Montgomery Community Media

Library officials invite all teens in the Silver Spring area who like to write fiction, nonfiction or poetry for an opportunity to develop their writing skills through the Teen Writers’ Club at the Silver Spring Library. The workshop is open to teen writers ages 13 to 18 and is scheduled to meet twice a month […]

Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett will host the Library of the Future Summit on September 24th at the Silver Spring Civic Building. The purpose of the meeting is to provide residents with the opportunity to help shape future library services in Montgomery County. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its […]

Saturday is the last day to visit the Twinbrook Library for a while. As of 6 p.m. on July 25th, the Twinbrook Library will be closed for four and a half months so the facility can be refreshed. Renovations include creating new conference rooms, rearranging the circulation and information service desks, modernizing the public restrooms […]

The Twinbrook Library will close on Saturday, July 25 at 6 p.m. for approximately four and a half months so the facility can be renovated. “Twinbrook is the first of our branches to be modernized using an exciting and innovative approach we introduced in our FY13-16 Strategic Facilities Plan,” said Library Director Parker Hamilton. “We […]

In this MyMCMedia extra, Maryland State Senator Jamie Raskin addresses the community during the opening of the new Silver Spring Library. “This is the most beautiful library in the world,” Raskin said. The building has five floors, but the library only takes up the top three floors. With approximately 100,000 books, Hamilton called the place […]

After 18 months of construction, more than 400 people could not wait to check out the new Silver Spring Library. MyMCMedia’s Aline Barros talked to county officials and residents to find out what did they think of the new facility. The building has five floors, but the library only takes up the top three floors. […]

County Executive Ike Leggett has announced that Montgomery County Public Libraries (MCPL) has been selected by the Maryland State Division of Library Development and Services (MS-DLDS) as the site of the State’s Deaf Culture Digital Library (DCDL). “This is a true honor for Montgomery County Public Libraries,” Leggett said. “It is a well-deserved recognition of […]

It looked like the last hour of a home improvement show, when finishing touches are being applied, new furniture is moved to the right place, and painting is still fresh. The only thing left is the last segment when the owners of the house walk in. After 18 months of construction, the owners of the new […]

The new Silver Spring Library is scheduled to open on June 20. We have a preview:  

Montgomery County Public Library (MCPL) officials have announced that the Olney Library will be closed from 9 p.m. on Thursday, May 21 until 9 a.m. on Tuesday, May 26 so repairs can be made to a sanitary sewer line. The bookdrop will remain open for returns during the repairs. According to officials, the emergency work […]