Library manager reports growth in users, programs and grants; bookmobile funded with ARPA dollars
Feb 24, 2026
Woodburn Public Library reported roughly 8,600 registered users, ~49,180 print checkouts, new grants (ALA capacity grant, $10,000 Carnegie library award) and an ARPA-funded bookmobile (~$100,000). The library plans to expand bilingual programming and adult offerings supported by modest local and grant funding.
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Mike Janssen, Woodburn's library manager, briefed council on the library's operations and usage in the past year and listed staffing, budgets and grants. He said the library's general operating fund is about $1,200,000 with approximately $1,100,000 appropriated by the city and about $100,000 from CCRLS.
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