The annual overview featured contributions from Library Chair Glenn Groulx who highlighted the range of material that is available at the Sixth Avenue West House of Reading (and much more) noting how the Library serves as a a community hub that partners with many local organizations, offering non-profit organizations an affordable meeting space. The Multi-Purpose room offers so much for our community groups and organizations to run meetings, workshops, etc.
He also makes note of the work ahead, including the development of a Strategic Plan to chart the course forward.
This past year has seen a lot of planning among the Library Board members, who have been developing a strategic plan that will provide future direction for the Board, Chief Librarian and Library Staff, as well as identify new partnerships and build on existing community partnerships.
Joe Zelwiero, the Chief Librarian at the Prince Rupert facility observes as to how 2018 was the year of future building for the Library, starting with the completion of a labour agreement that has secured a four year agreement between the library and its staff members.
The Library Board started looking into what is best for the library, ensuring adherence to the Library Act while meeting the information needs of the community. As part of meeting the above goals the Library Board and local unionized staff undertook collective bargaining and came to a 4 year agreement. We must also look at our relationship with City of Prince Rupert and therefore the taxpayers of Prince Rupert. Everybody contributes and the City of Prince Rupert manages the tax process to fairly distribute the funds to provide all the services a healthy community needs.
The Chief Librarian also observed as to the growing relationships that the Library has with a number of local groups, including the Friends of the Prince Rupert Library, which have started a period of renewal with new members.
The Prince Rupert Library has also partnered with Decoda and the North Coast Literacy Network on local initiatives to help expand the love of reading on the North Coast.
The statistical review for 2018 highlights the membership of the local library with a total number of card holders now at 8,514 including 381 new members in just the last year.
The library also hailed the community mindedness of fourteen residents of the North Coast who helped in support for the Library in the year just passed, with their financial assistance being put towards the purchase of new items or to replace damaged items in the library's collections.
You can review the full Annual Report here.
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