Book Sale Success

The annual Friends of the Library Book Sale was held last weekend and was a great success. Volunteers carried up 263 boxes of books to the Cooper Room and at the end of the sale, only 60 boxes were refilled. Those 60 boxes were donated to Brookings Rotary to be used in their literacy projects.

The amount made: $5487.50, which I believe is a record number for the FOL sale.

In case you missed the sale, there will be another one in late September/early October. Storage is getting tight for all the donated books so the Friends are trying two sales a year.

To become a member of Friends of the Library, ask for a membership form at the check out desk.

Elvita

It's all in the strategy.

Strategic planning isn't always the most exciting thing to do, but it is essential when an entity wants to improve and keep on track of those improvements.

The Brookings Public Library Board recently approved The Future @ your Library 2009-2013. This long-range plan, developed by a twelve member citizens committee, will further enhance the Library’s excellence for the next five years.

Among the goals set are increasing the promotion of the Library, continuing and expanding community partnerships, expanding the Library’s Internet bandwidth, increasing the number of Library card holders in the community, increasing the attendance at Library programs, adding downloadable audio, and assessing the needs of English as a Second Language users.

We're currently working on timetables for completion and then setting out to accomplish our goals. You'll hear and see more about this in the next few months.

To see a copy of the plan, ask at the checkout desk.

Elvita