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History of the Eagle Public Library (EPL)

1963

• Eagle residents Ruth and Norval Ostroot organize a volunteer library in the community

1968

• Library moves into a rented building at 118 East State Street

1969

• Library moves into a purchased building at 67 East State Street

1974

• Library becomes a municipal, tax-supported institution
• Library building is remodeled to accommodate City Hall offices at front

1975

• First full-time library employee, librarian Diana Rutledge, is hired

1977

• Glenda Willis is appointed City Librarian

1980

• Ann Gallinger is appointed City Librarian

1981

• Friends of the Eagle Public Library first organized

1990 - 1993

• The Library Board contracts out the administration of EPL to Boise Public  Library

1997

• A $2.6 million bond measure to build a new library fails by three votes to get a required two-thirds majority

1998

• 77% of Eagle’s voters approve a $2.85 million bond issue to build a new library

1999

• EPL joins regional LYNX! Consortium; cataloging and circulation automated
• New 16,700-square-foot facility is dedicated on Stierman Way

2003

• Library Director Ann Gallinger retires; Library Director Ronald Baker is hired from Oregon

2003 - 2005

• First five-year strategic plan is written and approved, for FY 2005/06 - FY2009/10

• Boise begins paying reimbursement to EPL for providing excess service to its west end residents

2006

• First full-time Youth Services Librarian hired
• Horizon, a Web-based Integrated Library System (ILS), introduced
• Circulation passes 300,000 annually

2006 - 2007

• Annual budget surpasses $1 million

2008

• Collections pass 80,000 items
• EPL’s circulation to non-residents in Boise’s west end and rural Ada County surpasses 40%
• Boise announces it will cease cost-per-circulation reimbursement to neighboring  cities for providing excess library service to its residents during FY 2009/10

2009

• In April the Library Board agrees to a plan to reduce Library income $470,000   over a 17-month period in order to shore up the City’s General Fund; nine staff  members are RIFed, open hours are reduced from 58 per week to 40, and  collection development monies are radically reduced through September, 2010.
• Boise opens its first stand-alone, full-service library in the west end, on the  southwest corner of Cole and Ustick, and begins a campaign to redirect its  residents from EPL to the new facility.
  

100 N Stierman Way
Eagle, Idaho 83616

Phone: (208) 939-6814
Fax: (208) 939-1359
Telecirc: (208) 384-4450

 

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The mission of the Eagle Public Library is to provide relevant and high-interest collections, services, and programming to all residents of the City of Eagle and, contractually, to patrons residing within LYNX!, south Idaho’s regional library consortium. In fulfilling this mission, the Library will strive to:

• encourage early childhood literacy;
• supplement and enrich the reading and research curricula for school-age children and youth;
• champion recreational reading;
• provide reliable reference, referral, and readers’ advisory assistance;
• foster the discovery and exchange of ideas;
• promote and sustain lifelong learning;
• utilize technology to maintain efficient patron access to library resources and a high level of staff productivity;
• be flexible, creative, and pro-active in meeting the needs of a rapidly growing and changing community.

--The Eagle Public Library Board of Trustees, adopted June 13, 2005

Eagle Public Library is a member of the LYNX! Consortium, a regional cooperative of eleven independent libraries in southern Idaho. This Consortium shares an automated catalog and allows residents of Eagle to borrow materials from any member library in the Treasure Valley. The Consortium’s courier van makes deliveries of requested items among Treasure Valley libraries on a six-day-per-week basis. Eagle residents are, however, subject to the borrowing rules of the lending library. The following library facilities are part of the LYNX! Consortium:

The Library’s first five-year Strategic Plan was adopted by the Eagle City Council on 26 July 2005.  Its adoption was the culmination of a year-and-a-half community planning process by a nine-member committee appointed by the Library’s Board of Trustees.  The process included distribution of surveys to Eagle’s 8,600 households to determine the public’s service and collection needs.  The current plan expires at the end of Fiscal Year (FY) 2009/1010. Given the uncertain economy and budgetary condition of the City of Eagle, the Library Board has decided to do an annual supplement to the Strategic Plan for FY 2010/2011.

For more information on this planning process, contact Library Director Ron Baker at 939-6814, ext. 2.

October 2009