Fulton Public Library was awarded an I2NY Library as Publisher Innovator Grant, an award funded by the NY 3Rs Association, Inc. The library will receive $5,000 for their project, entitled 'Community Memories.'
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| Fulton Public Library. Photo by Oswego County Today. |
The following description of the award was shamelessly lifted from the press release I found in my e-mail. (Shamelessly. I have no shame.)
The Fulton Memoir Project will engage the Fulton, NY community in writing memoirs focused around a community theme – for 2015, community service providers such as police and firefighters. The library will offer instruction on writing, hold a public reading of the stories written, and publish a collection of the best stories.
Betty Maute, Library Director at Fulton said their goal is to preserve the stories of Fulton's proud past to inspire those who will create its future. “This project brings together people who lived their lives in Fulton and never met. Some have developed new friendships, building a stronger sense of community. To see the faces of people reading their stories in public, their moment in the limelight … priceless.”
Meanwhile, Macsherry Library in Alexandria Bay was named one of Library Journal's Star Libraries of 2014.
From Library Journal: The LJ Index is a national rating system designed to recognize and promote America’s public libraries, to help improve the pool of nationally collected library statistics, and to encourage library self-evaluation.
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Keep up the good work, everyone!
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