Update: Library director candidate interview in person next week

Only one of the two candidates expected at in-person 9 a.m. interviews on Wednesday will be able to make it to Minden.

“One of the candidates is unable to attend the in-person Library Director interview next week,” Interim Director Christine Vido said on Friday.  “Debra Greenacre’s name was removed from the agenda prior to the agenda being posted.”

Greenacre was one of two candidates the Library Board of Trustees were hoping to interview on Wednesday morning.

Library trustees voted to interview candidates Tim DeGhelder and Debra Greenacre.

Trustees conducted interviews on May 4.  

Greenacre had a scheduling conflict and may still he up for the position. Trustees rejected the idea of another Zoom call but were concerned about the possibility that one of the candidates might drop out of the running, which happened during the last search.

Last fall, one of the two final candidates dropped out of the running, leaving the trustees with only one option, and they decided to start over.

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Two candidates for Douglas County Public Library director are scheduled to be interviewed in person starting next week.

Library trustees voted to interview candidates Tim DeGhelder and Debra Greenacre.

Scheduling conflicts ended up eliminating a proposed meet and greet set for next weekend.

Instead, trustees voted to wrap the interviews up on one day, giving the candidates an opportunity to visit with residents after the meeting at the Minden Branch.

Trustees conducted interviews on May 4 with DeGhelder and Greenacre running neck and neck.

Trustees rejected the idea of another Zoom call but were concerned about the possibility that one of the candidates might drop out of the running, which happened during the last search.

• Tim DeGhelder has been director of the Paris, Texas, Public Library since June 2021. He worked as a branch manager at the St. Charles City-County Library District, which is home to a dozen branches in northeastern Missouri.

He taught English in Thailand for two years before taking the director job in Texas.

He has masters degrees in public policy administration and library science.

• Debra Greenacre is an 18-year library professional who said she’s looking forward to moving back to the West.

She has served as Manistee, Mich., County Library executive director for the past four years.

She holds a masters of library and information science from the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. She was also public library director in Dolores, Colo., from 2013 to 2016 and library director for the St. Ignace, Mich., Public Library from 2012 to 2013.