Blount County Public Library makes reading cool through social media domination Using a computer to make you want to pick up a hard copy book? Crazy. Backwards, even. But that's what the Blount County Public Library is good at it. Author: Shannon Smith Updated: 6:32 PM EDT June 30, 2021 MARYVILLE, Tenn. — "We're not just a, you know, quiet building full of books." To be fair, the Blount County Public Library does, in face, have a ton of books. But also tons of DVDs, audiobooks, concerts, parties, a café, workshops, classes, a farmers' market and everything in between. Sarah Smith's job at the library is to make sure people know about all these things through social media.