Library Associations Paper
... The proof that valuable and accommodating assistance in our communities still exists is witnessed in not only each article but also when stepping into your own local library branch. Through Parent and Child Library Service grants, Rotary International grants and other such funds, a wide range of services are provided by libraries to communities. ... The Utica Public Library and the Mohawk Valley Resource Center for Refugees The Utica Public Library, which is located in Mohawk Valley in Upstate New York, is a perfect example of showing that libraries are a place to turn to for understanding. ... The close location between the Library, Resource Center and dwellings of the refugees make Utica an easy place to adapt to. The Center and the library has performed a wide range a programs from expanding material in Russian, Vietnamese, and Serbo-Croatian and a $5,000 grant was awarded by the New York Newspaper Foundation to purchase the foreign language books.