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Thinking Spring

by Ed Worso | April 5, 2021 | Club Ink, Director's Blog | 0 Comments

Warmer weather and green means the return of spring! If you are like my family, you have started your early vegetables from seeds and they are well on their way. Every year we introduce something new to the vegetable garden and this year is no different. Last year we...

Looking Ahead

by Ed Worso | October 5, 2020 | Director's Blog | 0 Comments

We at GCPL have been doing our best to adapt our services to these truly unprecedented and trying times. We appreciate your patience and flexibility. Construction on the new Bainbridge and Thompson Branches continues. We look forward to unveiling these new buildings...

“Why can’t I go into my library branch?”

by Ed Worso | May 20, 2020 | Director's Blog | 0 Comments

GCPL Director Ed wrote the following blog post in response to recent patron inquiries: The question has been asked “Why can’t I go into my library branch?” The first reason is that we are minimally staffed with very limited hours. The staff that are present are...

Bainbridge Herb Garden

by Ed Worso | November 1, 2019 | #GCPLBuilds, Director's Blog | 0 Comments

I have gotten many questions recently about the preservation of the herb garden at Bainbridge. It’s a good opportunity to share some history and answer this question. The Chagrin Valley Herb Society began an herb garden on a portion of land between the current...

New Library Construction Update

by Ed Worso | September 12, 2019 | #GCPLBuilds, Director's Blog | 0 Comments

Construction on the two new library buildings will break ground October 11. The final drawings are complete, the schedules are laid out, and we have a good timeline for completion of both Bainbridge and Thompson in 2020. There is an official groundbreaking...

Service

by Ed Worso | August 30, 2019 | Director's Blog | 0 Comments

It takes a certain kind of person to provide service to the public. Not everyone can handle it and fewer still can handle it for more than a decade. People will say to me, “Oh you work at the library! You must get to read tons of books!” Or they think, “I...

Geauga County Fair Book Sale to Benefit Library Mobile Services

by Ed Worso | August 23, 2019 | Director's Blog | 0 Comments

The Geauga County Public Library, the Geauga County Library Foundation and Friends of the Geauga County Public Library are collaborating to host the Geauga County Fair Book Sale. 100% of the proceeds go towards funding Mobile Services programming,...

#GCPL Builds: Bainbridge lot is cleared

by Ed Worso | March 21, 2019 | #GCPLBuilds, Bainbridge, Director's Blog | 0 Comments

#GCPLBuilds: And so it beginsThe Bainbridge library construction project has officially started! The crews were out mindfully and precisely clearing the vegetation for the site of the new building. Most of the vegetation was invasive species: honeysuckle,...

#GCPLBuilds: Thompson property issues; planning for the unplanned

by Ed Worso | March 6, 2019 | #GCPLBuilds, Bond Issue, Director's Blog, Thompson | 0 Comments

We all do the best with the information available to us at the time. We have a plan of action and we are on the track toward the end goal, but something happens to the track and we have to reassess. It’s problem-solving 101. As has been reported, GCPL is...

Digital books and audio: Great for on-the-go people who value simplicity

by Ed Worso | February 22, 2019 | Club Ink, Digital books, Director's Blog, hoopla, Overdrive | 0 Comments

Want stories without the weight of a bag of books? Check out the digital collection at GCPL. The ease of streaming and downloading materials has been steadily improving over the past decade, and now, a vast storehouse of work from your favorite authors is...

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