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Fontana Regional Library celebrates its 75th anniversary this summer, honoring the library’s humble beginnings in 1944, when the Tennessee Valley Authority sponsored a regional bookmobile to visit the most remote areas of Jackson, Macon and Swain Counties. 

The Marianna Black Library in Bryson City has been planning for expanded library services in Swain County and would like to share some information with the community.  Not only that, but we would love to hear your ideas and opinions regarding library services in Swain.  Please plan to join us for one of the Community Input Gatherings listed below.  The presentation will only take 15-20 minutes and then there will be time for comments, questions, and answers.  These are not fundraisers.  We are only asking for a small amount of your time and your feed back.  

From Thursday, October 11 through Monday, October 15, the NC Cardinal library catalog (shared by Fontana Regional Library and more than 160 libraries across the state) will undergo necessary maintenance and upgrading. During that time, the online catalog will not be fully available either to patrons or to library staff.

Fontana Regional Library is stepping out of the stacks to bring “Libraries on Tap: brewing scavenger hunt” to Jackson, Macon and Swain counties. “Libraries on Tap” is a collaboration between Fontana Regional Library and local breweries.

With the American Library Association, Fontana Regional Library will celebrate Banned Books Week 2018 September 23-29. The nationwide observance brings together the entire book community — librarians, booksellers, authors, publishers, journalists, teachers, and readers of all types — in shared support of the freedom to seek out and to express ideas, even those some consider unorthodox or unpopular.

Fontana Regional Library now offers anyone with a library card free access to eMagazines, for reading on any mobile device or computer. This new service joins our popular eBooks and digital audiobooks selection – all available 24/7 from the library’s digital collection.