Claiborne County Public Library

Mitchell Cosby, chairman of the Claiborne County Library Board, and Debbie Cheatham, library board trustee, recently completed the Tennessee Trustee Certification Program. This program is designed to strengthen local library boards by giving instruction in such areas as finance, policies and bylaws, planning, personnel and advocacy. The program is provided by Tennessee Regional Library System. Shown with Mr. Cosby is Matthew Jordan, director of the Clinch-River Regional Library and Sandy Rosenbalm, director of the Claiborne County Public Library.

This week, the Dollar General Literacy Foundation awarded the Claiborne County Public Library a $2,000.00 grant to support the Library’s Summer Reading Program. This local grant award is part of over $7.1 million in grants awarded to more than 900 schools, nonprofits, and organizations across the 43 states that Dollar General serves.

The Claiborne County Public Library will use these funds to help pay for educational programs throughout the summer and also to purchase new children’s books.

“Consistent with our mission of Serving Others, we are excited to provide these organizations with funding to further literacy and education across the communities we call home,” said Todd Vasos, Dollar General’s CEO. “It is always so exciting to see the true and meaningful impact the Dollar General Literacy Foundation has on both children and adults looking to improve their lives through literacy.”

The Dollar General Literacy Foundation is proud to support initiatives that help others improve their lives through literacy and education. Since its inception in 1993, the Dollar General Literacy Foundation has awarded more than $120 million in grants to nonprofit organizations, helping more than 7.3 million individuals take their first steps toward literacy or continued education.

Thank you so much, Dollar General, for your support!

-Claiborne County Public Library

We would like to thank everyone who came out to support the library during our annual spring book sale! We had a wonderful turnout and we appreciate each and every one who came out!

Thank You,
Sandy, Teresa, and Jami

You can now access the Claiborne County News Bank from home!

http://infoweb.newsbank.com/signin/ClaiborneCountyPublicLibrary

Ms. Jami set up a table for the library at the Second Harvest Mobile Food Pantry and Wellness Fair on Saturday, April 2, 2016, in the LMU-DCOM parking lot on the LMU main campus in Harrogate, Tennessee.

Some of the participants include the CEASE Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Inc., Cherokee Health Systems, Claiborne County Family Resources Center, Claiborne County Health Department, Claiborne County Library, Claiborne County Animal Shelter, Claiborne County Medical Center, Prevent Childhood Abuse Tennessee, LMU American Heart Association Training Center, North East Tennessee American Red Cross, Stand in the Gap Coalition, University of Tennessee Claiborne County Extension and Servolution Health Services.

New Fiction Books:

James Patterson “Private Paris”

James Patterson “15th Affair”

Susan Mallery “Best of My Love”

Danielle Steel “The Apartment”

Ace Atkins “Robert B. Parker’s Slow Burn”

Preston & Child “Beyond the Ice Limit”

David Baldacci “The Last Mile”

Linda Howard “Troublemaker”

John Sandford “Extreme Prey”

Jude Deveraux “The Girl From Summer Hill”