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Library Card Sign-Up Month Celebration

September is National Library Card Sign-Up Month! Stop by the library, join the festivities, and get your own library card today.

Click below to learn how to register for a library card and learn about the giveaways Bossard Library is providing to celebrate the month.

We Are Hiring!

Position for a Part-time Facilities and Grounds Assistant.

Please click below for a job description, application, and other pertinent details.

Community Input Requested for Library Survey

Bossard Library would like to hear from YOU!

Whether you are a long time patron or have never visited the Library, we want to know what YOUR library needs and interests are.

Help us determine the future of YOUR library by completing a short survey.

Click "Learn More" for more information and a link to the survey.

Needlework Circle Group starting July 7

Come join our Needlework Circle group on Wednesdays from 1:00 to 3:00 PM starting July 7.
Beginning, intermediate, and advanced knitters, crocheters, quilters, cross-stitchers, embroiderers, weavers and all other fiber artists are welcome.

Raiders of the Lost Ark Movie Matinee

Come celebrate with us the 40th anniversary of the most famous movie archaeologist in history - Indiana Jones.
To mark the world's introduction to Indy's first adventure, Bossard Library will be showing Raiders of the Lost Ark on Saturday, June 12 at 2:00 PM in the Riverside Room.

In-person Story Time and Lapsit Return

Bossard Library is pleased to announce that in-person Story Time and Lapsit will return in June.

Click "Learn More" for times and starting dates.

"Tails and Tales" Summer Reading Program Registration starts Tuesday, June 1

Kids, tweens, and teens stop by the Library starting Tuesday, June 1 to sign-up for this year's Summer Reading Program "Tails and Tales".

For registration information, please click "Learn More"

Software Update Friday August 27

Public computers (offering Internet access and printing) will be unavailable for a period of time on Friday, August 27 due to a software upgrade.

Click below for more information.

Inside Item Return Now Available

As of Monday, April 19, patrons can now return borrowed items inside the Library at the circulation desk or to the outdoor book drops.
For more information, please click "Learn More".

Welcome to Your Library: Celebrating National Library Week

Celebrate National Library Week on Thursday, April 8 by visiting our "Welcome Wagon" at the Library. Receive a special "goodie" bag filled with various novelties, as well as information about the Library. For more information, please click "Learn More".

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Explore ANIMAL INSIDE OUT

Animal Inside Out is a must-see during its limited engagement at Bossard Memorial Library in Gallipolis, Ohio.

Please click below for more information.

Explore ANIMAL INSIDE OUT >>

Holiday Family Fun Kits Available

Bossard Library is pleased to provide library patrons with a Holiday Family Fun Kit, while supplies last.

Enjoy some family time this holiday season with a cookie decorating kit, gingerbread decorating kit, and other assorted family-fun holiday kits.

Beginning at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, December 11, 2024, adults may stop by the library and pick up a Holiday Family Fun Kit at the Circulation Desk.

Distribution of kits is random -- please do not ask for a specific kit.

In order to allow more families to obtain a Family Fun Kit, there is a limit of one (1) kit per household, please.

Holiday Family Fun Kits Available >>

French City Writers' Guild

Please join us on Saturday, December 14, 2024 at 1:00 PM for the next meeting of the French City Writers' Guild.

This meeting is for those ages 18+ as more mature content may be discussed.

Please click below for more information.

French City Writers' Guild >>

Special Teen/Tween Book Club at Silver Screen VII

Teens and Tweens, join Ms. Rachael on Saturday, December 21 at 3:15 PM for a special movie book club meeting at Silver Screen VII (1284 Jackson Pike, Gallipolis, OH).

Information regarding arrival time, permissions and waivers are listed below.

Special Teen/Tween Book Club at Silver Screen VII >>

CLOSED in observance of the Christmas Holiday

Bossard Library will be CLOSED Tuesday, December 24, 2024 and Wednesday, December 25, 2024 in observance of the Christmas holiday.

We will resume our regular hours of 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM on Thursday, December 26, 2024.

We would like to wish our patrons a joyous and safe holiday.

CLOSED in observance of the Christmas Holiday >>

Dec 11	Explore ANIMAL INSIDE OUT 10:00 am
Dec 11	Needlework Circle Group 1:00 pm
Dec 12	Lapsit temporarily @ Gallipolis Church of God 10:00 am
Dec 12	Explore ANIMAL INSIDE OUT 10:00 am
Dec 12	Evening Storytime temporarily suspended 6:00 pm
Dec 13	Explore ANIMAL INSIDE OUT 10:00 am
Dec 14	Explore ANIMAL INSIDE OUT 10:00 am