CANANDAIGUA, lNY — Wood Library and the people who make it tick are rolling in the awards of late.

Teen Services Librarian Kaitlyn "Katie" Smith, who this year marked her 10-year anniversary at the Canandaigua library, was named the New York Library Association’s Public Librarian of the Year. Smith was also named a Rochester Regional Library Council Library All Star.

Wood Library’s Reading Garden received the state organization’s Public Libraries Building Award. This multi-purpose outdoor area tucked in on the north side of the library at 134 N. Main St., Canandaigua, opened over the summer. Maria Bucci, director of development at Wood Library, also was named a Library All Star by the Rochester library group for her fundraising efforts on behalf of the library.

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