Loan Limits Changed at Onslow County Public Library

Onslow County Public Library has recently changed total loan limits at the library.

Effective April 1, 2010, all individual library accounts will be limited to a total of 25 items borrowed at a time. This includes items such as books, DVDs, CDs, and storytelling kits. This limit does not include digitally downloaded items. Hold requests for Interlibrary Loans will be limited to 5 per individual library account.

For more information, please call 910.455.7350 or visit OCPL online, anytime at www.onslowcountync.gov/library.

Free Weekly Employment Assistance at Onslow Library Branches

Onslow County Public Library in partnership with the Employment Security Commission now offers free weekly employment assistance at all local library branches

(Onslow County)  Onslow County Public Library (OCPL) and the Employment Security Commission (ESC) have partnered together to bring weekly ESC services to all local library branches. Visitors to Onslow County Public Library will now be able to receive the same services they would receive at their local ESC office including education information, work searches, veteran services, filing for unemployment benefits and much more. An ESC employment consultant will be onsite at the library on a weekly basis at the times and locations listed below:

·         Every Tuesday from 9 am to noon at the Swansboro Branch Library

·         Every Wednesday from 9 am to noon at the Richlands Branch Library

·         Every Thursday from 9 am to noon at the Main Library in Jacksonville

·         Every Friday from 10 am to noon at the Sneads Ferry Branch Library

For more information, please contact Onslow County Public Library at 910.455.7350, the Employment Security Commission at 910.347.2121, or visit OCPL online at www.onslowcountync.gov/library.