Community invited to grand opening of Ucon library branch

UCON — A section room territory is inviting nan organization to a expansive opening of its caller branch this Saturday. 

The Bonneville County Library District will debut its Ucon branch connected Sept. 7 astatine 10 a.m. It is located astatine 10918 North Yellowstone Highway. 

The ceremony will see free fabric candy, snowfall cones, and giveaways. Volunteers helped move books and materials into nan room successful mentation to unfastened for nan public. 

“I americium truthful thrilled! I cognize from seeing volunteers travel in…that they are truthful thrilled to person a spot together arsenic a organization and to person resources for room services,” said Library Director Michelle Tolman. “That brings maine truthful overmuch joyousness because I cognize it’s making a quality for a batch of people.”

Some of nan volunteers. | Courtesy Bonneville County Library District

Guests tin cheque retired nan caller room branch and meet room staff. Patrons will person entree to a assortment of e-resources, including much than 219,000 integer titles disposable done Libby. There’s besides Scholastic Digital, which includes thousands of children’s books, curated acquisition videos, and themed instruction plans, according to a news release. 

Tolman told EastIdahoNews.com that nan Ucon branch has been successful nan useful since nan mediate of June. The building is 1 level and 2,000 quadrate feet. She said it utilized to beryllium nan Fybercom building. While they do not ain nan building, they are presently renting it. 

“We’re hoping if we tin show nan taxpayers that it’s a valuable resource, that they will support it successful yet purchasing nan building because it will prevention them taxation money down nan road,” Tolman said. 

She said that she is proud to bring a room branch to Ucon, which has been underserved. 

“There’s been a batch of investigation nationally that shows that if a room is much than 5 miles distant from your house, you’re dramatically little apt to spell to nan library,” she said. “That has been a focus… really tin we bring room services person to nan people? Because we cognize it is much than conscionable a spot to get a book. It’s a spot to link pinch others.” 

So, who tin usage nan Ucon branch? Tolman said nan territory tin usage immoderate of nan 5 branch locations. She said location are reciprocal agreements.

“We person reciprocal agreements pinch astir of nan libraries successful our area for illustration Madison, Rigby, North Bingham, Portneuf, and Marshall. So if they person a room paper pinch them, they tin get a room paper pinch america free of charge,” Tolman said. “Idaho Falls has not chosen to do a reciprocal astatine this time, but we effort to make it affordable for everyone.” 

Click here to study more. 

The Ucon branch’s operating hours are Monday done Thursday from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Other branches of nan Bonneville County Library District include: 

• Ammon — 3015 South 25th East, Ammon
• Iona — 3548 North Main Street, Iona
• Swan Valley — 3389 Swan Valley Highway, Irwin
• Westside — 250 South Skyline Drive, Ste. 6, Idaho Falls

“We’d emotion to person you travel to nan expansive opening. We’d emotion to person you support coming backmost and seeing our growth,” Tolman added. “Get progressive astatine nan library. It has truthful overmuch much to connection than group realize.” 

Courtesy Bonneville County Library District

Courtesy Bonneville County Library District