McDowell County Public Library
Library
Why pick this one
McDowell County Public Library connects patrons to roughly 5.1 million NC Cardinal items, typically arriving within 5-6 business days.
Best for
- Borrowing books, DVDs, audiobooks, and other materials unavailable at the local branch
- Accessing ebooks, audiobooks, magazines, and streaming resources from home
- Genealogy and McDowell County local history research
- Borrowing internet-connected hotspots or laptops as a qualifying McDowell County resident
- Using a seed library or propagation station
Look elsewhere if
- Sunday library visits are required
- Immediate access is required for an item that must arrive through NC Cardinal
- Technology lending is needed by someone who is not a McDowell County resident
Specialties
- genealogy and local history research
- digital newspaper and yearbook research
- technology lending including MiFi hotspots, Chromebooks, and Dell laptops
- Books by Mail
- seed library and propagation station
Certifications
- NC Cardinal member library
- NC LIVE resources
What makes them different
- Access to roughly 5.1 million items through the NC Cardinal consortium
- Digital access to more than 12,000 downloadable materials through e-iNC Library
- Abe Simmons Genealogy Room with local newspapers, cemetery records, census records, and microfilm
- MiFi hotspots, Chromebooks, and Dell laptops are available at both library locations
- A Seed Library and Propagation Station are offered
- Response time
- NC Cardinal items can arrive within 5-6 business days
- Serves
- Marion, Old Fort
Distilled from this business's own website.
Contact & Location
- Address
- 90 W Court St, Marion, NC 28752
- Phone
- +18286523858
- Website
- http://mcdowellpubliclibrary.org/contact/
Services
- print and digital library materials
- interlibrary loans through NC Cardinal
- downloadable ebooks, audiobooks, magazines, and streaming resources
- digital research databases
- genealogy and local history resources
- technology lending
- community archive submissions