Welcome to the Yadkin History Spotlight, where we’ll be taking a brief look at the history of various topics, events, persons, or locations connected to the Yadkin Valley. We’ll tackle common genealogy or research requests, or cool “did you know?” moments.

This week, in honor of the upcoming National Library Week, we'll be looking at national library organizations on down to our own location, starting with the American Library Association (ALA), State Library of North Carolina (administering NC Cardinal, NC Live, and many other programs), Northwestern Regional Library System (NWRL), and Yadkin County Public Library (YCPL).