If your to-do list includes getting a passport, researching your genealogy, mending a hemline, downloading a book, searching for your next job and entertaining the kids today, you can knock that out in one trip to the Chattanooga Public Library.
And that’s not all. You can also grab a movie or even record a song while you’re there.
These are some of the surprising tasks and services that can be done at the library.
And for all of you traditionalists, the library still circulates books – a couple hundred thousand on shelves and another 70,000 electronic books, says Mary Jane Spehar, deputy director of operations.
Easily a quarter-million titles for anyone who might think the library is getting too modern. “Believe me, we’re still open for business [with books],” she says.