On Monday evening, the Friends of the Coppell Public Library held its monthly meeting, discussing various policies, among them the upcoming 50th anniversary of the Cozby Library and Community Commons opening.
The board revisited multiple planned events for the 50th anniversary of the library, one of the most notable being an author’s visit by Raina Telgemeier on Sept. 14. In addition, an official anniversary celebration will be held on Oct. 19, with members of the Coppell community invited to speak on their stories and history of the Cozby Library. Lastly, a Decades Party will be held Nov. 16, with any and all members of the Coppell community invited to come and celebrate the Cozby Library.
“I think it’s awesome, because the original library, it was just a house, and there was a room for every section, and it was kind of crazy,” said Board of Friends secretary Bobbie Buamgarten, reflecting on the library’s journey. “I have lived in Coppell for over 40 years, and I was on the board. I was on the board when this library was built back in the 90s.”
In addition to these plans, the board reviewed a proposal for a new event – a live raptor event by the Blackland Prairie Raptor Center in North Texas.
The proposal passed unanimously, and is planned to be on March 15.
The Live Raptor Program is an educational program for K-5, intended to teach children about the importance of birds like hawks, owls and falcons in the environment. Trained BPRC education specialists will be handling live, trained birds to create an educational experience for the children learning.
Coppell Middle School West English teacher Libby May announced that work has been made on the expansion of Little Free Library locations.
A Free Little Library is a free book exchange, usually taking the form of a small wooden box full of books. Three new locations have been installed, being located in Town Center, Andy Brown Park East and Duncan Park.
The board said new power banks and chargers for the library are in the works.
The library has provided chargers in the past, but are being replaced due to low quality as well as the new USB-C ports on Apple devices.
“We’re just trying to get some quality first,” Board of Friends president Steve Charters said. “[The chargers] are branded with the friends, it’s just something we do to support the library, to give people coming to check out the library.”
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