November is Native American Heritage Month. Some of our library staff were lucky enough to participate in a program on the Eastern Band of Cherokee and the Carlisle Indian School. During this program, we received excellent online resources. If you are curious of the history of the Carlisle School or interested in genealogy related to [...]
Fall Brings Thoughts of the Buckeye Tree and Its Nuts Calvin and Clara walked past the old buckeye tree hundreds of times on their way to and from school and enjoyed seeing and picking up the shiny brown nuts that fell each fall. The nuts looked very much like the eye of a male deer [...]
The Avery-Mitchell-Yancey Regional Library system follows open meeting requirements. Due to the rise of Coronavirus cases in our local communities, our local advisory boards and regional board meet virtually, but this still means we follow open meeting requirements, and if you, as a member of the public, would like [...]
The AMY Regional Library, effective Nov. 1, 2021, will resume library programming indoors and allow the public to reserve community meeting room spaces. Our library system does not make this decision lightly, because “any scenario in which people gather poses a risk for Coronavirus transmission.” (NCDHHS) All of our libraries require patrons gathering in library [...]
See if you spot AMY Regional Library and our Bookmobile! https://youtu.be/3bME_oVijDk
The Avery-Mitchell-Yancey Regional Library system follows open meeting requirements. Due to the rise of Coronavirus cases in our local communities, our local advisory boards and regional board meet virtually, but this still means we follow open meeting requirements, and if you, as a member of the public, would like to attend the Spruce Pine Library [...]
“Google can bring you back 100,000 answers. A librarian can bring you back the right one.” Neil Gaiman, Author Most of us know the value of libraries, but would you like to know the value in dollars? Try out I Love Libraries calculator
