A New Year Equals New Events at Your Library

"The Year"
Ella Wheeler Wilcox

"What can be said in New Year rhymes,
That’s not been said a thousand times?

The new years come, the old years go,
We know we dream, we dream we know..."

Welcome to 2011, everyone. As we enter another year here at the Sumter County Library, we are grateful for the many great programs in 2010 such as "One Night At The Cotton Club", a Career Fair, "Everybody Eats Rice", the Summer Reading Program, Computer Classes, "A Gingerbread Christmas" and much more. We at your Library are extremely grateful for the support you all have provided and will continue to provide in 2011.

We would also like to give our most sincerest thanks and blessings to the Friends of the Library. The Book Sale, held at the Sumter Mall in November, was a complete success. Everything they do for the Library is crucial in continuing to offer the very best in service, programming and materials to the community. If you are not a member of the Friends of the Library, we encourage you to join and participate to help continue to make the Sumter County Library a true "community hub".

2011 promises new and exciting programming at the Sumter County Library.

Our Spring 2011 Computer Classes begin January 10th and stretch all the way through the end of May. The following classes are planned:

Computer Basics
Keyboarding
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Powerpoint
Ancestry.com
E-Mail

We have scheduled many, many classes to ensure everyone has a chance to sign up. If you are interested in taking a computer class, please visit the Reference Desk at the Main Library or call 773.7273. Computer Class schedules can be found at all library locations.

If you are interested in poetry, or simply want to learn and share poetry with others, please consider signing up for our Poetry Workshop. The workshop consists of 6 sessions, taking place once a month from January to June. Each session will feature a different type of poetic form. Only 10 spots are available, so to sign up for a spot please turn in 2 sample poems to Ford Simmons at the Reference Desk at the Main Library.

History your thing? Love genealogy? Our South Carolina History Room tours may be for you. The tour lasts one hour and consists of an explanation of the various resources available and how you may use them to conduct research. Dates for the tours are:

Thursday, January 27th @ 3pm
Thursday, February 17th @ 3pm
Thursday, March 10th @ 3pm
Monday, April 25th @ 3pm
Thursday, May 26th @ 3pm

Please sign up at the Reference Desk or by calling 773.7273.

As you can already tell, the Library is ready to help you master your information needs for 2011. So many more programs are in the works, so please stay tuned and continue to support the Sumter County Library. Thank you!