Mounce closes chapter as WV

Today Mounce says goodbye
to West Vancouver book-lovers

By Deana Lancaster

Contributing Writer
dcana@nsnews.com

A couple of hours north of Nanaimo, then a
short ferry ri¢e out of Fanny Bay lies Denman
Island: a narrow strip of land covered in trees
and ringed wit! rollin, worn sandstone.

This is where Jack Mounce, chief librarian at the West
Vancouver Memorial Library, will be spending much of his
time after his retirement today.

“My wife and I have a place on Denman Island, it needs
renovations. That will take some time,” he said.

And although he’s lookin forward to the peace and quiet
of Denman, to spending time skiing and golfing with friends,
he’s going to miss the Sib
After all, he’s been there 15 years.

“Ir has been a wonderful time

. a satisfying job to have had.”

Since he started ir 1982, the
building has more than doubled
in size, expanded its computer
catalogue (it was one of the first
libraries to get rid of the card cat-
aloguc), added PCs, CD-Roms,
and gone online.

The gallery, which was just a
small space used for monthly
shows before the ‘92/93 renova-
tions, has grown into one of the
North Shore’s foremost sxhibi-
tion spaces.

The expansion itself will long -
live in Mounce’s memory as a particulaiiy exciting time.

“We had a fundraising campaign that was very successful,”
he said. “There were so many lovely people chat got
involved.”

But he will also remember the smaller challenges.

When he was first hired the library was plagued by water
problems in the west wing of the library, It wasn’: draining
properly, and during periods of keavy rain, it would seep
through and drip into the building.

“ Yt has been
a wonderful
time...

a satisfying
job to have
had. ’

— retiring West Van
chiel librarian Jack
Mounce

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HEWS photo Mike Wakefield

TODAY is Jack Mounce’‘s-last day as the chief librarian at West Vancouver Memorial Library. In 15 years he’s
seen many changes — from the move to a computer catalogue to major building renovations. Now it's Ann
Goodhart's (right) turn to guide the library into the next millennium.

At some expense, the concrete surface of the library's
parking deck wis torn up and a new membrane put on.

During an evening meeting nor long after, in a typically
torrential rainfall, a board member looked up at the cciling
and said with satisfaction, “Look, it’s dry.”

Soon after the board members had deft, a staff member
from the children’s department came to teil Mounce there
was a waterfall ar the other end of the building.

“It turned out to be a plugged drain,” said the librari-

an/emergency plumber, “Ten minutes later 1 was up on the
roof, wading in six inches of water trying to get it clear.” a

His shoes (or waders as the case may be) won't be easy to
fili, but Ann Goodhart is up for the task.

She is currently the Deputy Director of Fort Vancouver
Regional Library in Washington State. The Fort Vancouver
library consists of 10 branches in four counties and has an
anaual budget of $12,000. She will begin writing her own
chapter at the West Vancouver Library next Tuesday.

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