Last week, the topic of having an educational center for bilingual families to learn was mentioned. One idea from this week was to reach out to Hispanic organizations, restaurants, and churches in or around York.
“I need to go where they are, and not have them come to me,” Robertson said.
Other suggestions were to have more interpreters available, and to have books in Spanish available at the hospitals.
A few residents said that organizations around town are including options for people to request translations, and that it is slowly becoming more common.
One idea that isn’t viable to the library is buying books in Spanish. Robertson said the library currently receives one request every six months. The library used to have a shelf for these books, but it was taken away because of lack of space and use.
Maker spaces were mentioned last week as a feature wanted for the future of the…
