| Inola
Public Library |
| Contributed
by Sandy Getzfried, Connie James, Anne Lawson and Dorothy
Turner. |
| 1967 |
Inola
Extension Homemakers Club raised over $3,000 for library building
and collected over 3,000 books from donations. Club appointed
library committee in May and consisted of Mrs. Win Ingersoll,
chairwoman, Mrs. Bill Krause, treasurer, and Mrs. Henry Powers,
Mrs. L. D. Littlefield, Jr. and Mrs. Clyde Stout. The building
started in August on city property. |
| 1968 |
Building
was finished in April and the library was opened to the public. |
| 1969 |
On June
25th Ordinance No. 68-3 creating a public library and reading
room for the Town of Inola was put into effect. It established
a library board of directors and adopted by-laws and regulations.
A library catalog filing system was set up. Volunteers and club
members ran the library with no set regular hours. |
| 1970 |
The library
was staffed by part time workers with irregular hours until
1983. The one room building was allowed to deteriorate. |
| 1983 |
Dorothy
Turner was hired as library director. She established regular
hours and had the building cleaned and repaired. |
| 1985 |
A building
fund was started with public donations for the repair and
expansion of the library. |
| 1989 |
The library
received a $25,000 grant from the Founders of Doctors
Hospital to expand the library. No matching funds were required.
Library
was expanded tripling the square footage of the building. |
| 1992 |
Library
received a fax machine. |
| 1993 |
Library
received its first computer for library use only. |
| 1995 |
The Summer
Reading Program becomes an annual event. |
| 1996 |
Library
computer was connected to the internet. Library staff began
attending library certification classes. |
| 1998 |
Two computers
are purchased, one for library use and one for public
internet access.
On April 30th Dorothy Turner, Anne Lawson and Sandra Getzfried
received certification from the State of Oklahoma as public
librarians. |
| 1999 |
A computer
was purchased to use to automate the library, and library
staff worked to put the library’s records on the computer.
The library
also received a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
for
a new public access computer. |
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