Franklin County begins search for new library director

 Franklin County commissioners have started seeking a new director for the Franklin County Public library.

Library director Anne Birchwell announced her sudden retirement as library director on October 23^rd citing health reasons.

She has held the position since late 2013 and in that time has expanded library hours to include Saturdays to make it easier for working people to use the library.

She had also implemented a number of new programs including a childrens' reading program, music training and ipad training just to name a few.

The library is now closed on Saturday's until a new director is hired because there is not enough staff to cover all of the shifts.

And there will likely be some other changes.

Commissioner Smokey Parrish said he wants the county to adopt protocols and procedures of how the library should run, just like the county has for every other department and he feel those procedures need to be in place before a new director is hired.

He said whoever is hired will be in charge of the library system, not just the Eastpoint branch or the Carrabelle branch.

He said we can no longer have the Eastpoint branch of the library operating one way and the Carrabelle branch operating another way.

He added that if either of the library branches wants to break away, we can do that too, but he doesn't want to fund it.

He said if they want to break away they can find their own funding and do their own thing.

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