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Borough libraries remain active hubs; advisory committee recommends early sunset amid contested book review process
Summary
Community development director Jillian Morrissey told the Assembly the borough has five libraries that serve as community hubs and that the Library Citizen Advisory Committee (LCAC) recommended sunsetting early and moving reconsideration reviews to the Library Board. Public comment at the meeting included divergent accusations about book removals and calls for and against censorship.
Jillian Morrissey, community development director, briefed the Assembly on Jan. 6 about the borough’s five libraries and recent procedural changes around materials reconsideration.
Morrissey said borough libraries (Big Lake, Sutton, Talkeetna, Trapper Creek and Willow) act as community resource hubs that offer meeting rooms, Wi‑Fi, programming for all ages and interlibrary loan via the Alaska Joint Library Network. She recounted LCAC and library‑board milestones in 2024–25: the Assembly created a Library Citizen Advisory Committee; the LCAC held advisory votes and later recommended that the LCAC be sunset…
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