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St. Helens Library director reports staff turnover, funding uncertainty and a $55,100 digitization grant request
Summary
Library director Suzanne told the board that a library assistant will depart, recruitment is underway with 30 applicants so far, federal funding tied to LSTA grants is paused amid reconciliation, and the library applied for a $55,100 State Historic Preservation Office grant to digitize local newspaper editions.
Suzanne, the St. Helens Library director, updated the board on staffing, funding and operational matters at the meeting. She announced that library assistant Karina will leave with a last day on the 30th and said the library has opened applications for the position; "we already have 30 people applied," Suzanne said, describing an active recruitment pool.
On funding, Suzanne said federal money that supports many state library programs is held up in the U.S. Senate because of a government shutdown, creating uncertainty for competitive grants. She described two reconciliation proposals in Congress: "both the House and the Senate bills have a status quo funding amount of about $22,000,000," she…
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