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Shklo Library reports record checkouts, expands digital and on-site services
Summary
Patricia Best told the Ferguson Township Board that township residents checked out 93,926 physical items Jan.–Aug. 2025 (29.85% of COG usage), highlighted a new public-computing system called 'Cassie', an Overdrive Magazines subscription, a donor-funded reader's garden and strong summer-reading participation.
Patricia Best, presenting the Shklo Library report, said Ferguson Township residents checked out 93,926 physical items between January and August 2025 — about 29.85% of Center Region COG circulation — and that remote book-drop returns totaled roughly 22,716 across three locations.
Best highlighted a new public-computing and printing system she called "Cassie," which enables prepaid, self-serve printing and mobile-device printing at the…
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