Introducing GretnaHub

Introducing GretnaHub

A New Community Resource The Gretna Public Library proudly announces its new community resource: GretnaHub! At the core of this site is the new LocalHop-powered events calendar. This calendar is highly-flexible while maintaining ease-of-use. If you’re looking for events around Gretna, NE, then GretnaHub.org is the place to start. Answering a Need Ever since both…

The Fight for the Right to Vote + How to Check Your Voting Status

The Fight for the Right to Vote + How to Check Your Voting Status

This October, we at the Gretna Public Library are honored to host Dr. Dianne Bystrom for her presentation “Fight for the Right to Vote: It Still Matters.” Dr. Bystrom is director emerita of the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics at Iowa State University. She directed the center for 22 years before retiring…

Happy Hoopla Day!

Happy Hoopla Day!

We are thrilled to be giving our patrons over a million Valentines this year! If you have a Gretna Public Library account, then you can now use hoopla. You can now instantly read, watch, and listen to more than a million titles through the hoopla Digital app.  Hoopla provides access to borrow audiobooks, eBooks, comics…

GPL’s Top Tens of 2023

GPL’s Top Tens of 2023

One fun aspect of a new year is taking the time to reflect upon the previous one. And one of our favorite ways to do that is to compile top ten lists of what our patrons enjoyed the most. Click on the title/series name to be taken to the available formats in our card catalog…

Kanopy’s New Ticket System

Kanopy’s New Ticket System

Kanopy play credits are changing to a great new ticket system. At the beginning of each month, users will receive a 15 ticket allotment. Keep in mind that tickets do not roll over from month to month. This update provides users clear insights into how many tickets are required and how long they’ll have to…

New to GPL: the Criterion Collection

New to GPL: the Criterion Collection

Gretna Public Library is thrilled to announce a new collection within our DVD selection: a Criterion collection! But what exactly is Criterion, and why is it an exciting addition? We’ll let Criterion.com answer the “what” question, and maybe a bit of the “why:” The Criterion Collection is a continuing series of important classic and contemporary…