Administration

Job openings - None at the time

Job Application Form MS Word format Job Application Form pdf format

To apply for either position, submit a resume and completed application form (from link above)
to the Carthage Public Library in person or via email, CarthageLibraryDirector@gmail.com.
For questions, call the Library, 217-357-3232, and ask for the Director, Amy Gee.

Library Board Considers Facility Options

In 2006, when the Library remodeled the first floor of the former Marine Bank building and moved into 500 Wabash Ave., the plan was to eventually renovate the second floor. The Board knew that we would be required to construct an additional stairway. The Library is currently facing problems with an unreliable elevator, which is difficult to repair since the parts are obsolete, and is too small to meet ADA requirements. Replacing the elevator would greatly add to the remodeling expenses.

In order to effectively evaluate our options, accurate cost estimates were needed. In 2017 the Board of Trustees began working with Dr. Frederick Schlipf, a well-known and respected Library Building Consultant and professor at the U of I Graduate School of Library and Information Science in Urbana-Champaign, and Mark Misselhorn, from Apace Design + Architects in Peoria.

In March of 2018 Dr. Schlipf and Mark Misselhorn submitted a report to the Board of Trustees that summarized their findings and gave their recommendation. Page 1 states:
"The library has four general options:
1. Remodel the second story of the building to enable it to be used for library purposes, adding necessary staircase and
elevator.
2. Expand the first floor by constructing an addition on the south.
3. Obtain and remodel another old structure and convert it to library purposes.
4. Build a new library building on a new site.
Our conclusion, outlined in detail below, is that the most economical and functional solution is to start over with a
new building designed as a library."

Click here to view their full report.

STAFF & ADMINISTRATION

Library Director: Amy Gee, CarthageLibraryDirector@gmail.com
Youth Programs Coordinator: Tori Buckert, CarthageLibraryYouth@gmail.com
Other Staff: Wendy Hamer, Tammy Kost, Janet Nicholas, Lindsay Nichols

Elected Board of Trustees
President: John Dittmer
Vice-President: J.R. Parn
Secretary: Donna Tracy
Treasurer: Andy Bastert
Members: Angie Perry
Rebecca Eagan
Sherry Harris

Board meetings are open to the public and are usually held at
4:30 pm on the second Monday of each month, at the Library

2020-21 Board Meeting Dates

July 13, 2020 -- Committee of the Whole at 4:00, Board Meeting 4:30
August 10, 2020
September 10, 2020 -- B&A Ord Hearing 4:00, Board Meeting 4:30
October 12, 2020
November 9, 2020
December 14, 2020
January 11. 2021
February 8, 2021
March 8, 2021
April 12, 2021
May 10, 2021
June 14, 2021

Click links below for most recent documents.
Approved minutes from Board meetings:
July 2019 minutes     August 2019 minutes September 2019 minutes   October 2019 minutes
November 2019 minutes December 2019 minutes January 2020 minutes
February 2020 minutes March 2020 minutes 3-19-20 Special Meeting minutes
April 2020 minutes May 2020 minutes June 2020 minutes July 2020 minutes

Agenda for January 2020 meeting Agenda for February meeting Agenda for March meeting
Agenda for March special meeting Agenda for April Virtual meeting
Agenda for May Virtual meeting Agenda for June 2020 meeting Agenda for July 2020 meeting
Agenda for Aug 2020 meeting

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Carthage Public Library District is a member of the Reaching Across Illinois Library System (RAILS),
the Illinois Library Association (ILA) and the American Library Association (ALA).
We submit annual reports and grant applications to the Illinois State Library.