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Oswego Library District holds contest to name new outreach vehicle · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Oswego Library District holds contest to name new outreach vehicle.
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  Speaker 1: Written by Eric Schlkoff a flip. This article is being
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  Speaker 1: Oswego Public Library District patrons have the chance to put
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  Speaker 1: a name to the library district's new outreach vehicle. The
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  Speaker 1: district is seeking ideas for what to name the vehicle
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  Speaker 1: through its name the Library Van Contest. Oswego Public Library
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  Speaker 1: District Director Christa Katzen said the library only recently started
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  Speaker 1: the contest and has been getting many entries. We're getting
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  Speaker 1: a lot of ideas, Katzen said during a recent library
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  Speaker 1: board meeting. To enter go to the library District's website
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  Speaker 1: at Oswego lib Iluis. Those who want to see the
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  Speaker 1: vehicle can attend a ruben cutting and public tour from
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  Speaker 1: three to five pm April twenty second at the district's
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  Speaker 1: Oswego campus, thirty two West Jefferson Saint in downtown Oswego.
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  Speaker 1: The new outreach vehicle is expected to be on the
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  Speaker 1: go by this summer. The vehicle, which the library district
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  Speaker 1: recently acquired for about two hundred and fifteen thousand, dollars
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  Speaker 1: will travel to schools, homes, and other destinations. The need
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  Speaker 1: for such a vehicle has increased as the library district
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  Speaker 1: continues to grow. It's basically like bringing the library to
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  Speaker 1: your neighborhood, Katzen said. It will be really nice to
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  Speaker 1: go to schools and nursing homes and schedule stops and areas.
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  Speaker 1: Previous Library District Director Sarah Skilton had led the district's
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  Speaker 1: effort to acquire an outreach vehicle. Skilton retired in September
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  Speaker 1: after being with the district since nineteen ninety four and
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  Speaker 1: serving as its director since nineteen ninety nine. She was
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  Speaker 1: a huge driving force. Katz And said the district serves
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  Speaker 1: a population that has grown to more than seventy thousand
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  Speaker 1: people in an area spanning more than fifty two square miles.
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  Speaker 1: It serves portions of Kendall, Will and Kane Counties and
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  Speaker 1: has two campuses, one in downtown Oswego and another campus
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  Speaker 1: in Montgomery. Last year, more than seven hundred and seven
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  Speaker 1: thousand items were checked out. The vehicle will help expand
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  Speaker 1: the efforts of Library District Outreach manager Bill Thurston. He
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  Speaker 1: is really limited on what he can bring because it's
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  Speaker 1: basically whatever fits in the trunk of his car. Cats
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  Speaker 1: And said, in addition to visits to schools and other places,
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  Speaker 1: people will be able to fill out a form on
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  Speaker 1: the district's website to request a van visit. We're thinking
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  Speaker 1: of hitting these locations that are further out and less
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  Speaker 1: easy to access our buildings, cats And said. The vehicle
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  Speaker 1: will also serve people who are home bound, either temporarily
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  Speaker 1: or permanently. There's going to be options like long term
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  Speaker 1: home delivery where if somebody knows they're physically not able
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  Speaker 1: to come to the library, cats And said, and then
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  Speaker 1: there's going to be short term options like if you
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  Speaker 1: were just having a baby and no, you can't get
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  Speaker 1: out real easily for a couple of months. The van
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  Speaker 1: has a wheelchair lift that will help those with physical
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  Speaker 1: disabilities access the vehicle. You want it to be accessible
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  Speaker 1: if someone is in a wheelchair, so they can also
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  Speaker 1: get on and look around just like anybody else, she said.
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  Speaker 1: More information about the district is available at its website.
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