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January 30, 2006 Laura Bush Presents Nation's Top Library Award to Saint Paul Public Library
Mrs. Laura Bush said, "We are so proud of these libraries and museums. They are centers of excellence that reach out to everyone in their communities. They are lifetime partners in discovery, imagination, and learning that we can call on again and again throughout our lives." As the city has experienced tremendous demographic changes in the last two decades, the Saint Paul library system, with its central library, 12 neighborhood branches, bookmobile and Web site presence, has learned to anticipate and respond to the community's needs, serving the populace in all its diversity. Along with its service to teens, seniors, small-business owners, and the deaf and hard-of-hearing, the library aims to be the doorway to reading and information for people of all ages and backgrounds. Some of these services include Homework Centers targeting teens, the Read With Me program offering first, second, and third graders a chance to be paired with a tutor for one-to-one help, and adult literary programs and computer training. (Photo: Left to right: Mary Chute, Acting Director, Institute of Museum and Library Services; Kathleen Flynn, Saint Paul Public Library Director; Urban Library Program participant and library science Masters student Regina Harris; First Lady Laura Bush. Photo by Steven E. Purcell. Copyright 2002-2008, Saint Paul Public Library - 90 W. 4th Saint Paul, MN 55102 Melanie Huggins, Library Director | Library Board Webmaster: SPPLWeb@ci.stpaul.mn.us | |
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Mrs. Laura Bush presented the 2005 National Awards for Museum and Library Service to three libraries and three museums, including the Saint Paul Public Library, in a White House ceremony on Monday, January 30. The awards are conferred annually by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.