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award news

Thank You for Learning with Us

Published: November 29, 2011

County Board Chairman Christopher J. Zimmerman
presents the 2011 ABBIE award to
Library Director Diane Kresh.

For the third straight year, Arlington Public Library has been voted the “Best Place to Learn Something New” in the Arlington Best Business Awards (ABBIES).

As we’ve said before, any honors are a direct reflection of the hard work and dedication of the Library’s remarkable staff.

We are also eternally grateful for the tremendous support of a community that values its library system and the never ending process and joy of learning.

Thank you for supporting Arlington Public Library.

November 29, 2011 by Web Editor Filed Under: News Tagged With: award news

Library Honored in Fight Against Breast Cancer

Published: October 26, 2011

Arlington Public Library is taking the fight against breast cancer to a higher level with the help of a new $800 award from the Virginia Breast Cancer Foundation.

The funds will go for new books on fighting and surviving the disease, ranging from preventative diet cook books to graphic novels. Each book will contain a special bookplate honoring the VBCF’s efforts. The Library will also display a variety of the foundation’s brochures on health maintenance and strategies for coping with cancer.

Breast cancer is the most common cancer among American women except for skin cancers. The chances of developing invasive breast cancer at some time in a woman’s life is a little less than one in eight.

October 26, 2011 by Web Editor Filed Under: Collection, News Tagged With: award news

Library Wins Outstanding Public Program Award

Published: June 8, 2011

Second Significant Award for Arlington Reads 2010

The Virginia Public Library Directors Association has named Arlington Public Library a winner of its annual Association Award in the category of Outstanding Public Program for a system serving at least 100,000 people.

The Library was honored for Arlington Reads 2010, which celebrated locally grown food and sustainability, and included two major author events and the installation of a community vegetable garden at Central Library.

This month the Library picked up its award from the Alliance for Innovation, celebrating Outstanding Achievement in Local Government Innovation for Arlington Reads 2010.

 

June 8, 2011 by Web Editor Filed Under: Arlington Public Library in the News, News Tagged With: award news

Thanks for Supporting Arlington Public Library

Published: November 17, 2010

County Board Chairman Jay Fisette with
Library Director Diane Kresh

For the second straight year, Arlington voters have chosen the Library as the “Best Place to Learn Something New” for the Arlington Best Business Awards (ABBIEs) . 

The competition was again more than worthy, and the Library is honored by all the support. The award is a direct reflection on the hard work and dedication of Arlington Public Library’s outstanding staff.

Thanks for appreciating what we do every day – and keep on learning at the Library!

November 17, 2010 by Web Editor Filed Under: News Tagged With: award news

The Arlington Years: Library Wins ABBIE award for "Best Place to Learn Something New"

Published: November 18, 2009

The Arlington Years

Thoughts From County Native and Arlington Public Library Director, Diane Kresh

It was announced at today’s County Board Meeting that Arlington Public Library was voted “Best Place to Learn Something New” in the 2009 Arlington’s Best Best Business (People’s Choice “ABBIES”) Awards. Thanks for all your support!

In accepting this award, we, the staff of Arlington Public Library, are simply building on the groundwork laid by the remarkable women of Arlington in the early days of the 20th century. They had no money, no books, no knowledge of library procedures. But what they did have was vision, heart and moxie. Operating out of spaces scrounged from likely and unlikely places–a double garage, a school, a storefront, the second floor of a bank, a venerable town hall, a fire house–these mighty women, known variously as the Cherrydale League of Women Voters, the Women’s Civic Club of Clarendon, the Arlington Community Club, the Jefferson District Women’s Club, the Library Committee of the Aurora Hills Garden Club grew Arlington Public Library one book and one building at a time.

And they were not afraid of doing it for themselves.

When a roof leaked over a circulation desk at one location, they plugged the hole with blotter paper. When they needed money for books and supplies, they baked and sponsored lectures. When the properties their libraries were housed in sold, they packed and took their shows down the road, to other locations.

In 1937, “the libraries” became a department within the County government with an annual budget of $3500 and a newly minted trained librarian. The goal was to begin to create the system of seven branches plus Central we enjoy today. Mrs. Nat Hynes, Mrs. Fred A. Lyons, Mrs. Frances V. Speek, Mrs. C.C. Nikiforoff and many others, hometown heroes whose names you won’t come across in the standard history texts, but whose collective will and determination speaks volumes. Ms. Robert Livingston summed it up best when she said in an article that appeared in the Washington Star in 1938: “Where there’s a woman’s will in a good cause, she generally finds the way, if she refuses to become discouraged.” I think it’s safe to say that this was a bunch of women who did not get discouraged.

The facts in this brief entry are courtesy of the Virginia Room of the Arlington Public Library, a treasure trove of Arlington’s unsung heroes if there ever was one. So if you are reading this, thank a librarian.And thanks for learning with us.

See you again soon.
Diane

November 18, 2009 by Web Editor Filed Under: Director's Blog Tagged With: award news

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