FAQs

Individuals requesting to reserve a meeting or conference room must be 18 years of age or older, must live, work or attend school in Trumbull County, AND must have a valid, full-service W-TCPL library card in good standing and without sanctions. Ecards, provisional, and Take2 cards are not acceptable.

You must be 18 years of age or older to reserve the Harrison study room and the Taft study room at the Warren Library. The only requirement for individuals requesting to reserve other study rooms at any W-TCPL library is that the customer must be at least 13 years of age or older.

Reservation requests may be made in-person at or via telephone to the desired location, or online through the library’s website (see link above).

The individual who reserves the meeting or conference room must be present in the room that they reserved; please keep this in mind when reserving rooms for groups or club meetings, etc.

Yearbooks and annuals from many local schools can be found in the Local History & Genealogy Center located at the Main Library in Warren; search for a specific school name in the library’s online catalog. Branch libraries may have a copy of local yearbooks.

The W-TCPL Local History & Genealogy Center online “request form” can be found here. If you are looking for an obituary from the Tribune, check here for the Warren Tribune Chronicle Obituary Search.

Visit the Local History & Genealogy Center at the Main Library in Warren to use microfilm of Trumbull County newspapers from 1812-present. The Local History & Genealogy Center is not open on Sundays, and microfilm is not available on Sundays.

54% of the funding for the Warren-Trumbull County Public Library comes from the Public Library Fund. This fund is currently at 1.66 of the state’s general revenue. Monies are distributed to each of Ohio’s 88 counties for the libraries within the county. The W-TCPL also has three levies that bring in about 44% of our budget – a .4 mill continuing levy passed in 1995, a .6 mill continuing levy passed in 2006, and a .4 mill continuing levy passed in 2019. The rest of the money is from customer fines/fees and gifts/donations, etc.

No, there are seven independent public library systems in Trumbull County. The Warren-Trumbull County Public Library is the largest system, with a main library in Warren, branch locations in Brookfield, Cortland, the Eastwood Mall, Howland, Liberty, a bookmobile, and outreach service. There are six other libraries that are not part of the W-TCPL and are stand-alone entities.

We do not offer the opportunity for individuals to volunteer with our library system. We suggest that interested individuals join a “Friends of the Library” group. Friends groups are sometimes called upon to help with special activities planned at various library locations. The best volunteer effort you can give us is by using your public library often and being a supportive spokesperson on behalf of public libraries in your community!

A Gift Tribute form is available at all library locations. A minimum donation of $20 allows the library to purchase the most appropriate item for inclusion in its collection in memory or honor of an individual. Donors should suggest a particular subject area, and librarians will try to accommodate the request. A commemorative label will be affixed on items if possible.

Warren-Trumbull County Public Library locations accept limited donations of books, magazines, audiovisual materials, or other items; contact your library to inquire about donation guidelines and if they are currently accepting item donations.

Each library location is sent a limited quantity of state and federal tax forms at the beginning of each year. Also see www.irs.gov for federal forms and www.tax.Ohio.gov for state forms.