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as of November 2026
Lakeville has no branch manager of its own on any page the system publishes; it is run inside an area structure, and the thinness of the published roster is itself the finding. A system job posting for the Centre Branch Library Manager states the structure: that manager "is in charge of three of our beautiful libraries, Centre Township, North Liberty, and Lakeville branches," overseeing "all operations for the Centre Branch and… operations at the Lakeville and North Liberty Branches," under the Director of Patron Experience — the title Dawn Matthews carries in the system's August 2025 board minutes, having been Director of Branch Services in December 2022. The posting does not name its holder, and no page read names a Lakeville manager or librarian-in-charge, current or past; the succession banks as a named gap, its settlers the system's staff directory and board personnel reports and the state library directory's system entry. The one Lakeville staff member the system names publicly is at assistant level, and she is printed exactly as the system's jobs page prints her: "Sheri, Library Assistant - Lakeville Branch" — surname not given, and not expanded here. The system's own head stands in the next article but one: Executive Director Stephanie Murphy, in post since 1 July 2022 and verified current on the Board's own page in November 2026.