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Viking Library System asks Stevens County for 1% budget increase, highlights outreach and circulation gains
Summary
Viking Library System presented its 2024 annual report and requested a 1% increase in Stevens County funding for 2026, citing bookmobile and interlibrary loan usage growth and one-time technology and vehicle costs funded from reserves.
Erin, director of the Viking Library System, asked the Stevens County Board of Commissioners to approve a 1% increase in county funding for 2026, saying the system expects the request to total $68,706 — $687 more than the 2025 allotment. The presentation summarized 2024 circulation and outreach numbers and described program and staffing changes the regional system has made.
The Viking Library System is a federated regional public library network that serves six member counties and 11 member libraries in west‑central Minnesota. At the Stevens County board meeting, Erin said the system operates five bookmobile stops in Stevens County and circulated more than 1,600 items at those stops in 2024. She also…
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