During the first week of August, we will be moving much of the adult collection. Because of the move, most of the materials will be unavailable on Thursday, August 2; Friday, August 3; and Saturday, August 4.

Daily newspapers will be available in a temporary location in the lobby. Pink-labeled popular materials will stay where they are and be available for checkout. Access to the holds shelf will be unaffected. The Children's Room will be open as usual.

We apologize for any inconvenience our reorganization may cause. Click here for a map of the new library layout. For more information about the changes, click here.  

Sedona Public Library's 2012 fiscal year ended May 31. During this time, we experienced another year of growth and change.

Our primary service continues to be that of a traditional library: we check out books, movies, and audiobooks. In fiscal year 2012, we checked out 230,759 items, up 5% from last year. However, the Library is not just a place to pick up and check out materials. People still flock to the library to read the daily newspaper or the latest issue of a magazine, use financial or other reference material, attend a program, or use a computer.

The Library offered 870 programs (up 26% from the previous year), and attendance at them was 13,580 (up 23%). In addition, another 300 programs were held at the library by various non-profit and commercial groups.

While we always try to bring you the most current titles in print, more patrons than ever are requesting e-book copies of recent bestsellers. We currently offer a collection of 2,916 e-books for borrowing. However, some publishers are refusing to license or sell electronic books to libraries. Find out more by clicking here, and consider signing the petition calling upon publishers to partner with libraries to provide patrons continued access to e-books.

A community book discussion of "Where Angels Fear to Tread," by E. M. Forster, will take place on Monday, August 27, at 1:30 p.m. at Sedona Winds, 405 Jacks Canyon Road. All Arizona Humanities Council loaner copies of the book have been distributed, but you can download a free electronic copy from Project Gutenberg at www.gutenberg.org or Amazon. Additionally, there are several print copies available from libraries in Yavapai County, which you can place on hold.  

If you are interested in learning more about Hispanic culture through movies, don't miss the Flicker Shack Latino Movie Night on the first Monday of every month in the Si Birch Community Room, at 6:00 p.m. Everyone is invited to watch critically acclaimed movies from Spain and Latin American countries, including films released in the United States. All movies feature English subtitles.

Latino Movie Night is an adult program, and most movies address controversial issues on politics, social justice, gender problems, social revolutions, family troubles, immigration, and more.  Featured on August 6 is a touching movie about Daniel, a recent university graduate with Down syndrome, set in Seville, Spain.