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Pocahontas County Free Libraries is a Winner
2003 National Awards for Museum and Library Service
awarded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services
The Pocahontas
County Free Libraries system serves the 9,000 residents of Pocahontas County
through four libraries located strategically throughout the county’s
950-square miles of rugged Allegheny Mountain terrain in Durbin, Marlinton,
Green Bank, and Hillsboro, West Virginia.
PCFL is home to the largest West Virginia and Appalachian collection
of any small library in the state and has a Heritage Room with local
historical materials and facilities for genealogical research. The Pocahontas Libraries have an extensive
oral history archive and play a major role in the county’s veteran’s oral
history project. They have also
partnered with local filmmakers.
Commenting on the
PCFL accomplishments, local filmmaker, B. J. Sharp-Gudmundsson notes: “As for innovation, I could say expanding
access to new technology, partnering on media and film projects in creating a
visual library, and providing hands-on learning through every means
possible. But in truth, the most
innovative would be partnering with individuals, exploring possibilities,
stepping outside of the box…Thanks to them, our county and its children can
peek out of the box and see a brighter, fuller future.”
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