Announcement

You may notice something new on our website: Online Reference Assistance.

Take a looks at NCknows:

Live Online Help from Librarians-
When You Need It

With NCknows, you can connect to a librarian through your computer at any time. By typing messages back and forth, we will be able to give you answers, articles and more. It’s easy and safe. We are open 24/7 except for Sat/Sun midnight-8am.

NCknows can help you:

• Find answers to your research questions.
• Connect you to business, consumer health and other information specialists.
• Take advantage of NC LIVE, North Carolina’s collection of online articles, statistics and information.
• Connect to the wealth of NC Libraries around the state

Just click on the link at the right hand side of the Alexander County Library website to open an NCknows chat.

Why we do what we do for you!

 

Mission Statement

The mission of the Alexander County Library is to improve the quality of life in Alexander County by providing the best library services, collections, and programs possible in accordance with the library’s role as an educational institution.  

 

Happy Friday!

-The Library Staff

 

Interested in knowing more about your family’s history?  Building your family tree?  Interested in genealogy?  Look no further.

The Alexander County Library is pleased to be able to offer its community access to Ancestry.com at the main library in Taylorsville.  Sign in to a library computer, and find a link to Ancestry – Library Edition in the upper right corner of the screen.

Visit our Local History Room, past the children’s department in the main library, for more local sources of family history and area information.