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Commemoratives & Donations
Commemorative donations are a meaningful way of remembering deceased friends and relatives or honoring people on special occasions. Donations are used to purchase books and other materials or deposited in
the Library Endowment Fund for future use. Checks should be made payable to the Oxford Public Library and will be accepted by the Director.
Donations made in Memory of Judy Doublestein, Director Emerita:
• George & Shirley Clancy
• Duane & Dawn Salswedel
• DuAnne Cook
• Renwick Garypie
• David & Marla Biggie
• Dora Rolando
• Rudolph & Beverly Snable, Jr.
• Paul & Julie Mitchell
• Bryan Cloutier
• Kathleen Schollar
• Nancy Johnson
• Matthew & Angela McElheny
• Don & Leslie Hilgendorf
• Charles & Janet Stanley
• Cheryl & James Trudeau
• Jennifer Snable
• Denise & Kent Becker
Donations made In Memory of Earl Hopper:
• Janice Hopper
• Ruth Yates
• Bryan Cloutier
Thank you for Supporting the Summer Reading Program:
• Funky Monkey
• McDonald’s of Oxford • Tim Horton’s of Oxford
s & Something for Everyone
Facts & Figures
Items Programs Program Public Computer Outreach Community Reference Checked Out Offered Attendance & Wireless Usage Services & Study Room Transactions
Usage
1,312 988 105 1,441 59 159 428 30 58 97 0 0 106 0 0 147 28 0 398 426 5 3,929 1,531 327 (62) (60) (61)
September is Library Card
2020 Data
Library News
Laura Fromwiller,
Head of Adult Services
Please welcome Laura Fromwiller to the Oxford Public Library team. Laura joined our team in May as Head of Adult Services upon the Retirement of Sandy Gilmore.
Laura comes to OPL from the Lapeer
District Library, where she served the past 21-years of her professional career as Branch Librarian at the Marguerite deAngeli Branch in Lapeer, and concurrently served as Head of Reference Services for the entire District Library system. As a librarian, historian,
and published author, Laura brings to our team an extensive understanding of library administration and management, budgeting, research, as well as an impressive background in collection development and programming.
She received her Bachelor of Arts Degree
in Social Work and Criminal Justice from the University of Michigan in Flint, and her Master of Library and Information Science Degree with a concentration in Reference Services from Wayne State University in Detroit. We are pleased to welcome her aboard.
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1,317 1,270 1,072
207 174 688
1,405
6,133
(63)
January
February
March
April
May 1,811 69
7,117 7,449 831 311 86 1,196 1,327 18,317 (34)
18,469 77 19,866 60 13,528 45
2,065 53
June
July
FYTD Totals
% Change
* This data has been significantly and adversely impacted by the Coronavirus pandemic
8,803 87 14,795 12 79,337 403
(46) (3)
Sign-up Month
As students return to school in a world of COVID, whether in-person or virtually, making
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sure that they have a library card is a very important piece of their academic journey to success. There are so many unknown variables today, but your Oxford Public Library Card provides consistent and reliable access to a wealth of print and electronic resources necessary
to navigate the uncharted territory this school year is sure to bring.
According to the American Library Association, Library Card Sign-up Month, “is a national campaign
to emphasize the importance of library cards to a child’s education and to combat illiteracy.”