Window of Art II

The Williamson County Cultural Arts Commission has installed the second in a continuing series of Collaborative Community Art programming sponsored by WCCAC and Williamson County Library System with the help of “Arts Build Communities” program funded by the Tennessee General Assembly and administered in cooperation with the Tennessee Arts Commission and The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee. Window of Art II is located in the Children's Department of the Main Library in Franklin.

Legal Aid Clinics @ the Library

The Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee is holding free clinics at the Main Library to acquaint library patrons with the free legal services available to Williamson County residents. Monthly clinics are scheduled in the Meeting Room. The next clinic is scheduled for Tuesday, June 2 at 5:30 pm. The clinics are co-sponsored by the Williamson County Public Library. Call 615-595-1250 for more information.

Franklin Civil War Round Table

The next meeting of the Franklin Civil War Round Table will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 3:00 pm.

Book Discussion Groups at WCPL

The Williamson County Public Library hosts book groups at all branches and at the Main Library. The Book Group meeting schedules for the branches are located on each branch's web page. At the Main Library, the Brown Bag Book Chat group will meet on Wednesday, June 10 at 12:00 noon. The Evening Book Discussion Group will NOT meet in June or July. The Best Reads Book Club will meet on Thursday, June 18 at 1:00 pm to discuss People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks. See the Book Clubs page for more information on all groups.

The Williamson County Public Library in Franklin TN, is happy to announce that computer classes will begin again in May. Classes are free to all Williamson County Public Library card-holders. Registration by phone is required.

Introduction to the Computer or equivalent knowledge is required for all other classes. Registration for Introduction to the Computer will be held Monday, April 27 . Introduction to the Computer must be taken prior to signing up for any additional classes.

For individuals who have taken Introduction to Computer or have equivalent knowledge, registration for computer use classes will be held on Monday, May 4 and will close when the maximum of 10 seats and 5 alternates have been filled. Please call early – classes fill up quickly!

To register for classes call the Reference Department at 615-595-1243, and speak with a Librarian. If you are routed to voicemail or another department, keep calling 595-1243 until you have reached a Librarian. All sessions are held in the Main Library Computer Lab on Wednesday afternoons from 2:00 until 4:00 pm, except our new class, Intermediate Excel, which will be held on Monday, June 22 at 6:30 pm. See the Computer Class schedule page for more information about this series of classes, and other instructional opportunities available at the Main Library.

Computer Savvy Saturday Classes

Learn a new skill, upload photos, search for a job, edit pictures, or join a social network. These specialty classes have something for everyone. Classes are free and open to the public. Classes are held in the second floor computer lab and are limited to 24 participants. Sign up begins three weeks prior to the class. Registration is by phone only at 615-595-1243. For more information please go to the Computer Class schedule page.

Genealogy Workshops

The Special Collections Department staff is offering free one-on-one thirty minute sessions in the use of Genealogical databases subscribed to by the Williamson County Public Library. The library subscribes to HeritageQuest.com, AncestryLibrary.com and Footnotes.com. Sessions are available by appointment on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays from 10 to 11 a.m. Each session is for thirty minutes. Please call the Special Collections Department at 595-1246 Ex. 1 for an appointment or to ask questions about the service. Participants will need a WCPL library card in good standing to access the library computers and databases.

Council for the Written Word

The Council for the Written Word sponsors a Writing Critique Group at the Main Library on the first and third Saturdays of each month from 10:30 a.m. until noon. If you're interested, please come to the meetings on Saturday, June 6 & 20 at 10:30 am. Immediately following will be a Critique Group for Young Adults led by CWW members. Ask at the Circulation Desk for location of both meetings.

Adaptive Technology Center

The Main Library's Adaptive Technology Center is now available for patrons needing special assistance. The computers, located on the second floor of the library, are equipped with specialty hardware and software for increased ease of use. Both computers feature the screenreader JAWS, screen magnifer MAGic, Open Book scanning software, and Optelec Clear View magnifiers. In addition to the standard scroll mouse, the computers also have trackball and touch pad mice, a switch-adapted joystick and a button switch. Keyboards with larger keys and half-keyboards are available, and the computers are installed on height-adjustable tables. A valid library card is needed to use the Center. Call the Reference Department at 615-595-1243 for more information.

Art Displays at the Library

The May display in the Meeting Room Gallery features pen and ink art on canvas by Jim Ladd.

June Calendar of Events