Recently, a library volunteer was recounting the fun they had while reading Shakespeare together with a group and taking turns reading the various parts. Plays certainly lend themselves to Readers’ Theater but reading any literary material aloud or together is a powerful experience. Too often, we limit our reading to something we do in silence...Continue Reading

By Dr. Doris Fields, PCL Board ChairPlacitas Community Library is preparing to unveil the new Nancy P. Kellum-Rose and Scott W. Deuel Wing! The unveiling is still pending until the contractor completes items identified on the punch list. Then PCL can officially take possession of the building and fill the spaces with many resources our community needs. A...Continue Reading

$3,000 grant will help the Library work with residents on the community read project: Placitas Reads: Color, Class, and Caste: The Other Social Distancing Placitas Community Library was selected as one of 300 libraries to participate in Libraries Transforming Communities: Focus on Small and Rural Libraries, an American Library Association (ALA) initiative that helps library...Continue Reading

Thank you to everyone for welcoming me to my new position as director here at Placitas Community Library. I feel greatly honored to have the opportunity to be a part of this wonderful library. As I have been meeting volunteers and patrons recently, I have found myself having the “life is like a good book”...Continue Reading