The Westminster branch library, typically quiet and dark on Sundays, was festive and full this past Sunday as friends and supporters celebrated several new library initiatives including Sunday hours and new digital resources.
Sunday Hours
The Westminster library will be open Sundays through April from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. This is a pilot program.
The pilot test comes at the request of the city of Westminster and urging of the board of Carroll County commissioners. Local businesses hope the opening will bring more people to Main Street on Sundays.
Carroll County Times Digital Archive
Past issues of the Carroll County Times are now available for search and viewing through the Carroll County Public Library.
The Maryland State Department of Education, Division of Library Development and Services awarded the Carroll County Public Library a grant to complete the scanning and digitization of the Carroll County Times microfilm.
Issues of the newspaper are available for search and view for as far back as 1933. Visit http://cctimes.carr.org/ to access the searchable archive database.
Redesigned Website
The Carroll County Public Library has a new digital face. Visit the redesigned website to find out about library hours, programs, book reviews and digital resources.
Will you use the library on Sundays? Tell us in comments.
We make sure to go right after school when it is not very busy. I remember my first experience at the library after we just moved here. My daughter was in the play area, and a mother came over with her child, told her to "be good while I look for books" and left her 2 year old alone while she went to another part of the library. The little girl turned around and shoved my daughter so hard into the puppet theater she left a knot on her head. I looked around the library for the mother and never found her. I didn't go to that library for a long long time after that, I didn't feel the "don't leave your children alone in the play area" rule was ever enforced (there is a sign, high above the play area)