Paint Night at the Library

The Friends of the Sharon Public Library present "PAINT NIGHT" with local artist Evelina Brozgul.
Wednesday, December 5 from 7-9 PM Library Community Room
If you missed the last Paint Night, here is your chance to sign up.
$35 for Frineds members, $40 for non-members. Registration Required. Stop by the Circulation desk upstairs to pick up your tickets.

Veteran's Club

The Sharon Public Library Veteran's Club will meet on Monday November 19 from 10:00-12 noon in the Library Community Room. There will be a film viewing and discussion of a short clip called "Spirit, Courage, Conviction" which takes you through the National Museum of American Jewish Military History. The clip reviews the contributions of Jewish soldiers from colonial times and the American Revolution up until WWII and Vietnam. Please join us for this Free Program. Refreshments.

Check out the new DVDs at the Sharon Public Library!

The Sharon Public Libary has ordered lots of great DVDs and TV series. Check them out here!

Please take a short survey about transportation!

The Sharon Public Library is interested in learning more about how community members get to and from the library! The survey is very short (just 2 easy questions!), so if you have a minute, please consider responding:

Sharon Public Library Transportation Survey

Thank you so much. Your participation is very helpful!

Crime TV As Seen on the BBC at SPL

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Sharon Public Library Foundation

The Sharon Public Library Foundation is a 501c3 non-profit organization whose mission is to help fund the new Sharon Public Library through fundraising events and donations to off-set the local share. For general information, naming opportunities, giving levels and access to the pledge form, visit the foundation website at
http://sharonpubliclibraryfoundation.org/

Q&A: Library Certification & New Library

1. Will the Sharon Public Library lose certification if it closes due to repairs and renovations?

A. Yes. The Town Library is certified as long as it meets certain regulations including staying open for a minimum number of hours. If the library is closed due to extensive repairs, the state can deny certification. To prevent this, the Town would have to rent a space and move the library in order to maintain certification.
2. What happens if the Sharon Public Library loses its certification?
A. Sharon residents can only have access to its own collection. Other certified town libraries are not required to lend materials to patrons from non-certified towns. They would not have access to the resources of the Library for the Commonwealth at BPL. They would not have access to the statewide research databases. Re-certification is very difficult to obtain once it is lost.
3. If this project isn't funded by town vote, do we lose our grant and standing?
A. Yes.
4. How long will it be before the town can apply for another grant?
A. There are over 25 towns in this grant round that are on the current award list. This will take another 10 years to fund them. The state won't offer another grant round for many more years.
5. Will this library last for another 10 years?
A. Not without major cost to the town tax-payers. The estimate to re-build this current library without adding any space is 8.5 million. This is just to meet state building code requirements and repair long standing structural and other issues.
6. What is the cost to fund the new library?
A. Approximately 9 million. This includes the state grant award of $7.5 million and the funds raised by the Sharon Public Library Foundation.
7. Is the new library adaptable for future change?
A. Yes, the new library is built so it can be modified to accommodate future changes over 50+ years.
8. I live near the 1 School Street site but I don't like the brick work. Can that be changed to match the rest of the building?
A. Yes, to change the brick work out to hardy board which is what the front area is designed with, the town would save 1/2 million dollars.

Update on Load bearing issues

Two lally columns were installed in June 2018 to help take the stress off of the 1914 Carnegie building. These columns will remain in place until long term decisions can be made about this building. Your safety is the utmost importance to the Board of Library Trustees and Town officials.
If anyone has concerns or questions, please call Library Director, Lee Ann Amend at 781-784-1578 x 1425, email me at Lamend@ocln.org or stop in and see me in my office second floor back corner near the fiction collection.