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Library Hours main library:

Monday 8:30-8:00
Tuesday 8:30-8:00
Wednesday 8:30-5:00
Thursday 8:30-8:00
Friday 8:30-5:00
Saturday 8:30-5:00

Sunday Closed

Library Hours at Westlake:

Monday Closed
Tuesday 10:00-8:00
Wednesday 10:00-6:00
Thursday 10:00-8:00
Friday 1o:00-6:00
Saturday 10:00-4:00

Sunday Closed

SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY!

JOIN THE FRIENDS!

Bring this form with payment to the library or mail it in.

BUY A BRICK!

Please bring this application with payment to the library or mail it in.

Register MVP Card

LINK YOUR MVP CARD!

Register your MVP card with the "Shop and Share" program and Food Lion will donate money to the Friends each time you buy groceries at Food Lion.

Book Donations

DONATE A BOOK!

Give a gift that everyone can share. Donate a new book or reimburse the library for a book of your choice. A bookplate may be placed in the front of the book in honor of a person or an organization. Contact the library at (540) 483-3098 for more information .

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Make a Donation!

No donation is too large or too small! Contact the library at (540) 483-3098 or email the Friends of the Library for more information.

ALL DONATIONS ARE TAX DEDUCTIBLE

Or Maybe You Would Like to...

Volunteer

Contact the library at (540) 483-3098 or email the Friends of the Library to learn more about volunteer opportunities.

The Library reserves the right to refuse donations.

Vote for your favorite Virginia Author

To vote for your favorite Virginia author or book for 2009:

http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/litawards/vote.asp

Voting ends June 30th!

Coming soon
THE "NEXT BIG THING" @ THE LIBRARY...

Craft Day Wednesday, June 17

Rocky Mount: 10:00 AM

Westlake: 1:00 PM

Fun for grades K-5

IT'S HAPPENING @ THE LIBRARY

New Health Databases

Our thanks to the Carilion Foundation for providing the funding for these informative health databases.

Consumer Health Complete

  • Thousands of full text evidence-based, health reports
  • Hundreds of medical images and diagrams
  • More than 720 physician-generated videos (with audio narration) on women’s health, healthy aging, general health and men’s health
  • More than 560 full-text consumer health pamphlets and leaflets

Ageline

AgeLine®, produced by AARP, focuses exclusively on the population aged 50+ and issues of aging. AgeLine is the premier source for the literature of social gerontology and includes aging-related content from the health sciences, psychology, sociology, social work, economics, and public policy. AgeLine also includes information for professionals working in aging-related fields and for consumers. AARP generates original abstracts for every citation, with index terms drawn from AgeLine's Thesaurus of Aging Terminology. AgeLine indexes over 600 journals, books, book chapters, reports, dissertations, consumer guides, and educational videos.

Automobile Repair Database

Chilton repair manuals too expensive?

It's free! All you need is your library card!

www.ebscohost.com

Auto repair

Westlake Branch library now open

The Westlake Library is open. Efforts to raise money for the facility are ongoing and you can help!

Donation Form

All Contributions are welcome

IT'S HAPPENING @ THE LIBRARY

 

 

From Award-winning authors...

Bud and Jim

..to classical guitarists

Carl Berger

...from award-winning chefs

to big red dogs

you can find it @ your library!

Home | Be A Friend | Book Sales | Calendar of Events | Gallery

Reference

The Franklin County Library is operated on a nondiscriminatory basis with regards to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, familial status, age, or handicap. Complaints of discrimination may be sent to the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. 20250

Links and info

Library Catalog

library catalog

Renew your books, reserve books, or find out what you have checked out.

Best-sellers

New York Times, USA Today, Amazon and many, many more!

Roanoke Times Book Blog

The Roanoke Times Blog for all things literary including area events, book reviews and links to sites for avid readers.

New Arrivals!

Fiction, Nonfiction,
New Genealogy Books,
Audio Books, DVD's,
Artists, Quilts, Programs
and more!

Please Don't Read and Drive!

The library has expanded its selection of books on CD and on cassette. So, remember: you can drive responsibly and listen to a good book at the same time!

OUR LIBRARY GETS BY WITH A LOT OF HELP FROM OUR FRIENDS!

Special Thanks To...

Our photographers: Earl Bradsher, Dorothy Hodges, Wayne Scank, and SAS Photography. Also, Graphics By Design and Howl'n Dog Designs. Thanks to Suzanne Kidwell for her hard work and infinite patience. And, most of all, thanks to the wonderful people who visit the Franklin County Library.

AND...

Some of the graphics in this site are courtesy of...

The Graphics Gallery

 
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