Kate Belisle, the recently suspended as technology librarian at Conway Public Library, will go before the library trustees this morning at 10 a.m. to find out whether she will soon be out of a job.
Belisle of Effingham is presently suspended with pay. According to Library Director David Smolen, she was hired last Dec. 11 and is still a probationary employee.
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