Census Workshops - Wednesday August 22

The Ort Library is pleased to announce that we are once again hosting workshops to help you learn about the Census Bureau’s data tools.  Nesreen Khashan, Data Dissemination Specialist from the US Census Bureau will present a morning workshop on household data and then an afternoon session on business and economic data.

The workshop registration is free and they will take place on Wednesday, August 22, 2018 at the Lewis J. Ort Library’s Library Instruction Center.

9:00 a.m. – Noon – Household / Demographic Data

1:00-3:00 p.m. – Economic/Business Data

You are welcome to register for either one or both workshops.

These workshops are open to the public. Due to limited seating, registration is required. You are welcome to register for one or both sessions. Register and watch for updates at http://libguides.frostburg.edu/censusworkshop.

     

Public Notice: MD Dept. of Housing & Community Development Draft Annual Plan

The Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development has announced a series of public hearings to for comments on its new draft Annual Plan update of the State's Consolidated Plan.

In Western Maryland, the meeting is scheduled for Friday, July 20.

Friday, July 20, 2018 at 1:30 p.m.

Allegany County Office Complex

701 Kelly Road

Potomac Room 230

Cumberland, MD 21502

Please see the original notice here: MD DHCD Public Notice, Annual Plan.

A copy of the draft Annual Plan is available online at this link: http://dhcd.maryland.gov/Documents/Consolidated%20Plan/Draft2018AnnualActionPlan.pdf.  A printed copy is also available at the Ort Library in the Maryland Documents files.

The Lewis J Ort library is a depository for Maryland State Documents as well as a selective depository in the Federal Depository Library Program.  As a Maryland depository, we receive public notices such as the one featured above.  If  you would also like to be added to an e-mail distribution list in order to receive information about future public notices, please contact Lisa Hartman, Government Documents Coordinator at lahartman@frostburg.edu or (301) 687-4734.

Library Closed July 4 for Holiday

The Lewis J. Ort Library will be closed on Wednesday July 4, 2018 to celebrate the Fourth of July Holiday.

The Library will re-open Thursday July 5, 2018 at 7:30 am.

Library databases and the library catalog are available 24/7. If you need reference assistance please use Maryland AskUsNow! to chat with a reference librarian.

Have a great Fourth of July Holiday!