Library Notes
Lynn Denison

If you could borrow a kindle loaded with over one hundred and seventy titles at no cost for two weeks, would you be interested? If you could borrow up to 5 DVD’s for two weeks at no charge, would that tempt you? How about having access to numerous up-to-date magazines and newspapers, a “café” with coffee and cold drinks, and a comfortable area in which to enjoy all this? Would you like access to a computer with color or black and white printing capabilities? That and much more is exactly what one can find at Rowan Public Library!

Other amenities the main library provides are photocopiers on all three floors, Wi-Fi access throughout the building, fax services, a variety of study spaces, an on-going Friends of the Library book sale area, and two very well equipped meeting rooms available for public use by reservation. The branches have one meeting room each and do not offer the “café”. Otherwise, the same helpful resources are available at our south and east branches as well.

If you haven’t been to our main library previously, please don’t let the unfamiliar building make you feel overwhelmed. The staff of Rowan Public Library is dedicated to making your first visit and your continuing visits pleasant and enjoyable encounters. We never want you to feel overwhelmed, just welcomed! We want you to come back again and again and always feel at home.

Our main library is located at 201 W. Fisher Street in downtown Salisbury. Our other two branch libraries are located in Rockwell and in the China Grove – Landis area. The headquarters library has three floors. For anyone with mobility problems, there is an elevator that serves all floors.

On the first floor you will find our circulation desk immediately upon entering. The staff at this desk will be pleased to help with your queries and to direct you where you wish to go. The staff there also handles borrowing, returning, and renewing of library materials.

On the first floor you will also find our large, beautiful children and juvenile area complete with a computer station with six computers for children’s use, our new teen space equipped with three new apple computers for teen use, our extensive fiction collection, the large print area, our DVD collection, as well as new fiction and new non fiction books, and books on CD.

Located on the second floor is our information desk with trained staff who will be delighted to help you with any general or specialized enquires you may have and who will be happy to get you started on using our services. They can help you with finding items in our catalogue or finding information on our web-site.

Also on the second floor you will find our computer lab, complete with 28 computers with printing capability. These computers are available for use by patrons with a library card or for guests with a picture identification showing a current address. We also have 4 laptops available for checkout to use within the building. A patron must have a library card and a credit card in order to check out a laptop.

The second floor houses our extensive non-fiction collection. The fiction books on the first floor are shelved alphabetically by the author’s last name. The non-fiction books on the second floor are shelved by using a system called the Dewey Decimal System. If you are unfamiliar with the Dewey system our staff is always available to help you. For an entertaining and educational experience, you might enjoy going to UTube on your computer and playing the Dewey Decimal Rap!

Our third floor is dedicated to our history and genealogy area. Here one will find a wealth of information on the past. The Salisbury Post is accessible on microfilm dating back to 1905. Patrons come here from across the country and even from foreign countries to research family histories dating back to the 1700’s.

Please visit us soon and allow us to introduce you to the exciting resources that Rowan Public Library has to offer.