Events & Spaces

Search

Dakota County Library -

Paper Shred Fest

Protect yourself against identity theft and celebrate Earth Day by recycling too. Bring your confidential documents to be shredded in an on-site mobile unit. Sponsored by Castle Rock Bank.

Date:: Saturday, April 20, 2019
Time:: 10:00am - 12:00pm
Location:: Farmington Library
Audience:: Adult
Categories:: Business/Finance/Legal

Experiment with chemical changes and make a tub of slimy polymer that glows in the dark. Presented by the Works Museum. Ages: 5–12. Sponsored by The Friends of the Wescott Library. A STEAM on Saturdays pr... More

Date:: Saturday, April 20, 2019
Time:: 10:30am - 11:30am
Location:: Wescott Large Meeting Room, Wescott Library
Audience:: Children Family
Categories:: Science/Nature

Opera Storytelling

Hear stories read and sung by trained opera singers from the Minnesota Opera and complete an art project to go with the story. Ages: 3-8.

Date:: Saturday, April 20, 2019
Time:: 10:30am - 11:30am
Location:: Inver Glen Large Meeting Room, Inver Glen Library
Audience:: Children Preschool
Categories:: Arts/Entertainment Early Learning/Storytimes

Waggin' Tales

Bring your kids into the Library to read to certified therapy dogs. It's not only fun, it helps develop reading skills and fluency. Ages: 5-10.

Date:: Saturday, April 20, 2019
Time:: 10:30am - 11:30am
Location:: Galaxie Large Meeting Room L139, Galaxie Library
Audience:: Children School Age
Categories:: Early Learning/Storytimes

Waggin' Tales

Bring your kids into the Library to read to certified therapy dogs. It's not only fun, it helps develop reading skills and fluency. Ages: 5-10.

Date:: Saturday, April 20, 2019
Time:: 11:00am - 12:00pm
Location:: Inver Glen Library
Audience:: Children School Age
Categories:: Early Learning/Storytimes

Fix-it Clinic

Bring up to five small household electronics, clothing, jewelry or other items to get help repairing them at this first come, first served fix-it event.

Date:: Saturday, April 20, 2019
Time:: 12:00pm - 3:00pm
Location:: Wentworth Large Meeting Room , Wentworth Library
Audience:: Adult 55+
Categories:: Crafts/Hobbies Home/Garden Computers/Technology

Library Closed

Date:: Sunday, April 21, 2019
Time:: 12:00am - 12:00pm
Location:
Categories:: Library Closing

Storytime for Babies

Stories, songs, bounces and playtime make this storytime perfect for children newborn to 24 months and their caregivers. Ages: 0-2.

Date:: Monday, April 22, 2019
Time:: 9:30am - 10:15am
Location:: Galaxie Large Meeting Room L139, Galaxie Library
Audience:: Children Baby
Categories:: Early Learning/Storytimes

Microsoft Word

Learn the basic features of Microsoft Word, a word processing program. Create a document using many of the software features. Learn to format, set margins and save your document. Prerequisite: Computer Basics c... More

Date:: Monday, April 22, 2019
Time:: 10:15am - 12:15pm
Location:: Burnhaven Computer Lab, Burnhaven Library
Audience:: Adult
Categories:: Computers/Technology

: Register! - 6 seats left

Opera Storytelling

Hear stories read and sung by trained opera singers from the Minnesota Opera and complete an art project to go with the story. Ages: 3-8.

Date:: Monday, April 22, 2019
Time:: 10:30am - 11:15am
Location:: Wescott Large Meeting Room, Wescott Library
Audience:: Children Preschool
Categories:: Arts/Entertainment Early Learning/Storytimes

Check iLab availablity and reserve.
Burnhaven iLab
Galaxie iLab
Farmington iLab
Pleasant Hill iLab
Robert Trail iLab
Wentworth iLab
Wescott iLab

Free use of equipment and software
All iLAB equipment and software is available for public use, free of charge.

Bring your own supplies
Many pieces of equipment will require you to bring your own supplies, such as fabric for use with the sewing machine. Work cannot be saved to library computers, so bring an external drive or storage device or be prepared to upload to a cloud-based service. For 3D printing, the library will supply the filament material needed to print your 3D model.

You don’t always need a library card
Most equipment doesn’t require a library card.

You will need a library card to use the following:

Wireless keyboard and mouse for Mac computers
Audio/video production pieces

You will need a library card and a driver’s license or state ID to use the following:

GoPro camera
Creative drawing tablet

iLAB hours
iLAB workstations can be reserved for use during most library open hours, but will close 30 minutes before library closing time, so staff can do maintenance and assist in other areas of the building.

Take a tour
To enquire about tours for individuals or groups, please call the library of the iLAB location you’d like to visit. Tours can be given during most iLAB open times if staff is available.

Meeting Room List

Meeting rooms are available to the general public at all branch locations.

For additional information specific to an individual library, please contact the appropriate library location.

Meeting rooms are free
Meeting rooms are available free of charge to non-profit groups.

Meeting room are not available for commercial groups or commercial use.

No money will be collected, except to defray the cost of presenting programs.

Reserve a meeting room

To reserve a meeting room, follow these steps:

Please be sure that your meeting complies with our Meeting Room Guidelines.
Review the location details below to see if the space meets your needs.
Complete a reservation request. (see a video tutorial)
Confirmations will be sent out via email.

Use our online tool to book meeting rooms in the library.

Use our online tool to book meeting rooms and iLAB equipment in the library.

Burnhaven Library

Farmington Library

Galaxie Library

Inver Glen Library

Robert Trail Library

Wentworth Library

Wescott Library