COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF LUCAN AREA COMMITTEE
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
MOTION NO. 13
MOTION: Councillor G. O'Connell
Cathaoirleach's Business
"That the Manager bring forward an update report on the provision of a Library/Digital Hub at Palmerstown."
REPORT:
One of the main objectives of the Library Development Plan 2012-2016 is to address the library infrastructural deficit in the county and to deliver new library buildings into communities where they will have the most significant impact as catalysts for change. All this is however conditional on the availability of resources. The Library service in this context will investigate any possibilities which may present themselves in the Palmerston area.
In order to increase the Libraries Department presence in the area, library staff attended the Palmerston Community Centre Open Weekend in June to market the services of Stewart's Library and our online resources and services to schools. Staff from Stewart's Library and from Lucan Library have been working with the team in the Community and Youth Centre to raise the profile of both libraries to the local community.
Library books are now being borrowed and returned from the Community Centre. The Community Centre Manager is building up the collection and more books will be sent to the centre in the next few weeks. Young Adult books were recently delivered to the centre.
There are currently nine people interested in joining a book club in the Community Centre. They had a meet and greet on 9th December and set a date for their first meeting which will be 23rd January 2014. Library staff will attend the first meeting to help the book club become established.
Next year the Libraries are committed to holding a Midsummer Madness Children's Reading Festival event in the centre.