3d Printing Pilot Program

Free Public 3D Printing Pilot Program at the Bowman Regional Public Library

Set off on an exciting exploration of the intersection between technology and creativity with Bowman Regional Public Library’s innovative endeavor — the Free Public 3D Printing Pilot Program! 

This pilot program will run from December 2024 to April 2025, or until we reach the $500.00 filament milestone. 

Submitting Your 3D Printing Request is Easy!

Fill out the 3D Printing Pilot online form with your basic details, provide a link to a Creative Commons-licensed 3D file from websites like Thingiverse or Printables, agree to our program’s terms and conditions, and hit submit! 

Once your 3D prints are ready, swing by the BRPL to pick them up. We will kindly ask you to complete a brief survey upon pick-up. Your feedback is invaluable, helping us shape the future of our 3D printing services. 

Ready to embark on this creative adventure? 

Click here to access the online request form and let the 3D printing magic begin!


Program Guidelines

This program is all about unleashing your creativity while adhering to a few simple guidelines: 

  • Printing is limited to non-commercial and educational purposes. 
  • Adult Library Cards only, please.
  • Only 3D files with Creative Commons licenses from approved websites will be accepted. 
  • Each patron can request up to 3 prints during the pilot period. 
  • No weapons, projectiles, or NSFW content will be printed—let’s keep it friendly! 
  • We reserve the right to limit and alter designs/prints to ensure the best experience for everyone. 
  • Prints will be delivered with supports still intact, giving you a glimpse into the printing process. 
  • All prints will be produced with the filament color currently loaded in the printer. 
  • A single print is defined as any printing job that can fit on the print bed and can be completed in one continuous run. Print jobs that require separate printing sessions will count as multiple prints. 
  • We will be using PLA filament. 3D printing files that are intended for other 3D printing materials types may be rejected.

Where to find 3D files

Thingiverse [https://www.thingiverse.com/]
Printables [https://www.printables.com/]
YouMagine [https://www.youmagine.com/]
NIH 3D Print Exchange [https://3dprint.nih.gov/]
NASA 3D Resources [https://nasa3d.arc.nasa.gov/models/printable]
African Fossils [https://africanfossils.org/search]

Bowman Regional Silent Book Club

This is for anyone in the Bowman, North Dakota and the surrounding area. We will meet at the Bowman Regional Public Library on Wednesday, October 16th at 2PM for our first meeting.

Looking to find a quiet space to connect with fellow book lovers? The Bowman Regional Silent Book club might be what you’re looking for. This meetup at the Bowman Regional Public Library offers the perfect opportunity to share your passion for reading in a welcoming and inspiring environment.

There are no assigned readings for this event; simply bring along your current book and enjoy an hour of silent reading with others. The event kicks off with a half hour of light refreshments to help you settle in.

Following this, you’ll have an hour dedicated to silent reading. Finally, the last half hour is flexible—continue reading, explore the library’s offerings, socialize with other attendees, or check out some handpicked recommendations from the library staff.

Check out and Like the Facebook page for more information!

New chapter at the BRPL

The Bowman Regional Public Library is creating a Green Space outside the Library to provide programming and resources for youth and other library users to interact with nature, while improving the Library building’s safety and functionality.

The project will transform a gravel-covered drainage ditch behind the Library’s building into the Library’s backyard Green Space, where children can experience nature-themed story times, STEAM activities, pollinator and outdoor reading gardens, and library users will find a safe and welcoming place to interact with their community.

The Green Space isn’t simply a garden; it’s a multisensory learning environment with planted spaces, an arched gazebo for musical performances and community events, nooks for quiet reading, and spaces designed for users of a variety of ages to interact with one another and library resources. It uses an underutilized, and unattractive space, and transforms it to a welcoming, playful, and useful area that expands Library services beyond their four walls and allows the Library to offer a wider variety of programs and services to the people of our region, and those traveling from Mount Rushmore to the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library. 

The project also solves several long-standing problems: the poor drainage of the Library’s parking and poor lighting of the Library’s exterior. During a rain event, the library’s parking lot fills with water due, in part, to the passive overland drainage from neighboring buildings and parking lots. The Library building has residential grade gutters, not nearly adequate for its 6,200 square foot footprint. In the winter, the poor drainage creates a Library parking lot that ices up. This inhibits the elderly and those with small children from using the Library during winter months. The back of the building is illuminated by a single light, leftover from the days when the building housed the Red Owl Grocery Store.

The Green Space will be a successful public outdoor space for our area, not only providing a pleasing environment to relax and connect, but also to serve a variety of functions. It will create a social, comfortable, and accessible space right off our city’s Main street that will serve to support community members whether they are accessing library resources, meeting over coffee, shopping, or using city services. It will be welcoming to visitors, and it will expand the abilities of the Bowman Regional Public Library to serve our community, partner with other community organizations, and create a stronger sense of community. The Green Space will be a place our region can be proud of.

The Bowman Regional Public Library is accepting donations to help fund this project. The Bowman Public Library Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization and accepts tax-deductible donations to benefit the library.

All gifts make a difference. All gifts are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.

If you’d like to mail a check, please send it to:

Bowman Public Library Foundation

PO Box 179

Bowman, ND 58623

Jigsaw Puzzle Competition

Event Details

Calling all puzzle lovers! Attend our first Jigsaw Puzzle Competition of the New Year! Join us Sunday, January 28th. Register your group (of up to 4 people) to compete to solve a 750-piece jigsaw puzzle in the least amount of time.

Register by calling the BRP Library at 701-523-3797 or contact us by sending the names of your team members (or if you’d like to be put on a team or in person at the Library. Space is limited to 10 teams, so register early!

If you need to cancel your registration, please contact us to allow space for other teams from the waiting list.

Each team has up to 3 hours to complete the puzzle. The first time to finish wins! Puzzling begins at 2 PM sharp. The winning team will receive a prize (and bragging rights!).

Meet other people in your community and have fun in the free program.

**NEW** Jigsaw Puzzle Swap! Bring a puzzle. Swap a puzzle! Begins Sunday, January 26th until the puzzles are gone.

Can you read 24 books in 2024?

Read one book in each of the 24 categories by December 26, 2024 & WIN a fabulous prize!

The BRPL Book Challenge and Reader Advisory returns for 2024. This year the challenge is expanded to 24 books! Need some help choosing your books? The Library staff is always ready to suggest books.

RULES

The BRPL challenge begins on January 1, 2024 & ends on Thursday, December 26, 2024. The challenge is open to cardholders of the BRPL.

One book per category, one category per book, for a total of 24 books read by December 26th.

Use the linked reading log to track your progress, or create your own log.

To be rewarded for completing the challenge, submit your completed log to the library by December 26 for staff verification.

Find all the categories listed below.

  1. 200 Pages or Fewer
  2. 400 Pages or More
  3. About a Real Person
  4. Any ebook, any audiobook, or re-read an old favorite
  5. Author’s Last Name Starts with a Vowel
  6. Author’s Photo on the Back Cover
  7. Blue Cover
  8. Book from a Series
  9. Book You Abandoned in the Past
  10. Classic You’ve Been Avoiding
  11. Country in the Title
  12. Genre-bending
  13. Made into a Movie/Show
  14. Magical Realism
  15. Published in 2023
  16. Read it for the Title
  17. Recently-deceased Author
  18. Revenge
  19. Seasonal
  20. Set During a War
  21. Spooky
  22. Sports
  23. Takes Place in a Foreign Country
  24. Three Words in the Title

Download your reading log here.

Now available – Kanopy

Now available with your Bowman Regional Public Library card!

https://ndsl.kanopy.com

Kanopy is an on-demand video streaming platform dedicated to thoughtful and thought-provoking films. Kanopy delivers a diverse collection of 30,000+ enriching films, available to stream anytime and anywhere—from desktop to TV to tablet.

Fueling lifelong learning, the collection features films that bridge cultural boundaries, spark discussion, and expand worldviews. Additionally, Kanopy Kids features a collection of films and TV series that inspire and inform, helping children develop social-emotional skills and reinforcing valuable learning topics, such as history, science, and new languages.

Sign up for your Library card at bowmanlibrary.com or stop in the library for all the details!

Mocktails at the Library!

September is Library Card Sign-up Month. To celebrate, we held a Sippin’ n Signin’ mocktail event on the Tuesdays listed below from 4-5 pm.

Patrons could come in, enjoy a mocktail and a snack, and make sure their library card is up to date or sign up for one if they haven’t. We also have a drawing going for a Book Lover’s Gift Bag so be sure to sign up for that. The drawing will be held on Tuesday, October 3rd and you do not need to be present to win.

Today will be our last mocktail tasting but don’t worry….if you missed out, we are sharing all of the mocktail and appetizer recipes we made over the past three weeks. Paper copies are available at the library or you can print them out below!

Mushroom Craft

For this craft, you will need a pair of scissors, white paper, red paper, white buttons, six popsicle sticks, and some liquid glue.

Take your 6 popsicle sticks and line them up evenly side by side. Take your white piece of paper and glue the sticks onto it, still keeping them lined up side by side. Trim any excess paper off. The paper side will face the back. Then cut a mushroom cap shape out of your red paper and glue that on top of the sticks. Add buttons and let the mushroom dry.

Pinecone Bats

For this project, you will need liquid glue, a black marker, construction or card stock paper in white and a different color for the wings, and a scissor.

Take the wing colored paper and draw out your wings and some ears. Cut them out. Take the white paper and cut out two teeth. Glue the pinecone to the wings, it may take some time to dry and might need to be pressed down a bit. Glue the teeth and ears onto the pinecone and draw eyes with the marker.