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To Congratulate Columbus Metropolitan Library on its recognition as Library Journal's Library of the Year.
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WHEREAS, Columbus Metropolitan Library has been serving residents of central Ohio for more than 125 years, and strives to provide the most valuable and relevant services for its customers; and
WHEREAS, the library lends over seventeen million items and logs over eight million visits per year; and
WHEREAS, Library Journal's Library of the Year award is one of the highest honors bestowed on library systems in the United States, and follows Columbus Metropolitan Library's previous recognition as the top-ranked library in Hennen's American Public Library Rating and its five-star ranking from Library Journal; and
WHEREAS, the Library of the Year award is presented each year to the library that "most profoundly demonstrates service to community, creativity and innovation in developing specific community programs and leadership in creating programs that can be emulated by others"; and
WHEREAS, the award celebrates CML's Ready to Ready Corps, Homework Help Centers, Job Help Centers, and all the exceptional service the library provides every day to help transform lives in our community; and
WHEREAS, the Columbus Metropolitan Library is featured on the June 15 issue of Library Journal and will receive the award at a June 27 reception in Washington, DC; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
That this Council congratulates Columbus Metropolitan Library on its recognition as Library Journal's Library of the Year.