Documented Record
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New regional library network forms
Coeur d'Alene Press · August 2025
- Eleven libraries formed a new regional network without CLN, leaving CLN patrons locked out.
- CLN claimed the old consortium was illegal; other libraries said that wasn't the real reason for the split.
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Regional library consortium members vote to dissolve Cooperative Information Network
Spokesman-Review · July 2025 (archive)
- 14 of 15 member libraries voted to dissolve a 40-year consortium because of CLN's minor cardholder restrictions.
- Other libraries said following CLN's policies would put them at risk of being sued.
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Primary SourceRegional library consortium will dissolve Sept. 30, Coeur d'Alene PressConfirms CLN's January 2025 minor cardholder policy changes as the impetus; dissolution ended more than 40 years of shared collections across North Idaho and Eastern Washington
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Victoria Bauman wins Community Library Network seat
Spokesman-Review · May 2025 (archive)
- Her win completed a full KCRCC sweep of all five CLN board seats.
- Her opponent compared what was happening at CLN directly to what had happened at North Idaho College.
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Voters will select a new Community Library Network trustee
Spokesman-Review · May 2025 (archive)
- She ran explicitly to support a policy that blocked 9,000 kids from accessing certain library materials, even with parental permission.
- She did not respond to interview requests and moved to Idaho from California four years earlier.
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Cooperative Information Network dissolves, ending shared library access across region
KXLY · 2025 (archive)
- Patrons of 14 other libraries lost the ability to use their cards at CLN.
- Small rural libraries that depended on the shared collection for books they couldn't afford were especially hurt.
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Community Library Network, Board of Trustees policies enacted following KCRCC sweep
Community Library Network · 2025 (archive)
- Once the full sweep was complete, the board cut ties with the American Library Association and removed Juneteenth, the federal holiday marking the end of slavery, as a staff holiday.
- Those hours were moved to Thanksgiving weekend.
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Primary SourceCLN Board Packet, June 19, 2025 Regular Board MeetingBoard meeting packet documenting policy actions taken after the KCRCC board sweep was complete
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CLN Board Policy Changes Following KCRCC Sweep
Community Library Network Board Records · 2025
- After her election completed the sweep, the board quickly cut ALA membership and dropped Juneteenth, the federal holiday marking the end of slavery, as a staff holiday.
- This came on top of the minor cardholder restrictions that had already broken up the 40-year library consortium.
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Primary SourceCLN Board Packet, June 19, 2025 Regular Board MeetingOfficial board meeting packet documenting policy decisions made by the KCRCC-swept board.