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Last year’s library tent at the PNE for Library Day offered adventure and a safe haven.
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Library Day Aug. 21 at the PNE
Published 11:39 PDT, Thu August 15, 2019
Last Updated: 2:13 PDT, Wed May 12, 2021
You can save $9 on your PNE admission on Library Day, Aug. 21, if you bring your library card.
You can save $9 on your PNE
admission on Library Day, Aug. 21, if you bring your library card.
As Stephanie Vokey, co-ordinator
of marketing and public relations at the Richmond Public Library says, “You get
in for $6 instead of $15. If you bring a whole family with library cards, that
saving really adds up.”
This is the third year our
library is partnering with their regional counterparts to host the Library Zone
tent at the PNE. It’s a one-day bonus to all the PNE offers.
“It’s part of our evolving
approach where we’re trying to move more and more out into the community,”
Vokey says. “We want to surprise people and show them how fun and interesting
and engaging libraries can be.
Inside the Library Zone tent,
everything will be free with PNE admission.
“There will be different kinds of
digital tech to try out and play with first hand,” Vokey says. “We’ll have
crafts as well as a number of familiar family games, perhaps some nostalgic
games but with a fun new spin.”
And for frazzled adults and
over-stimulated offspring, Vokey points out, “One of the best parts, is the
tent will be a quiet space for people to escape a bit of the heat and the
crowds. A place to take a little break from the hustle and bustle of the PNE
and explore some of the books we’ll have available.”
Vokey herself will not be in the
tent.
“My colleague Ariana (Galeano,
Richmond Public Library’s head of community branch services), along with
another couple of library staff members, will be there. They will be glad to
see everyone and to work with other regional library staff so we can bring back
new ideas to our library.”
Calling the Library Zone at the
PNE on Aug. 21, a “win-win” for those who come check it out and for those
librarians who are participating, Vokey speaks excitedly about the enrichment
and renewed enthusiasm the staff return with when they get back from Library
Day.
So, whether it’s at the Library
Tent at the PNE, in one of our Richmond Public Library branches, or at an
outreach project, Vokey says, “We want to surprise people and show them how fun
and interesting and engaging libraries can be.”
“Come to the library. Get your
card now. It’s free.”
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