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Oswego Library District will expand its reach with new outreach vehicle · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Oswego Library District will expand its reach with new outreach vehicle.
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  Speaker 1: Written by Eric Shelkopp, This article is being read by
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  Speaker 1: an automated voice brought to you by Everlett. The Oswego
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  Speaker 1: Public Library District's new outreach vehicle is expected to be
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  Speaker 1: on the go by this summer. The vehicle, which the
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  Speaker 1: library district recently acquired for about two hundred and fifteen
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  Speaker 1: thousand dollars, will travel to schools, homes, and other destinations.
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  Speaker 1: The need for such a vehicle has increased as the
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  Speaker 1: library district continues to grow. It's actually like bringing a
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  Speaker 1: library to your neighborhood, said Oswego Public Library District Director
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  Speaker 1: Christa Katzen. It will be really nice to go to
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  Speaker 1: schools and nursing homes and schedule stops in areas. Previous
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  Speaker 1: Library District director Sarah Skilton had led the district's effort
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  Speaker 1: to acquire an outreach vehicle. A Skilton retired in September
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  Speaker 1: after being the district since nineteen ninety four and serving
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  Speaker 1: as its director since nineteen ninety nine. It was a
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  Speaker 1: huge driving force, kats And said, the district serves a
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  Speaker 1: population that has grown to more than seventy thousand people
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  Speaker 1: in an area spanning more than fifty two square miles.
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  Speaker 1: It serves portions of Kendawill and Kane Counties and has
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  Speaker 1: two campuses, one in downtown Oswego and another campus in Montgomery.
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  Speaker 1: Last year, more than seven hundred and seven thousand items
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  Speaker 1: were checked out. The vehicle will help expand the efforts
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  Speaker 1: of library District outreach manager Bill Thurston. He is really
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  Speaker 1: limited on what he can bring because it's basically whatever
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  Speaker 1: fits in the trunk of his car. Katz And said,
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  Speaker 1: in addition to visits to schools and other places, people
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  Speaker 1: will be able to fill out a form on the
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  Speaker 1: district's website to request a van visit. We're thinking of
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  Speaker 1: hitting these locations that are further out and less easy
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  Speaker 1: to access our buildings. Katz And said. The vehicle will
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  Speaker 1: also serve people who are homebound, either temporarily or permanently.
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  Speaker 1: There's gonna be options like long term home delivery, where
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  Speaker 1: if somebody knows they're physically not able to come to
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  Speaker 1: the library, katz And said, And then there's gonna be
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  Speaker 1: short term options like if you were just having a
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  Speaker 1: baby and no, you can't get out real easily. For
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  Speaker 1: a couple of months. The van has a wheelchair lift
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  Speaker 1: that will help those with physical disabilities access the vehicle.
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  Speaker 1: You want it to be accessible if someone is in
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  Speaker 1: a wheelchair, so they can also get on look around
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  Speaker 1: just like anybody else, she said. More information about the
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  Speaker 1: district is available at its website Oswego dot lib dot
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  Speaker 1: il dot us