Rutherford County Library

Rutherford County Library

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09/14/2010 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
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09/21/2010 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
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09/28/2010 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
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10/12/2010 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
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Welcome to the Rutherford County Library
New eBooks at NC LIVE | Print |

Rutherford County Library patrons have access to 318 new eBooks through NC LIVE.  The new eBooks cover subjects including classic literature, history, biography, language learning, health, and medicine.  Click here for a complete title list.

 
Find Books in a Series | Print |
If you have ever had trouble figuring out what the title of the next book in a series is, you will appreciate the “What's Next™: Books In Series” database developed and maintained by the Kent District Library in Michigan. The database is searchable by author name, book title, series title, or genre (General Fiction, Mystery, Science Fiction, Romance, etc).
 
Thanksgiving Holiday Hours | Print |
The County Library will be closed Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, & Saturday.  We hope everyone has a safe and happy Thanksgiving!
 
Free Online Audiobooks, Articles, and Books | Print |

In addition to the subscription resources the Library provides (NCLIVE, North Carolina Digital Library, Ancestry.com, etc.), we also recommend these free high-quality online resources for your enjoyment and research needs:

Audiobooks

Audiobooks For Free (http://www.audiobooksforfree.com)

Articles

Articlesbase (http://www.articlesbase.com)
Find Articles (http://findarticles.com)
Directory of Open Access Journals (http://www.doaj.org)

Books

Project Gutenberg (http://www.gutenberg.org)
Google Books (http://books.google.com)
ManyBooks (http://manybooks.net)
The Online Books Page (http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu)

 
Library Board Chairman Named Historian of the Year | Print |

Robin Lattimore

Rutherford County Library Board of Trustees chairman Robin Spencer Lattimore was recently honored as the 2009 Historian of the Year by the North Carolina Society of Historians, Inc.  He was chosen by a panel of scholars and professional historians from a list of more than 10 nominees from around the state.  In addition to his role on the Library’s Board of Trustees, Lattimore also serves as an official Rutherford County Historian, president of the Rutherford County Historical Society, chairman of the Rutherford Historic Preservation Commission and is the author of over a dozen books on regional and local history.  A sample of his books available for checkout at the Library include:

Across two centuries:the lost world of Green River Plantation
Adventure of a lifetime:Grover H. Bradley's travels to the Yukon and beyond- 1957-2007
Dwelling in Beulah Land: a celebration of rural church life
Gold & Glory : North Carolina Gold and the Bechtler Heritage
Old Rutherfordton: A Hometown History
Spindale: The Story of a Southern Textile Town

You can also purchase copies of the following books at the Library:

Old Rutherfordton
$40
Dwelling in Beulah Land$30
Across Two Centuries$20
Gold & Glory$14
Adventure of a lifetime$20

 

 
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