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The library's official timeline; its board minutes of 7 June 2022 and April 2026 — current as of November 2026
Seven holders carry the system from 1889 to today, named complete: Evelyn Humphreys, head librarian 1889–1903 (her surname prints as the library itself spells it; a county summary's "Humphries" stands in the register as conflict C23, a name-form pair and nothing more); Virginia M. Tutt, 1903–1927; Ethel Baker, 1927–1952; Roger B. Francis, 1952–1977 — the director Roseland's branch is named for; Donald J. Napoli, 1977–2015, appointed at thirty-six and the longest-serving of the line (a 2015 council resolution honoring him counts five directors in the district's 126 years to that date — the count that runs Humphreys through Napoli, consistent with this list); Debra Futa, 2015–2022, at the library from 1979 and once the Francis Branch's own assistant manager (1982–85) before she directed the system her township branch belongs to; and Stephanie Murphy, executive director from 1 July 2022 — the current holder, appointed by the board's vote of 7 June 2022 out of the New Carlisle–Olive Township directorship, and recorded giving the director's report in the board's minutes of April 2026. One seam prints plainly: Futa's retirement took effect 31 March 2022, and the reached record names no interim for the three months before Murphy's start — a small gap inside a closed succession, carried here rather than in the register.