The WestportREADS selection is The Soloist by Mark Salzman. The final Harry Potter Night takes place. Journalist David Halberstam receives the 9th Westport Library Award posthumously. Library programs are podcast and staff create a Library wiki, On the Green, dedicated to environment issues. Doris and Frank Jacoby receive the Friends of the Library Special Friend Award.Library Board of Directors, responding to new demands on space and services, commissions an architect to study building solutions. Circulation totals 856,762; there are 548,878 visits to the library, and 948 programs are conducted.
