019, will now be passed onto the customer. Effective October 1, 2020, a credit card processing fee will show as a separate charge on your credit card statement for any payments made by credit card to the City of Coppell. Please be aware, the City of Coppell – with the exception of recreation facilities, including The CORE, BEC and Tennis Center – will be unable to process credit card transactions on Thursday, October 1, 2020.

UPDATE 09.25.2020: Due to unforeseen circumstances and technological delays with our vendors, we have decided to delay the transfer of fees to customers until November 1, 2020. Read more at http://bit.ly/coppellfees.

Heads up, credit card users! The City's credit card processors, Automated Merchant Systems (AMS) and ActiveNet, charge a fee each time a credit or debit card is used to pay for a bill, fee, or service both online and in-person. These fees, which are currently paid by the City and added up to $231,000 in fiscal year 2019, will now be passed onto the customer. Effective October 1, 2020, a credit card processing fee will show as a separate charge on your credit card statement for any payments made by credit card to the City of Coppell. Please be aware, the City of Coppell – with the exception of recreation facilities, including The CORE, BEC and Tennis Center – will be unable to process credit card transactions on Thursday, October 1, 2020.

09/24/2020

READ together! Did you know children's books have three times more rare words than conversation and 25% more than television? The more rare words a child knows, the easier it will be for them to learn to read when it's time for school and formal education.
#cozbylibrary #coppelllibrary #earlyliteracytips

09/23/2020

We've got graphics & manga aplenty in our teen graphic novel collection! Interested in a title? Put it on hold! 📚
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#coverappeal #graphicnovels #manga #teenreads #newbooks

09/22/2020

Today is the day to check your voter registration status or register to vote for the first time. #voteready
The library has voter registration forms if you need one! You can always register online too. Applications must be postmarked by October 5. Early voting starts October 13.

09/21/2020

We’ve got some new STEAM bags for kids in the lobby! These bags are intended for kids ages 8-11 with grow up supervision.
Stop by the lobby to pick up a bag while supplies last!
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#cozbylibrary #coppelllibrary #steam #stem #libraryathome

09/21/2020

We’ve created a new virtual storytime room!

http://bit.ly/cozbystorytime

Click on the different objects in the room to find crafts, songs, and stories!