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Congratulations to Highland City Library for earning the 2024 Quality Library Award! This is a major recognition for Utah libraries that show exceptional dedication and service to their communities. Opening in 2008 with a collection of 25,000 books, this library now offers over 40,000 items and 200,000 ebooks and audiobooks through the Beehive Library Consortium. Patrons also have access to …
North Logan Library staff members Heidi Taylor and Seth Huber wrap up the Summer Reading Social.
Congratulations to Gunnison Civic Library for earning the Quality Library Award for 2024. The Quality Library Award is presented to Utah libraries that go above and beyond. Gunnison is a small town in Sanpete County with a population of around 3,500 people. Libraries play a particularly vital role in small towns, often serving as essential community hubs. Gunnison Civic Library …
Congratulations to Helper City Library for earning the Quality Library Award for 2024. The Quality Library Award is presented to Utah libraries that go above and beyond. In a town with a population of around 2,200, Helper City Library is essential to the community. The library is part of the Utah State Library Beehive Library Consortium, offering access to research …
Visiting schools, senior citizen centers, and neighborhoods, our four bookmobiles deliver library services to our rural patrons in Garfield, Kane, Piute, Iron, Sanpete, Sevier, Wayne, and Utah counties. Our bookmobile headquarters offer free Wi-Fi, computers, study spaces, and host story times and fun children’s activities. The bookmobile program at the Utah State Library has been improving the quality of life …
Congratulations to Tremonton City Library for earning the Quality Library Award for 2024. The Quality Library Award is presented to Utah libraries that go above and beyond. “This shows that all our efforts to serve the community we live in is important and worthwhile. I love that the staff get this recognition for all their hard work and dedication.” says …
This year, a record number of libraries were awarded the Quality Library Award. This prestigious award is presented to Utah libraries that exhibit exemplary standards in multiple facets of library service, including a commitment to serving patrons and enhancing the quality of life in their communities. Congratulations to the 28 Utah libraries awarded the Quality Library Award for outstanding service …
The library in Bicknell, the Tri-County Bookmobile headquarters, offers free wi-fi, computers, and about 20,000 items to check out for the 300 residents of Bicknell, Utah. It’s also home to The Flower Puff Girls and their queen, Bumbelina. Amber Fullerton, the Tri-County bookmobile headquarters librarian, finds unique opportunities to enrich her patron’s lives. She sees the bookmobile headquarters as a …
Did you know you could check out a meat grinder from the library? Or that your kid could learn coding from a robot? Libraries are fulfilling community needs like never before thanks to grants from the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Library Services and Technology Act. A big part of the work we do at the Utah State …
Libraries are so much more than books. Sometimes, libraries are homes to guinea pigs and stray cats, but sorry, you can’t check them out. Meet Cosmo, Moab’s famous library cat When a stray cat sauntered into Grand County Public Library’s Moab branch nobody knew he was applying for a job. He was a cat on a mission, slipping inside the …
April 23-29 is National Library Week – a time set apart to celebrate and promote everything libraries mean to our communities. Here are some of the reasons our staff at the Utah State Library think that libraries are worth celebrating. “I grew up in Murray, and when I was a kid, I used to ride my bike to the old library on …