Media Contact: Leanne Ingle, Communications Specialist, 360-704-4508, or outside Thurston County calling area: (877) 284-6237, ext. 2508; e-mail: lingle@trlib.org.

Residents in Grays Harbor, Lewis, Mason, Pacific and Thurston counties have local access to the world of electronic information resources through their own Timberland Regional Library (TRL) branches. To showcase these resources and help individuals become familiar with them, each of the 27 Timberland libraries will host a "Computer Resources Open House" during May. The events also celebrate the Library’s new computer catalog system, installed in January. Mayors and other local elected officials will be present at many of the open houses and will offer brief remarks. Light refreshments will be served.

For more information, please visit the TRL Web site at www.trlib.org or call the local Timberland library. For questions on this or any other topic, Timberland’s Central Reference Service librarians are also available at 704-4636 in the Olympia area or 1-800-562-6022, toll-free, from all other areas.

Timberland Regional Library serves the information, reading and lifelong learning needs of the Grays Harbor, Lewis, Mason, Pacific, and Thurston county public at 27 community libraries and 4 school-based cooperative library centers. The library system is funded by local property taxes. For information on any subject, the public can telephone Timberland’s Central Reference Service librarians at 704-INFO (704-4636) in the Olympia area or 1-800-562-6022, toll-free, from all other areas. Or they can "Ask a Librarian" online at www.trlib.org. Anyone needing special accommodations to participate in a library’s program may contact the library 4 days in advance.