Library to Launch Campaign with Public Celebration

The Tompkins County Public Library Foundation will launch “The Campaign for a 21^st Century Library:  Books and Beyond in the Digital Age,” November 15 from 5 to 7 p.m. with a public celebration featuring best-selling author and syndicated columnist Amy Dickinson and poet, essayist and Cornell University Professor Emeritus Kenneth McClane.

Participants are invited to learn about the campaign goals, discover what a 21^st Century Library looks like, meet the community leaders serving as campaign co-chairs and enjoy literary-themed refreshments.

According to Library Director Susan Currie, the campaign will allow TCPL to meet the evolving needs of the community and position the Library as a center for community connection and personal growth.

“This is a defining moment for public libraries,” Currie said.  “The ways in which our community needs the library are changing, and we must respond.   To flourish, people need lifelong access to an ever-increasing and ever-changing body of knowledge and tools and skills to make the most of it.”

The campaign launch is free and open to the public.  Special programming will be provided for children ages four and up.

For more information, visit http://www.tcplfoundation.org/#!.  To RSVP, contact Josiah Jacobus Parker at (607) 272-4557 extension 261 or jjacobusparker@tcpl.org.