LETTER TO THE EDITOR FROM DIRECTOR OF LIBRARY

Dear Editor, In his letter to the editor on October 5 regarding the library, Commissioner Nick Lee raised two points that deserve a response. The first is why the library system doesn’t pay for the utilities at the Coalgate library. The Southeast Oklahoma Library System (SEOLS), like all other multi-county library systems in Oklahoma, depends on local entities, usually the building’s owner, to pay for building maintenance and utilities. That was the condition by which each of our 16 member libraries were accepted into the library system. In return, SEOLS provides all of the staffing, materials, furniture, equipment, programs and expertise required to operate the library.