This year marks three important events.
The first was the 50th year anniversary of National Library Week from April 14 through April 18. The celebration, an initiative of the American Library Association, was a time to appreciate the contributions of libraries throughout the nation.
In an effort to promote the library, on April 16, library staff conducted tours of the building, pointing out historical facts and what goes on behind the scenes in staff areas.
The second important event this year is the 15th anniversary of the library becoming a tax district library. The majority of the library funding comes from tax dollars.
The Seymour Public Library District was established Jan. 1, 1993, when residents of the city of Auburn and the town of Owasco voted to join the tax district and elect a board of trustees to oversee it. Residents of the part of Sennett that is in the Auburn School District joined the library district two years later.
Even though the library district has existed for 15 years, some patrons still have questions about borrowing privileges.
People who live in the tax district have full borrowing privileges.
People who live outside the tax district but still within the Finger Lakes Library System are welcome to borrow materials, although there are restrictions on their borrowing privileges.
People who live outside of the tax district and outside the Finger Lakes Library System service area can pay an annual borrower's fee of $60 for the first household library card, and $5 for additional cards in the household.
The third important event this year, on a personal level, was my marriage to Rolf Mikkelson April 6. Rolf and I met in Dover, Del., while attending a meeting for work.
At the time, I was a library director in Dover, and Rolf supported library computers at a local community college. For six years, we had lived and worked within a few miles of each other, but never met. On our first date in 2005, he said,
“I'm glad to meet you, but I'm probably moving to Auburn. Auburn is about 330 miles north of here. I had a job interview there three days ago.”
The rest is history.
Sheila Mikkelson is the director of the Seymour Public.
In an effort to promote the library, on April 16, library staff conducted tours of the building, pointing out historical facts and what goes on behind the scenes in staff areas.
The second important event this year is the 15th anniversary of the library becoming a tax district library. The majority of the library funding comes from tax dollars.
The Seymour Public Library District was established Jan. 1, 1993, when residents of the city of Auburn and the town of Owasco voted to join the tax district and elect a board of trustees to oversee it. Residents of the part of Sennett that is in the Auburn School District joined the library district two years later.
Even though the library district has existed for 15 years, some patrons still have questions about borrowing privileges.
People who live in the tax district have full borrowing privileges.
People who live outside the tax district but still within the Finger Lakes Library System are welcome to borrow materials, although there are restrictions on their borrowing privileges.
People who live outside of the tax district and outside the Finger Lakes Library System service area can pay an annual borrower's fee of $60 for the first household library card, and $5 for additional cards in the household.
The third important event this year, on a personal level, was my marriage to Rolf Mikkelson April 6. Rolf and I met in Dover, Del., while attending a meeting for work.
At the time, I was a library director in Dover, and Rolf supported library computers at a local community college. For six years, we had lived and worked within a few miles of each other, but never met. On our first date in 2005, he said,
“I'm glad to meet you, but I'm probably moving to Auburn. Auburn is about 330 miles north of here. I had a job interview there three days ago.”
The rest is history.
Sheila Mikkelson is the director of the Seymour Public.
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