Welcome
Welcome to the website of the Friends of the Carrboro Branch Library, proudly supporting our community library in Carrboro, North Carolina. The Friends are citizens of Orange County whose contributions and volunteer work help to support a valuable community resource.
* Board meetings are held on the third Wednesday of each month. *
News
On March 22nd, the Board of Carrboro Aldermen will hold a public hearing on Orange County's request to rezone 210 Hillsborough Road, Carrboro, NC, 27510 from residential use to business use for the sole purpose of building the Southwest Orange Regional Branch Library. This proposed library will merge the current Orange County Library collection at Carrboro Branch Library at McDougle Schools with that of the Carrboro Cybrary at the Century Center, and will serve the 35,000 residents of southwest Orange County. We, the Friends of the Carrboro Branch Library, have been advocating the building of such facility for over 24 years and urge all southwest Orange County residents to support this rezoning request. A fully functioning library, with its attendant computers,will serve the educational needs of all our citizens, from toddlers to seniors. Please sign our online petition or one of the many hard copies around. For more information, or if you would like to take responsibility for a hard copy petition page, please contact Nerys Levy. Also, please write to the Board of Aldermen supporting the County's rezoning request and come to the public hearing on March 22nd. It's your Library. Please support it! Thank you.
A set of commemorative postcards produced by the Friends are now for sale at the CBL circulation desk. The cost is $5 for a set of ten postcards, which feature photographs from local photographers Jackie Helvey and Laura Shmania. Purchases go towards supporting the Friends and the library. They make great presents, stocking stuffers, or hosting gifts!
Please welcome Anne Pusey, the new branch librarian of the Carrboro Branch Library. A recent graduate of the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Information and Library Science, Anne has already made many positive changes to the library. (Added 10/15/2008)
Let's not forget librarian Jake Lehrer, who directed the library from 19xx to 2008 before moving to Greensboro. As a gift to honor his long service, the Friends threw him a party that few will be forgetting anytime soon; you can see pictures taken from the party here. (Added 10/15/2008)