Library receives top statewide award

The Alabama Library Association has selected the Homewood Public Library to be the first to receive its Gold Level Standard Award for Public Libraries. Homewood was the only library in the state to receive the highest level of achievement during the 2014 Alabama Library Association Annual Convention.

The Homewood Library received the state Blue Ribbon Award in 2004, which was the highest standard attainable in the state at that time. There were only seven libraries in the state that had attained this award. Over the past few years, the Alabama Library Association has worked to revamp and update its standards, changing them from the Blue Ribbon Award to Bronze, Silver and Gold Level Awards.