At The Library

Libraries are important to the growth of a healthy community. Libraries give people the opportunity to find jobs, explore medical research, experience new ideas, get lost in wonderful stories, while at the same time providing a sense of place for gathering. Public libraries in the United States play an essential role in providing safe, accessible, and 100% free educational resource centers for every member in communities across the country. When libraries open their doors, they become shelters, learning centers, and employment centers for the most underserved population. They provide free access to educational, news, and historical resources, as well as help keep the public informed with facts rather than confused with fiction.

Libraries help to provide important resources to a diverse community ranging from small local businesses owners to non-English speaking community members. Libraries are also championing for our youth, annual summer reading programs also have a positive impact on student performance and, according to a 2010 study conducted by Dominican University’s Graduate School of Library and Information Science, students’ reading skills get a boost from these popular nationwide events.

Through library collections, programs, and physical spaces, children learn to share, to be engaged in their communities, to participate in the arts, and to explore their immediate world and the world at large. The Stanislaus County Library continues to do its part to support the community even with its doors closed. They are providing various resources and online remote access, making it possible for those who can’t get to the library to still access the library’s cultural and educational offerings. From virtual escape rooms to ebooks and free Wi-Fi. They are providing stability and community support in the midst of uncertainty. Check out what is going on!

Stanislaus County Library’s Virtual Escape Page

Below you will find links to Virtual Escape Rooms created by library staff. We plan to add games monthly. In an Escape Room (also known as a Panic or Breakout Room), you are invited to discover clues and solve puzzles to achieve a certain goal. Virtual Escape Rooms are nice because you can either work alone or with a group, but you are not timed.

LINK: https://sites.google.com/view/scllibrary/home

While libraries are closed, please enjoy our digital materials, including eBooks, eAudiobooks, eMagazines, and streaming video on the eResources tab, where you’ll find links to resources from CloudLibrary, Hoopla, RBDigital, and more. In addition, we’ve compiled other free resources available online, including at-home learning resources for students and parents, free eBooks, eAudiobooks, online story presentations and author talks, as well as virtual tours of famous museums, zoos and aquariums. Visit our More Free Online Resources page and come back often as we add more resources you can use.

Library Wi-Fi

Free library Wi-Fi is now available outside the Modesto Library. Daily access is available 8 am to 8 pm in the library parking lot 7 days a week.

http://www.stanislauslibrary.org/

eAudio, eBooks, eMovies, and eMusic

During this time, Hoopla Digital is now including a “Bonus Borrows” collection of approximately 1,100 titles, across all formats. The titles in this collection are free checkouts and will not count against your monthly limit of 5 borrows. You can check out as many titles as you would like. To find the list of titles, search by bonus borrows in the Hoopla search box. You can filter by format once the list of titles displays.

The Stanislaus County Library offers Hoopla Digital, a refreshingly quick — and free — way to get audiobooks, comics, eBooks, movies, music, and television shows. All Hoopla content is available on demand. No holds necessary. No waiting. Users can access their selections via online streaming. Audiobooks may be temporarily downloaded to a mobile device for listening without an internet connection.

Link: https://www.hoopladigital.com/

Stanislaus County Libraries are temporarily closed to the public.

Stanislaus County Libraries began offering modified services on Monday, March 23, including telephone reference, book recommendations, and no-contact pick-up of library materials (holds). Call (209) 558-7814 in Modesto, or call your local branch.

Prior to closing libraries, we modified cleaning procedures and cancelled public programs.

We routinely post health hygiene recommendations for the public and staff to help prevent the spread of contagious diseases.

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You can now subscribe to the library’s monthly calendar of events, as well as periodic email blasts from your local library. These emails come in an engaging format that are easily accessible from a computer or mobile device.

For further questions or inquiries please visit: http://www. stanislauslibrary.org/

For the fifth year in a row, Valley Children’s is recognized as one of the best children’s hospitals in the nation by U.S. News & World Report, ranking in Diabetes & Endocrinology, Gastroenterology & GI Surgery, Neonatology, Neurology & Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology & Lung Surgery and Urology.

We are proud of this national recognition and honored by the trust families have placed in us for nearly seven decades.

In response to the current “ shelter in place” order, the Leadership

Modesto Steering Committee, with support from the Modesto Chamber of Commerce, is extending the 2019 – 2020 class year, to the 2019 – 2021 class year. This is to provide the current class, whose planned schedule was suspended in March, time to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic professionally and resume the planned class schedule when we are all truly moving on from this. This year’s class enjoyed their leadership experience, day trips, and class project planning through the halfway point of the annual schedule. With the time uncertainty that represents the fluidity of this unprecedented crisis, it felt most fair to the time and financial investment of this class and to suspend the schedule for the rest of this year. This will allow them to resume and complete their Leadership Modesto experience starting back up in January 2021. Their graduation will be celebrated in June of 2021.

Please check the Modesto Chamber of Commerce website in early 2021 for information on the next upcoming class. For any additional questions please email leadershipmodesto@gmail.com or info@modchamber.org

Stanislaus County announces the retirement of Assistant Executive Officer Keith Boggs on June 23rd. His transition into retirement leaves a legacy including decades of leadership and many lasting contributions throughout the organization and community.

Boggs began his career with the County in 1991 as an Eligibility Worker I in the Community Services Agency focusing on all aspects of case management. By 1996 Keith was promoted into the Chief Executive office to the position of Assistant Management Consultant.

His career at the County has included multiple departments and titles to include; Interim Animal Services Director, Senior Management Consultant, Interim Public Information Officer, Deputy Executive Officer, General Services Agency Director and Assistant Executive Officer.

Several key projects and initiatives have served as hallmark efforts throughout Boggs’ tenure, including the Crows Landing Naval Air Base, the Westside Healthcare Advisory Task Force, Connecting Stanislaus – Digital Divide strategies, Facilities Fees developments, Stanislaus County Regional Tourism Roundtable, Earl Pride Scholarship Committee and the creator of the long-standing County Youth Mentoring Program.

His significant recognitions include a Technology Fellowship from the Community Technology Foundation, a Jean & Clyde Dunlap Literacy Award Recipient, the 28th Annual Dale Butler Equal Rights Award Recipient, the California State Association of Counties Challenge Award for the County Youth Mentoring Program, Stanislaus County Effective Partnership Award and the Great Valley Bookfest Literary Hero Award.

“Keith has brought an unwavering level of energy and passion to our organization,” said County Chief Executive Officer Jody Hayes. “His dedication to building a better community remains as strong today as it was the first day he began County service, and we wish him the very best on his new adventure.”

Following retirement, he will remain engaged through an ongoing assignment to guide the future vision of the Crows Landing Industrial Business Park. The County has welcomed former Hughson City Manager Raul Mendez to begin the transition into Assistant CEO, assuming responsibility for Mr. Boggs’ assignments.