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Library reports rising usage, Wi-Fi upgrades and $385,000 state aid tied to municipal appropriations
Summary
Library Director Olivia Mello told the City Council that circulation, digital downloads and Wi-Fi use are up across the city's library system and that recent high-speed Wi-Fi wiring was funded with state aid; the library also received about $385,000 in state aid this year tied to statutory municipal-appropriation rules.
Olivia Mello, director of library services, told the City Council that New Bedford's public libraries have seen rising usage in both physical and digital services. She said the system circulated roughly 172,000 items last year, with digital downloads increasing from about 50,700 to 76,670 over three years, and that door counts and meeting-room use have risen sharply.
Mello said the library…
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