Staff Pictures 

 

Deborah Harper and Louella Neeb graduated from the Small Library Management Training Program 

sponsored by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission in February 2008.

 

 

Groves Public Library is staffed by the Library Director, two full time employees, one part-time employee and student from the BPA program at Port Neches-Groves.

 

Deborah Harper became director of Groves Public Library in May 2005. She began her library career in Kountze, Texas in 1989. Deborah’s goal as director of the library is to keep pace with the changing library world and to keep library service fresh and consistent. She believes in moving forward and never just “treading the waters.” Deborah has been a certified county librarian since 1990. She graduated from the first Small Library Management Training Program offered by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission in the spring of 1996. In charge of the daily operations of the library, Deborah’s door is always open to patrons who need assistance or who would like to make a suggestion.

 

 

Louella Neeb is in charge of technical services. She began her library career as a student worker in 1981. Lou’s greatest gift is working with the children. She loves singing the alphabet song with the Bookworms group. Her main job function is receiving the materials that come into the library, entering them into the automation system and processing them so that they are ready to be loaned to the patrons. Lou became a certified county librarian in 2005. She is currently attending Small Library Management training classes sponsored by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Louella works full time at Groves Public Library.

 

 

Marlayna Mills began her library career as a volunteer and now has been employed at the library since November of 2004. Marlayna became a certified county librarian in 2006. She shelves the many adult, teen, and audio materials that are returned each day making sure that each one is done according to the Dewey decimal system, so that patrons can retrieve the material when it is needed. She also works the circulation desk. She is available to patrons for reader’s advisory or to help answer reference questions. Marlayna began working as a full time employee in June 2008.

 

Kaye  Jones began working for Groves Public Library in December 2004. With a background in teaching and sales, Kaye Jones says she's never stopped teaching or selling. She enjoys showing patrons how to use the library's resources, and she will do her best to "sell" a book she likes! Kaye’s job is to work at the circulation desk, answer reference questions, and processing the many donations that are received on a regular basis.