Rebuilding and serving after catastrophic events at the Eckhart Public Library in 2017.
Date Recorded: 9/13/2023
Format: Archived YouTube Video
Presenters: From the Eckhart Public Library – Jamie Long, Marketing & Community Engagement Manager / Alan Sweeny, IT Manager / Angie Mapes Turner, President of Eckhart Library Foundation / Jenny Kobiela-Mondor, Library Strategist at Midwest Collaborative Library Services & former Assistant Director at Eckhart Public Library
Resources:
- You may have heard we had a fire part 1 slides pdf
- You may have heard we had a fire part 2 slides pdf
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