Official opening March 11 for Palmerston library

The official opening of the renovated Palmerston library will be March 11.

Warden George Bridge announced the date of the opening at the Jan. 28 Wellington County council meeting.

A report from chief librarian Murray McCabe indicates the renovated library is to be ready by the end of February. Library staff is in the process of scheduling the move back from the temporary library location on Palmerston’s Main Street, as well as the arrival of new furnishings. The report states the plan is to have the new library open in time for March Break.

“That’s great News and the people of Palmerston are really looking forward to that,” said Bridge.

Circulation on the rise

 McCabe also reported the number of physical items borrowed from libraries across the county over the course of 2015 increased by three per cent over 2014. The number of e-books borrowed by patrons was up by over 13,000 items from the previous year for a total surpassing 66,000 electronic books.

 Chromebooks popular

The library’s partnership with the Upper Grand District School Board to lend out Chromebook computers to students started in May of 2015 with four of the 14 county libraries taking part in a successful pilot program. By the end of June library staff worked with the school board to deploy five Chromebooks from each of the county’s 14 libraries.

The libraries experiencing the most use were Drayton, Mount Forest, Palmerston and Clifford.

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