Heights Libraries Cleveland Heights-University Heights "Opening Doors, Opening Minds"
 

FRIENDS... Speak Out!


   

Be part of a collective voice for our library.

FRIENDS board meetings are every second Thursday of the month except in August.  Click below to read minutes from 2010 meetings.

Annual Meeting

January Meeting

February Meeting

March Meeting

 

(April, May, June and July meetings to be posted soon)

All members and the public are welcome.  Come and see what a dedicated force of volunteers can accomplish.

Click here for more information on the 2011 FRIENDS scholarship which encourages education in library science. 
Tell everyone you can that Libraries are important!

#1. Not everything is on the internet.

#6.  Libraries aren't just books 

(from 33 Reasons Libraries are Still Extremely Important).

Did you know?

 

Americans meet, job search and find technology in libraries nore than ever. 

 

Two-thirds of all Americans have a library card. For many young people, the first card in their wallet is a library card. 

 

Click here for amazing facts on how our public libraries stack up in 2010. 
Talk to legislators about your library.

FRIENDS are part of a national network of library supporters.  Take a look at the ALTAFF advocacy resources for ways to communicate with law makers.

Find more resources on speaking to legislators at the American Library Association website.

NEW!  Is your legislator library friendly? Check out the American Library Association’s (ALA) 2009 Legislative Scorecards for the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives. The ALA provides the scorecard as a tool to ALA members for gauging their elected official’s support of library related legislation.  Click here to  find out if your legislator supports libraries.
 
 

FRIENDS are glad to support an award winning library system.  Visit http://www.heightslibrary.org/ for mind opening programming and fun!