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- Library's Mission & Vision
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Family and MWR Mission Statement
Provide Quality of Life programs and services in support of readiness and resilience.
YPG Library Mission Statement
Our mission is to change lives by empowering, educating, entertaining, and enriching soldiers and families.
Family and MWR/Library Vision Statement
Family and MWR – The Customer’s “First Choice”.
- Using the Library
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Getting a Library Card
- Eligibility
- Children under age 18 are not authorized to register themselves. A sponsor or spouse must present one of the valid identifications:
- Department of Defense ID cards
- Installation Pass (if authorized)
- Foreign military ID cards
- State Department ID cards
- Eligible users include:
- Active Duty, Reserve, and National Guard (including family members)
- DoD and Army Civilians (including family members)
- Retirees and their family dependent
- Contractors on Yuma Proving Ground
- Veterans
- In order to sign up for a library account, please print and fill out DA 7745, General Library Information System Registration Form (.pdf). Bring it with you when you come to physically register with the YPG Library. If the sponsor will not be present at the registration, include the sponsor’s DOD ID number (located on their military ID) at the top of the page. Only one form is needed per family.
- Children under age 18 are not authorized to register themselves. A sponsor or spouse must present one of the valid identifications:
- Eligibility
- Computers & Internet
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Computers and Internet
- Internet and Wi-Fi
- The library provides Internet access in compliance with federal regulations. Our computer lab contains 4 commercial computers (all are CAC-enabled computers). Initial sessions are one hour long, with the option to extend the session if necessary.
- Wireless internet access is free. No password is required.
- The library’s wireless networks and commercial computers are not secure. Information sent from or to your laptop can be captured by anyone else with a wireless device and the appropriate software. We encourage users to observe standard security practices in relation to passwords and credit cards. The library is not responsible for any losses.
- Printing and Copying
- Printing is available from library computers. Currently, print jobs are 10¢ per page for black and white and 20¢ for color. Single-sided copies only.
- Cash only.
- Typewriters, Fax, and Scan
- A typewriter and fax machine are available. Faxing is $1 per page. Cash only.
- Scanning is available.
- Internet and Wi-Fi
- Reader's Resources
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Recommended Reading
NoveList provides access to information on 155,000 fiction titles and offers a wide range of feature content including author read-alikes, book discussion guides, reading lists and more.
Sites for Readers
Goodreads is the world's largest site for readers and book recommendations. Our mission is to help people find and share books they love. You can use Goodreads to see which books your friends are reading; track thr books your're reading, have read, or want to read; check out your personalized book recommendations; or find out if a book is a good fit for you from the community's reviews.
FictFact will keep track of the books you're reading and give you a list of the books you need to read next. You'll be able to find users with similar tastes, tag books and series, and get recommendations on other book series. We'll even email you the week that books you're following come out. All for free.
LibraryThing is an online service to help people catalog their books easily. You can access your catalog from anywhere — even on your mobile phone. Because everyone catalogs together, LibraryThing also connects people with the same books, comes up with suggestions for what to read next, and so forth. It is a full-powered cataloging application, searching the Library of Congress, all five national Amazon sites, and more than 690 world libraries. You can edit your information, search and sort it, "tag" books with your own subjects, or use the Library of Congress and Dewey systems to organize your collection. If you wish, LibraryThing is also an amazing social space, often described as "Facebook for books." You can check out other peoples' libraries, see who has the most similar library to yours, swap reading suggestions and so forth. LibraryThing also makes book recommendations based on the collective intelligence of the other libraries.
WorldCat is the world's largest library catalog, helping you find library materials online.
Fantastic Fiction includes bibliographies for over 30,000 authors and information on over 350,000 books. Search by author or by book. Find read-alikes, upcoming releases, award winners, and series.
Welcome to the Yuma Proving Ground Post Library
Our library can help with your leisure and educational needs. We offer several commerical ISP computer stations and free Wi-Fi. We also offer Interlibrary loan service, Summer Reading Program and many other resources.
