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Resident says library hires do not meet state librarian certification requirements
Summary
During public comment, resident Karen Powerhand said the county’s children’s librarian manager and young adult librarian do not hold required library certification and that recent reconsideration decisions lacked documented professional criteria; she cited Georgia statutory provisions and the county’s own job descriptions.
Karen Powerhand, who identified herself as a resident at 3421 Hilltop Trail, addressed the board during public comment and challenged recent library hiring and reconsideration practices.
Powerhand said the children’s librarian manager’s employment application lists school-focused roles (media specialist and classroom teacher) rather than public-library experience and that the young adult librarian holds no state library certificate. She cited county job descriptions that list a…
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