We are please to announce the launch of the SHARE Mobile Library app. It’s easier than ever to manage multiple accounts, keep track of checkouts and due dates, and renew items from your mobile device using the new app! Search for books, DVDs, video games, audiobooks, ebooks, and more. Find it now in the Apple App store or Google Play Store.
Playaways are a fun way for kids to stay excited about reading all summer long. Borrow their favorite authors, new releases, and series. No cell phone or internet needed. Just power on and press play. Available now at the Sparta Public Library!
Math lover? Little scientist? Early reader? We have a Launchpad learning tablet for every child. Launchpad learning tablets are loaded with a world of learning with apps, videos, storybooks, games just for kids. 100% secure. No internet needed.
Wonderbooks are children’s books with a ready-to-play audiobook already inside. Kids can listen to the audiobook while reading along, recreating the fun of being read to in class. They’ll be learning how to read, too. Take one off the shelf and press play. It’s never been more fun to read along! No internet needed. Just power on, press play, and start learning. Visit the Sparta Public Library to browse our collection.
Did you know that the Sparta Public Library offers an interlibrary loan service to all of it’s registered card holders? Any non-probationary patron may request items using this service, new patrons must wait until they exit the probationary period to request items through interlibrary loan. The interlibrary loan service is available to both Resident and Non-Resident library users, however; Reciprocal users must return to their home libraries to receive interlibrary loan service.
What is interlibrary loan? It is the ability to request books through your local library, from another library. The interlibrary loan service is available through either the local Illinois Heartland Library System (IHLS), or the nationwide OCLC system. There are thousands of books, audio-books, CDs, DVDs and much more available through the libraries’ interlibrary loan service. This service is offered to all of our patrons free of charge. Just ask a librarian, we will be happy to help get you started. Items can be requested either through our online Card Catalog, or by coming in to request an item in person. Requests through the OCLC system must be done in person.
The library staff will make every attempt to obtain materials thru the Illinois Heartland Library System’s SHARE automation system, if the item cannot be found there then the staff may attempt to place a request using the nationwide OCLC system, however; there is no guarantee that we will be able to find the item that you are looking for.
The Sparta Public Library is committed to participating in interlibrary loan, both as a lender and borrower. Interlibrary loan does not relieve a local library of the responsibility to develop its own collections, but rather serves as a means of overcoming the information limits inherent in a given collection. Due dates may be set by the lending library. Materials are the responsibility of the patron until the item is return in proper condition to the Sparta Public Library. Patrons will be charged for lost or damaged items. These fees will be set by the lending library.