About Us

The Kutztown Community Library traces its beginning to a bequest in 1941 from Louisa M. Gonser, who donated her home on West Main Street to be used as a public library and a YMCA. The library became a reality in 1949, when the Business & Professional Women's Club established a children’s reading library.

By 1958 the library had outgrown its quarters and was moved to the old town hall on Whiteoak Street. In 1989 the library was moved to the lower level of the newly completed Borough Hall.

The current building was purchased in 1997 from plumber John Printz and has a varied history. The central structure was an 18th-century barn. A back portion was used as a slaughterhouse in the early part of the century. The library opened as the Louisa Gonser Community Library in 1998. In 2011 it was renamed the Kutztown Community Library, and the building was named in honor of Louisa Gonser.

Board Minutes

• October 2019
• September 2019
• August 2019
• July 2019 - no meeting
• June 2019
• May 2019
• April 2019
• March 2019
• February 2019
• January 2019
• December 2018
• November 2018
• October 2018

Abuse Policy
Bylaws
Collection Development Policy
Community Room Policy
Conflict of Interest Policy
Display Policy
Document Retention Policy
Donation Policy
Employee Protection Policy
Internet Policy
Mission & Vision Statement
Library Behavior Policy
Reference Policy
Service Policy
Volunteer Policy
 

A list of staff members and members of the Board of Trustees. The Kutztown Community Library Board of Trustees meets at the library on the second Thursday of the month at 7 pm. No meeting in July. Meetings are open to the public. Board minutes are available online or at the circulation desk.

LIBRARY STAFF

• Director: Janet Yost

• Youth Librarian: Taylor Kutz

• Assistant Librarian: Joanne Englehart

• Assistant Librarian: Charlotte Hoare

• Assistant Librarian: Jackee Sharayko

• Clerk: Mary Beth Friedle

• Clerk: Lacie Henninger

• Clerk: Mackenzie Keller

• Clerk: Megan Waidelich

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

• President: Cathy Ruhf

• Vice-President: Barb Coffin

• Secretary: Rebeka Birch

• Treasurer: Martin Smith

• Members: Ernest Angstadt, Harry Heffelfinger Jr, Lucy Muth, Robert Shade, Mindy Wagaman