Beaver Island District Library appoints Tom Cole as librarian, 1989

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Event

Date: 1989-01
Kind: Appointment
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: educationgovernanceheritagecommunitycommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The Beaver Island District Library Board selected Tom Cole as librarian after Jenifer Vyse’s departure, assigning him operational and new-building duties.

Evidence limits

The newspaper reports an appointment and responsibilities, not a personnel file or later library operating record.

Sources

“Library Board fills Librarian Vacancy,” Beaver Beacon, January 1989.
Reports Tom Cole’s appointment, planned staffing and preschool story hour, cataloguing, and preparation for the move to the new library. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, January 1989, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held twenty-page January issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island District Library appoints Tom Cole as librarian, 1989”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-library-director-tom-cole-transition-1989/, accessed [date], citing “Library Board fills Librarian Vacancy,” Beaver Beacon, January 1989. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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