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A Note from the Executive DirectorNew District Maintains FocusThere are soon to be three facilities serving residents of the Fort Collins Regional Library District (FCRLD), thanks to the citizens of northern Larimer County who recognized the need for stable library funding. They voted to create the Library District in 2006. The new funds pay for the current library services and will allow a new branch to open in March 2009. The Library District Board, staff and community volunteers are in the midst of a public planning process to determine how to best serve all parts of our new District. It will include meetings in the towns and regions that comprise our District to ensure we get the true picture of what our residents want from their library. I look forward to the opportunities we have to solicit ideas from residents in all parts of our District and to provide information about the services currently existing and those newly developing as a result of the stable funding residents provide. You may not realize you can:
Join the Circle of Knowledge (April 2008) Who would have thought back in the 1950s that text messaging, iPods, or satellite technology would be available to the average person? Yet, even with the increasing competition from on-line activities, video games, time spent watching the television, people in our community used the library in record numbers. In January 2008 nearly 193,000 items were checked out and in February nearly 185,000 items were put into patrons’ hands. Both were the highest ever for these months. The National Book Committee, a collaboration of the American Library Association and American Book Sellers, formed in 1954 to address a growing challenge…research showed that Americans were spending less on books and more on radios, televisions and musical instruments. “National Library Week” (NLW) was born out of this effort and is still observed at libraries throughout the U.S. each April. As a child growing up in the 1950s, the library played a large part in my life in rural California. Twice each month our small school of barely 100 kids would get on the school bus to go to the public library. I thought that being a librarian must be the best job in the world because of all the wonderful books that would surround me. I always had my nose in a book and my mother would have to order me to stop reading and go outside to play. After working in public libraries for 30 years, I still think it is the best job in the world! This year’s NLW theme is "Join the circle of knowledge @ your library." Go to www.fcgov.com/library, to find out all the great activities we’ve planned for this year’s NLW to be held April 13-19. Monthly Director's Report to the Library Board of Trustees 2008 April (PDF format/71K) March (PDF format/67K) February (PDF format/89K) |
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