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Live Oak Public Libraries presents strategic plan and highlights literacy, partnerships and capital projects
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Live Oak Public Libraries Executive Director Lola DeWitt briefed the Chatham County Board of Commissioners on a new strategic plan emphasizing literacy, reported high summer program participation and outlined capital projects funded in part by county CIP dollars.
Lola DeWitt, executive director of Live Oak Public Libraries, told the Chatham County Board of Commissioners that the system concluded a yearlong strategic-planning process in October 2024 and is focusing its work on literacy, community engagement and better use of library spaces.
"For those of you who may not know, Live Oak Public Libraries serves Effingham, Chatham, and Liberty Counties, and we are one of the largest library systems in the state of Georgia," DeWitt said during the Sept. 2025 meeting. She said the plan resulted from more than 1,300 community responses and was developed with consultant Baton Global.
DeWitt highlighted several service metrics…
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