ImagineIF Library trustees poised to tap Dugan as director

The ImagineIF Library Board of Trustees is leaning toward giving the system’s interim director the job permanently and could vote to that end as soon as its Feb. 22 meeting.

Office Administrator Teri Dugan has worked as ImagineIF’s interim director since Ashley Cummins left the post in October. She’s been with the library for more than a decade, and Trustee Doug Adams said the staff is supportive of her taking over the role full time. 

“The staff is solidly behind her from everything that we've heard … There was contention last time, whether that was fair or not, there was contention,” Adams said, referring to the backlash following the hiring of Cummins. “So, we didn’t see a need to invite attention when we're pleased with the way everything is going.”