Library showcases services

| December 13, 2011 8:00 PM

COEUR d'ALENE - There's more to the Coeur d'Alene Public Library than bookshelves.

Learn more about the library, 702 E. Front Ave., Friday Dec. 16, noon to 5 p.m., during its first ever Open House.

"We have been in the new building for a little more than four years and we still have people coming in and saying, 'I had no idea we had something like this,'" said Library Director Bette Ammon. "And I think even our regular patrons may not be aware of everything we have to offer."

For the open house library staff and volunteers will have exhibits set up throughout the building highlighting various offerings and, in some cases, offering snacks.

This event will also offer a sneak peek at the Smithsonian's new traveling exhibit "The Way We Worked," as it begins its six-week stay at the library.

Other exhibits and activities will include:

• Demonstrations and help with e-books using the library's new Overdrive link to more than 900 e-book and audiobook titles.

• Puppet shows in the Seagraves Children's Library.

• The library's Book Club Kits and information on the Pageturners Book Club.