Kentucky's Breathitt County Public Library Honored as Inaugural Recipient of the Gale/Library Journal Libraries Defying the Odds Award
CHICAGO, Aug. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Breathitt County Public Library (BCPL), in Jackson, Kentucky, is the inaugural recipient of the Library Journal/Gale Libraries Defying the Odds award. The Libraries Defying the Odds award, sponsored by Gale, a Cengage company, recognizes a U.S. public library that is stepping up for its community and staff in the face of adversity and celebrates library workers providing services, programming and collections for those who need them most.
- Library staff of five leverages strong community connections to provide residents with resources and support during pandemic closures, historic natural disasters
CHICAGO, Aug. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Breathitt County Public Library (BCPL) , in Jackson, Kentucky, is the inaugural recipient of the Library Journal/Gale Libraries Defying the Odds award . - As a result, the library and the community have been forever transformed," said Lisa Peet, Executive Editor, Library Journal .
- "BCPL exemplifies the critical ways—beyond checking out books and answering reference questions—that libraries serve our communities."
- As the 2023 Libraries Defying the Odds award recipient, BCPL will receive $10,000 in grant money from Library Journal and Gale and is profiled in the August issue of the magazine in print and online.