Level Up at Your Library is Here!

Our annual Summer Reading Program has officially begun!  IPDPL offers three different summer reading challenges so readers can choose the challenge that best suits them:

  • Read to Me: for beginning and emerging readers (reading goal = 50 books)
  • Casual Readers: for busy readers without a lot of time (reading goal = 25 hours)
  • Avid Readers: for passionate readers who are all in (reading goal = 50 hours)

Head to Beanstack online or the Beanstack Tracker app on your device to join the program and choose your challenge!

Makerspace

The Makerspace

The Makerspace is a publicly accessible lab available for patron use at the Metamora Branch. 

The Makerspace features introductory workshops and an open shop for personal projects and collaboration. We encourage you to explore the full range of making, both high-tech and hands-on.

Cricut Makerspace

Makerspace Equipment

A programmable electric die-cutting machine.

Makerspace - Cricut Station (GH)

Germantown Hills

Maximum Capacity: 1

The Cricut Maker can cut many different types of material quickly and accurately.  The fine-point blade is perfect for most paper or cardstock projects.  Adding markers allows users to draw and then cut their designs, from gift tags to personalized cards.  IPDPL maintains a subscription to the Cricut Design Space catalog of projects so patrons can recreate an existing design, or use the design tools to create an original project.

Room Details
A room with a workstation for crafting on a Cricut cutting machine.

Makerspace - Cricut Station (M)

Metamora

Maximum Capacity: 1

The Cricut Maker 3 can cut many different types of material quickly and accurately.  The fine-point blade is perfect for most paper or cardstock projects.  Adding markers allows users to draw and then cut their designs, from gift tags to personalized cards.  IPDPL maintains a subscription to the Cricut Design Space catalog of projects so patrons can recreate an existing design, or use the design tools to create an original project.

Room Details