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Library director reports summer programming, mural and modest budget request as digital borrowing climbs
Summary
Library director Jason highlighted One Book One Buncombe programming and a postponed mural, said staff development will close branches May 7, and reported a modest budget increase request; county staff also reported adult digital circulation is about 50%.
Jason, the library director, gave the board a run-through of upcoming programs, facility updates and budget priorities, and board members pressed staff about rising digital use.
Jason announced One Book One Buncombe's selection, Happy Land by Dolan Perkins Valdez, and said the author will speak and sign books in Asheville on May 16 at Ferguson Auditorium at ABTE; free copies and digital formats will be available at library branches and via Libby. He also…
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