Kent County Public Library director outlines reorganization, expanded services

Feb 3, 2026

New executive director Natalie Hagen summarized a departmental reorganization, salary adjustments to move three positions to exempt status, plans to add an entry-level staffer within budget, increased branch hours and a new 'Library of Things' lending collection to serve residents across county branches.

The full story

Natalie Hagen, newly appointed executive director of the Kent County Public Library, told commissioners the library had reorganized three departments — programming and publicity; patrons and facilities; technical and collection services — and moved three positions to exempt status to provide more executive-level administrative flexibility. The reorganization also lowered the executive director’s salary and eliminated one manager position to redistribute oversight across the department.

Free newsletter

Sign up to keep reading.

Your free newsletter brings you what your city council, county, and school board discussed and decided.

or
Already have an account? Sign in