Public Library Names Director

Ames Public Library's new director will be charged with overseeing a library renewal project and earning a master's degree.

Lynne Carey who assumed the interim director position was named as the new director last week. She will have to complete a master's degree in library science, which is required by law in order for the library to receive funding, according to the release from the City. Carey told the Ames Tribune she was researching programs she could take online.

She has to complete the degree by December 2017.

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Carey has worked for the library since 1991 and assumed the interim director position in July 2012, when Art Weeks left. 

The library is in a midst of a renovation that will expand the library at its downtown location. Work is expected to be complete in 2014. The temporary location is at the Lincoln Center near the east Hy-Vee at 620 Lincoln Way.