Jamestown (CSi)  The James River Valley Public Library System, board of directors has approved the of a $6,345 kiosk to the permanent Louis L’Amour display, planned for a February 2019 opening at the Alfred Dickey Public Library, downtown.

JRVLS Director, Joe Rector said, the kiosk has a programmable computer, and the screen can be upgraded when needed.

The display and kiosk will be in the newspaper, periodical and DVD room and focuses on the life of Louis L’Amour from 1908-1923.

The library board also approved spending  $1,793 for a custom wood and glass locking cabinet that will display items related to Edna LaMoore Waldo, who was Louis  L’Amour’s elder sister. (She kept the original family spelling of the name.)

LaMoore Waldo who passed away in 1999, was born in Jamestown and graduated from Jamestown College.  She was a journalist, author and teacher who is largely remembered for her writings about the Dakota Territory prior to statehood.