At this point, these collections are modest in size. This is partly due to the cost of audio and video materials and partly because we want to see how they are received before investing more heavily in the new formats. If these collections interest you, or if there are others you would like to see, please let a librarian know. Your comments are welcome. With their funding, vans from Mountain Mobility, equipped with appropriate child restraint systems, will pick up children and private caregivers and drive them to a Storytime somewhere in the system.
Caregivers can also take advantage of all library services while visiting the library.
The location of the family child care home in relationship to correct van routes will be a factor in participation. Call the Preschool Outreach Program department at 250-4729 to get on board. Any participant in need of transportation to the library on Haywood Road will receive a ride in a Mountain Mobility van, due to Smart Start funding. Due to the success of the Library Trust Fund's calendar last year, a 2001 version is now available at all library locations. Once again the calendar authors have taken old postcards and photographs from the N.C. Special Collections Department and created a calendar unique to Western North Carolina.