Councilors seek applicants for county position on library board

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Vancouver, WA ¬– The Board of County Councilors is seeking applicants to fill one of three Clark County positions on the seven-member Fort Vancouver Regional Library District Board of Trustees. The position is designated for someone living in Clark County outside the Vancouver and Camas city limits. The term is for seven years, beginning January 2016. The appointment must be approved by Clark, Skamania and Klickitat counties. The Board meets every third Monday of the month with the location of the meeting alternating at the library locations. A schedule of public meetings is online at http://new.fvrl.org/about-us/trustees. Library trustees are responsible for policies regarding the district's 15 locations, two bookmobiles, online services at www.fvrl.org and centralized headquarters. The district’s service area includes approximately 464,000 people and covers more than 4,200 square miles in southwest and south-central Washington. It includes all of Clark County except the city of Camas, all of Skamania and Klickitat counties and city of Woodland in Cowlitz County. Camas is served by the independent Camas Public Library. The district operates community libraries in Battle Ground, Goldendale, La Center, North Bonneville, Ridgefield, Stevenson, the Vancouver urban area, Washougal, White Salmon Valley and Woodland. It also operates the Mall Library Connection at Westfield Vancouver Mall and Library Express in Yacolt. The district provides services to Yale Library Express under contract with Yale Valley Library District. Interested applicants should submit a letter and resume to Jennifer Clark, Board of County Councilors, P.O. Box 5000, Vancouver 98666-5000 or email to jennifer.clark@clark.wa.gov or fax (360) 397-6058. Deadline is 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30. Applicants should address their understanding of: current challenges for public libraries; perspectives concerning public library services, facilities and materials such as print and electronic books and magazines, CDs, DVDs and digital resources; and the district’s funding as a junior taxing district.