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Library staff report gains after restored positions; request summer per-diem days to catch up on collection work
Summary
Elementary and intermediate librarians reported increased circulation and improved services after two reinstated staff positions; the department requested summer per-diem days (presenter cited 85 days) to complete inventory and maintenance interrupted by frequent substitute coverage.
Library staff presented an update May 1 describing program growth after the district reinstated two full-time positions, and they asked the committee to consider summer per-diem days to recover lost time when librarians were used as substitute teachers.
Marjorie Golstrand, identified in the meeting as co-chair for the K–12 library department, and Kimberly Borden, one of the presenting librarians, told the committee that restoring positions allowed librarians to expand instruction, increase circulation and develop new programming. “We are curators of print resources,” Borden said, adding that librarians now also “create print resources that are current, relevant, diverse, and support the…
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