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Due to construction, the Library will no longer be a test site for the state civil service examinations. The WV Division of Personnel has announced that the new testing location will be at WVU-Parkersburg in the Workforce Development Building on 300 Campus Drive in Parkersburg, WV. Testing days and times will remain the same as…

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Welcome to our new website.  We may have to tweak it a little over the next week, but hopefully things will be better.

Both the South Parkersburg Library and the Parkersburg & Wood County Public Library on Emerson Avenue are now setting up to be venues where local artists can exhibit their work. Are you a painter, sculptor, photographer, etc., or know someone who is? Give us a call or stop in today and pick up an application…

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February is Library Lovers’ Month! Or as Elizabeth Barrett Browning might say: “How do we love libraries? Count the ways– We love them to browse and wonder and learn. Our minds can reach, when for ideas we yearn…” Or, to swap sonnet for listicle, here is how you can best show your love for us,…

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 Check out our library book totes, reading-themed insulated drink bottles, and our library cookbook! On sale now at reasonable prices.

Our Williamstown Branch Manager, Nancy Morehead is featured on the front page of today’s “Parkersburg News & Sentinel.”  Congratulations, Nancy, on a job well done! Our thanks to the newspaper for the excellent article and beautiful photos!