Print Publications

Annual Reports

The Community Library’s fiscal year runs from July 1 to June 30.

Annual Report 2020-2021

Annual Report 2019-2020

Annual Report 2018-2019

Annual Report 2017-2018

Library Dispatch

Twice a year, the Library prints a newsletter to highlight upcoming events and special program initiatives as well as new resources and services.

• Library Dispatch – Summer/Fall 2022
• Library Dispatch – Winter/Spring 2022 – in English
• Library Dispatch – Invierno/Primavera 2022 – en español
• Library Dispatch – Summer/Fall 2021
• Library Dispatch – Winter/Spring 2021

Electronic Newsletters

Monthly Liaison: Stories from The Stacks

Each month, the Library sends an e-newsletter with staff essays, program insights, and donor recognition.

• July 2022: A Cool Reservoir on a Hot Day
• June 2022: Raise Your Fist. Read.
• May 2022: The Mysteries Around Us
• April 2022: The Poetry of Possibilities
• March 2022: A Dictionary, an Atlas, a Promise
• February 2022: A Confluence of Stories
• January 2022: Reading Rivers
• December 2021: Darkest Evening, Deepening Snow
• November 2021: Solace
• October 2021: One Brave Tiger
• September 2021: Libros y Zapatos | Books and Shoes

Weekly Library Program News

Each Monday, the Library sends an e-newsletter previewing upcoming events, current exhibits, children’s programs, operational updates, and book recommendations.

• August 15, 2022: “Mission: JOY” film screening, Poetry Workshop & Reading with Diane Raptosh, “The Bear” TV Group, Lunch & Lit…
• August 8, 2022: Upbeat with Alasdair, Tech Help Desk, “The Bear” TV Group, Lunch & Lit…
• August 1, 2022: A Jewish History of the WRV, Poetry Workshop, Creative Writing Workshop, Audacious Read Book Group, Lunch & Lit…
• July 25, 2022: 50 Years of the SNRA, Tech Help, Youth Summer Reading Awards, Steam Café, Lunch & Lit…
• July 18, 2022: “Homeland Elegies,” Creative Writing Workshop, “The Long Corner,” Lunch & Lit…
• July 11, 2022: Chihuly Exhibit, Community Speaker Series, Tech Help, Free Books/Discussions, Lunch & Lit…
• July 4, 2022: July 4th Holiday, Roxane Gay, Chihuly Exhibit, Solar Observing, Free Books/Discussions, Lunch & Lit…
• June 27, 2022: Annual Lecture on China, “Sip & Shop”, Hiker’s Guide to Sun Valley, Free Books/Discussions, Geology, Lunch & Lit…
• June 20, 2022: Juneteenth, “Headwaters,” Honoring Jack Crawford, Creative Writing, Tech Help, Lunch & Lit…
• June 13, 2022: Gender and the Court, “Crossing Borders,” Summer Reading, Lunch and Lit…
• June 6, 2022: Geology of Wood River-area Landscapes, Literacy Events in English & Spanish, Audacious Read, Tech Help, Lunch and Lit…
• May 30, 2022: “Tracking Lions”, Children’s/YA and Adult Summer Reading, Lunch & Lit…
• May 23, 2022: “Longmire” author Craig Johnson, Visit Sun Valley Community Meeting, Summer Reading Kick-Off…
• May 16, 2022: “Appalachian BRIDGE,” Vote! at The Library, Steam Cafe…
• May 9, 2022: Ketchum Housing, Creative Writing, StoryWalk, Genealogy…
• May 2, 2022: Writer-In-Residence Ariel Delgado Dixon, Roxane Gay Registration
• April 25, 2022: Idaho’s Constitution, Warm Springs Preserve, Idaho Refugees Stories & Cooking…
• April 18, 2022: Shoshone-Bannock Perspectives on Salmon, Gold Mine Spring Opening…
• April 11, 2022: “A New West” with Writer-In-Residence Arvin Ramgoolam, Genealogy Workshop, Sewing Club…
• April 4, 2022: Parent’s Guide to Teens & Social Media, Nuclear Innovation, Contemporary Pet Sheltering, Language Learning…
• March 28, 2022: “I Have a Dream” Alumna Stephanie Andujar, Film Festival Screenings, Tech Help…
• March 21, 2022: Announcing July visit from Roxanne Gay, Ski Culture Open House, Designing an Inclusive Outdoors, Painting, Pizza Party, Sewing…
• March 14, 2022: Steam Café for Tweens & Teens, “DELORES” film, “Decolonizing Road Signs”, “Early Sun Valley”, “Case Solved”…
• March 7, 2022:  “Rocky Mountain Fly Highway” and Closing Out the Winter Read, Language Learning, Genealogy…
• February 28, 2022: Author Heather Hansman, Teabowl Traditions, Winter Read Events…
• February 21, 2022: Upbeat with Alasdair, Story Walk, Winter Read events…
• February 14, 2022: Early Literacy Summit, Winter Read Events, Paint Club, Language Classes…
• February 7, 2022: Every Day the River Changes author event, Skiers in Flight exhibit…
• January 31, 2022: Winter Read, Home Waters with John Maclean, Fly-Fisherwomen in the Foyer…
• January 24, 2022: Winter Read Kickoff, English Language Learning, Growth Planning Based on Community Values…
• January 17, 2022: “So You Want to Talk About Race,” Winter Read Book Club, Paint Club for Teens & Tweens…
• January 10, 2022: Anthony Doerr, English Language Learning, Genealogy Research, “White Lotus” Discussion…
• January 3, 2022: A Pulitzer Prize Winner speaks, a Music Director explains, writers write, stories get told…
• December 27, 2021: Upbeat with Alasdair, Anthony Doerr…
• December 20, 2021: Anthony Doerr, Special Christmas Story Times…
• December 13, 2021: “Miner’s Moon” Book Launch, Dickens Exhibit…
• December 6, 2021: Winter Sports Hall of Fame, “A Christmas Carol at the Library”…