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#GCPLBuilds: Moving forward with construction projects

by Ed Worso | August 8, 2018 | #GCPLBuilds, Director's Blog | 0 Comments

Editor's note: The following column is an excerpt from Ed Worso's cover story in the forthcoming Fall 2018 issue of Lines & Links, scheduled to be mailed in late August. We are rolling right along renovating existing facilities and building two new...

GCPL’s Chardon Branch: Future building and renovation plans

by Ed Worso | July 8, 2018 | #GCPLBuilds, Chardon, Director's Blog | 0 Comments

Many people have asked about our plans for the Chardon Branch. The short answer is we want to build a new Chardon Branch on the Chardon Square. But, there is a longer answer that I will tackle now. As written in a 1971 profile of Geauga County Public Library, “In...

#GCPLBuilds June 2018 update: Donley’s, Perkins & Will, and CBLH begin planning

by Ed Worso | June 26, 2018 | #GCPLBuilds, Director's Blog | 0 Comments

The Geauga County Public Library Board of Trustees approved the recommendation of the selection committee to engage the services of Donley’s as our Construction Manager at Risk for all building renovations and the construction of the two new buildings in Bainbridge...

How Geauga County Public Library serves senior citizens

by Ed Worso | June 6, 2018 | Director's Blog | 0 Comments

GCPL is committed to providing a welcoming environment where people of all ages can engage, connect and be inspired. All our locations and departments value our senior citizens and work to offer a collection and programming that appeals to this segment of our patrons....

Gratitude and the 2017 annual report

by Ed Worso | May 7, 2018 | Director's Blog | 0 Comments

In 2017 as a New Year’s Resolution, my wife and I began each day with gratitude exercises. I bet many of you regularly perform similar actions. We are grateful for a lovely morning sun, an unusual avian visitor, the comfort of a cozy fire with a cup of coffee in the...

Strategic planning: Taking direction from Geauga County citizens

by Ed Worso | March 19, 2018 | Director's Blog | 0 Comments

Strategic planning: What Geauga citizens desire from a library Geauga County Public Library embarked on a formal strategic planning process late last year. Since then, we’ve been reaching out to the communities throughout Geauga County, gathering citizens’ ideas and...

GCPL begins strategic planning. We want to hear from you.

by Ed Worso | January 10, 2018 | Director's Blog, Strategic Planning | 0 Comments

As 2018 gets underway, GCPL is engaging the community in an active strategic planning process. This project has been on my mind since I was hired in 2015. What kind of a community do our patrons want? How can GCPL facilitate those desires? When voters passed the bond...

The next steps

by Ed Worso | December 20, 2017 | Director's Blog | 0 Comments

With the election results certified, perhaps some of you are asking the same question that many of us, the library staff, are asking: What’s next? Acquisition of the funding The Library will issue a bank qualified short-term note before year-end 2017. By delineating a...

Thank you! The bond issue passage is official

by Ed Worso | November 29, 2017 | Director's Blog | 0 Comments

Thank you to the voters of Geauga County! Thank you to the volunteers, staff and board of trustees who put forth your time and effort to make this happen for the community. While I have personally worked on this issue for more than 18 months, the process itself...

What a night

by Ed Worso | November 8, 2017 | Bond Issue, Director's Blog | 0 Comments

Though the numbers are unofficial at the moment, it looks like the community has voted to support the library bond issue. Thank you to the voters of Geauga County! Thank you to the volunteers, staff and Board of Trustees who put forth your time and effort to make this...

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August 19, 2018

Looking to get crafty today? Head to Geauga West for "It's for the birds card class." https://t.co/iiXFn04rE5 The fun starts at 1:15 p.m. $10 materials fee.

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August 19, 2018

#amreading "Flights" by Olga Tokarczuk https://t.co/c11rcM2hY1 @OverDriveLibs

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August 18, 2018

Lost Neil Young and Joni Mitchell concert recordings uncovered by archivists https://t.co/BSwbPzlwsw

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August 18, 2018

Well, there's an even better deal at your library. Just sayin'...