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Library reports archives access work and Friends group prepares holiday collections
Summary
Staff said the library’s local history room holds donated collections and that the library has partnered with an external California archival service to publish materials online; Friends of the Library will collect items for holiday baskets and help with an open-house event.
Staff updated the committee on the library's local history room and a partnership to make archival materials publicly available online. The staff member said the library partnered with a California archival service (name not specified in the transcript) so much of the local material is accessible on a public forum, though many items remain undigitized.
"We partnered with them, and so, essentially, all of our material went on to a public forum so that everybody can look it up and... it's free," the staff member said, adding that full digitization is ongoing and some older items are missing.
Separately, the Friends of the Library said they will start collecting items for holiday baskets and plan a food-and-cookie open-house event; volunteers were asked to prepare donations and decorations ahead of the season.
Committee members expressed appreciation for the archival access and the Friends' fundraising plans.
