LeRoy’s Librarian Director & K-12 LeRoy-Ostrander Librarian, Rhonda Lee Barnes with Pam O’Hara, MLIS the Information Services Librarian at Southeastern Libraries Cooperating (SELCO) taking time for a selfie at the State Capital!
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Preston’s Librarian Director, Beth Anderson, Senator Dan Sparks (DFL) District 27, LeRoy’s Librarian Director & K-12 LeRoy-Ostrander Librarian, Rhonda Lee Barnes, and SELCO’s Executive Director Ann Hutton
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R to L: SELCO’s Communication Specialist Jennifer Harveland, Rochester Public Library Foundation’s Executive Director Vicki Allen, LeRoy Public Library’s Librarian Director & K-12 Librarian for LeRoy-Ostrander Schools Rhonda Barnes, Representative Jeanne Poppe, SELCO’s Information Services Librarian Pam O’Hara,  Pine Island Librarian Director Rachel Gray

In meetings with legislators, library advocates discussed statewide library funding for public libraries as well as multiptypes (academic, school and special libraries). They also showcased Legacy projects throughout the region and talked about the request for Legacy funding this year. A key point of those conversations highlighted the fact that libraries already have a presence throughout the state and knowledge of their communities, meaning they can provide Arts and Cultural Heritage programming very efficiently to citizens throughout the state in rural and urban communities alike.
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