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Roswell Public Library Committee Looks at Overflow Crowds

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The Roswell Public LibraryThe Roswell Daily Record reports on a committee formed by the public library to discuss how to handle overflow crowds at library events, especially during the library’s Summer Reading Program. The room where events are held can ‘only’ accommodate 150 people, by order of the Fire Marshall,  and it fills up fast.

Sounds like a good problem to have, but Children’s Librarian Deanne Dekle points out that the library doesn’t have the budget to offer the programs more than once. And so the library has to turn away the 151st child who wants to be part of a summer reading event.

ABQ Journal: An ‘interesting turnabout’ at Los Griegos library

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Illustration of two girls in the night sky.

Mora, 10:33 p.m. by Bonnie Bryant. (Gouache on paper)

The Albuquerque Journal  reports on the exhibit Enchantment: A Collaboration of the SCBWI-NM Writers and Illustrators that is currently up at the Los Griegos Library in Albuquerque. The show features local writers and illustrators who are part of the New Mexico chapter of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. For this exhibit, the usual process was revered: the illustrators created the illustration first, and the writers wrote text to accompany it.

Give ¡Grande! NM Results for Libraries

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Give Grande NM Several of New Mexico’s non-profit  libraries benefited from Give ¡Grande! NM, the 24-hour online giving event that took place May 6th.

Here’s a run down:

Library

Number of Gifts

Total Amount
Captian Public Library 2 $100
El Pueblo de Abiquiu Library and Cultural Center 22 $1,095
El Rito Public Library 13 $750
Embudo Valley Tutoring & Embudo Valley Library 33 $1,940
Gila Valley Library 21 $3,330
Glenwood Community Library 3 $100
Vista Grande Public Library 34 $3,735

Even if you didn’t give as part of Give ¡Grande! NM, the libraries can use your donations! Please contact them directly for information on how to give.