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City Librarian Marcellus Turner answers questions at a community meeting at the Beacon Hill Branch on Jan. 14, 2012.

City Librarian Marcellus Turner answers questions at a community meeting at the Beacon Hill Branch on Jan. 14, 2012.

 

 

Thank you for sharing your thoughts with the Library

 

The Library's public comment period for receiving input on service priorities ended Feb. 5, 2012. We appreciate the more than 4,800 people who took the time to offer comments online or at community meetings over the last two months. All comments are now being reviewed and will help shape recommendations on a potential Library improvement plan.

 

 

To stay informed on the process, please sign up here. Your continued involvement is crucial to ensuring Library services meet the needs of patrons now and into the future.

Commnity Meeting at the Central Library

Some of the nearly 200 participants who attended the Jan. 7, 2012, Central Library meeting vote on priorities for Library hours, the collection of books and materials, enhancing computers and online resources, and keeping up with building maintenance.

Community Meeting at Beacon Hill Branch

Residents select their top priorities for services by placing stickers on poster boards at a meeting at the Beacon Hill Branch on Jan. 14, 2012.

  

Community Meeting at the Northeast Branch

Patrons are eager to share their views on Library services at the meeting at the Northeast Branch on Jan. 28, 2012.

 

Libraries for All : A Plan for the Present, a Foundation for the Future

Our libraries ARE HEAVILY USED BY OUR COMMUNITY.

 

In 2010, there were nearly 7 million patron visits to the Central Library and branch libraries. There were another 7,254,802 virtual visits.
 

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Questions? Contact the Library or call us at 206-386-4636.