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Your Community, Your News

MARCH 19, 2014

Vol. 6 No. 16

Downers Grove

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new website, building renovations under way at library Website has several new features like new interactive ‘Book Genie’ By Jonathan Samples Staff Reporter

BY JONATHAN SAMPLES sTaff reporTer Westmont residents and businesses were recognized Thursday evening during the 2013 Westmont Community Awards Dinner. The annual event is hosted by the Westmont Chamber of Commerce and Tourism Bureau, and celebrates members of the community who have made efforts to improve the village in the past year. Joyce Feltz, who won the Citizen of the Year Award, was the evening’s big winner. Feltz volunteers extensively with DuPage Pads, an organization that helps homeless people in DuPage County; the St. Vincent DePaul Society; and Holy Trinity Catholic Parish in Westmont.

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The Downers Grove Public Library will see long-awaited building renovations begin next month, but the library’s website also has received some needed upgrades. “Our website had gotten a little stale and stiff,” Library Director Rick Ashton said. “We thought it was time for a website that has the flexibility and appeal that people are used to these days.” The redesigned website has several new features such as staff blogs and an interactive “Book Genie” application, as well as a completely new and responsive look. Depending on the device used to visit the site,Ashton said the design of the page will automatically be formatted to ensure the best settings for a particular device. A new Book Genie feature, which helps suggest books based on reader interests, brings librarians and patrons into closer contact online. Ashton said the Book Genie is an extension of traditional library services that allows readers to make informed decisions about future reads >> see library | page 5


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