Parkersburg & Wood County Public Library
Connecting Community – Broadening Horizons
Each year, the American Library Association (ALA) Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) records hundreds of attempts by individuals and groups to have books removed from libraries shelves and from classrooms. The OIF tracked 347 challenges to library, school and university materials and services. Overall, 483 books were challenged or banned in 2018. A challenge is…
For those of us who experienced September 11, 2001 as a current event, our world was altered. We can clearly remember where we were when we learned the news. For younger Americans who were either not yet born or not old enough to understand, 9/11 is a hugely important historical marker. Eighteen years later,…
NEW MATERIALS LIST – UPDATED August 30, 2019 To have this list emailed to you when it is updated, please go to NEW MATERIALS EMAIL LIST, and click on subscribe. NEW MATERIALS (3 entries) NAME # OF RECORDS 1 New Fiction, Paperbacks and Graphic Novels 92 1 New Non Fiction 112 3 All New Materials…
Page turners…those elusive books that hold your attention to the point of sacrificing precious hours of sleep. If your holiday weekend plans include downtime, consider checking out one of these excellent reads to keep you company.
NEW MATERIALS LIST – UPDATED August 16, 2019 To have this list emailed to you when it is updated, please go to NEW MATERIALS EMAIL LIST, and click on subscribe. NEW MATERIALS (3 entries) NAME # OF RECORDS 1 New Fiction, Paperbacks and Graphic Novels 116 1 New Non Fiction 147 3 All New Materials…
Just in time for National Dog Day on Monday, August 26th, check out one of these reads! In case you were wondering, the phrase “dog days of summer” refers to the position of Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky. It is one of the stars in the constellation Canis Major, or “the Big…
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Monday 11 am - 5:30 pm
Tuesday 11 am - 5:30 pm
Wednesday 11 am - 5:30 pm
Thursday 11 am - 5:30 pm
Friday 11 am - 5:30 pm
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