Bowman Library
Clarke County
Handley Library
Stewart Bell Jr. Archives
Archives Hours:
Monday - Tuesday, 10am - 5pm
Wednesday, 10am - 8pm
Thursday - Saturday, 10am - 5pm
Sunday, Closed
Closed daily for lunch, 12:30pm - 1:15pm
Stewart Bell Jr. Archives
Archives Hours:
Monday - Tuesday, 10am - 5pm
Wednesday, 10am - 8pm
Thursday - Saturday, 10am - 5pm
Sunday, Closed
Closed daily for lunch, 12:30pm - 1:15pm
Hold public meetings at Bowman and Handley Libraries during library hours. Small fees apply. Advance reservations required with completed reservation form. Learn more about meeting rooms and their availability here.
Send your print jobs from your home/office and pick it up later at your convenience. Print, copy, and fax for a small fee. Scan stations are free.
With PrintMe, there are several ways to send your print jobs to the library: Email, bring your USB, upload on PrintMe.com the Cloud, or through your device using the PrintMe app. Black & white and color copies available for a small fee at Handley and Bowman locations. Instructions on using our print, copy, and scan services are available here.
Use our computers two hours at a time and free WIFI for as long as you need. We also have 30- minute Express Stations for quick use (Handley location only). Each computer has word processing, spreadsheets, and PowerPoint with printing available. Learn more about our computers.
These are available at no cost to any business or not-for-profit organization physically located within Winchester City, Frederick and Clarke Counties, even if employees live outside of these areas. A library card gets you access to materials at all 3 library locations and digital content requiring card information. See our webpage about library cards here.
Meet with clients, use your laptop, make phone calls. Use study rooms two hours at a time. See study room rules and guidelines.
Free, limited notary services at each library location. Call ahead to confirm availability and requirements. More on notary services and requirements.
This high-tech, interactive touchscreen TV will assist you with workshops, meetings, and business programs. Use these as a standalone unit or connect to your laptop for a full presentation or work session. Available at Bowman and Handley locations. A Video Conferencing System is also available upon request so you can meet virtually via Zoom, Skype, MS Teams, or Google Meet. Support is available so you know how to use them.
We can help direct you to local non-profits that give guidance to area businesses. The two most popular are the Top of Virginia Regional Chamber and the LFCC Small Business Development Center.
Use this link to create an individual account
For just in time learning for the working professional, Accel5 Business Library features short videos on topics including business competencies, leadership and management, and personal effectiveness; summaries for business and leadership books; and articles by industry leaders on current working world issues.
Benefits of creating an individual account: keeping your place in publications, tracking what you’ve read, recommended items that match to what you’ve already viewed.
Use this link for the generic account
For just in time learning for the working professional, Accel5 Business Library features short videos on topics including business competencies, leadership and management, and personal effectiveness; summaries for business and leadership books; and articles by industry leaders on current working world issues.
The GCFLearnFree.org program is designed to help you learn the essential skills needed to live and work in the 21st century. From Microsoft Office and email to reading, math, and more, GCFLearnFree.org offers more than 180 topics, including more than 2,000 lessons and 800+ videos, completely free.
Gale Presents: Peterson’s Career Prep accommodates job seekers at all levels with career assessments for personalized career recommendations and guidance based on program and skills. Search for open job opportunities and create visually interesting résumés, cover letters, and websites that can be shared with prospective employers using pre-built templates.
HelpNow by Brainfuse provides live, certified educator assistance for homework, research, and writing in all subjects for grades K-college seven days a week from 2 pm to 11 pm.
JobNow by Brainfuse provides live, certified educators and navigators seven days a week from 2 pm to 11 pm for application, résumé and cover letter writing, job searches and interview practice.
Organized into targeted learning centers, this e-resource supports those looking to improve core academic skills, pass the GED®, prepare for college, join the military, obtain occupational certification, find a job, change careers, become a U.S. citizen and much more.
Find downloadable, fillable forms for basic legal transactions, current to Virginia code. Leases, sales contracts, powers of attorney, etc. [Legal Forms, its publisher, Gale Cengage, The Library of Virginia, Virginia public libraries and their funding bodies assume no liability for actions resulting in the use of these forms.]
Winchester Virginia's volunteer adult literacy
organization. They teach reading, math, English language, computer, financial and citizenship skills to adults.
An online language learning tool that offers courses in Spanish, Polish, English, Mandarin, and more.
Niche Academy is a digital literacy and skill building resource offering instructional videos on many common digital library tools.
(Formerly Reference USA), Reference Solutions provides access to accurate & complete business and consumer data for job seekers, small business owners, marketing professionals, and researchers. Find new business opportunities, research executives and companies, read news articles, conduct job searches, research papers, locate addresses and phone numbers, conduct market research, and much more.