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Greetings!
As you can see, we have a new format for our e-newsletter. This month we're featuring a new audiobook service, special events, and some very cool historic maps of our area. Remember - whenever you have questions or need help with any kind of information, feel free to contact your nearest branch. If you'd prefer not to get this newsletter, just click the unsubscribe link at the top or bottom. |
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New Audiobooks to Download
If you like to listen to audiobooks, or even if you just think you might, check out OneClickDigital, our new service for downloading audiobooks. There are hundreds, by many popular authors, including Rita Mae Brown, Cormac McCarthy, Beverly Lewis, Charlaine Harris, Stephen King, or Jodi Picoult. To download books, all you need is your library card. You can have them for 3 weeks and renew if you need, and best of all, every book is always available ... no holds! Find OneClickDigital on our eLibrary page - or just click here. |
Library Events
Eat Out and Support Your Library!
 To celebrate National Library Week, Ruby Tuesday will donate 20% of your purchase to the Library if you have a meal at their Wesel Blvd. location and present this coupon on April 9, 10, 11, 17, 18, or 19.
The fundraiser supports our annual Reading Day at the Valley Mall on Saturday, May 5 - mark your calendar! Reading Day activities will begin at 10:00 AM. Children are invited to come dressed as what they want to be when they grow up and join in the opening parade beginning in front of Bon Ton at 10:15 AM. The morning's activities include visits by children's authors Mary Amato and Erica S. Perl. Master of ceremonies Michael T will present two magic shows. Look for more details in the May Newsletter. |
Featured Online Resource
Mapping the past: Sanborn Maps online
 What could be so interesting about fire insurance maps from the late 19th and early 20th Centuries? Plenty! Digital Sanborn Maps for Maryland show how our cities and towns have developed. What buildings were there in past times? How was a building used? When was a road realigned? Since at least two maps from different points in time are normally available for each place, it's possible to see how a community has changed over the years.
For homeowners, these maps offer the possibility of learning when an addition was put on, another story added, log changed to brick, or a stable replaced with a storage shed - all of interest to those who wish to learn the history of their home. For beginning genealogists, the maps offer a glimpse into the lives of earlier generations and the world that they experienced. Maps for seventeen cities and towns across Western Maryland are included: in Washington County that includes Boonsboro, Clear Spring, Hagerstown, Hancock, Sharpsburg, Smithsburg, & Williamsport.
This service is provided by the Western Maryland Regional Library to the public libraries of Allegany, Garrett, and Washington County. Find this and many other valuable online resources on our database page. |
Kids' Corner
Design a bookmark and win our contest!
 Design a bookmark that features our summer reading theme, "Dream Big!" and you could see it printed and handed out at all our branches. There are still a couple days before the deadline of April 3. A winner will be chosen in two divisions, ages 4 - 8, and ages 9 - 12. Winners will be voted on at our facebook page from April 9 - 12, and announced on April 13.
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That's it for this month. We hope you like our new format for the newsletter. Please feel free to reply with any comments or questions.
Sincerely,
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Your friends at the Washington County Free Library |
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