New Alexandria Public Library is marking a century of helping area residents catch up on their reading.
When it was founded in 1921, the library was in the Jamison House, on the town’s Main Street — or old Route 22. It relocated to the community hall in 1929.
In 2000, it moved to its current location in the Keystone Plaza, at Routes 981 and 22.
The library has about 5,000 books on hand, but that’s just a fraction of the materials its members can access.
“We have the capacity to search the entire Westmoreland Library Network for material if it’s not found in our facility,” library director Jennifer Graham said.
In addition to printed books, she said, the library lends out audiobooks and DVDs.
Visitors can search the web for information on two computers designated for public use. Copies are available for 25 cents per page.
To celebrate its 100 years of service to the community, the library held an open house Sunday .
The event included a display of memorabilia related to the late local novelist Agnes Sligh Turnbull. Many of her works dwelt on Scots pioneers in her native Western Pennsylvania. A series of Turnbull books are among volumes that can be borrowed at the library.
Regular hours are 1 to 5 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. For more information, contact the library at 724-668-7747.
