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The Hays Public Library has hired Holly Ray to serve as its outreach coordinator. In this role, Ray will oversee the library’s efforts to increase library access in the community.

Ray has previously worked in the library’s Young Adult Department and most recently as a graduate research assistant at FHSU’s Forsyth Library. Ray is graduating from Fort Hays State University with a master’s in English and is earning a master of science in information from Florida State University. As a former middle school English language arts teacher, Ray is particularly passionate about helping schools, students, and families expand their literacy resources and opportunities.

Ray said she is most excited about the library’s plan to introduce Bookmobile service in spring 2020.

“The HPL Bookmobile will absolutely revolutionize the way in which we support and interact with our local community,” she said. “Through generous grants from the Dane G. Hansen Foundation and the Hays Public Library Foundation, we will be able to deliver library resources to more patrons and places than ever before.”.

The library’s outreach initiatives provide books, media, and programming to the schools, assisted living facilities, and other community organizations around Hays and Ellis County. Ray began working at the library on Sept. 30.

Find out more about this and other library programs by calling 785-625-9014.