Upcoming Events for February 2009

February 10, 2009 - GED Prep. class 6 p.m.

February 11, 2009 - Writing Class 1 p.m.

February 11, 2009 - Census Bureau Testing in Activity Room

February 12, 2009 - GED Prep. Software - "It's New and Just for You"

February 12, 2009 - Home School 4-H Meeting

February 13, 2009 - Citizenship Class 10:30 a.m.

February 14, 2009 - Book Signing: Holiday's Cove Fort by Michael Nogay 12:00-3:00

February 16, 2009 - Presidents' Day, Library Closed

February 17, 2009 - Spring Story Hour Registration Begins

February 17, 2009 - GED Prep. Class 6 p.m.

February 17, 2009 - Computer Training Room Reserved

February 18, 2009 - Census Bureau Testing in Activity Room

February 18, 2009 - Movie Night 6:00

February 19, 2009 - Library Board Meeting 2:00

February 19, 2009 - Literacy Council Meeting

February 25, 2009 - Census Bureau Testing in Activity Room

February 26, 2009 - Project Destiny Board Meeting

February 28, 2009 - Poland: Easter Eggs and Holiday Traditions

March 7, 2009 - Computer Training Room Reserved

March 10, 2009 - Computer Training Room Reserved

March 11, 2009 - Scotland, Ireland and Wales 6:00-7:30

March 26, 2009 - The Women of Holiday's Cove 6:00-7:30

Yearbooks

Did you know that the library can use your old local yearbooks? The Mary H. Weir Public Library maintains a collection of yearbooks in our Local history and Genealogy Collection. However, we have quite a few holes in the collection. We only have about 10 of Madonna's yearbooks dating from 1980 to 1993. We have a fairly large collection of Weir High yearbooks beginning in 1921 and going up to 2003, but very few from period from 1970 to 1990. We also have a few copies of local grade school and college yearbooks and would welcome more of those. We would also welcome duplicate copies of years we already do have. So if you are cleaning house and decide that you no longer want your old yearbooks, please bring them to the library!

Upcoming Events for January 2009

Thursday, January 15, 2009 - The Weirton Area Literacy Council will meet at 6 p.m. The topic will be U.S. Citizenship.

Saturday, January 17, 2009 - The library will be joining with the Weirton Christian Center in celebrating the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King.

Monday, January 19, 2009 - The library will be closed.

Thursday, January 22, 2009 - The Library Board will meet at 2:00 p.m.

Wednesday, January 28, 2009 - Movie Night at 6:00 p.m.

A New Year, A New Way to Communicate

In 2008, the Mary H. Weir Public Library celebrated its 50th Anniversary. Over the past 50 years there have been many changes in the services provided by our library and the formats used to share information. DVDs have replaced VHS and 16 mm film on movie night. WiFi is available in the library. We can create digital files and e-mail pages from our microfilm collection. So we felt that the beginning of 2009 was an appropriate time to begin to share information about the library through a blog. I hope you find it useful.