E-books at the Homer Library!

Did you know that you can now access e-Books through our library?  Thanks to the Secretary of State and the Illinois State Library, we now have access to e-Books through a great program, eRead Illinois. This program was created to help expand access to e-books across the state and is a great benefit to small, rural libraries like ours. This program gives our patrons access to thousands of e-Books and audio books on the Baker & Taylor Axis 360 platform.  

Homer Community Library card holders can download an app to their smart phone, iPad, most Kindles, or software for either their Mac or PC computer.  Each device has a slightly different set of instructions but they are all pretty easy to set up and use.  You can find full instructions and more information at our website www.homercommunitylibrary.com - just click on the eBooks link at the top of the page. If you can't access our site or just prefer in-person help, come to one of our help sessions.

The Homer Community Library will hold two help sessions where people can come in and find out more about e-Books and get help setting up their devices.  Come and visit us from 5-7pm on either Thursday, October 20th or Monday, October 24th to find out more about this program or to get assistance.  If you can't make it either of these times just call the librarians and schedule a time to come in.

If you don't currently have a Homer Community Library card and would like to take advantage of this new service, contact us.  If you live in the Village of Homer proper, you pay taxes that support the library so are eligible to receive a library card.  We just need proof of residency and a photo ID.  If you live within the Heritage School District and do not have another library that serves you (Sidell, St. Joseph, or Vance Township might be your home library) you can purchase a non-resident membership for just $37.00 per year which covers everyone in your household. If you're not sure of your status, contact us and we will help you out.

The Homer Community Library is located within the Village Hall at 500 East 2nd Street in Homer. We are open 2-7pm Mon, Tues, Thur, and Fri; 9am-2pm Weds; and 10am-2pm Sat.  Our phone number is 217-896-2121 and our email is homerlibrarian@gmail.com.

DVD Wish List

OMG - I am so bad about trying to keep this blog up to date.  I just need a volunteer social media person to update my blog and Facebook page.

Anyway.... today's topic is about movies - specifically, those we don't have.... (Seriously??? We don't have a copy of Titanic on DVD?!?!?)

While we have a considerable (I think) movie selection for a library our size, every now and then I am shocked when a patron asks for a movie that I'm sure we have but we don't. After weeding out all of our VHS movies, there is a long list of titles we are missing. We are hoping the community may be able to help by donating any of these movies on DVD that they may have laying around and no longer watch. Remember, donations to the library can be tax deductible, just ask the librarians.

Here is our list:

13 Assassins 2010
90 Minutes in Heaven
A Christmas Story 1983
Anastasia (Disney)
Annie Hall 1977 (or any Woody Allen)
Back Draft
Before Sunset 2004
Being John Malkovich 1999
Big 1988
Blade Runner 1982
Bloody Sunday 2002
Boys Don’t Cry 1999
Brazil 1985
Cape Fear 1962
Children of Men 2006
Chinatown 1974
City of God 2002
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly 2007
Duck Soup (the Marx Brothers) 1933
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 2004
The French Connection 1971
From Here to Eternity
Gandhi 1982
The Godfather 1972
Gorillas in the Mist
Gunsmoke Season 1 TV series
Hedwig and the Angry Inch 2001
Hocus Pocus (with Bette Midler)
House of Flying Daggers 2004
Iron Man 3
The Joy Luck Club
The Kid (Charlie Chaplin) 1921
The Kids Are All Right 2010
The Lives of Others 2006
La Dolce Vita 1960
The Muppet Movie 1979
Memento 2000
Metropolis 1927
Monty Python and the Holly Grail 1975
On the Waterfront 1954
The Producers 2005
Pan’s Labyrinth 2006
Patton 1970
Persepolis 2007
Pride & Prejudice (with Kiera Knightly)
The Red Balloon 1956
Raging Bull 1980
Rio Grande
Rushmore 1998
Rocky 1976
The Silence of the Lambs 1991
Say Anything 1989
Seven Samurai 1954
Shakespeare in Love 1998
Some Like it Hot 1959
Stand By Me 1986
The Straight Story 1999
The Ten Commandments
The Thorn Birds
The Tree of Life 2011
The Triplets of Belleville 2003
The Truman Show 1998
Taxi Driver 1976
Thelma & Louise 1991
There Will Be Blood 2007
Time Bandits
Titanic 1997
Tuck Everlasting
Vertigo
Who Framed Roger Rabbit 1988
The Yearling
Yellow Submarine (the Beatles) 1968

rev 5/19/16.

January 2016 Events

January 2016 Events

Homer Community Library

Welcome Back to the Library! We are so happy to be able to start offering our regular programs again and hope to see both our regular attendees and some new faces during the coming year. Here are our upcoming January events.

January 12 at 7pm

Board Meeting

January 13 at 1pm

Movie Matinee: The Last Song

Based on a Nicholas Sparks novel. Seventeen, angry, and alienated from her estranged father, Veronica 'Ronnie' Miller's life gets turned inside out when her mother forces her to spend the summer with him in the small Georgia beach town where he lives. Here, Ronnie finds salvation, friendship, second chances, and first love.

PG 107mins

January 15 at 7pm

Family Movie Night: Shawn the Sheep

When Shaun decides to take the day off and have some fun, he gets a little more action than he bargained for. A mix up with the Farmer, a caravan, and a very steep hill lead them all to the Big City and it's up to Shaun and the flock to return everyone safely to the green grass of home.

PG 84 mins

The Homer Community Library Board of Trustees meets the 2^nd Tuesday of each month at 7pm in the library. Our Movie Matinee is held the 2^nd Wednesday and our Family Movie Night is held the 3^rd Friday of each month. Let us know if you have suggestions for programming or movie titles.