Cleveland Library Weblog

Cleveland Library received thousands of new libary cards for everyone at Polenta and West Views schools

Mon, 05 Apr 2010 04:16:28 GMT

Rebidding the cards delayed the order, which was made possible by a grant from Wal-Mart, Route 42, Cleveland Township, Garner.

Cleveland Library completes expansion of children's collection to 14,000 books

Mon, 05 Apr 2010 04:12:44 GMT

Staff plans to increase shelving and add another 4,000 books in next 18 months.

"Freedom to Read" Essay and Art Contest 2010

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 04:20:17 GMT

Contest to run March 1-April 5, 2010.

Library getting hundreds of volunteers

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 04:30:00 GMT

Cleveland Library speeds up book sorting, labeling, and shelving as hundreds of volunteers start calling and driving from places like Greensboro, Fayetteville, and New Bern.

Cleveland has 3rd largest collection in Johnston, leads N.C.

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 04:19:34 GMT

Cleveland Library at 70,000 books and movies in its collection is third largest collection in Johnston County. It is the fastest growing collection in N.C. It is the largest of the 6 independent libraries serving N.C. residents, although one is over 100 years old, charges subscriptions and for loans, and another is funded through the city and county.

Sci-Fi/Fantasy paperbacks ready to check out

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:00:00 GMT

Volunteers label and bar code all.

Library to read Bibles as Church burns them on Oct. 31

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:00:00 GMT

Western N.C. Church declares war on anything not King James.

Cleveland Library cards go statewide

Wed, 13 Oct 2009 02:00:00 GMT

With N.C.'s positive and legal ID requirements, Cleveland ignores township and county boundaries and starts issuing free cards to any North Carolina resident.

Cookbook collection passes 700.

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 02:00:00 GMT

"Everything Edible" cookbook from the United Methodist Women of Elizabeth Church in Smithfield pushes collection over 700.

1st anniversary-collection passes 2013 goal of 40,000

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 05:51:49 GMT

Aug. 4, 2009 and 1,000 books are still arriving weekly. We ran out of bar codes and had to stop labeling for 3 weeks.

August Library poll-"Give us more titles and store duplicates"

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 05:23:08 GMT

As library fills, patrons decide to hold back assets and increase selection. Storeroom becomes first stop on Interlibrary loan trail.

Cleveland residents notified they have 4.4 books per capita

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 04:36:34 GMT

Cleveland's 40,000 books give Township residents 4.4 books instead of Johnston's 1.7 per capita. We're on the way to increasing reading levels.

Cleveland's free movie collection now larger than 3 county systems.

Thurs, 31 Dec 2009 05:55:00 GMT

Three N.C. county systems report smaller movie collections than the younger independent Cleveland Library. Wake doesn't offer movies and Johnston has been charging for them.

Paperback books and shelving set for 7,000 volumes

Thurs, 31 Dec 2009 05:20:05 GMT

Volunteers pull books to start adding spine labels. This is expected to take 90 days. Patrons wanted large collection of paperbacks to read in the bath, or take to the beach and other vacation spots. Library makes the commitment to their wishes.

Cleveland starts Interlibrary loan service on Oct. 15

Tues, 13 Oct 2009 02:00:00 GMT

Many U.S. libraries will now share their colelctions with Cleveland card holders. Just released books will not be available. Audio and video materials not generally available. Loan time may be limited to 7 days.