Library News
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Library Board Reflection: Something for Everyone
by Carol Grant, Past President, WDM Library Board of Trustees
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Library Board Reflection: Where is the West Des Moines Public Library?
by Jean Fajen, WDM Library Board of Trustees
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Library Board Reflection: Making a Difference in West Des Moines
by Bryan Myers, WDM Library Board of Trustees
Franklin D Roosevelt said, “I have an unshaken conviction that democracy can never be undermined if we maintain our library resources and a national intelligence capable of utilizing them.” This still rings true today; the quality of our community in total is directly correlated to the quality of our public library and I, though not a librarian, take a direct part in maintaining that quality as a library Trustee.
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Library Board Reflection: Creating the 2022 Strategic Plan
by Melissa Gillespie, WDM Library Board of Trustees
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Library Board Reflection: Do They Still Have Libraries?
by Ray Seidelman, Secretary, WDM Library Board of Trustees
Talking with a friend soon after I was appointed to the West Des Moines Library Board of Trustees in 2019, I expressed how excited I was to serve such a dynamic community institution. He met my enthusiasm with, “that’s great…but do they still have libraries?”.
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A Word from our Board President
"A library outranks any other one thing a community can do to benefit its people." Andrew Carnegie