The Library celebrates its 100th anniversary, commemorating the 1908 Library building funded by Morris K. Jesup. The WestportREADS selection is The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum. The 10th Westport Library Award goes to author Oscar Hijuelos. The Friends of the Westport Library present the Special Friends Award to the Book Sorters for the Friends Book Sales. Malloy Lectures feature author Joyce Carol Oates and President of the Carnegie Corporation, Vartan Gregorian. Circulation exceeds 775,000 items borrowed; 531,000 visit the Library; and more than 46,000 people attend over 1,000 programs.
