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Library board reports recovery from COVID, growth in student library cards and looming capital needs
Summary
The Oregon City Public Library advisory board highlighted a return to pre‑COVID activity, a student card program that added more than 2,500 cards, plans for book lockers and a mobile library, and staffing and capital challenges including an HVAC replacement estimated at over $1 million.
The Oregon City Public Library advisory board presented an annual update to the City Commission, reporting restored usage levels, a student library card initiative and capital needs.
David Goldberg, chair of the Oregon City Public Library advisory board, told the commission the library's activity is back to pre‑COVID levels. He said the library led a pilot with the school district so that "every student in the Oregon City public schools [with parental consent] get a library card," and that the…
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