Library Security

Yup. There are now security personnel at the library. Valuable funds drained off of our budget that could have gone for books and programs. But safety and security are important too.

Part of our mission at the library is to provide a safe place for children and adults. The library needs to be safe and to seem safe with a minimum of intrusion on the intellectual pursuits of visitors. We had lost the ability to provide a safe atmosphere and so we have brought in a security firm to patrol the library in the afternoons when we are most impacted by youngsters too full of energy for the confined space of the library.

We have lost some adult library users over the issue of library security and we hope that by word of mouth they will learn of our added security and come back. All of our patrons are important to us.