“Homegrown tomatoes, homegrown tomatoes What’d life be without homegrown tomatoes? Only two things that money can’t buy That’s true love and homegrown tomatoes.” Guy Clark, country/folk singer Have you heard the news? The Library District has launched a new collection: a Seed Library! This unique, community-driven collection is located on the first floor at Old […]
It’s always amazing what people come up with to design and print using the 3D printer at Old Town Library. We recently came across a great story from local artist Sarah Ezell, who was painting a beautiful Chinese phoenix on her friend’s prosthetic leg cover. And if this wasn’t enough, Sarah wanted the leg cover […]
Preserve your favorite memories using our Microfilm Reader For most of my childhood, annual Christmas traditions included sharing a large and boisterous meal with family, unwrapping mounds of presents, gorging on homemade fudge and popcorn balls, and viewing the latest carousel (or two) of family photo slides. Our living room became a makeshift screening room […]
After 70 years of public library services at the Carnegie building on Mathews St., the demand on the building’s space and the library’s collection was reaching its limits. In 1974, the Carnegie building and the library staff were serving 65,000 people in a space designed for a city population of only 12,000 – and this […]
