The Samuel Osher Memorial Library at Congregation Etz
Chaim has received a $20,100 grant from The Mary L. and William J.
Osher Foundation to automate circulation and improve the collection’s
accessibility to the public.
The grant will help the Library gain a wider audience in both the
congregation and the larger York County community by providing
Internet access to the collection and extending library hours. Library
Director Maureen King has begun the groundwork for implementing the
project, including a review of the entire collection to ensure all
current record holdings are accurate. Subsequent steps will include
contracting with a provider of cloud-based library services and
preparing the collection for bar-code scanning circulation methods.
Community volunteers will be welcomed throughout the process, and
tasks will vary from reshelving books to data-entry to bar-coding
books and more.
This most recent award from the Mary L. and William J. Osher
Foundation is the second time the Foundation has assisted the Library.
The original grant in 2004 enabled the Library to install permanent
shelving to hold the expanding collection. Both grants have come at
critical points in the Library’s growth. Congregation Etz Chaim is
very grateful for the continuing support of the Library by the Mary L.
and William J. Osher Foundation.