LISBON — The award of the Bowdoin College Common Good Grant at Philip W. Sugg Middle School’s library has provided three new databases, America the Beautiful, Lands and Peoples and the Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia.

In addition to the digital resources, the grant provided a furniture upgrade of a large booth table and two blue saucer chairs for collaborative learning.

Philip W. Sugg Middle School Librarian Tim Gaudet said he has seen growth in circulation, online research and library usage because of the resources provided by the Common Good Grant. Library circulation has increased from 3,000 books annually to over 5,000.

Classroom instruction has become more popular in the library in collaboration between teachers and library staff. The online resources were integrated into multiple research projects with orientation and training provided by the librarian to students and staff.

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