Organizations Filed Purposes:
THE SOUTHEAST STEUBEN COUNTY LIBRARY PROVIDES FREE AND OPEN ACCESS TO COLLECTIONS, ELECTRONIC RESOURCES, AND INNOVATIVE SERVICES WHICH ANTICIPATE, SUPPORT, AND RESPOND TO THE EVER-CHANGING INFORMATIONAL, CULTURAL, AND LEISURE NEEDS OF ALL PEOPLE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.
THE SOUTHEAST STEUBEN COUNTY LIBRARY IS DEDICATED TO ITS MISSION TO PROVIDE "FREE AND OPEN ACCESS TO COLLECTIONS, ELECTRONIC RESOURCES AND INNOVATIVE SERVICES WHICH ANTICIPATE, SUPPORT AND RESPOND TO THE EVER-CHANGING INFORMATIONAL, CULTURAL AND LEISURE NEEDS OF ALL PEOPLE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY." SUCCESSOR TO THE CORNING AREA LIBRARY (WHICH CLOSED IN 1999 AFTER A PUBLIC REFERENDUM TO ESTABLISH A LIBRARY DISTRICT FAILED), THE SOUTHEAST STEUBEN COUNTY LIBRARY WAS PROVISIONALLY CHARTERED BY THE NEW YORK STATE BOARD OF REGENTS ON JULY 14, 2000. THE LIBRARY OPENED TO THE PUBLIC IN DECEMBER 2000 AT ITS 24,000-SQUARE-FOOT FACILITY IN NASSER CIVIC CENTER PLAZA, CORNING, NY. THE LIBRARY WON A PUBLIC FUNDING VOTE ON OCTOBER 21, 2014. THE BOARD OF REGENTS APPROVED THE LIBRARY'S ABSOLUTE CHARTER ON JUNE 14, 2016. THE LIBRARY IS A 501(C)(3) NONPROFIT ASSOCIATION LIBRARY GOVERNED BY A 5 TO 15 MEMBER BOARD OF TRUSTEES, WITH 11 TRUSTEES CURRENTLY SERVING. THE LIBRARY IS A MEMBER OF THE SOUTHERN TIER LIBRARY SYSTEM, WHICH PROVIDES SERVICES TO ITS 48 REGIONAL MEMBER LIBRARIES AND READING ROOMS.SOUTHEAST STEUBEN COUNTY LIBRARY SERVES 34,000 RESIDENTS IN A LARGE GEOGRAPHIC AREA INCLUDING THE CITY OF CORNING, NY AND THE TOWNS OF ERWIN, CAMPBELL, CORNING, CATON, HORNBY AND LINDLEY. MAJOR EMPLOYERS IN OUR SERVICE AREA INCLUDE CORNING INCORPORATED, THE CORNING MUSEUM OF GLASS, ARTS & CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS, AGRICULTURE, AND THE LOCAL SERVICE ECONOMY WHICH DEPENDS ON TOURISM.IN 2019, THE LIBRARY CIRCULATED 254,064 BOOKS, CDS, DVDS AND OTHER CIRCULATING ITEMS AND WELCOMED 194,114 VISITORS. THERE WERE MORE THAN 22,875 PUBLIC COMPUTER SESSIONS LOGGED. PUBLIC PROGRAM ATTENDEES NUMBERED 34,614, AND THERE WERE 1,861 PARTICIPANTS IN DIGITAL LITERACY TRAINING.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Pauline Emery | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 40 | $90,169 |
| Frank Vassallo | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Louise Sullivan-Blum | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Christine Sharkey | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Louise Richardson | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Hatesh Radia | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Kathryn E Paterson | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Barry Nicholson | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Umid Khasanov | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Gail Bardhan | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Julie Fromer | SECRETARY | 1 | $0 |
| Nancy Kirby Kurjakovic | TREASURER | 1 | $0 |
| Barbara Mclean | VICE PRESIDENT | 1 | $0 |
| Mary Ann Thomas | PRESIDENT | 1 | $0 |
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