Worcester Library Reveals New Locally Designed Library Cards

WORCESTER, MA — The Worcester Public Library has picked the winners in a library card design contest held this fall, and the new cards will begin to circulate this winter.

The library began accepting designs during the September National Library Card Sign-up Month. In total, 277 people submitted designs, with the winners picked by a committee including acting City Manager Eric Batista, El Salón founder Vanessa Calixto, WPL Access Service Coordinator Kate Sawisch, WPL Circulation Assistant Myla Salmela and WPL Communications Manager Linnea Sheldon.

The winning designers were:

• Ages 0 to 11, Azaliyah Ortiz
• Ages 12 to 17, Elisabet Febo
• Adult, K-Fai Steele

The finalists in each category included:

• Ages 0 to 11, Jameson Cates and Sophia Homes
• Ages 12 to 17, Claudia Kabanov and Lucia Vidal
• Adult, Abigail Hannaford-Ricardi and Elizabeth Rudt

The new designs will circulate will be available in limited quantities later this year and in 2023.