Materials Available

Reader BOOKS
Best sellers Fiction Non Fiction Children’s Young Adult Large Print This collection includes books of all types from westerns to mysteries, romance, science fiction, fantasy, non-fiction, history, travel auto-biographies, how to books, cookbooks, etc. We can borrow or Interlibrary Loan most any book that isn’t in our collection from another library. There is no charge for this service. We do appreciate donations to cover the cost of postage. Books may be checked out for four weeks. Renewals may be made over the phone.

VIDEOS
We have over 280 videos and are adding more DVD's every month that belong to the Osburn Library. We also belong to a video circuit that changes every 2 months which has over 50 videos and some DVD's. Videos/DVD's may be checked out for two days. There is a limit of 6 videos per household.

CD BOOKS

MUSIC CD'S

DVD's coming soon

AUDIO CASSETTES
We have a growing collection of adult and children’s books on tape. We belong to an audio circuit with over 50 adult books on tape. This collection consists mainly of current fiction titles plus selected classics.

NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES
We keep 6 months worth of the Shoshone News Press in the library. We subscribe to various magazines including Newsweek, Jane, Vogue, House & Garden, Taste of Home, Travel & Leisure, Women's Day National Geographic, Consumer Reports, Redbook and more. The current magazines may be checked out for 3 weeks.  We keep 5 years worth of magazines on hand except National Geographic which we have online with many other magazines/

MICROFILM
We no longer have microfilm in this library. Wallace Public Library now houses all our microfilm.

IDAHO HISTORY COLLECTION
The library has a collection of Idaho and Local history books some of which may not leave the library; check with the librarian.

TAX FORMS
The Osburn Library provides income tax forms. This includes both federal and state forms. Location is between the Library and the City Clerk's office from January to the end of April.