This month's Teen Scene book display features stories about real women who have changed the course of history, each one in her own unique way. You’ll find writers and scientists, athletes and survivors, trailblazers and peacemakers on our display of dynamic women in all of their diversity. In big ways or small, intentionally or by [...]
We have hit the month of March, which is almost unbelievable, as it seems this year is off to a fast start. March is a special month for me, personally, as it’s National Social Work Month! This specific field has a rich history of pioneers, from Jane Addams establishing the Hull House in Chicago (winning [...]
Last January, we held our first Quilt Club meeting at the Galena Branch! The attendants showed off current projects in progress, looked at different quilt block ideas online, and exchanged ideas about how to assemble some old quilt blocks made of antique flour sack cloth that one attendee brought in. Quilt Club will be held every [...]
One of the treasures that we’ve rediscovered since moving the Indiana Room to its new location on the library’s main floor is a little-known book of plays by William Greenly, a free Black man who lived in New Albany from 1841 to 1859. Greenly self-published his book, The Three Drunkards, in 1858, the same year [...]
February has always seemed like the forgotten month. Not only is it the shortest month, it follows all the hub of the holiday season, and the weather is not always the most enjoyable. It is a little too cold to enjoy the outdoors and yet we have a bit of cabin fever from staying indoors [...]
If you've visited The Floyd County Library recently, you may have noticed that we have new self-checkouts! You can still check out with your friendly library staff, but the self-checkouts are another great option. You may see some self-checkouts that sit on a desk or table, and some that are freestanding. The [...]
This year marks the 85th anniversary of the 1937 Flood, which wreaked havoc on the lives of thousands from January to February of that year. According to accounts, it down poured for 24 days straight starting on January 5th, and the waters crested the flood stage around January 24th. The waters did not completely subside [...]
Every year, for 4 days in February, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the National Audubon Society invite participants from around the world to birdwatch, count, and report as many birds as they can find. This is called the Great Backyard Bird Count. First launched in 1998, the GBBC is now the world’s largest citizen-led [...]
The Floyd County Library will be hosting a special program titled Parenting Teens During a Pandemic: Building Resilience on Saturday, February 19 at 2:00 in the Library Auditorium with local Licensed Mental Health counselor Midge Carney. Ms. Carney has over 23 years in the counseling field receiving additional education in mood and anxiety disorders [...]
The Carnegie Center for Art and History, a branch of the Floyd County Library, has created a new public art project for high school students in Floyd, Clark, and Harrison Counties called MoodRing, a literary zine that will feature 30 works of art, poetry, and prose created by you, the youth of our community! So, [...]
