News & Announcements

Upcoming Book Supplier Changes

October 17, 2025

Attention, patrons! We want to keep you informed about a change that will affect libraries across the country, including ours. One of our long-time book wholesalers, Baker & Taylor, will be closing by the end of the year.

Like many libraries, we've relied on Baker & Taylor to help us bring you the books and materials you love. Wholesalers allow us to get the most value from every dollar we spend, ensuring our shelves stay full for your enjoyment and learning.

October 2025 Job Journal from the Lower Shore American Job Center

October 4, 2025

Looking for work or career training? Check out the October Job Journal from the Lower Shore American Job Center to find job listings, adult education opportunities, and career tips.

Library Foundation: "A Longwood Christmas" Bus Trip, Thursday December 4

September 16, 2025

Join the Worcester County Library Foundation for a magical trip to Longwood Gardens! Enjoy more than 500,000 lights, colorful fountains, and gardens of bloom. The new West Conservatory is now open. Cafe and Gift Shop available. Proceeds benefit the Leister-Staley annual scholarship.  Here are the trip details:

We’re Looking for New Board Members!

September 5, 2025
We're Looking for New Board Members
Ocean City
Pocomoke

The Worcester County Library Board of Trustees has an open seat representing the Pocomoke area, and we will have an opening representing the Ocean City area beginning January 2026.  We’re seeking passionate, community-minded individuals to join us for a 5-year term.

Updates to the Library’s Online Resource offerings

July 2, 2025

As of July 1, we have a few updates to share about the online resources that you can access with your library card:

BookPage - Find Your Next Great Read!

June 2, 2025
June 2025 cover of BookPage publication

Just in time for summer reading, Worcester County Library is now offering copies of BookPage at each library branch as well as a digital copy. BookPage is a great way to find out about new titles across all genres. The monthly publication includes author interviews and timely, seasonal books. Take a look to find your next read!

Changes to Hoopla and CreativeBug

May 29, 2025

Hoopla

In order to ensure that Hoopla remains available to you, the collective daily cap introduced in April will remain in place going forward. This means that each day once the collective daily cap is reached, no more checkouts are available for anyone until the count resets at midnight.

Starting June 1, the individual monthly cap of items that each library user can borrow via Hoopla will decrease from 8 to 6.

Seed Libraries

May 14, 2025
Berlin
Pocomoke
Snow Hill

Worcester County Library is excited to announce new Seed Libraries available at the Berlin, Pocomoke, and Snow Hill branches. This service is part of the Cooking up Health: A Nourishing Neighbors Program, a robust diabetes prevention program developed by the Worcester County Health Department. A huge thank you to CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield for funding the Cooking up Health Project for our community.

The Seed Library is a fun – and free – way to try planting your very own garden.

Here’s how:

Service changes to Hoopla, effective April 1

March 27, 2025
The Worcester County Library will implement a daily spending cap for Hoopla services starting April 1, 2025, due to the increased cost of Hoopla Digital funded by the Eastern Shore Regional Library, Inc.
 

What this means for you

  • Once the library's daily budget for Hoopla checkouts is reached, no further checkouts will be allowed until the following day. 

2024 Tax Information & Resources

January 28, 2025

It's that time of year again!  You can find information for both Maryland and Federal Income Taxes HERE. Please note, we are unable to advise you about forms to use or give you tax advice, but we want to help direct you to the right information!

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