National Library Week 2024!

Happy National Library Week April 7-13! Our staff celebration team has some lovely surprises in store for you on National Library Workers Day, April 9th. April 8th is Right to Read day, encouraging people to try a banned book, and April 10th is National Library Outreach Day, a special day to celebrate the tremendous impact our OPE team makes on the Kenosha community all year. April 11th is Take Action for Libraries Day, encouraging us all to speak out on behalf of adequate funding and intellectual freedom.

April is also Citizen Science Month, and we at KPL love citizen science! If the weather cooperates, we'll all have a chance to experience a true solar eclipse this weekend. Look for Heather and Shannon's messages about distribution of solar glasses on Saturday at all locations.

The FCC is winding down the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) which subsidized internet plans for low income people during the pandemic. The last month of ACP subsidies is April 2024. We promoted this program with our community, so you may get questions about this. 

Bright Spot from Luiza:

"I would like to nominate Jason for a Bright Spot for taking the time to help us make the Southwest desk more comfortable to work at and for replacing the wheels on the chairs with roller skating wheels. They now silently and effortlessly glide around the desk as we work and I'm very excited about them. It's greatly appreciated, thanks Jason!!

And from Phillip:

"I wanted to give a secret shout-out to Rob for all his support! He's absolutely awesome! Rob has an answer for everything, and today, he really came through with the stats for the Board packet. He is like a quiet resource we all can rely on, but whose absence can really be felt. I'm really grateful to work with him, and thought you should know!"