Following the tail of Melville Dewey, Huntington Beach Public Library’s lucky cat in residence.

Meet Melville, a cat statue, who resides in Huntington Beach Public Library.
He is periodically awarded to the best employee at the library.
Check back to see who he goes to live with next!
He puts HBPL on the map – the Library Cats Map that is.
The Melville Dewey Award is a Staff recognition program to recognize excellence in library employees. This award is designed to allow staff to nominate a colleague for their efforts and good work. Nominations can be dropped in the FISH Bowl in Library Administration. Winners are selected by a random drawing from the pool of nominations every month.
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