| PCL Celebrates 1st Birthday July 1 |  Has it already been a year? It may be hard to remember, but one year ago the fate of Providence's neighborhood libraries was uncertain. Providence Community Library was planning to take over management of the nine libraries to keep them all open for the benefit of all the people of Providence, but there remained a number of critical issues that still had to be addressed. Luckily for all, and thanks to the hard work of many, those issues were successfully dealt with and our nine neighborhood libraries all opened their doors on July 1, 2009.
To celebrate that anniversary, Thursday, July 1 will be an Amnesty Day for overdue materials. Patrons can return overdue materials and the PCL Library Police will waive late fees.
And what's a birthday without cake? Even better, what's a birthday without 9 cakes? There will be celebrations the afternoon of July 1 at each neighborhood library, with simultaneous cutting of birthday cakes at 4:30. For more information about specific events happening at your neighborhood library July 1, visit PCL's event calendar. |
| PCL Founding Board Members: RI Library Association Trustees of the Year |
PCL President Marcus Mitchell, Vice President Patricia Raub, Secretary Linda Kushner, and Treasurer Ellen Schwartz were honored by the Rhode Island Library Association last month with the presentation of RILA's Trustee of the Year Award. These four tireless volunteers were recognized for their years of hard work ensuring that the people of Providence are able to receive quality library services throughout the city. Congratulations Marcus, Patricia, Linda, and Ellen! |
| PCL Welcomes Michelle Novello as a Program Coordinator |
 PCL is excited to announce that we have hired Michelle Novello for the new position of Program Coordinator. Michelle was the founder and first executive director of the acclaimed Riverzedge Arts Project in Woonsocket. Riverzedge is a socially focused non-profit organization that benefits at-risk teens through a rigorous and comprehensive after-school/summer paid arts-apprenticeship. During Michelle's tenure there, Riverzedge received recognition nationally for its effectiveness in working with at-risk youth and from the state, which chose RiverzEdge as a model to determine what exactly made that organization so effective in working with youth. At PCL Michelle will work to coordinate and expand the excellent programming already offered by PCL's librarians to children, youth and adults. Welcome Michelle!
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Summer Reading Program 2010
Make a Splash at the Library! |
What better state than the Ocean State to Make a Splash into Reading! Summertime is a fun time for readers of all ages! So enjoy the beach or the swimming pool and be sure to make a splash this summer at your local library.
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Help us fill our shelves by buying a book from one of our wishlists to donate to your neighborhood library!
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| DVD Drive |
| Providence Community Library wants to grow our DVD collection. We recently took advantage of local Blockbuster store closing sales by purchasing hundreds of marvelous DVDs at deeply discounted prices. You can help too! Please donate any gently used DVDs that are lying around the house. Just drop them off at any of our nine neighborhood libraries. | |
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THANK YOU SUPPORTERS!
Providence Community Library is excited and gratified by the outpouring of support that we have received during our first year operating Providence's nine neighborhood libraries. In addition to the major financial support provided by the City of Providence and the State of Rhode Island, more than 600 individuals, businesses, and foundations have donated more than $500,000 in cash and materials to PCL.
GTECH has provided new computer labs at Wanskuck, Mt. Pleasant and Fox Point. A fourth lab is scheduled be installed at Olneyville in September and a fifth at Smith Hill early next year, and we hope to continue this partnership with GTECH so that all of our libraries have dedicated computer labs for our youth patrons. The Providence Journal has passed on to PCL thousands of reviewer copies of books, cds, and dvds that have helped to enlarge our collections. In addition, countless patrons have donated materials directly to individual libraries.
When we asked the public to step up to the plate, you gave. We want to thank all of you who responded to our two fundraising appeals, who contributed to our fundraiser A Night at Knight, who volunteered your time, and who call our libraries home. It has been a wonderful first year.
We expect the future to be even better. |
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