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Thomas Balch Library reports 3,200 visits in January, previews exhibits and staffing changes
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Library Director Laura Christians reported about 3,200 visits in January, upcoming exhibits and programs, ongoing staff training, and progress toward filling a cataloging and reference librarian position and seasonal intern slots.
Laura Christians, the Thomas Balch Library director, told the commission that the library recorded about 3,200 visits in January despite a snow closure.
"We still had about 3,200 people through the library," Christians said, noting a higher-than-usual number of research visitors and school groups drawn by a traveling exhibit and student artwork displays.
The library will host new exhibits in February, including a Mercer Room case exhibit produced by the Black History Committee and the Witherhin and Peabody Heritage Area Association about a Black loyalist in the American Revolution. Christians said…
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