Public Library Appreciation Day

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Originally uploaded by South Carolina State Library

Yesterday, Feb. 11th, was Public Library Appreciation Day. Sharon Harvey, Friend of the Charleston County Library president, Jamie Thomas, Jim Letendre and I went to Columbia to both express our appreciation of the support we have received from the State Legislature and to highlight the increased roles that public libraries are playing in the lives of community members in these tough economic times.
We took posters, using the ALA Read software, for each of our 13 members of the Charleston Legislative Delegation, along with information packets about CCPL and our expanding usage. The posters look great and the delegation members were happy to come out of their session to speak with us briefly and receive them.

It was a good day and we'll be following up on these contacts, to spread the news about how hard you are working and how much we are valued by our patorns.