Join director Nicki Kirchoff on a recorded tour of her new library, inside the Love Community Center of Rushville, Indiana. This event will be hosted by Meg Pool from the Indiana State Library, and the tour will showcase the new Rushville Public Library, the Love Community Center’s other services inside the building, and the Love Community Center’s background. As we navigate the future, Nicki will share why this special opportunity to be part of Rushville’s community center was the best decision for them, and how it has impacted the community they serve. Come join us, and bring your questions!
Nicki Kirchoff has served twenty years as a public school librarian, serving grades k-12 (15 of those years in the middle school)! Nicki currently serves as director of the Rushville Public Library, with her first day on May 28, 2020. I’m incredibly lucky to do a job and have a life that 13-year old me would think is so cool. “Libraries? Books? And play outside whenever I’m not with libraries and books? How awesome is that?!” Ever since Nicki became director at Rushville Public Library, she had goals to be county wide. Nicki started talking and meeting about the Community Center, July 1, 2020. What was a long and tedious endeavor, paid off and has become a community hub county wide for Rush County.
Date Recorded: 3/11/2026
Format: Archived YouTube Video
Presenter: Nicki Kirchoff, Director / Rushville Public Library
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