Help Ellicottville Library Celebrate 60 Years!
Help Ellicottville Library Celebrate 60 Years!
The Ellicottville Memorial Library is proud to have served the community for 60 years connecting people to information, experiences and services that enhance their quality of life so our community can learn, enjoy and thrive. Libraries are moving away from the silent forbidding places of the past and we are redefining ourselves as destination spots that offer wireless computer access, workshops, meeting rooms, book club discussions, story times and a variety of educational programs such as music, art, exercise and computer classes, to name a few. For 60 years patrons have been checking out books, but now they are also busy checking e-mails, watching videos, sending photos to friends, downloading audio and e-Books, preparing resumes and checking job listings, completing homework assignments, and of course, surfing the internet.
The Ellicottville Memorial Library is no exception to this evolution. While it is true that you can still come to the library for a traditional book experience, thousands of people have come through our doors for other reasons such as programs and internet access. Next week we would love for the community to come through our doors to help celebrate our birthday! We will have minute-to-win-it games, contests and prizes. Stop in on Wednesday, June 23rd (our actual birthday) for a cupcake!
The Ellicottville Memorial Library has been a quiet, faithful friend of our community for 60 years. Through the decades, many folks from Ellicottville have taken leadership roles, volunteered and nurtured it to what has become a place of warmth and welcome, with the nostalgia and dignity which befits a small-town library. We live in an age of information and the Ellicottville Memorial Library helps to provide access to that information. Local libraries promote literacy and lifelong learning and are vital to our economy and communities. As an organization that has been evolving for sixty years, we are certainly not your grandma’s library anymore (but grandmas are always welcome) … and everyone is welcome to stop in next week to help us celebrate our birthday!
The Ellicottville Memorial Library is located at 6499 Maples Rd., Ellicottville, NY. For more information, phone 716-699-2842 or log onto ellicottvillelibrary.org