To the editor:
My passion for literature drew me to run for the post of Library Trustee in 2008, but the library is so much more than a collection of books. Over the last nine years, we have seen the collection grow and the number of patrons visiting our library increase. People come to borrow the books, and a whole lot more: CDs and DVDs, magazines and newspapers, yard games, a telescope, museum passes. Even as I write this, the list is growing!
Trustees support the implementation of programs for all by overseeing the library budget and policy decisions.
Children come to play in the Children’s Room, listen to stories, and participate in craft programs. Teens enjoy their own space and appropriate programs led by a full-time librarian who even works late during January and June exam time to allow students to access the library ‘til 11 p.m., a very popular program.
Our Westborough Room and its dedicated librarian have peered into Westborough’s past with amazing results that have been catalogued locally and on the state level, adding much to the Westborough 300th birthday.
Programs for adults run from book clubs and movies to learning lectures. Live authors visit to share their works. All are free and open to the public.
Digital technology enables patrons to obtain homework help, utilize variety of data bases and follow their favorite magazines at no additional cost.
We have a library director to pull it all together, keep us current in the world of libraries, and secure grants to enhance our financial resources and spearhead a plan for the future of our library as a hub of the town. We hope to receive a state grant to expand the library and its infrastructure to meet the ever-growing needs of our citizens for more access to technology, more meeting space, larger specialty rooms, and additional computer and technical equipment to accommodate the growing population of the town and its varying needs.
Over the past three terms as a trustee, I have served as secretary and as a member of the Library Building Committee. In this role, we have studied other libraries and their programs to enable us to provide you with the most up-to-date library possible. I would appreciate your vote to allow me to continue to work on your behalf for the library and its programs.
Sincerely,
Dorothy Mello
