Library Looks for 1.2% Allocation Increase for 2013
Maplewood Library Director Sarah Lester requested an increase in the town's allocation to cover capital and technology upgrades, among other improvements.
"It's been a very busy year," Maplewood Library Director Sarah Lester told the Township Committee on Saturday. No kidding. The Maplewood library became the center of the community during the widespread and prolonged power outage that followed Superstorm Sandy in late October and early November. Indeed, Lester explained, the library's visitation rate of nearly 1,000 patrons per day swelled to about 4,000 a day in the aftermath of Sandy. The storm proved the library's value to the community once again, but also threw one shortcoming into high relief. The library's WiFi needs to be upgraded. Lester feels that she can obtain outside funding for the WiFi upgrade; however, Township Administrator Joseph Manning said that upgrading WiFi was a "…
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