[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 17581-17582]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




     HONORING THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LIBRARY OF YOLO COUNTY, 
                               CALIFORNIA

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                           HON. MIKE THOMPSON

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, November 15, 2010

  Mr. THOMPSON of California. Madam Speaker, I rise today in 
recognition of the 100th anniversary of the Yolo County Library. Yolo 
County Library was created as one of eight original California county 
libraries with the establishment of state legislation in 1910. 
Originally known as the Yolo County Free Library, it began in 
partnership with the Woodland Public Library.
  As the agency responsible for public access to information and 
literacy, Yolo County Library initiated the first school library system 
in California, supplying books, maps, records, globes and other 
materials to schools throughout the county, eventually becoming the 
model for other counties.
  Yolo County Library has provided countless hours of public service, 
superior customer interaction and valued children's and family 
programming that serves more than 690,000

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customers annually. It also circulates more than 1.5 million items and 
hosts 1,176 programs for more than 23,098 children, teens and adults.
  As a cornerstone of social democracy, Yolo County Library continues 
to provide innovative and free services: information about job and 
career opportunities; resources for lifelong learning and pursuit of 
personal and professional development; reliable information through 
authenticated database and electronic resources; access to the 
Internet; family friendly facilities with resources that support early 
literacy and school readiness; quality programs and services to promote 
youth development, literacy and lifelong learning.
  The Yolo County Library has remained committed to public service that 
builds communities through the establishment and support of school 
libraries, bookmobile services and outreach to underserved people and 
expanding communities, in partnerships with private and public 
organizations and collaborations with sister libraries and systems.
  Yolo County Library and its staff serve thousands of people each day 
through seven branch libraries in Clarksburg, Davis, Esparto, Knights 
Landing, West Sacramento, Winters and Yolo and through system-wide 
services at Central Library Services, YoloLINK, Yolo Reads (Adult 
Literacy) and the Yolo County Archives and Records Center--providing 
critical services that no other agency provides.
  The Yolo County Library, in partnership with the Yolo County Board of 
Supervisors, a myriad of private and public entities, the Friends of 
the Library and other groups has constructed two new facilities and is 
renovating a third in the span of two years.
  Madam Speaker, it is appropriate at this time for us to acknowledge 
and thank the staff, volunteers and supporters at the Yolo County 
Library, both past and present, who have done so much to enrich the 
lives of residents, and to congratulate them on a flourishing and 
beloved library system.

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