Franklin (MA) Matters

This session shares my conversation with Felicia Oti, Director of the Franklin Public Library. We were joined by many of her staff, see the names below. We had our discussion virtually on Wednesday, February 5, 2025.I opened the conversation with my recitation of “Hail, hail, the gang's all here… what the heck do we care now?”  We all care about the Franklin Library which is why we are here now, and are about to find out some of the breadth of services they cover.Felicia Oti, Library DirectorAllison Smith, Deputy DirectorKara Naff, Circulation SupervisorVicki Earls, Head of Reference Mitzi Gousie, Public Services LibrarianCaleigh Keating, Youth Services LibrarianAmong the many services the Library offer are:Digitization of Franklin HistoryUS Citizenship test prepSubscription to Khan AcademyVolunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) both a opportunity that provides training for those that volunteer , as well as a service for those with income less than 65K to file their taxesDecodable books for beginning