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While work toward funding for a new building continued, the library was moved to the corner of Dunbar and Ulman Street in 1969* Then word was received that under the Library and Services Construction Act of 197^, Hancock County could receive $20^,000.00 if local funds of $136,1+00.00 could be obtained. On September 3, 197^, Waveland, Bay St. Louis, Hancock County, the Mississippi Library Commission, and the Library Board of Trustees signed an agreement to allocate the needed funds. The ground breaking was held on July 13, 1975, and the building was completed and formally dedicated on June 27, 1976.
Bookmobile service was begun in October of 1968, when the Mississippi Library Commission loaned a bookmobile on a six month trial basis. Response was overwhelming and in 197^ a new Dodge Traco Bookmobile was purchased and put into operation. It now serves nineteen communities in Hancock County.
The bookmobile used during the trial period was the beginning of full library service to Waveland, Mississippi. The vehicle was parked next to the Waveland Town Hall and opened July 21, 1969, as a branch library. In 1971, the Waveland Library moved into rooms in the Waveland City Hall. During 1975, while the new headquarters facility was being constructed in Bay St. Louis, Waveland officials completely remodelled a two room building on Coleman Avenue for the Waveland Library. This facility has a spacious children's room and and separate adult reading room. The formal dedication was held on July 3, 1976.
These three units of the Hancock County Library System look forward to continued growth in providing full library service to all residents of Hancock County.
Prima Wusnack, Director Hancock County Library System August 13, 1976