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Congratulations to Duchesne County Library for earning the Quality Library Award for 2024. This prestigious award recognizes Utah libraries that go above and beyond. “Applying for the Quality Library Award pushed us beyond our comfort zone, particularly in online marketing,” said Library Director Dan Mauchley, explaining what the recognition means to him and his team. “We view the qualifications for …
Congratulations to Smithfield Public 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. From a temporary reading room in a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints meeting house in 1915, to now – Smithfield citizens have a rich history of prioritizing library services. …
Congratulations Minersville Public Library for earning the 2024 Quality Library Award! This prestigious award recognizes Utah libraries that go above and beyond. “Minersville Public Library is the heart of our town, a welcoming hub for everyone from toddlers to seniors,” says Library Director Shannon Terry. “It’s a place where kids discover the magic of reading, teens find resources and support, …
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 …
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 …
by Faye D. Fischer “One who believes that he has mastered the art of horsemanship has not yet begun to understand the horse.” Author Unknown Horses. A strange but accurate place to start a history of the Utah State Library. The library’s beginnings can be traced back to a renovated livery/coach house behind the Kearns Mansion. Early histories of the …
by Faye D. Fischer Preface: Every library has a ghost story. The State Library is no exception. The following is an adaptation of true events. Some liberty has been taken, but many of the staff walk a little faster past the stacks at dusk and dawn or report feeling like they are being watched when they work late at night. …