Press Release
Geauga County Public Library is thrilled to announce its success in securing a grant from the Mellon Foundation, totaling $250,000. This grant is a testament to the library’s commitment to advancing knowledge, fostering community engagement, and supporting initiatives that promote learning and cultural enrichment.
“We are thrilled and grateful to the Mellon Foundation for their generous support,” said Kris Carroll, Director of Geauga County Public Library. “This grant will empower us to enhance our Digital Legacy Lab resources.”
With the Mellon Foundation grant, Geauga County Public Library plans to use the grant according to the grant guidelines and usage over 48 months, hiring a full-time Digitization Specialist for three years, replacing, and expanding the Digital Legacy Lab (DLL) equipment at each branch.
For media inquiries or further information about Geauga County Public Library’s initiatives supported by the Mellon grant, please call 440.286.811.
About Geauga County Public Library
Geauga County Public Library has been engaging, connecting, and inspiring Geauga County since 1963. With its six branches and mobile services fleet, the Library has become the community’s hub for discovery, lifelong learning, and growth through its diverse range of programs, its growing collection of digital resources, and its county-wide initiatives like Summer Reading and Rascal Readers. The Library has been a proud member of the CLEVNET Consortium since 2017 and its highest-circulating library system since 2022. For more information, visit geaugalibrary.net or call 440.286.6811.
About The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is the nation’s largest supporter of the arts and humanities. Since 1969, the Foundation has been guided by its core belief that the humanities and arts are essential to human understanding. The Foundation believes that the arts and humanities are where we express our complex humanity, and that everyone deserves the beauty, transcendence, and freedom that can be found there. Through our grants, we seek to build just communities enriched by meaning and empowered by critical thinking, where ideas and imagination can thrive. Learn more at mellon.org.
