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St. Charles library's outreach services manager receives Illinois Library Association Award

The St. Charles Public Library is pleased to announce outreach services manager David Kelsey is the 2018 recipient of the Illinois Library Association's Alexander J. Skrzypek Award.

The award is given to a person who has made an outstanding contribution to the advancement of library services for the blind or physically disabled in Illinois.

The Outreach Services department has been delivering library materials to residents of the St. Charles Public Library District for over 40 years.

Under Kelsey's leadership, the Outreach Services department has taken traditional library services and expanded services to include hospitals, a local homeless shelter, senior assisted living and retirement facilities; established eight new community book exchanges; increased services to patrons with Alzheimer's disease and dementia; and launched programming at facilities.

The Alexander J. Skrzypek Award will be presented to Kelsey on Tuesday, Oct. 9, during the 2018 Illinois Library Association Annual Conference in Peoria.

The St. Charles Public Library is located at One S. Sixth Ave. in St. Charles. For more information, visit www.scpld.org or call (630) 584-0076.

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