Tonganoxie Public Library :: Enjoy. Learn. Grow.

               Bring your lunch and watch

              Charlottes Web

              Friday, June 20 at 11:30 a.m.

Bring your lunch and watch

ANTZ

Friday, June 13 at 11:30 a.m.

Lunch with 

Author Linda Sebastian

Thursday, May 29 at Noon

Request for Applications for Library Director

The Board of Trustees for the Tonganoxie, Kansas Public Library is accepting applications to fill the position of Library Director.

Tonganoxie, a community of 4,100, is located in Leavenworth County in northeast Kansas. It is conveniently situated approximately 30 miles west of Kansas City, 15 miles southwest of Leavenworth, Kansas and 15 miles northeast of Lawrence, Kansas.

The Tonganoxie Public Library is housed in a 6,000 square foot facility built in 1991.  In the 2007 Kansas Public Library Rankings, the Library was ranked 4th in the state.  The 2008 budget for the Tonganoxie Public Library is $290,000.  The collection consists of 26,300 items and 18% of the budget is dedicated to collection development.

The Library Board is seeking a person with a Masters in Library Science with at least 5 years experience.  The Director is responsible for all library operations and supervision of staff, budget, programming and service to the public.  Candidates should be versed in all facets of current technology and possess supervisory, communication, organizational, interpersonal, decision-making and public relations skills that have been demonstrated in a library setting.  Salary commensurate with experience and education.

More detailed job description.

Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Equal Opportunity Employer. 

Apply with resume and references to: 

Susan Weston
Board President
Tonganoxie Public Library
303 S Bury, PO Box 890
Tonganoxie, KS 66086
Phone: 913-845-3281
director@tonganoxielibrary.org   

Library will be closed  Monday, May 26 for Memorial Day.

Summer Reading Kicks Off
with
Storyteller JoHo
at the
Tonganoxie Elementary School
on
Friday, May 23 at 10 a.m.

                A BUG’S LIFE

            Lunch Time Movies 

    Library Community Room

Friday, May 30  at 11:30 - 1:30 p.m.

Deputy or Desperado

Craft, Snack, & Story

                                      with Stephanie and Carolyn

                                      Thursday, June 26 at 10 a.m.

  

  

   “CREEPY CRAWLIES”
 Bug Stories

 

 Story Teller Priscilla Howe

   Thursday, June 19
 10 a.m.   

 

                                               

         

Topeka Zoo and

                         Friends Visiting the Library!

                         Thursday, June 12 at 10 a.m.