Montgomery Community Media

Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett is inviting residents to a grand re-opening of the newly renovated Montgomery County Libraries’ Aspen Hill Branch located at 4407 Aspen Hill Road in Rockville on July 15, according to a news release. The renovated library includes new carpeting, redesigned public restrooms to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act […]

Montgomery County Public Libraries (MCPL) maintain an extensive collection of materials for county residents to check out. Have you ever wondered what the county’s library visitors are reading? We turned to our county’s librarians to find out. For the month of June, the most read books by genre are: Juvenile Fiction Fantastic Beasts and Where […]

Seven years of the Montgomery Times newspaper will be available through a digital archive on Montgomery County Public Libraries’ website, according to a news release. Publication of the Montgomery Times began in 1992. It was later combined with the Prince Georges Times in 1999 as the African American Times to cover areas of interest to […]

Staff from Montgomery County Public Libraries (MCPL) teamed up with Montgomery Community Media early Thursday to learn the art of lights and cameras in an effort to combat digital illiteracy. In 2016, Montgomery Community Media was awarded a $25,000 grant by the NBCUniversal Foundation and NBC Washington for creating an innovative program that would implement […]

Montgomery County Public Libraries (MCPL) maintain an extensive collection of materials for county residents to check out. Have you ever wondered what the county’s library visitors are reading? We turned to our county’s librarians to find out. For the month of May, the most read books by genre are: Juvenile Fiction Baby’s Big Busy Book […]

Montgomery County Public Libraries received four achievement awards for its programs.   The awards, presented by the National Association of Counties (NACo), recognizes the efforts by local jurisdictions that promote responsible, responsive and effective county government, according to a news release. “We work very hard to provide services and resources so that all County residents […]

Montgomery County Public Libraries announced two new services to help cardholders manage their accounts, according to a news release. Residents will now be able to be notified by text messages when their holds or items requested have become available. MCPL has also upgraded the telephone renewal service with a system that includes Spanish and French […]

Montgomery County Public Libraries (MCPL) maintain an extensive collection of materials for county residents to check out. Have you ever wondered what the county’s library visitors are reading? We turned to our county’s librarians to find out. For the month of April, the most read books by genre are: Juvenile Fiction In Plain Sight: A […]

As part of its “All Children Excel Initiative,” Montgomery County Public Libraries will now offer its Go! Kits in all 21 library branches. MCPL introduced Go! Kits back in 2014 as an innovative way to introduce children to a variety of  concepts in science, technology, engineering and math. Each kit includes two books about a […]

Montgomery County Public Libraries (MCPL) maintain an extensive collection of materials for county residents to check out. Have you ever wondered what the county’s library visitors are reading? We turned to our county’s librarians to find out. For the month of March, the most read books by genre are: Juvenile Fiction Over the Ocean by […]