The Eastern Shore Public Library’s summer reading program received some special help from BB&T volunteers through their Lighthouse Project.
Coady Receives Library Trustee of the Year Award
Mcmath and Bloxom Honored for Library Capital Campaign Support
Eastern Shore Public Library Awarded $5,000 Grant from PNC Foundation
Nora Roberts Foundation Awards Grant for New Shore Library
Perdue Foundation Commits $100,000 to Support Campaign
Chincoteague Resident Joins Library Foundation
Eastern Shore Public Library Holds Children’s Event at Future Location
Eastville Resident Joins Library Foundation
Friends of the CCML Support ESPL!
The Friends of the Cape Charles Memorial Library recently made a generous donation to the ESPL Foundation.
Library Friends Raise Money for New Regional Library
Request for Proposals #292
Perdue Foundation Grant Supports ESPL Foundation
ACCOMAC, VA. (Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016) – The Eastern Shore Public Library Foundation recently received a $20,000 grant from The Franklin P. and Arthur W. Perdue Foundation to support the library’s new building in Parksley, Va. The Perdue Foundation grant will help fund, in part, interactive components in a new children’s room.
Nassawadox Friends Support New Regional Library
Libraries are Relevant
Libraries are as relevant today as ever. As Laura Bush said, “I have found the most valuable thing in my wallet is my library card”.
In a study called “How Americans Value Public Libraries in Their Communities”, the Pew Research Center found that Americans strongly value the role of public libraries in their communities, both for providing access to materials and resources and for promoting literacy and improving the overall quality of life.
Reading is Critical for Child Development
Albert Einstein was asked once how we could make our children intelligent. His reply was both simple and wise. “If you want your children to be intelligent,” he said, “read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.” He understood the value of reading, and of imagining.
Do We Still Need Libraries
Franklin Delano Roosevelt said “Libraries are … essential to the functioning of a democratic society … libraries are the great symbols of the freedom of the mind”. In a time of great change, when the relevance of libraries is under fire, his words still ring true. We need to remember that the support of a free, democratic society is perhaps the primary purpose of a public library.
The Value of Libraries
Libraries are very different today than they were when I was growing up or getting my education. I have entered my seventh decade and there is little to remind me of the libraries I used long ago. Libraries are different, but they have changed to meet the needs of the public. Libraries today are transforming communities.