MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND
ADVOCACY INFORMATION

Library Branch Information

MCPL Special Service Areas, all Council Districts PDF— Montgomery County Correctional Facility, Disability Resource Center, Children's Resource Center Collection, Mobile Services

MCPL Montgomery County Council District 1 PDF— Bethesda, Chevy Chase, Davis, Little Falls, Potomac

MCPL Montgomery County Council District 2 PDF— Damascus, Olney, Germantown, Poolesville

MCPL Montgomery County Council District 3 PDF— Gaithersburg, Quince Orchard, Rockville, Twinbrook

MCPL Montgomery County Council District 4 PDF— Aspen Hill, Marilyn J. Praisner, Wheaton, White Oak

MCPL Montgomery County Council District 5 PDF— Kensington, Long Branch, Noyes Library for Young Children, Silver Spring

Montgomery County Public Libraries (MCPL) All Libraries Branch-at-a-Glance PDF, 2009

BRANCH-AT-A-GLANCE CORRECTED SINGLE PAGES PDFs

Council Districts, Standing Committees, Contact Information

Paulette Dickerson
Has been a library advocate for many years. Here are some letters, testimony to the Montgomery County Council and short speeches that she has written over the past several years.

• Pay the Two Dollars --- Montgomery County Council, 14 July 2009
  
• Pay the Two Dollars PDF
• The Forests of Gilgamesh --- Montgomery County Council, 15 April 2009
  
• The Forests of Gilgamesh PDF --- Montgomery County Council, 15 April 2009
  
• Comic Book ESP --- Montgomery County Council, 5 April 2006
  
• Montgomery County Family --- Montgomery County Council, 5 April 2005
  
• August Wilson, Sam Uskovich and Harold Bloom, or “A Thirst for Knowledge” --- thinking about lifelong learning, an undelivered speech, 2003/4
• Taxes Are the Sinews of the State --- Montgomery County Council, 7 October 2003
• What Are Schools For? --- Montgomery County Council, 30 September 2003
• Free To All --- Montgomery County Council, 7 April 2003
• Library Moonspinners --- Montgomery County Council, 6 February 2003
• Founding Fathers --- Montgomery County Council, 4 April 2002
• Living in TVLand --- Montgomery County Council, Capital Improvement Program Hearings, 5 February 2002
• Happy Birthday --- Silver Spring Library 70th Anniversary, 20 October 2001
• Magic Wands --- Montgomery County Council Hearings, 26 September 2001
  • Lucky Library Patrons
  • LAC Wishlists
• Chronic Library Users --- Montgomery County Council, Operating Budget Hearings, 10 April 2001
• Libraries! 24/7! --- Montgomery County Council, Operating Budget Hearings, 3 April 2000
• Book People --- Montgomery County Council, Capital Improvement Program Hearings, 8 February 2000
• Urban Libraries --- Silver Spring Library, 9 April 1999
• Library Questions --- Montgomery County Council, 7 April 1999
• Neighborhood Libraries --- Montgomery County Council, 20 March 1999
• Library Heaven --- Montgomery County Library, Staff Days, Fall 1998
• Friendly Libraries --- Montgomery County Council, 2 April 1998
• Libraries and Tight Times --- Montgomery County Council, 1 April 1991
• Budget Cuts --- letter to the County Executive, 25 February 1991
• Children's Library Closure --- letter to the County Council President, 25 February 1991

Sam Freedenberg
Sam Freedenberg has been a member of the Aspen Hill Library community since 1993 and has been involved in library advocacy for many years.

• Like A Fine Gem -- Remarks to the Montgomery County Council, April 7, 1997
• Three Days a Week-- Remarks to the Montgomery County Council, April 12, 1993

2009 Budget Advocacy—Testimony, Emails, Letters—various writers

"FREE PARKING" AT LIBRARY BRANCHES

Art Brodsky
Email to Council President Phil Andrews, July 17. 2009
Brodsky Email to Council President Phil Andrews, July 17. 2009 PDF

Paulette Dickerson
Testimony from Montgomery County Council Public Hearing on 14 July 2009
Testimony, July 14, 2009 PDF

Jacques Gelin
Testimony from Montgomery County Council Public Hearing on 14 July 2009
Testimony, July 14, 2009 PDF

Gayl Selkin-Gutman
Testimony from Montgomery County Council Public Hearing on 14 July 2009
Testimony, July 14, 2009 PDF

GENERAL LIBRARY ADVOCACY

Anne Core
Email to Council Member Roger Berliner, April 3, 2009
Core Email to Roger Berliner, April 3, 2009 PDF

Ann Dorough
Testimony from Montgomery County Council Operating Budget Public Hearing, April 13, 2009
Dorough Testimony, April 13, 2009 PDF

Otto E. Lewis
Testimony from Montgomery County Council Operating Budget Public Hearing, April 16, 2009
Lewis Testimony, April 16, 2009 PDF

Steve Schmal
Testimony from Montgomery County Council Operating Budget Public Hearing, April 16, 2009
Schmal Testimony, April 16, 2009 PDF

Gayl Selkin-Gutman
Testimony from Montgomery County Council Operating Budget Public Hearing, April 13, 2009
Selkin-Gutman Testimony, April 13, 2009 PDF

Go to Chevy Chase FOL-LAC Advocacy Pages

Montgomery County Executive Candidates Forum, 30 March 2006
"Library Service in Montgomery County"

Candidates Forum Transcript

Audio File-- mp3 One hour/8MB

Chuck Floyd Written Responses

County Executive Candidates Forum Flyer



Chevy Chase Then and Now
Family Fun Day
"A book is a friend..." Poster Image

Chevy Chase FOL-LAC Advocacy Pages*

Send questions or comments to:
E-Mail: "pdickerson (at) hers.com"
Paper Mail: Paulette Dickerson, P.O.Box 598, Kensington, MD 20895-0598, USA

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