Library meeting establishes goals for serving the community

About two dozen people attended a meeting at the Clarion Public Library on November 9 that was called to determine a strategy for effective library service in the future. Discussion included positive aspects of the community, things that could be improved, and services that libraries offer the community.

Jett Kofoot, regional director of the North central district of the State Library of Iowa, was a speaker. Attendees included library board members, staff, local businesspeople, and regular library users.

“I thought we had a pretty good representation,” said Nancy Nail, library director.

Attendees voted on a list of objectives they wished to see the library promote. The top four were chosen as goals the library will focus on. These were, in order, “Create young readers: emergent literacy”; “Welcome to America: services for new immigrants”; “Satisfy curiosity: lifelong learning”; and “Celebrate diversity: cultural awareness.”

For the full story, see the November 19 edition of the Monitor.