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Library director asks for more archives hours and an additional degreed librarian as county population grows
Summary
Denise Dore told commissioners the library's service population will exceed 50,000 in September, and she requested increasing the archives worker's hours from 20 to 28 per week and funding a third degreed librarian to pursue 'exemplary' status; she said the changes would not jeopardize accreditation if not funded but would improve services.
Denise Dore, representing the Wilson County Library, asked the court to increase the archives position's hours from 20 to 28 per week and to fund a third professional librarian with a master's degree in library science because the service population will exceed 50,000, which would move the library into the "exemplary" classification from a plain public library.
"We currently have a part time employee, her name is Sandra Smith... she currently works 20 hours a week... we would like to be able to increase her to 28 hours," Dore said, explaining that call volume and walk-in historical inquiries have increased. Dore said the change would not put the library out of compliance with the State Library Commission but would help the library qualify for "exemplary" status.
Dore also proposed shifting 25% of an IT-funded position to the library to cover shared IT support, and described outreach staffing and possible grant sources for adult-services positions. Commissioners asked whether the accreditation or grant eligibility would be affected; Dore said accreditation would not be lost and that grants were not restricted by the staffing classification.
Commissioners did not take immediate action; they asked the library to include the hour change and any equipment needs in the department's budget worksheet for committee review.
