Library expands home-delivery program to short-term patrons and adds tech help
Reading Public Library trustees heard that the home-delivery program now serves about 18 steady patrons and volunteers completed 124 deliveries in FY26; staff plan to expand intake, volunteer training and offer targeted tech-help appointments.
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Reading Public Library Director Amy Lannon told trustees the library'run home delivery program, historically for permanently homebound patrons, is being expanded to serve people with temporary mobility limits — for example, recuperating from surgery — and caregivers who cannot leave home. "We have 18 current steady patrons," Lannon said, and volunteers completed 124 home deliveries in FY26.
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