When Jana Stevenson, director of the Warwick Public Library told Mayor Frank Picozzi she would like to have a bookmobile to bring library services into the community, he told her it was a great idea …
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When Jana Stevenson, director of the Warwick Public Library told Mayor Frank Picozzi she would like to have a bookmobile to bring library services into the community, he told her it was a great idea provided she could find the money. Stevenson did that securing a $50,000 grant working in collaboration with the Institute of Museum and Library Services. On Tuesday she and associate director Ellen O'Brien pulled the newly acquired van in front of City Hall to display to the mayor and the news media. The van will contain more than books. It will carry computers in the library's effort to extend digital literacy with visits to the Pilgrim Senior Center, housing complexes, Westbay Community Action programs and people of all ages. It will also carry easily transportable plastic seating to set up story time visits to schools. Stevenson said the van would also visit community events such as food truck nights and concerts. Stevenson and O'Brien found an attentive gaggle of reporters outside City Hall despite windy and chilly conditions. (Warwick Beacon photo)
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