To learn more about WCDPL's November 2nd levy request, visit ILoveWCDPL.com, a website maintained by and funded through the Citizens in Support of Our Library (Ellen Dalton, Treasurer). The group also maintains a Facebook page, www.facebook.com/ILoveWCDPL

You may contact the group via email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  or by writing Citizens in Support of Our Library; Ellen Dalton, Treasurer; PO Box 1273; Bowling Green, OH 43402

• Wood County District Public Library is on furlough August 1 - 8--locations in Bowling Green and Walbridge are closed and the bookmobile will not go out. The furlough will save $17,000 , helping to close budget gaps created by state funding shortfalls.
• No library materials will be due during this time. 
• Library patrons who use the library's online catalog to request books, etc., the week prior to and during the furlough period will be asked to select one of the other (independent) Wood County libraries as a pickup location for their materials. Doing this will help get requests to library patrons while WCDPL is closed.

For Immediate Release: Due to Ongoing Budget Crisis Wood County District Public Library Announces Furlough for August 1 - 8

When Wood County District Public Library took a furlough week in April of 2010, it was anticipated that if double digit shortfalls in funding from the State of Ohio continued, a second furlough would become necessary.

The Ohio Library Council recently announced that state funding to public libraries for June 2010 is down -13% from June of 2009, and that overall funding in 2010, when compared to the first six months of 2009, is down a total of -14.4%.

To help close the budget shortfalls created by the continued loss of these operating dollars, WCDPL, its Walbridge Branch, and the Bookmobile will close and all library employees will be furloughed, that is, on unpaid leave, August 1 – 8. No library materials will be due during this time.

For Immediate Release:  Make a Splash…READ! at Simpson Garden Park

Come to a special family storytime at Simpson Garden Park (1291 Conneaut Ave.) on Thursday, June 24 at 6:30 pm presented by Wood County District Public Library and Bowling Green Parks and Recreation Department staff members.

WCDPL and the BG Parks and Recreation Department are partnering this summer for the library's Summer Reading Program, “Make a Splash…READ!" This partnership is supported by a grant from the Bowling Green Community Foundation.

For more information, call WCDPL's Children’s Place, 419-352-8253.