Amazing Links
Our web site has improved greatly this year with the addition of some useful links to sites that can be accessed even if the library is closed. Found on our web page, below the “Library News” heading...
View ArticleNew Service at Willow Manor
If you live at Willow Manor and would like to check out materials from the library but find it difficult to do so, you may have items dropped off and picked up there at your building. The contact time...
View ArticleWilderness Plots -2015 Brown County Reads!
Plan to join the fun with the third annual Brown County Reads. The 2015 title is Wilderness Plots: Tales about the Settlement of the American Land by Scott Russell Sanders. Copies of the book are...
View ArticleA Maisie Dobbs Mystery!
A Novel Bunch book club will be discussing Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear, next Wednesday, the 25th, from 2:00-3:30. First in a series, published in 2003 it received the New York Times Notable...
View ArticleNational Maple Syrup Program at the Library
Friends of the Brown County Public Library will provide free activities from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, March 7, in the lower level of the library. Martha Sechler will share stories at 11:15 a.m....
View ArticleTolkien Reading Day is March 25th
Enjoy a cup of English tea and join others in reading and listening to the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. Bring your favorite passages to read or share your own writings inspired by the author of the HOBBIT...
View ArticleNational Poetry Month
April is National Poetry Month! Look for displays, poetry scrolls to take home and posters about programs. There will be a free program on Sunday, April 19, for adults and teens from 2:00 to 4:00...
View ArticleEvery Hero Has A Story
Summer Reading starts Monday, June 1. All ages, preschool through adult, are invited to participate in this free program. Register at the main library in Nashville (beginning June 1), or at the branch...
View ArticleOn Display
The display case at the library is available to any individual or non-profit group to use. If you have a collection you would like to share with the public, or your non-profit group has an event to...
View ArticleMore Changes
The big shift has happened in the Children’s Area of the library and all that’s left are finishing touches. There will be new tops and ends on the children’s shelving, along with some new pieces of...
View ArticleA Remarkable Story!
A Novel Bunch, the library’s book club, is reading Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier. The book is a fictional account of a real person, Mary Anning. Struck by lightning as a baby, Mary wasn’t an...
View ArticleDownloadable Audiobooks
Download audio books on your home computer. If you are browsing the card catalog and the Call # is Download you can download the audiobook to your computer at home and on your portable device. Step #1:...
View ArticleThree Talented Hoosiers
You have probably noticed the names carved high up on the back of the library: Hubbard, Riley and Pyle. You may not know much about these three famous Hoosiers, especially if you are new to Indiana....
View ArticleWhere Are the New Books?
Our new books have a new location. As you enter the library through the front door, the new books can be found on the shelves on the right side of the building. They are in front of the large...
View ArticleNew Check-Out Limits — New Teen Card
We have been busy here at the library, trying to make our patrons’ lives easier. First, we have instituted a longer check-out time for all items except DVDs. Books, audiobooks, music and magazines...
View ArticleThe Great Courses
Have you ever heard of The Great Courses series on DVD? They are like taking a class in your home. They feature lectures by professors on various subjects. Many include a book to go along with the...
View ArticleArt and the library
Brown County’s reputation as an art colony goes back to the 1920’s when T.C. Steele moved here & then invited fellow artists to join him. But did you know that the library also had it’s beginnings...
View ArticleFall Festivities!
October in Brown County is a wondrous time! People from around the state and out of state come to admire the beautiful fall foliage, peruse all the unique shops in the town of Nashville, enjoy special...
View ArticleFALL FEST AT THE LIBRARY
FALL FEST at the library will be on Sunday, October 11 from 2-4 p.m. in the Children’s Garden. (In the downstairs meeting rooms if the weather sends us inside.) The FALL FEST will be for all ages:...
View ArticleProtective Coverings on Library Books
Have you ever wondered how library books receive their protective coverings? Visit the library on Wednesday mornings and you will find a group of volunteers sitting at the large table covering new...
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