Community Liaison Contact:
Carol Van Baalen
LOCAL NEWS
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DES
MOINES LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD
 There is currently an opening on the Library Board, and the city of Des Moines is seeking applicants.
The
Library Board advises the City Council and the King County Library
System on the planning, promotion, construction, and development of
public library facilities and programs. It also makes recommendations
that they deem advisable for the development of future library
resources. Members, appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the City
Council, serve without compensation for a 3-year term.
Applications are available online on the City of Des Moines web site, or at the Des Moines and Woodmont Libraries.
UPCOMING MEETINGS:
The Library Advisory Board will meet Thursday, January 24, 7:00pm at the Des Moines Library.
STAFF NEWS
Woodmont has a new teen librarian! Val Kitiona joined the staff on January 2nd.
A graduate of the University of Washington, she
has worked at the Burien Library, at KCLS Answerline, and most recently
as a teen librarian at the Newport Way Library. Welcome, Val!
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
Friday, January 18 & 25, 3pm at Des Moines
After School Movies.
January 18 movie is for teens; January 25 movie is for kids. Call the library to see what is playing.
Tuesday, January 22, 4pm at Woodmont:
Children & Teen Book Swap
Bring your gently used books to the library for a book exchange. You may take home a book for every book that you bring.
Saturday, February 2, 2pm at Kent:
Steampunk!
A
visual introduction to the literary genre and fashion wave that is
taking the world by storm, presented by Art Historian Susan Olds.
For a complete list of programs at your library, click here:
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SYSTEM HIGHLIGHTS
OPERATIONS
KCLS has begun piloting the sale and circulation of
reusable book bags at libraries in the Kent and Bellevue clusters and patron response has been positive.
KCLS will participate in a community-wide count of
homeless teens on January 24, 2013. The King County Housing
Authority, which is the lead agency, conducts a count of homeless people
every January but the count has never identified how many teens are
included.
Two new KCLS
Mobile Learning Labs are scheduled for delivery in December. The
other two vehicles should arrive by early January. The vehicles will
house technology and collections that target students, English language
learners and adult audiences. Service is scheduled
to start in March 2013.
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
There was a very good turnout for the
Enumclaw Library open house on Saturday, December 1. Mayor Liz
Reynolds, City Council members and all five Library Advisory Board
members were on hand for the celebration and the Library was filled with
local patrons who seemed pleased with the recent
interior refurbishment. Based on renewed interest in the Library, the
Mayor and others talked about the idea of developing a community center
or senior housing facility in proximity to the Library.
KCLS received word that Robert Spitzer’s reappointment to the
KCLS Board of Trustees is expected to be signed off by the King
County Executive on December 11. The appointment is effective 30 days
later which will allow the Board to start the year with all seats
filled.
KCLS
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN PROJECTS
View all at
http://www.kcls.org/bond/or
sign up here
to receive automatic updates on the KCLS Capital Improvement Projects!
Upcoming Dates
The next KCLS Board of Trustees Meeting takes place on
Tuesday, January 29, 5pm at the
Service Center.
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