As you have heard, PCCLD has been awarded the 2017 Four Star Library Award by the Library Journal. The LJ created the Library Journal Index of Public Libraries to recognize and promote excellent public libraries in America. This ranks PCCLD in the top 2.5 percent of more than 7,400 libraries across the nation. Last year, PCCLD was awarded a Three Star Library award.
We are excited to share this award with the public on Wednesday, Dec. 13!
To help celebrate and communicate this award with our patrons, each branch will be receiving Four Star Library bookmarks and stickers to hand out, and a over-sized poster to display. These items will arrive in the totes either late today or tomorrow morning. There will also be a highlight on our website, a short promo video on Facebook (please feel free to share!), a new email signature for staff to use, and will be featured on a panel in the cafe area at Rawlings.
We hope you are excited to share this amazing news with our patrons! If there are any questions please let me know.
Here is additional information about the award:
To be a Star Library, each library is rated across five per capita measures: visits, circulation, program attendance, public computer usage and items checked out electronically. The data is reviewed and rated against peer library performance. PCCLD scored high in multiple categories.
Eight libraries in Colorado received a star award. San Miguel Library in Telluride was awarded five stars, La Veta (like PCCLD) received four stars, and Pikes Peak Library District (El Paso County), Denver Public Library, La Junta Library, Arapahoe Library District and Ridgeway Library each received three stars.
Click on this link for more info, http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2017/12/managing-libraries/lj-index/class-of-2017/americas-star-libraries-top-rated-libraries-lj-index-2017/#_.
We are excited to share this award with the public on Wednesday, Dec. 13!
To help celebrate and communicate this award with our patrons, each branch will be receiving Four Star Library bookmarks and stickers to hand out, and a over-sized poster to display. These items will arrive in the totes either late today or tomorrow morning. There will also be a highlight on our website, a short promo video on Facebook (please feel free to share!), a new email signature for staff to use, and will be featured on a panel in the cafe area at Rawlings.
We hope you are excited to share this amazing news with our patrons! If there are any questions please let me know.
Here is additional information about the award:
To be a Star Library, each library is rated across five per capita measures: visits, circulation, program attendance, public computer usage and items checked out electronically. The data is reviewed and rated against peer library performance. PCCLD scored high in multiple categories.
Eight libraries in Colorado received a star award. San Miguel Library in Telluride was awarded five stars, La Veta (like PCCLD) received four stars, and Pikes Peak Library District (El Paso County), Denver Public Library, La Junta Library, Arapahoe Library District and Ridgeway Library each received three stars.
Click on this link for more info, http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2017/12/managing-libraries/lj-index/class-of-2017/americas-star-libraries-top-rated-libraries-lj-index-2017/#_.