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Escondido library reports steady visits at mall sites; collection budgets and Link+ funding face uncertainty

5382818 · July 14, 2025
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Library director reported that visits and circulation at temporary mall locations are holding steady, the collection budget will propose modest increases to Hoopla and Libby/OverDrive allocations, and a $5,000 Society of American Archivists grant will support a Latino oral history project in the Pioneer Room.

Reno, the Escondido library director, told the Board of Trustees that visitor counts and circulation at the library's temporary mall locations are close to levels seen at the main library and that staff expect clearer trends after June data are fully processed.

"Even with the challenges of communication, getting people to know that we have moved, we are still open, we are at the mall, where we are at the mall, where to park, all those challenges, we are still seeing a pretty close attendance level," Reno…

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