Category: Library Branches
-
50 Years and Evolving, Aspen Hill Library
Anniversaries can be considered as milestones which mark the progress of time for/to that to which it is related, and with regards to the Aspen Hill Library, this is indeed the case. I am not sure that the Administration in its planning had in mind a refreshed building for the 50th Anniversary Celebrations, but it…
-
Organize and Create in the New Year – 2019
How would you like to start this new year? Do you have a bunch of things to sort out from the holidays? To help you get started, you can join us with a “neat” program on decluttering your life on January 19 at 12:00 PM. What else is new at the Kensington Park Library for…
-
Wheaton Interim December Update
Programs and Services InterAct Family Story Theatre will be presenting a Book Fiesta on Saturday January 12, 2019 at 11:00 AM. The program will be in the Wheaton Volunteer Rescue Squad Green Room attached to the Wheaton Interim library. Registration for the program has begun. As of November 5, 2018 MCPL Express @ Mid-County Community…
-
Discover the Children’s Floor at Silver Spring Library!
At Silver Spring Library, children have their own inviting space, the entire 5th floor of the library! We invite you to come and explore. It’s a great space for children to discover books, attend programs, do homework, read, use our computers, and play in our Early Literacy Center. Step off the elevator or turn from the…
-
Welcome to Our Conversation Clubs!
Learning a new language and adjusting to an unfamiliar culture can be difficult. Residents in Montgomery County, however, can participate in conversation clubs, led by volunteer facilitators, where everyone is welcome and registration is not required. Our clubs include a diverse group of participants from varied countries with different languages. Quince Orchard Library Conversation Club…
-
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Refresh…
Marilyn J. Praisner Library will be the next of the MCPL branches to get a “refresh.” Wondering what a refresh is? It is a mini-renovation which includes updated interior design, improvements to the bathrooms, and upgrades to some of the mechanical or electrical underpinnings of branch infrastructure as well as less noticeable things. Check out…
-
Meet Long Branch
Long Branch Library The Long Branch library is nestled in the corner of Silver Spring just north of Piney Branch Road. It is sometimes referred to as the living room for the community. Many of our customers walk to the branch and spend their days playing in our family learning center, using one of our…
-
Meet Chevy Chase
The Chevy Chase branch of MCPL, located at 8005 Connecticut Avenue in Chevy Chase, was originally opened in 1965. Since that time, the building has undergone remodeling of the restrooms; a mini renovation that included re-carpeting, painting, and new information and circulation desks with sit/stand components for ergonomic staff access; and creation of new teen…
-
Info about Info!
Library customers occasionally ask us, “Where’s the Children’s Area Information Desk? Do you still have Children’s Librarians?” They recall the earlier incarnation of Olney Library, where we had separate Information Desks for Adult and Children’s services. With re-opening of the new Olney branch in 2014 (how time flies!), MCPL made the decision to create one…
-
Meet White Oak
The White Oak branch of MCPL was recently refreshed, reopening to the community on April 2. The branch, which celebrated its 50th anniversary last year, is located at 11701 New Hampshire Avenue in Silver Spring. The features in the refreshed library include ergonomic sit-stand circulation, information, and self-checkout desks; renovated public restrooms; new painting and…
-
A Fight to the Finish and What’s In a Name?
Postscript: The Connie Morella Branch is now open! Stacks of Boxes Waiting to Opened At long last, we are nearing the end of our refresh project. Staff have been busily working in the building for the past month and a half to make sure everything is ready for our reopening. In early March, almost 900 boxes of…
-
Meet Germantown
The Germantown branch of MCPL is located at 19840 Century Boulevard. Besides its great collection, which includes materials in Chinese and Spanish, the branch also offers computers for public use, Wi-Fi, Go! Kits for children ages 3 to 6 and 7 to 12, collaboration spaces, Discovery Rooms, meeting rooms, Early Literacy and Afterschool Edge workstations, quiet…