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Director reports successful staff training day and rising donor support; board discusses regional collaboration

Iowa City Public Library Board (not otherwise specified) · December 26, 2024
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The director reported a successful closed service staff training day, noted plans to host a regional reception and highlighted digital-help services; development staff said roughly $36,000 had been raised and new donors are returning. The board discussed regional collaboration and potential legislative issues affecting libraries.

The director told the board the recent closed-service staff training day went well: speakers were engaging, staff participation was strong and feedback is being collected. The training included keynote presentations and afternoon breakouts intended to bring staff from several nearby libraries together, Speaker 4 said, and the library has offered facilities and support for the pilot event.

Speaker 4 told members the training was "an opportunity for staff from different departments to work together, to learn together, to have some of that fellowship…

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