Title
Special Recognition - Proclamation Recognizing the 50th Anniversary of the Friends of the Olympia Library
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
Not referred to a committee
City Manager Recommendation:
Recognize the 50th Anniversary of the Friends of the Olympia Library.
Report
Issue:
Whether to recognize the 50th Anniversary of the Friends of the Olympia Library.
Staff Contact:
Kellie Purce Braseth, Strategic Communications Director, City Manager Office, 360.753.8361
Presenter(s):
Kellie Purce Braseth, Strategic Communications Director
Background and Analysis:
The Friends of the Olympia Library was established in 1973 in the belief that excellent library service is important and adds to the quality of life in the community. Their stated mission is “to support, promote and augment the operations of the Olympia Library.” And over the course of its existence, the volunteers that make up this organization have helped to put books in numerous classrooms and in the hands of families and individual across the Olympia community.
April marks the 50th Anniversary of the Friends of the Olympia Library organization.
Climate Analysis:
No climate impacts were evident.
Equity Analysis:
Public libraries are an open and accessible source of books and other resources for the interest, information, and enlightenment of all people of the community. The American Library Association holds that “It is in the public interest for publishers and librarians to make available the widest diversity of views and expressions, including those that are unorthodox, unpopular, or considered dangerous by the majority.”
Attachments:
Proclamation