Per the Brooke County EMA, WARMING CENTERS FOR BROOKE COUNTY If needed, Brooke County has 4 warming centers available throughout the county to our residents. Locations: Wellsburg VFD Banquet Center Follansbee Community House Beech Bottom VFD Bethany Community Center If you require a warming center. Please call Brooke County EMA 304-737-5002

Due to the unknown and potentially severe impacts this weekend's winter storm will bring, we are prepping for 1/26/26  for the safety of our most valued resource (our staff), and our patrons. If the Brooke County Schools have a 2-hour delay, our libraries will operate on a 2-hour delay. If the Brooke County Schools Close, we will also close. Programs scheduled for this day typically already follow the school’s delay/closing announcements. Meetings that were scheduled have alr

A Room of One's Own By Virginia Woolf Release Date: October 1929 Ebook Available from WV Reads! https://wvreads.overdrive.com/wvreads-brooke/content/media/573049 3 Stars - I attempted the audiobook first but I highly recommend just reading this one. It's an easy and fast read that works better as the essay which was its original format. Being that Woolf is a fiction writer she branches into a fictional scene frequently before hopping back out. It's an interesting way to write

Celebrating National Library Week April 19-25! Thursday, April 23: Take Action for Libraries Day, a day to rally advocates to support libraries. Take Action for Libraries Day is held annually on Thursday of National Library Week. For the past few years, library funding unfortunately has been under attack. ALA encourages every library advocate to Show Up for Our Libraries by telling Congress to protect federal support for libraries. Use our tools below to take action and go

Did you attend a dining fundraiser for the library at anytime during the current calendar year? If so, submit your receipt along with your name and phone no. & get entered into a yearly drawing for a gift. Two ways to submit your receipts: BRING YOUR RECEIPT IN FOR STAFF TO COPY (or) EMAIL A PHOTO OF YOUR RECEIPT TO BCPL@WVLC.LIB.WV.US    The winner will be contacted by January 31st! The winner's name will also be in our February Newsletter!