January News and Events

The St. Tammany Parish Library (STPL) was established in June 1950. This year, 2025, commemorates the library’s 75th year anniversary. For 75 years STPL has grown from a handful of small standalone branches to a fully connected system of 12 branches across the parish.

To celebrate this monumental milestone, STPL is holding a design contest to select our limited edition 75th Anniversary Library Card.

Design rules, deadlines and other contest information can be found on the library's website or at your local branch until March 8, 2025.

Submit Your Artwork!

The St. Tammany Parish Library now offers Adventure Academy for patrons. Adventure Academy (ages 8-13) features thousands of enjoyable educational learning activities, such as videos, reading experiences, games, quizzes, and many other interactive elements—all within the frameworks of U.S. (and international) curriculum standards.

Adventure Academy's curriculum highlights reading comprehension skills, vocabulary development, mathematical operations, fractions, world geography, U.S. history, physical science, life science, Earth science, and scientific inquiry.

Through access with a library card, patrons get continuous and unlimited remote access to the same full version that consumers routinely subscribe to. Several children in the same household can each have their own avatar, profile, preferences, and progress tracking.

Start Using Adventure Academy

Many people want to kick off the new year with a fresh start. With Gale Presents: Udemy, patrons can dive into new skills and confidently step into 2025!

Udemy offers thousands of on-demand video courses for self-paced learning, helping patrons grow personally and professionally.

From coding and IT certifications to leadership, podcasting, productivity, creativity, and wellness, Udemy has something for everyone.

Get Started with Udemy

The highly anticipated Top Books of 2024 lists are now live on the Library's website!

At the top of the Adult Fiction category is Kristin Hannah's The Women, which was checked out nearly 300 times by patrons. In the Teen Fiction category, Rick Riordan’s The Sea of Monsters led the category with 97 checkouts. In the Juvenile Fiction category, Jeff Kinney's Diary of a Wimpy Kid: No Brainer takes the lead with around 150 checkouts.

See all of the Top Ten Lists for 2024

Did you know that the Library offers fitness classes to patrons?

Get moving with virtual sessions in Qigong, Floor Yoga, and Tai Chi, all led by skilled instructors.

If patrons prefer an in-person workout, they can join Marie every Wednesday morning for Mat Yoga in the Covington Branch's activity room.

It’s a perfect way to stretch, strengthen, and start your day right!

Get fit at the library!

Dr. Bruce A. Craft of Southeastern Louisiana University starts this year with a new discussion series, LA Lagniappe. Join us for a "little something extra" as we explore "Louisiana Lagniappe: People, Places, and Things."

The first session will be held at the Causeway Branch on January 21 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Are you turning 65 in 2025? Are you confused about your Medicare Health Insurance options? Have questions about the open enrollment period? Learn about parts A, B, C, and D with the help of the Fussell Group.

Learn about Medicare

Family Storytime events will take a small break after the holidays and will start up again the week of January 27!

We look forward to seeing you there!

All St. Tammany Parish Library offices and branches will be closed on Monday, January 20, 2025 in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

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The Friends of the Library of West St. Tammany will hold their monthly Used Book Sale on January 17 and 18, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at their building located at 1301 N. Florida St. in Covington, near the St. Tammany Parish Fairgrounds.

Some items start as low as 25 cents. Find books, DVDs, music and audio CDs, and puzzles, with a large selection of homeschool items and children's books. All proceeds support St. Tammany Parish Libraries.

Click here to view the Friend's webpage, which includes all future sale dates and the monthly auction list.

The Friends of the Library of West St. Tammany needs volunteers!

Teens and adults are welcome to volunteer at the Friend’s building every Tuesday and Thursday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. As a special thank you, volunteers will receive 1 free book per service hour.

To learn more about volunteering or to set up a training orientation call Alice at (479) 244-0503.

The Friends of the Slidell Library (FSL) will hold their monthly Used Book Sale on Friday, January 17 for Members only and on Saturday, January 18 for the public, inside the meeting room of the Slidell Library on Robert Blvd.

Only members may select and purchase books on January 17, however, memberships are available for sale or renewal at the door. Annual memberships cost $5 for individuals and $8 for families.

The public sale will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on January 18. Book prices will range from .50 cents for mass-market paperbacks and children’s books to $1 for trade paperbacks and hard-cover books.

This sale will feature specially priced sets of books, a selection of vintage books, large print titles, magazines, and mystery bags of books sorted by theme. There will also be several thousand books for all ages and interests, both fiction and non-fiction.

The Friends will hold an SSSSale on Saturday, January 11 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. inside the Slidell Library, 555 Robert Blvd.

Second Saturday Special Sales are themed sales featuring specially selected books in excellent condition. The contents of this sale will include 100 or more pre-owned books about gardening, landscaping, bird watching, various crafts, woodworking, home improvement topics and more. Sale items will have standard prices from .25 to $3 each.

Only cash and checks are accepted for purchases.

The Friends of the Slidell Library, an all-volunteer non-profit organization founded in 1976, raises funds using used book sales and silent auctions to help support the Slidell, Pearl River, South Slidell, and Lacombe libraries. For more information on FSL and its activities, send an email to fsl70458@yahoo.com..

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We are very grateful for our support organizations. Learn more about them at the links below.
St. Tammany Library Foundation
Friends of the Slidell Library — Friends of the Library of West St. Tammany

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