#9 Club Road

Horseshoe Bend, AR  72512

Phone:  870-670-4318

email: horseshoebendlib@yahoo.com

HOURS:

Monday, Thursday, Friday - 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday 10:30 AM - 6:00 PM
Wednesday - Closed
Saturday - 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Sunday & Holidays - Closed
 

WHAT'S NEW AT THE LIBRARY

  In the year 2000, The Friends of the Library of Horseshoe Bend was formed.  This is a non-profit corporation and this organization has made a free standing library their goal and dream.  A site was selected at #9 Club Road and construction began in September 2003.  This is a steel building with brick veneer, approximately 4,500 square feet.  The exterior of the building is completed and in 2004 and the interior and parking lot was completed in 2006.  The move to the new building took place in May 2006 and is now open to the public.  Raising funds has been ongoing through local businesses, private donations, memorials and many fund raisers.  We have also had some state, city and county help.  The Friends group continues to sponsor fundraisers and events to give support to the library.  Any donations are greatly appreciated and are all tax-deductible.

Library Services

• Computers with Internet access are available to the public

• Video Eye magnifier for sight inpaired

• Library books and resources are extended through inter-library loans from The White River Regional Library System

• Magazines and newspapers

• Large print books

• Video, DVD and music CD's are available

• Books on cassette and CD

• Access to copy machine

• Annual Summer Reading Program for children ages 12 and under

• "The Owl" youth newsletter

• Bi-monthly book club

• Special programs throughout the year for adults and children - see our calendar at the Library!

• An on going book sale inside the library

• September through April - Weekly story time Saturdays at 12:30 p.m.

Library Rules

• Anyone may use the library resources on the premises
• All borrowers must be registered.
• There is a minimal charge for lost library cards.
• Books and materials  may be checked out for 2 weeks.   You may renew your items, in person or by phone, for an additional 2 weeks if there is no waiting list.
• A ten cent per day, per item, is charged for overdue books and materials.
• Lost or damaged items will be replaced by the patron at the current publisher's price.

     In 1970 the residents of Horseshoe Bend were served by a bookmobile from the White River Regional Library in Batesville.  Next a lending library was started in Hamilton's Drug Store in Diamond B Mall.  With the help of the Garden Club, the city made room in the back of the old city hall for the library.  In 1974 the library became a "real library" when the present municipal building was erected.

     Our library is part of the Izard County Library System which also includes Melbourne and Calico Rock.  We all receive a portion of the one-mill library tax from the county plus assistance from our local governments.  We are under the jurisdiction of a five-member county library board appointed by the county judge and the Izard County Quorum Court.  Horseshoe Bend also has its own seven-member library board appointed by the mayor and city council.

      Batesville is the headquarters for the White River Regional Library System which includes all of the libraries in Cleburne, Fulton, Independence, Izard, Sharp and Stone Counties.

YOUR LIBRARY STAFF
Aimee Watts & Shirley Alger

We also have many dedicated volunteers who work 2pm - 4pm daily!