Welcome to this, our 4th mini newsletter, Renewal!
Because HPLD items can be renewed 3 times in most cases, the format of this newsletter is one story, The Checkout, and three smaller news items, the renewals.
Nothing better than explaining the cute format you decided on three issues ago and are now stuck with, eh?
Oh, well. Onward!
Checkout: HPLD Wins Budget Presentation Award
Once again, for about the billionth time, HPLD has been awarded the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award by the Government Finance Officers Association!
This is something we like to make a big deal about because it means we’re continuing to produce high quality reporting that follows best practices in budgeting and that we are being transparent with the ways YOUR MONEY is spent!
Congratulations, to, well, us, but also to you for being fortunate enough to celebrate with us!
Unfortunately, our plaque is packed away because we’re moving some stuff from our admin building right now, so please enjoy this photoshopped plaque, which is an unreasonable facsimile of the real deal, which we’ll dust off as soon as we’re re-settled.
Renewal 1: HPLD Friends & Foundation Awarded BIG BIG Grant!
HPLDF&F has received nearly $831,000 from The Weld Trust for a Mobile Workforce Unit for the High Plains Library District in collaboration with Employment Services of Weld County Weld County Government. The grant is the final key to the multi-institution Weld County collaboration to bring workforce development and employment services to those who need it the most in rural areas.
What does that mean, in regular language?
We’re going to build a custom, state-of-the-art vehicle loaded up with equipment and resources so that we can deliver training and expertise to some of the most rural areas we serve.
This vehicle will join the ranks of Great Vans of History, which includes the A-Team van, the Mystery Machine, and who could forget Tango & Cash’s battle van!?
Renewal 2: ReadCon is Right Around the Corner
Yep, we’ve got just about 2 weeks before ReadCon hits Greeley! It’s our most-star-studded ReadCon ever and the first one we’ve held in over TEN YEARS! It’s going to be great, and we need you to come out and support it so that we can host more events like this in the future. Register today, come in two weeks, buy snacks sometime in between. Because the only thing better than an author event is an author event with snackies.
Renewal 3: Ihatovo Monogatari
イーハトーヴォ物語 or Īhatōvo Monogatari, or Ihatovo Story is a game that was released for the Super Famicom (the Japanese version of the Super Nintendo) in Japan in 1993, and thanks to a fan translation, is playable in English as of 2018.
Ihatovo Story is an RPG, sort of. It doesn’t have the battling and leveling up you might expect from a typical RPG, and instead it’s a more cozy adventure that revolves around you, the player, helping the resident of Ihatovo, a pretty pleasant place, locate items or complete tasks.
Why is this in a library newsletter? The world of Ihatovo is based heavily on the works of Japanese author Kenji Miyazawa, and it’s one of the most direct book-to-game examples out there.
You can watch a brief synopsis here:
Or a complete playthrough here: