For the safety of our patrons and staff, we’re changing the amount of days that we quarantine some categories of books to ensure that there is no detectable COVID-19 virus on them. A recent study indicates that books with glossy pages and board books could retain the virus up to four days.
Please continue to return your items to the outdoor bookdrops. After quarantine, all items will be sanitized before circulation.
Don’t worry if you receive an overdue notice for materials you have already returned to the library. During our check-in process, once they come out of quarantine, we backdate to the day they were returned to the library.
As always, please contact us at 304 – 420 – 4587 if you have any questions or concerns.
Local historian Roger Nedeff shares his research article looking at the effect of the Pandemic of 1918 on the Parkersburg area. Click to access the digital catalog page where you can select either a PDF or text version to read.
Then stay and explore the digitized collection of books from our Genealogy section that you can access from home.
Join us in a fun collaboration with the Alzheimer’s Associations of the Mid-Ohio Valley from Thursday July 16th until Thursday July 23th for a Read-a-thon Fundraiser. Get sponsored for time you read and help us raise money to help fight Alzheimer’s.
* Pick up your registration packet with more information at the Emerson, South, or Williamstown Library.
Online Event http://act.alz.org/goto/read-a-thon-2020
For more details, visit the Facebook Event at https://www.facebook.com/events/913800325806030 or call Stacey or Charley at the library at 304 420 4587.
Ready for more Escapes?
Enjoy a tour of an iconic local history venue while using your wits to free yourself. Escape from Blennerhassett Island https://forms.gle/EdUMooqHGH7t1ysV6
Dodge the creature and Escape from the Cave! https://forms.gle/vPqXgKWZmdr5i5ne7
NEW MATERIALS LIST – UPDATED July 10, 2020
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| 1 | New Fiction, Paperbacks and Graphic Novels | 10 |
| 1 | New Non Fiction | 48 |
| 3 | All New Materials | 148 |
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Have you had an uneventful year? Has 2020 been too normal for you? Well, have no fear, because these books from the library will change all that. With trips into the surreal, the strange, and the downright bizarre, these books are sure to make you say, “What in the world did I just read?”
Check out these titles — and more — at the library today!
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