Photo By Senior Airman Parker McCauley | Whiteman Air Force Base Library staff members pose for a portrait on October 29, 2018...... read more read more
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Free Wi-Fi, children’s story times and craft events, and over 28,000 DVDs, board games, books, and more are available at the Whiteman Air Force Base library.
There to connect people to these resources, the library staff works to inform, empower and enrich the lives of the Whiteman AFB community.
Dennis Wilson, the Whiteman AFB Library director, said the rewards of visiting the base library are immeasurable, highlighting new additions at the library including the Chief of Staff of the Air Force reading list, 50 new board games and countless new-release books.
The Chief of Staff 2018 Professional Reading List includes six categories such as Leadership and Decision Making, Heritage, and Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force picks.
Wilson said the library acquired the new board games as part of an Office of the Secretary of Defense initiative bringing board games to libraries across the Department of Defense. The library also acquired several of the board games with local funds to enhance their collection.
“I think the sense of a physical board game and the connectedness of family or friends playing games is beneficial not only to individuals, but the family unit,” Wilson said.
In addition to the CSAF reading list, the library offers a variety of other resources for education and entertainment.
Test prep is offered for the SAT, ACT, the Air Force Officer Qualification Test and the College Level Examination Program, among others. Prep materials include study guides and full-length practice tests.
Other educational resources include professional military reading, CAC-enabled computers and a nonfiction section.
“Our mission is a tri-fold mission,” Wilson said. “One is support of the Air Force mission, in which we try to acquire mission essential resources, be it journals or publications, for individual offices. Second, education. It could be professional military education or voluntary, so we have a wide array of nonfiction as well as thousands of full-text journals, as well as lots of homework help, grade school through high school. Third, is quality of life for our Airmen and their families.”
On the first and third Wednesday of the month from September through May story time is at 11:30 a.m., and during the summer months the library offers a summer reading program.
The library has regular hours six days a week, though individuals who have signed up have access to the library’s online resources, which are available 24/7.
"Take Advantage of this tremendous resource," Wilson said, "not only for your professional development, but also just your personal recreation, your resiliency."
Hours of Operation
Monday-Friday: 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Saturday: 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Sunday/Holidays: Closed
Online resources are available 24/7.
For more information go to https://www.whitemanfss.com/library or call 660-687-5614
| Date Taken: | 11.02.2018 |
| Date Posted: | 12.10.2018 15:26 |
| Story ID: | 302875 |
| Location: | WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, MISSOURI, US |
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