The Victoria Library will be expanding curbside service hours starting on Monday, Jan. 11. New hours are 1-7 p.m. Monday; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday and Friday.
After you been notified that a hold is available for you, before coming to the library, please call 952-442-3051 so staff can check items out to you. When you arrive at the library, please call 952-442-3051 to tell staff that you are here to pick up holds and provide them with your full name.
Staff will bring items from the library for you to retrieve. The Victoria Express Library will re-open on Friday, Jan. 8. To reserve items, use our new online catalog linked from www.carverlib.org.
HYGGE
Start the new year off right with some Winter Reads about health, happiness, and Hygge. Hygge is a Danish concept meaning a quality of coziness and comfortable conviviality that engenders a feeling of contentment or well-being.
âAmerican Cozy: Hygge-Inspired Ways to Create Comfort & Happinessâ by Stephanie Pedersen. With overscheduled lifestyles, Americans can t always find time for the people and things they love. Enter American Cozy, which uses the Danish phenomenon of hygge to bring coziness and ease to readers homes, work, and lives.
âThe Art of Showing Up: How to Be There for Yourself and Your Peopleâ by Rachel Wilkerson Miller. Miller, senior lifestyle editor at BuzzFeed, defines showing up as the core of creating and maintaining strong meaningful bonds with friends, family, coworkers, and internet pals.