Skagway library director reports steady programs, flags federal funding risk

Skagway — Rachel Doohan, the Skagway Public Library director, told the Skagway Public Library Board on March 20 that staffing has stabilized and programs remained active through the winter but that federal and state funding could be at risk.

Doohan said the only open position is the seasonal part-time library clerk; the temporary summer posting closed the day before the meeting and the board expects to name the seasonal clerk within one to two weeks. She identified the current seasonal worker as Linnea McGowan Hovmeyer, who has worked since last summer.

The director summarized regular and special programming that continued through the winter, including story time, Windy Valley baby story time, a junior “late night library” program for second- to fourth-graders, book club, and weekly visits to the elementary school for a “planner projectors” program that combines litter…