The Community Library

The Community Library Association{{Cite web |title=ISNI 0000000405936211 Community Library |url=https://isni.oclc.org/cbs/xslt/DB=1.2//CMD?ACT=SRCH&IKT=8006&TRM=ISN%3A0000000405936211&TERMS_OF_USE_AGREED=Y&terms_of_use_agree=send&COOKIE=U50,KENDUSER,I28,B0028++++++,SY,NISNI,D1.2,E8c6d33e5-22,A,H1,,3-28,,30-41,,43-59,,65-70,,74-75,R208.80.153.72,FY |access-date=2024-05-25 |website=isni.oclc.org}} was founded in 1955 by 17 women as a non-profit organization to create a privately-funded and governed library.{{Cite web |last=Spiegel |first=Clara |title=Clara Spiegel Papers, 1924-1997 ; "The Library That Faith Built" |url=https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv95809 |access-date=24 May 2024 |website=Archives West |publisher=Boise State University Library, Special Collections and Archives |type=Box 30, Folder 13}} Founders include Clara Spiegel, Anita Gray{{Cite news |date=May 23, 2017 |title=New home, new mission for Hemingway's house in Central Idaho |url=https://www.idahostatesman.com/opinion/readers-opinion/article151428487.html |access-date=October 24, 2024 |work=Idaho Statesman}} and Jeanne Rodger Lane.{{Cite news |date=November 29, 2000 |title=Jeanne Lane Moritz dies |url=https://archives.mtexpress.com/2000/11-29-00/11-29moritz.htm |access-date=October 24, 2024 |work=Idaho Mountain Express}} The women first opened the Gold Mine Thrift Store in a log cabin to earn funds to build a library to serve Ketchum, Sun Valley, and Triumph.{{Cite news |last=Povey |first=Dorothy |date=March 5, 1967 |title=Women Achieve Goal; Library Is Completed |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-news-women-achieve-goal-libra/163398436/ |access-date=2025-01-19 |work=The Times-News |location=Twin Falls, Idaho |via=Newspapers.com}}

The first library (now the actual Gold Mine Thrift Store) was built in 1957. In 1977 the library built a new structure designed by architect Dates Fryberger to house their increasing collection, and enlarged this design again in 1986 and 1997. An award-winning{{Cite web |title=Nicole Snyder Interiors Awards |url=https://www.nicolesnyderinteriors.com/awards/ |access-date=October 23, 2024 |website=Nicole Snyder Interiors}}{{Cite web |title=ALA and IIDA Announce Recipients of the 2020 Library Interior Design Awards |url=https://www.ala.org/news/2020/08/ala-and-iida-announce-recipients-2020-library-interior-design-awards |access-date=October 23, 2024 |website=American Library Association}} remodel by Humphries Poli Architects and Nichole Snyder Interiors was completed in 2019.

As of 2024, The Community Library contained 106,000 physical items from printed books to charging cables, and 46,000 digital items. Special collections include regional history archives with oral histories and early Sun Valley photographs from the Union Pacific Railroad, clothing from Mary Hemingway, Ernest Hemingway's personal book collection from the Hemingway House, the Clara Spiegel Collection, and Arion Press books.[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Et3r9_7vLcFr8cXnsq1zQK3LZ2pvE-Hf/view Arion Press Finding Aid]

The library hosts high speed fiber Wi-Fi, accessible from inside and outside of the building. There are 12 computers for patron use with Microsoft or Apple software, along with free printing. Technical help is available for individuals with their own devices. Meeting rooms are open to the public for private booking; the sizes range from 4-25 people. The Reference Librarian handles test proctoring and research requests. The Children's department has a room with gaming computers for kids, and a teen-only lounge.

Library programs{{Cite web |title=Community Library Programs |url=https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q126854263 |access-date=12 February 2025 |website=Wikidata}} include conversations with varied authors,{{Cite AV media |url=https://vimeo.com/1042493862 |title=Winter Read: "Bitter Creek" with Teow Lim Goh |date=2024-12-27 |last=Library |first=The Community |access-date=2025-02-13 |via=Vimeo}}{{Cite AV media |url=https://vimeo.com/1042492105 |title=Christopher Preston |date=2024-12-27 |last=Library |first=The Community |access-date=2025-02-13 |via=Vimeo}} local interest groups,{{Cite AV media |url=https://vimeo.com/1044434434 |title=Behind the Start Gate: World Cup Preparations with Riley Berman and Stacey Ehleringer |date=2025-01-06 |last=Library |first=The Community |access-date=2025-02-13 |via=Vimeo}} a yearly Hemingway Distinguished Lecture,{{Cite web |last=Poets |first=Academy of American |date=2024-07-31 |title=Hemingway Distinguished Lecture: JOY HARJO |url=https://poets.org/event/hemingway-distinguished-lecture-joy-harjo |access-date=2025-02-13 |website=poets.org |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Hemingway Distinguished Lecture |url=https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q126099101 |access-date=12 February 2025 |website=Wikidata}} and a writer-in-residence at the Hemingway House.{{Cite web |last=STAFF |first=EXPRESS |date=2023-04-28 |title=Hemingway House writers-in-residence to share their work |url=https://www.mtexpress.com/arts_and_events/arts/hemingway-house-writers-in-residence-to-share-their-work/article_11eac68e-e37c-11ed-a889-83d6c4bc295f.html |access-date=2025-02-13 |website=Idaho Mountain Express Newspaper |language=en}}

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• [https://www.comlib.org Official website]
• The Community Library in VIAF

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