Update: On Friday, February 5th, there will be a legislative breakfast at the library meeting room for 8 to 9:00. Here’s a chance to meet our Representatives. Contact the Library for more information. Event sponsored by the Friends of the Library.
Per Jean Langley, Library director: Senator James Eldridge and Senator Karen Spilka, Cristina Frank from Rep. McNaughton’s office, Representatives Carolyn Dykema and Danielle Gregoire and librarians, trustees, and Friends from surrounding communities (especially those represented by the legislators above), as well as local officials and the general public will be attending. Senators and Representatives will have the opportunity to speak. The event is from 8 a.m. to approximately 9:00 a.m., before the library opens for service for the day. This is a great opportunity for people who use their library, whether it be for borrowing printed books or audiobooks, using public computers or our wireless Internet access, meeting in one of the meeting rooms, attending programs, or finding a spot to get some work done — to thank legislators for their continued support.
This sounds like a great idea. Who from our legislative branch will be attending?
In addition to Mike Long’s question about which legilators will
be participating, will there be an opportunity for citizens to ask questions of our legislators?
Senator James Eldridge and Senator Karen Spilka, Cristina Frank from Rep. Naughton’s office, Representatives Carolyn Dykema and Danielle Gregoire and librarians, trustees, and Friends from surrounding communities (especially those represented by the legislators above), as well as local officials and the general public will be attending. Senators and Representatives will have the opportunity to speak. The event is from 8 a.m. to approximately 9:00 a.m., before the library opens for service for the day.
This event is open to the public, and the focus will be on libraries. State funding helps citizens from the small towns as well as the large cities have access to the collections of libraries across the state, and provides 24-hr. access to reference databases and electronic copies of newspaper and magazines articles online. Northborough’s beautiful, and very well-used new library, was funded in part by a grant through the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, a state agency. This is a great opportunity for people who use their library, whether it be for borrowing printed books or audiobooks, using public computers or our wireless Internet access, meeting in one of the meeting rooms, attending programs, or finding a spot to get some work done — to thank legislators for their continued support.
I am looking forward to thanking of our legislative delegation as well as those from the surrounding towns and asking for thier continued funding support. Public Libraries are tremendous assets to a community.
If anyone wants to talk about the PAYT program while we are there, seek me out.
Nice event with great attendance and support from local legislators!