![]() (Eledge said at the time that the posts were taken out of context or altered, but declined to provide details.) In the city election last year, she drew controversy over her social media posts - including inflammatory posts about race and LGBTQ issues - when she ran for a seat on the school board and lost. With no one in the director position, Eledge is still technically in charge of library operations, and filling duties such as giving director’s reports to the Library Advisory Board and the Anchorage Library Foundation.Įledge is a longtime Alaska educator and president of the Anchorage Republican Women’s Club, and is active in conservative politics. Public libraries are a forum that provide access to information and expression, rights protected under the First Amendment, she said, and not having a professional librarian in charge is an issue because “they don’t understand full depth of knowledge and the power of the public library and what that can be for our community.” Torgeson headed the library for nine years before retiring last spring.įormer Anchorage Public Library director Mary Jo Torgeson in the Z.J. The city’s last library director, Mary Jo Torgeson, said she is concerned about the lack of a professional librarian overseeing the city’s library, which she said is a critical hub for information and the community. At the time, the administration said it would conduct a “world-wide search” to find a new director. The person now at the library’s helm is Deputy Director Judy Eledge, who stepped down from her appointment as library director last November after facing scrutiny from the Assembly over her qualifications. Mayor Dave Bronson’s administration said a search for a new director is ongoing and that a “handful” of interviews have taken place. It’s been more than 10 months since Anchorage’s last Assembly-confirmed library director retired, and the Anchorage Public Library still does not have a replacement. Updated: FebruPublished: February 9, 2022
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