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New Jackson Hines Library director requests level funding, highlights $1.5M endowment and plans for branches and bookmobile
Summary
Jean Williams, executive director of the Jackson Hines Library System, told the Jackson City Council the library system is requesting level funding for fiscal year 2026 and outlined plans to modernize branches, deploy new public computers and a bookmobile, and reopen shuttered neighborhood branches.
Jean Williams, executive director of the Jackson Hines Library System, told the Jackson City Council the library system is requesting level funding for fiscal year 2026 and outlined plans to modernize branches, deploy new public computers and a bookmobile, and reopen shuttered neighborhood branches. "We're asking for level funding," Williams said.
The nut graf: the library presentation matters because branches provide free internet access, public programs and meeting space in a city where officials said a substantial share of households lack broadband; reopening branches and major repairs require capital decisions and outside partnerships.
Williams, who said she had been on the job about two months, described recent accomplishments and near‑term priorities: a completed 2025–2030 strategic plan, new branding and…
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