{"id":8714,"date":"2018-04-04T09:04:40","date_gmt":"2018-04-04T13:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/libtest\/?page_id=8714"},"modified":"2024-03-19T10:20:36","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T14:20:36","slug":"children","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/children\/","title":{"rendered":"Children"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Children\u2019s collections housed in each branch of the Springfield City Library are geared for babies through age twelve, as well as their parents and caregivers. People of all ages are welcome to use the children\u2019s collections, but use of the children\u2019s spaces is reserved for children with their parents or caregivers. (Children age 8 and up may use the library on their own.) Computers are available for use by children in each of our branch locations<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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East Springfield Branch Library secures $500K in federal funds for renovation<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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The allocation is made possible by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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Seed Library<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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In 2026, Springfield City Library is adding a Seed Library to every Branch! <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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Plans for new East Springfield Library Branch submitted to state<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Designs for a new building are complete.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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Local Food and Assistance Programs<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Community food resources that are available to assist households in and around Springfield.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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Springfield City Library seeks input for strategic plan<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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The Springfield City Library is hoping to get 2,000 or more city residents to answer a survey that will help shape the library\u2019s future strategic plan.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Children\u2019s collections housed in each branch of the Springfield City Library are geared for babies through age twelve, as well as their parents and caregivers. People of all ages are welcome to use the children\u2019s collections, but use of the children\u2019s spaces is reserved for children with their parents or caregivers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8714","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8714"}],"version-history":[{"count":73,"href":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33770,"href":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8714\/revisions\/33770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}