Who We Are

The mission of the Park County Public Libraries is to educate, encourage, enlighten and entertain. 

The four libraries of Park County are staffed by ten part-time employees and the library director, who is a full-time employee with a Master’s Degree in Library and Information Services.

Board of Trustees

By Colorado Library Law, public libraries are required to have a Library Board of Trustees.  Park County has seven members on this board with representation for each established library in the county.  The board’s purpose is to work with the library director in establishing library policy, advising the library director on matters of library direction and service to the communities.  The library board works with the Board of County Commissioners in making recommendations for the library budget and in personnel issues, such as employment of a library director and annual personnel reviews.

The Board of County Commissioners is directly responsible for the Park County Public Libraries and supervision of the Library Director.

Joan Sovereign, President
Term ends 12-31-2012
keithsovrn@aol.com

Board Meetings 

Board Meetings are held on the third Tuesday of every other month at 9:30 a.m. and are open to the public.  The location changes every time using each library in turn.  Minutes and library locations are posted in each of the libraries.

Date                                           Library Meeting
January 19, 2010                        Fairplay

March 16, 2010                           Fairplay

May 18, 2010                              Guffey

July 20, 2010                              Lake George

September 21, 2010                   Bailey

November 16, 2010                     Fairplay
 

In the event of inclement weather, an announcement pertaining to meeting cancellation will be made on this website.

Friends Support

Each library has an active Friends support group to assist in providing special and unusual items that cannot be purchased from the library budget provided by the county.  Each Friends group has its own page within the individual library's folder on this website.