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Greetings!
What are you thankful for this year? Looking back this year, I think there are a few things that stick out to me. I know that I'll forget something...but here are a few that I'm still thinking about! I appreciate our wonderful library staff and volunteers who have made the Monterey Public Library the "best of Monterey County" for 16 consecutive years.
We replaced our Bookmobile this year with a new vehicle and added new stops to our rotation. The Bookmobile visits senior living, preschools, schools, and different neighborhoods in the community.
We added Monday afternoon hours back to the Library. This increased us to 6 days per service, and allowed the library to open our doors to students who often waited outside a closed library on Mondays.
We updated some of our physical spaces - the Children's area of the Library added new movable shelving, a quiet sensory space, along with child appropriate computers and furniture. We've updated our community room space, and also added two new privacy booths in the library.
We created digital collections of historic Monterey photos, and continued our preservation efforts in the California History Room.
I look forward to 2025 and collaborating with the community to keep the library focused on the past, present, and the future!
Happy holidays & cheers everyone.
Warmly~
Brian
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