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Library director outlines services, trust-fund plan and FY2027 ask of about $4.6 million
Summary
Carnegie-Stout Public Library Director Nick Rossman presented FY25 usage figures, described digital and maker-space growth and said the library seeks roughly $4.6 million in property-tax support for FY2027 while planning a phase-one renovation funded largely from library trust balances.
Nick Rossman, director of the Carnegie-Stout Public Library, told the Dubuque City Council April 13 that the library recorded more than 225,000 visitors in fiscal 2025, serves about 45,000 active cardholders after state-mandated clean-up of old records, and logged roughly 850,000 total resource accesses when circulation, program attendance, database and technology usage are combined.
Rossman highlighted growth in digital services — adults have recently borrowed digital materials at higher rates than physical collections — and said maker-space use rose 20% year over year with more than 8,600…
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