The Tribune recently had the pleasant experience of wresting West Custer County Library Co-DirecÂtors Genna Calkins (ColÂlections) and Janet Rhodes (Administrative) away from a terribly busy workday for a focused conversation on new and expanding direcÂtions in 2025. A sign of what was to lie ahead occurred when Rhodes noted with us, in quest of a quiet place to sit and chat, that the Library had become âquite a bit activeâ that day, while navÂigating ourselves around a group of youth quite volubly chattering about some book finds. This writer is of an age when the irascible Miss Bear stalked the stacks and study nooks of our high school library shushing everybody into silence. The modern library is not Miss Bearâs! At almost any hour…
