The Huron County Library was appointed a Minister’s Award.
The Library has been honoured with the Minister’s Award for Innovation for their ‘In Your Backyard’ Program.
The award regionalizes successful new approaches that demonstrate a positive impact to the community and are of continued value to public libraries.
The Huron County Library was also presented a certificate for reaccreditation as an Accredited Ontario Public Library.
In the spring of 2022, the Library started ‘In Your Backyard’, a virtual travel series that showcased ‘Hidden Gems’ across Huron County.
Staff were able to work with Municipalities to gather participants to learn about communities and businesses in Huron County.
The Library also partnered with the Counties Economic Development department to come up with a giveaway that had even more people visiting the hidden gems for a chance to win a Huron County Weekend get-away.
The certificate for reaccreditation as an Accredited Ontario Public Library was granted by the Ontario Public Library Guidelines Monitoring and Accreditation Council in recognition of excellence in library service.
A library is judged and rated on more than 175 guidelines that evaluate library services, resources, planning and policy.
Huron County Library achieved an overall score of 98.3%. Library accreditation is an optional process of which only 40 other Ontario libraries have successfully completed.