<div style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 14px;"><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Hello everyone. Happy Tuesday!!</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">  I have a couple of questions and am hoping I can get some resources and information from you all. I recently put a request for a part-time youth services staff member ( right now our library does not have a dedicated youth services program) and was told I would have to justify the need and hire. I am hoping that being able to show that youth services programming is vital and in most libraries the powers that be will realize it is not a unfounded request. <br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">So my first question is does your library have a youth services program and staff, if so how many staff does your youth services program have? Next, is there a dedicated position (stictly works youth programs) And lastly what are the general functions of your youth program staff?</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Now one last favor, can anyone point me in the direction of a resource that may outline library staff requirements, services and functions? Any help and information is greatly appreciated.<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">       </div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div contenteditable="false" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span fr-original-style="color: rgb(65, 168, 95);" style="color: rgb(65, 168, 95); box-sizing: border-box;"><span fr-original-style="font-size:16px;" style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;"><span fr-original-style="font-family: georgia, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" style="font-family: georgia, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;"><em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Nadin</strong></em><em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><em fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px !important; color: rgb(40, 50, 78); font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px !important; color: rgb(40, 50, 78); font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><strong fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px !important; font-weight: 700;" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px !important; font-weight: 700;">e E. Jiron, Director</strong></em></strong></em></span></span></span></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><span fr-original-style="color: rgb(65, 168, 95);" style="color: rgb(65, 168, 95); box-sizing: border-box;"><span fr-original-style="font-size: 12px; font-family: verdana;" style="font-size: 12px; font-family: verdana; box-sizing: border-box;"><span fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;">Grants Public Library</span></span></span></strong></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span fr-original-style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms"; box-sizing: border-box;"><span fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><span fr-original-style="font-size:12px;" style="font-size: 12px; box-sizing: border-box;"><em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1101 N. First St</em></span></strong></span></span></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span fr-original-style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms"; box-sizing: border-box;"><span fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><span fr-original-style="font-size:12px;" style="font-size: 12px; box-sizing: border-box;"><em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Grants, NM 87020</em></span></strong></span></span></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><span fr-original-style="font-family: times new roman;" style="font-family: "times new roman"; box-sizing: border-box;"><span fr-original-style="color: rgb(65, 168, 95);" style="color: rgb(65, 168, 95); box-sizing: border-box;"><span fr-original-style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "trebuchet ms";" style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "trebuchet ms"; box-sizing: border-box;"><em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">505-972-0310</em></span></span></span></strong></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span fr-original-style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms"; box-sizing: border-box;">librarydir@grantsnm.gov</span></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span fr-original-style="color: rgb(65, 168, 95);" style="color: rgb(65, 168, 95); box-sizing: border-box;"><span fr-original-style="font-size:14px;" style="font-size: 14px; box-sizing: border-box;"><span fr-original-style="font-family: "times new roman"; color: rgb(26, 188, 156); font-size: 18px;" style="font-family: "times new roman"; color: rgb(26, 188, 156); font-size: 18px; box-sizing: border-box;"><em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">What we do has far greater impact than what we say..</strong></em><em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">.</em></span></span></span><span fr-original-style="color: rgb(26, 188, 156); font-size: 18px;" style="color: rgb(26, 188, 156); font-size: 18px; box-sizing: border-box;"><span fr-original-style="font-family: "times new roman";" style="font-family: "times new roman"; box-sizing: border-box;"><u fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">.</em></u></span></span></div></div></div>