Accepting the Library of Congress donation from Rep. Kurt Schrader (second from left) were Mount Angel Public Library director Jackie Mills, youth services coordinator Hannah Bostrom, library assistant Katrina Bauman and Robert Kister, chair of the library board.
Kurt Schrader talks with library director Jackie Mills (right) and library youth services coordinator Hannah Bostrom about the Mount Angel Public Library's recent cleaning out of outdated volumes from its collection during a Nov. 2 visit.
Accepting the Library of Congress donation from Rep. Kurt Schrader (second from left) were Mount Angel Public Library director Jackie Mills, youth services coordinator Hannah Bostrom, library assistant Katrina Bauman and Robert Kister, chair of the library board.
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Kurt Schrader talks with library director Jackie Mills (right) and library youth services coordinator Hannah Bostrom about the Mount Angel Public Library's recent cleaning out of outdated volumes from its collection during a Nov. 2 visit.
Rep. Kurt Schrader (U.S. 5th District) visited Mount Angel Friday on a first-of-its-kind visit: He delivered donated books from the Library of Congress to Mount Angel Public Library.
When Alvin Klausen, field representative for Schrader and a former Salem library employee, learned that the Library of Congress had a surplus book program that few legislators take advantage of, he got Schrader's office on board. The program benefits public libraries, schools and nonprofits, Klausen said, and since he had connections from his previous job, he sent out feelers to his former colleagues.
