Glendale proclaims National Library Week; trust highlights bookmobile, summer reading and makerspace

At the April 1 meeting the Glendale City Council proclaimed April 6–12, 2025, as National Library Week.

Lehi Pilado Rosada, introduced as Glendale’s Library Arts and Culture director, and Joan Zierhut, president of the Glendale Library Arts and Culture Trust, accepted the proclamation and summarized the Trust’s role in funding library programs. Zierhut said the trust funds performers and materials that support the library’s eight branches and highlighted the Summer Reading Program; she said "last summer our community logged over 250,000 of reading throughout the summer." She also reported that the Trust funded approximately 900 titles for the new bookmobile and described makerspace equipment offered at library branches.

Rosada described library usage numbers in the presentation: the library system receives more than 600,000 visitors a year and has roughly 95,000 cardholders, remarks included in the council record. The trust president noted Reflect Space Gallery programming, makerspace services (3D printers, sewing machines, a memory lab) and the bookmobile’s circulation at local parks.

The proclamation is ceremonial; staff and Trust leaders said the Trust’s fundraising and program support provide material and programming to supplement the library department’s services. Council members and the Trust invited residents to the library’s National Library Week activities and to visit the bookmobile and makerspace offerings during April.