Yale Valley Community Library

Photo of Yale Valley Community Library building exterior

In-branch hours

Lun: 2:00 pm-5:30 pm
Mar: 9:00 am-12:30 pm
Jue: 9:30 am-6:00 pm

Self-service hours

Dom: 10:00 am-6:00 pm
Lun: 9:00 am-6:00 pm
Mar - Jue: 9:00 am-7:00 pm
Vie - Sáb: 10:00 am-6:00 pm

Enter the library by scanning your library card or typing in your card number into the door entry pad.

Learn about current library services.

Location

11700 Lewis River Road
Ariel, WA 98603
Estados Unidos

800-921-6211
Branch manager
Jennifer Hauan

 


Yale Valley Library District

Yale Valley Library District (YVLD) is a partial-county, rural library district, created by a vote of the citizens of the Yale precinct of Cowlitz County in May 2003. It is governed by a board of trustees that meets monthly.

YVLD contracts with Fort Vancouver Regional Libraries for services, which include the following:

  • A Fort Vancouver Regional Libraries library card
  • Access to the library catalog from home or work
  • Use of Yale Valley Community Library or any of FVRL's 14 other locations, including libraries in Woodland and La Center.
  • Toll-free phone calls to FVRL's Telephone Information Services: 1-800-921-6211
  • Assistance available at your convenience via web form. See our Contact Us page.

History:

2021: The new Yale Valley Community Library opened in July.

2018: Ground was broken for a new, permanent library building. Learn more about the building project.

2012: Weekly, limited library services at Yale Library Express, located at Yale Elementary School, were established in August.

2003: In May, citizens in the Yale precinct of Cowlitz County successfully voted to form a partial-county, rural library district. Yale Valley Library District contracts with Fort Vancouver Regional Libraries for services, which included bookmobile visits until the Clark County bookmobile was retired in June 2012.

 

Board of Trustees members, meetings, and minutes:

The YVLD board is composed of five, five-year positions. Current members are:

  • Tina Moir, Chair
  • Cynthia McAllister, Vice Chair
  • Kathi Wheeler, Secretary
  • Bob Appling, Treasurer
  • Vacant (contact HuckleberryL@co.cowlitz.wa.us for information)

Members meet on the second Thursday, roughly every other month. An agenda is posted here prior to each meeting.

Agenda for Thursday, April 13, 2023 meeting (PDF)

 

The meeting schedule for 2023 is: 

  • February 9 at 6 pm
  • April 13 at 6 pm
  • June 8 at 6 pm
  • August 10 at 6 pm
  • October 12 at 6 pm
  • November 9 at 6 pm 

Meeting minutes are available once they have been approved by the board. Note: minutes are posted in Portable Document Format (PDF), which requires the free Adobe Reader to view.

 

Legal and financial documents

Policies and bylaws:

Budgets:

Financial Statements: