VOLU MARION COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM’S QUARTERLY NEWsmAGAZINE M E 5 | Iss UE 4 UE | W INTER 2013 INTER book review profile | calendar | ALSO IN THIS ISSUE: Marion County Public Library’s Quarterly Newsmagazine Volume 5 | Issue 4 | Winter 2013 aword Marion County Public Library FROM THE DIRECTOR 2720 East Silver Springs Blvd. By Julie Sieg Ocala, Florida 34470 Director, Marion County 352-368-4507 Public Library System email:
[email protected] website: http://library.marioncountyfl.org Library Director: Julie Sieg NEWsmAGAZINE STAFF: Publisher: T he Friends of The Think about it, please. Ocala Public Library n this issue, we highlight our upcoming long range planning process Editor: Karen Jensen Library Community Liaison and your opportunity for input. We track various changes to the library Writers: Kristen Calvert, system, such as service enhancements, facilities construction and Linda Porter, Ken Tipper Ilibrary usage over the last 10 years. It amazes me to think about how much library services have improved as a result of new libraries in Ocala, Photos: Pat Lakin, Steve Floethe Belleview, Dunnellon and the Forest areas. One could take for granted the Concept Team: Pat Anderson, basic amenities within a new library, which add much to our ability to provide Karen Costello, Domina services to our community. At the library, we do not take our space and Daughtrey, Diane Johnson, services for granted because we remember how recently the situation was Michelle Risko, Roseanne Russo, Lee Schwartz, Susan Valle drastically different. Additionally, we still have locations such as Freedom, Marion Oaks, Silver Spring Shores and West Ocala that still desperately Distribution: Susan Valle need either a library presence or expansion.